Rats Invade Burlington Township Farmlands Stripping Crops
Farmers in Burlington township Towanda county Pennsylvania suffer extensive damage from rats undermining cellars floors and barns and biting children. meetings are planned to devise extermination methods. The article also notes beekeeping issues in Maine Aroostook honey quality forestry efforts in Australia and crop prospects in Argentina New Zealand and other regions.
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Burlington Township
Towanda County
Pennsylvania
Maine
Aroostook
Forestry
Australia
Argentine Republic
France
London
England
Nebraska State Horticultural Society
New Zealand
Great Britain
Train Robberies in Arkansaw Report Shows Rhetoric and Irony
A 19th century note recalls three Arkansaw train robberies over three years. The article mocks sensational claims of wealth, detailing exaggerated passenger losses while noting real take was minor. It ends with a quip that Arkansaw is not a fertile ground for such capers.
Agricultural Zoology for Farmers and Veterinary Knowledge
The article argues farmers need immediate practical veterinary knowledge drawn from observation and reading. It urges Agricultural Colleges to offer courses on anatomy and functions of digestive, generative, and reproductive systems, limbs and horse feet, plus practical instruction for emergencies, citing Dr Slade in American Agriculturist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slade
American Agriculturist
The New Pension Building Inaugural Ball Promised
The New Pension Building rises as a grand brick palace near Judiciary Square. It features a nearly acre central court banquet hall with glass roof, marble-like brickwork, numerous arches and corridors, and a vast ball room to host thousands. Tickets cost five dollars. plans include decorations, flags from navy and war departments, and extensive electric lighting for the inauguration ball of 1885.
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Pension
Momgeren
Eld
New York Mail
Ares
Washington
United States
Greece
Rome
White House
Capitol
City Hall
Judiciary Square
F Street
Interior Department
Athens
Treasury
Gen. Meigs
St. Mark’s
Venice
St. Mark's
Navy
War Departments
Botanical Gardens
Ed Stokes
Congress
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Cleveland
Hendricks
Washington Monument
Grover Cleveland
Thomas A. Hendricks
Grove Iveland
Grant
Secon
Malaga
Buchanan
Pension Office
Lincoln
Pennsylvania Avenue
Monroe
Madison
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Harrison
van Buren
Pierce
Garfield
Frank Pierce
Fillmore
Polk
Tyler
Arthur
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
Hayes
Andrew Johnson
J. Q. Adams
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
John Adams
James Buchanan
William Henry Harrison
Forecasting Storms Through Signal Service Progress
The Washington signal service warned a Georgia cyclone within twenty four hours, but the storm arrived later and covered much of the state. The piece notes advancing methods, from Portland forecasts to anti cyclonic rules, predicting storms days ahead and saving money.
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Signal-Service Bureau
Washington
The
Constitution
Georgia
Gulf
Atlantic
Bureau
Capitol
Portland
Oregon
Atlanta Constitution
Editor Delegation to Editors in The Squeal Letter
A satirical appeal from Daniel Webster Bricas editor of The Squeal requests a travel pass from railroads to cover the New Orleans exposition. The mock letter boasts the paper a world wide, irreverent voice and warns officials of editorial influence while joking about fees, access, and journalistic power.
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Bill Nye
Chicago
Ill
New Orleans
Egypt
St. Louis
Self
Four Winds of Heaven
Minnesota
Daniel Webster Bricas
Hopson
Wis
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Dynamiters Weapon And Explosive Power
A historical overview of nitroglycerine and dynamite. It covers the discovery by Nobel, the explosive power of nitro glycerine, improvements with kieselguhr absorption, and safety considerations. It notes dynamite as a safer handling form with similar explosive force and the methods of detonation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alfred Nobel
Nobel
Kieselguhr
Wake Prank Ends in Panic at Fifth Ward House
Three visiting youths entered a Fifth Ward home for a wake and prayed over the deceased. A mistaken moment when a relative sleeping on a sofa awakened, triggering a frightful outburst as they fled in a panic.
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Oswego Palladium
Poisonous pigments found in New York candy makers
The Sanitary Bureau of New York reports thirteen of sixty four wholesale confectionery factories use poisonous pigments in candy. Chrome yellow lead chromate vermillion Prussian blue and fuchsine were found, with burnt umber and Prussian blue least harmful. Three tons of colored candy were seized and destroyed, illustrating ongoing health concerns in industry.
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Sanitary Bureau of
New York
Foote
Secrets of Modern Explosives Stir London Plot Panic
The piece notes that confinement and dryness are not needed for explosions, aiding secret plots. It discusses how adjusting chemical mixtures can control blast speed, citing chloride of nitrogen, hypochloric acid, and potassium chlorate as dangerous examples used by Nihilists, while nitro glycerine remains a common base.
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London
St. Louis-Globe-Democrat
Dogs deliver newspapers along the Naugatuck rail line observed by trainmen
Train crews report sagacious dogs that fetch the morning papers at Inchliff's bridge and below Naugatuck. One dog travels 1.5 miles from Gate House to the river crossing to bring The News home, while another near Derby carries papers from moving cars. A dog formerly loyal to The News switches papers during a campaign, and a veteran dog once served Senator Brown's household carrying The Hartford Times.
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Naugatuck Road
Philip McLean
Thomaston Road
Inchliff’s Bridge
Edward Osborne
Naugatuck
Beacon Falls
William Brown
New-England
Hartford Times
Derby
W. H. Beardsley
New Haven News
New Reporter Climbs to City Editor Post
A recently graduated journalist joins a paper and writes a brief fire item about a late night blaze in an eastern town area. The old house is nearly destroyed, with no incindiary cause or dangerous firemen in peril, and he is promoted to city editor by the managing editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Athens
Arkansaw Traveler
Squirrels Visit Nut Waiter at Stockbridge Elm
In Stockbridge Massachusetts a large elm hosts three red squirrels near the telegraph office. A girl employee feeds them with nuts, noting two tame individuals and a wild one watching from above. The wild squirrel eventually descends, grabs a nut, and flees. The girl plans to add a squirrel-house for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Mass
the Evangelist
Protected by a Horse Guards Child From Cold
A aged woman wandered near Mrs. Colonel Hunt’s home claiming to seek a buggy with a child. The horse wandered into the woods, where the child slept against the horse’s breast with its head on a foreleg. Boys found the child alive the next morning, and the horse shielded the child from freezing until rescue. The grateful mother will keep the loyal horse.
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Ory
Colonel Hunt
Leavenworth
Red Star Cough Cure Promoted by Notables Across States
A Washington Daily Post report touts Red Star Cough Cure as a purely vegetable remedy free from opiates or poisons. It cites analyses by Dr. O Grothe and Samuel K Cox and endorsements from Senators Blackburn and Gorman, Representatives Bagley and Leedom, and other public officials. The piece warns of narcotic cough syrups harming children and notes public health concerns over impure drugs and water.
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Washington Daily Post
America
Philadelphia
O. Grothe
Brooklyn Board of Health
University of Kiel
Germany
Samuel K. Cox
Yale
Washington
J. C
Blackburn
Kentucky
Senator Gorman
Maryland
J.H. Bagley, Jr
New York
Wm. Mutchler
Pennsylvania
J. H. Brewer
New Jersey
Hart B. Holton
J. P. Leedom, Esq
Ohio
F. B. Conger
Conger
Michigan
Board of Health of
District of Columbia
Boards of Health
Red Star
Local Couple Marries After Lottery Windfall
John Moberly and Miss Mamie E. Coleman wed after years of courtship sparked by a Louisiana State Lottery win. They shared $5,000 of a $15,000 ticket and plan to settle in Wales where Moberly will join his brother in real estate and claim business.
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John M. Moberly
Mamie E. Coleman
Miss Coleman
Moberly
Mercer National Bank
New Orleans
R. E. Coleman
Wales
Wm. Moberly
Harrodsburg, Ky
Democrat
Louis Beil Declares Northwest Rebellion Intentions
Louis Beil claims a Prince Albert telegram exposes his defiance of the queen and asserts control over half-breeds and Indians. He denounces the Northwest police as powerless and pledges to defend authority with armed settlers if arms are supplied. Col. Houghton seeks Ottawa guidance as disbanded volunteers’ arms may be issued. Reil, linked to the 1870 Red River rebellion, returns to stir trouble.
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Louis Beil
Prince Albert
Northwest
Reil
Col. Houghton
Ottawa
Battleford
Carleton
Mounted Police
Red River
Montana
Salmon Stampede Report From Applegate Creek
A humorous Oregon fish tale recounts a stage upset in Applegate Creek caused by a rush of salmon. The horses were cut loose and the driver escaped on their backs as the river filled with salmon, the school stretching over a mile.
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Oregon
Applegate Creek
Senate ratifies Egypt treaty and Mexico boundary convention
The senate in executive session ratified the treaty with the khedive of Egypt and the convention on boundary lines with Mexico. The Egypt treaty extends to the United States the commercial privileges enjoyed by Britain via the Greece treaty. The Mexico agreement upholds international law principles as the Rio Grande boundary could shift.
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Senate
Egypt
Mexico
United States
Great Britain
Greece
Pras
Rio Grande
Naval dispatch orders Clark to protect American interests abroad
Rear Admiral Jouett telegraphs Commander Clark of the North Atlantic squad to Carthagena and Baranquilla in Colombia and reject American aims there. The message says American vessels seized by insurgents without compensation should be recovered and cites the United Helena Steam Navigation Co of New York reporting seizures by armed force. A Philadelphia post office dynamite find is revealed as a bottle of asphalt varnish.
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Jouett
North Atlantic
Clark
Allian
New Orleans
Carthagena
Baranquilla
United States of Columbia
United Ialena Steam Navigation Company
New York
Philadelphia
Doctor Penington Endorses Red Star Cough Cure
Dr. D. F. Penington of 586 West Fayette Street Baltimore states he has personally used Red Star Cough Cure in his family and found it a prompt and sure remedy for coughs and colds with no bad results from other cough remedies and no trace of opium or morphia.
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D. F. Penington
West Fayette Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Bigamous Actress Carrie Ward Charged in Baltimore
Miss Carrie Ward an actress was committed to await trial on bigamy charges. She had married Alfred B. Christie in Cleveland on October 22, 1852, then to J. B. Loomis in this city after moving here for an engagement. She pleads that Christie’s cruelty and a prior wife caused her to leave him and that Loomis knew of Christie’s marriage.
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Baltimore
Carrie Ward
Miss Ward
Cleveland
Alfred B. Christie
Christie
Ward
J. B. Loomis
Loomis
Christie Sid
Dairymen Prefer Improved Butter Color and Local Incidents
A letter from W S Nay praises Weris Richandson Co improved butter color for dairymen noting it does not dry or crack and commands high market prices. Two Winnipeg men, Sullivan and Bathon, attacked by friends of a liquor seller after informing authorities. Ads promote Kidney-Wort claiming kidney liver and bowel health benefits for middle aged women.
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Messrs. Weris
Richandson & Co
Winnipeg
Sullivan
Bathon
Babonesca
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Liver Health Cure
A casual overview cites liver disease as the root of many ailments and touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a speedy remedy. It also mentions Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy for persistent coughs and notes a Texas senate defeat on telecom common carrier status.
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Pierce
Counterfeit Dr Warner Syrups Sold Northwest Warned
Readers are cautioned about a bold counterfeit of Dr C D Warners Wurre Woxe Tak Synup and German Hot Brrrers sold in the Northwest. The imitation and worthless stock are peddled to druggists at 2 50 per dozen or about 20 days per bottle with marked discrepancies in labeling.
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Dr. C. D. Warner
Northwest
Plain as the Nose on Your Pace Nose Joke and Patent Hair Renewer
A humorous piece contrasts a nose with Carboline the Great Petroleum Hair Renewer. It notes Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters energizes the liver and that genuine products bear the signature of J. P. Allen, Druggist, St. Paul, Minn.
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Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
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Arkansaw
Arkansas Valley
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Moberly-Coleman
Susan Warner
Newburgh
N. Y
Miss Warner
Henry W. Warner
Constitution Island
Hudson River
West Point
Elizabeth Wetherell
Queechy
Trunk Railroad
Boston
W.S. Nay
Tong
Cincinnati Price
Texas Senate
Iepensar Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y. R
Mr. Blaine
South Carolina
DR. Graves
Kate Musgrove
Coloma
Contocook, N
Oeteee Teed
Saete Island
al- Wanunot
Hunt
Medical Gazette
P. J. Cleverius
Richman
James Bank
Atlanta, Ga
Josephs. Miller
Internal Revenue
Brown
Eng
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Cole
Dreggista
Reo Star
Mark
Express
Charles A. Vodeler
Bose Owners and Manufactu
U.S. A
Fis Bray
Titus
A.d. Tower
Joseph Gillotts Steel
Throusnout
Porterr Deve and Chemical Co
Masa
C. A. Harris
Benevolence
Northwestern Mutual Endowment Society
Minneapolis Minn
Tutt’s
Murray
Murray St
Ostenters
Ely
ELY Brothers, Druggiste
Owego, N. Y
Robert Turner
M. D
Flat Rock
Mich
HOPS
Noves Bros
Lyman Elies Drug CO
Minneapolis
A. Salzer
Salzer's
la Crosse, Wis
Eevrassminenes Iy
Pric
Latham’s Nursery
Elsior
Lake Minnetonka
Bievaun
Minneapoli S
J. Stzvauns
Levanon
C. Payne, M. D
Marshalltown
Iowa
Snow &Co
Yalesville
Conn
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
R. U
Lorillard
Rose Lea
Onur
W. J. Abernethy & CO
Third Street South
Union Building
Strowbridge
Mace
C.W. Dorr
Racine Seeder CO
Fourth ST
D&s Moines
Swift
James Jackson
Atlanta
T. W. Lee
Greenville
Ala
Beaprorp
Tiptonville
P. H. Crumpen
Meth. Ch
Macon
Swift Sprcmc Co
St. N
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Taylor
Mali
Soicitea
2Nd Av
C.O.D
Drs. Whittier
Mailer Express
Rockford
U. S. Coast Surveys
Admira Commanding
U.S. Naval Observatory
Princi A
Fife
Imperia Rench
Wisconsin
Illinois
John A. Salzer
Thebes
ELGIN
Simon
Jackson
East Seventh
WNT
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