Wealthy widow seeks new life with Algy Vane
Mrs. Blythe, a handsome widow, contemplates remarriage to Algy Vane while her daughter Lydia returns unexpectedly to demand a hundred dollars. Lydia finds a diamond horseshoe pin, returns it to Squire Carhart, then borrows money to pay Uncle Joshua for a damaged colt. Lydia later marries Algy. Mrs. Blythe faces the shock of a daughter-in-law who unseats her social plans.
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Mrs. Blythe
Algy Vane
Algy Vane Must Be That At Least!” Mrs. Blythe
Maj. Mortlake Blythe
Algy
Lydia
Joshua
Rebecca
Mamma
Liddy
Mr. Vane
Jane
Beck
Phad
Matilda
Capleton Ames
Miss Blythe
Squire Carhart
Jydia
Pledee
Mr. Wotton
Eee
Willy
Carhart Court
Anind Farm
Saratoga
Newport
Europe
Comandria
Rosamond Blythe
Helen Forrest Graves
Philadelphia
Twain Story Highlights Clerks Mistaken for Readers
Buffalo Courier reports Mark Twain told a tale illustrating bookstore clerks' literary gaps. Mrs Clemens and a friend sought Taine's Ancient Regime, only to face confusion over the author name Twain versus Taine, a misstep Twain used to demonstrate clerks' limits.
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Mark Twain
New York
Buffalo Courier
Clemens
Taine
Twain
Thumb impressions replace passports in China
A traveller seeking a passport in China undergoes palm oil application and presses his hand on damp paper to capture unique thumb lines. The system uses these fingerprints to prevent fraud, with police maintaining labeled impressions of criminals for identification, despite disguises or aging.
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China
Celestial Detective Force
Infuriated Bear Attacks Miners in California Mine
A large black bear charged miners in a Santa Maria California mine tunnel in Tuolomne County. Candles flickered as the men fought back with picks. the foreman bloodied the bear, which then mauled several workers before being killed after an hour of ferocious combat. The exhausted crew dragged the carcass to their station.
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Santa Maria
Tuolomne
California
Erty
Not the Proper Thing
A New York man despondent over a delayed marriage shot his sweetheart. Dukane remarks he does not see how that could hurry matters. Chronic Telegraph reports the incident as a sensational local note.
Promise to Live and Love in War's Shadow
Viva a capricious rich heiress and Tom Creighton a New England lawyer enlist during the war. She begs him to promise to return, and he keeps his vow as he fights. After marriage they endure long separations and peril, ending with Viva’s near death and renewed trust as she reveals her secret to Tom.
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Viva
Tom Creighton
Tom
Genevieve L’estrange
Alioss
White Mountains
Franconia
Pine Hill
New York
New
Col. Creston
Gen. B
Creighton
Ighton
Fenee
Tom Criegton
Trousseau
Mrs. Merwin
Capt. Creighton
Dr. Sands
St. George
Terry Cooke
Grant Visits Bangor for Railroad Opening in Maine
President Grant arrives in Bangor with Cabinet members to inaugurate the Bangor to New Brunswick railroad. The city robes itself in gala fashion while the jail complex with grounds and shade trees frames the scene. A floral arch at the station entrance bears a distinguished inscription.
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Grant
Maine
Bangor
New Brunswick
Blunder Gives Way To Jail Is Public Building
Quote records a committee member learning the public building they pass is the jail and feeling despicable like a bad whiskey moment, noted by the New York Herald in a terse exchange between the General and himself.
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New York Herald
Late Crops and Green Manures for Stock Feed
The article explains sowing rye among corn before harvest, buckwheat as green manure, and root crops like rutabagas turnips and radishes as fall feed. It notes sowing timing, soil conditions, and the value of buckwheat for winter stock feed and soil fertility. It also warns about adulterated ground feed and urges farmers to grow their own corn for superior dairy feed.
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N. J
Prairie Farmer
Geneva
N. Y
Millet as a fodder crop praised by Orange County farmer
An Orange County correspondent extols German millet as a superior fodder. After six years of trial he found millet outperforms hay for horses and cattle, even when fed after winter storage. He notes millet sustains work while using less grain and suggests sowing millet with grass to seed down for fertile pasture.
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Orange County
Millet
Maine
New England
Canadian Farmer Feeds Cows Surplus Tomatoes Boosts Milk
A Canadian farmer fed surplus tomatoes to his cows after his market glut left about a thousand bushels unsold. The cows increased milk production and eagerly consumed both green and ripe tomatoes, even after freezing. He plans to plant and harvest tomatoes in a field to be fed to cows in fall, noting potential value for surplus tomatoes as a dairy supplement.
The virtues of oil on the farm and its uses
The article extols keeping oil on hand as lubricant and preservative for harness and machinery. It recommends large purchases, a hogs lard and castor oil mix for machinery, boiled linseed oil for tool wood-work, kerosene with caution, and oiling leather with neat's foot oil and beef tallow while warm.
Rest and Exercise Key to Superior Horse Form
A Breeders' Gazette excerpt argues rest and freedom from confinement as essential for health strength virility endurance and longevity in horses. It notes wild horses stay active open air and on simple diets, suggesting exercise pure air and natural food as foundations for optimal equine type through skilled breeding and training.
Indoor care and feeding steps for throat swellings in livestock
The Breeders Gazette advises cold weather livestock management. Keep animals indoors in a well lit ventilated stable. Provide bran mash with hay and roots plus abundant fresh water. Add a teaspoon of saltpetre to drinking water nightly until kidneys act freely. Apply warm linseed poultices to the throat, change twice daily, and drain pus when fluctuation occurs. For severe soreness with swallowing difficulty mix chlorate of potash gentian root and licorice in molasses and apply a tablespoonful to the tongue every three hours.
Vast vegetable cultivation and exports noted worldwide
The New York Telegram reports large scale farming with 40,000 acres under cabbages in Moline and Loire and extensive production of peas tomatoes and French beans sent globally. It notes British sheltered coasts lift camellia blooms and cites 1 4500 000 acres for vegetables and over 10 000 mesons per acre in Varese Lace, attributing results to concentrated manures and careful cultivation.
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Moline
Loire
Italy
Brittany
Roscatt
Varese St Lace
New York Telegram
Corn Varieties and Farming Tips From 1890s Reports
The report lists Cory Crosby Concord Stabler and Golden Coin as top green corn varieties for succession at the Michigan station. Connecticut notes cotton hull ashes as a cheap non chloride potash source. Wheat and corn crop figures from 1890 show declines, with cautions on root disturbance and advice on shallow cultivation. Recommendations include fowl keeps and creamery farming to ease farm labor and expand dairy operations.
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Michigan Experiment Station
Cory
Crosby
Concord
Stabler
Golden Coin
Connecticut
Dodge
Reubens Old Dad Dies After Stretching Tennessee Calamity
In Tennessee a crowd gathers at a saloon as Reuben recalls his father bursting with brag and bravado over lifting the earth with a mule and a “mowel” machine. The machine breaks, the ground sinks, and the father dies on a board with kin recalling his boastful, boisterous ending. The tale unfolds with townsfolk noting his larger-than-life holler and nickname.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Yaas
Reuben
Memphis
Hull
Skeercely
Knoxville
N.Y. World
Wilder's Latest Story in Hotel Provokes Laughter
Marshall P Wilder tells a crude anecdote to English listeners at a hotel. He imitates a Black child in the tale while pantomiming its actions. An aerolite shaped like a human foot reportedly fell near Macon Georgia. California's quin? yield since 1873 totals 70 dollars?
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Marshall P. Wilder
Macon
California
The Steerer on a Fire Truck Shares the Harder Task
A New York News account explains the dual role on a fire hook and ladder truck. The steerer uses a large wheel to guide the vehicle through sharp turns while the driver controls speed, demanding keen accuracy and coordination.
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New York News
Guardsmen discuss invasion orders and exile
Private chat questions extreme measures and return times under foreign invasion. An ad for Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters touts its tonic properties with a St Paul Minnesota pharmacist signature.
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Crossbelt
Rerank
Puck
Allen
J. P. Alroggist
St Paul
Minn
Syrup of Figs Proves Superior Laxative Value
The high position and universal acceptance of Syrup of Figs as the most excellent laxative known illustrate the product's valued qualities and the California Fig Syrup Company expresses gratification in its proven benefits.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Castoria Use Mentioned Over Time in Nursemaid Rhyme
The snippet notes a pattern of Castoria being given to a child from infancy through early motherhood. It reflects historical reliance on a common medicinal remedy for babies and young children.
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