Minnesota cullings reflect fires drugs and crime in towns
The report lists multiple Minnesota incidents including Caledonia fire losses at $30,000, a barn fire in St Paul causing $600 damage, and a fatal bull goring in Wells. It notes legal actions, accidents, a murder case in Moorhead, a bigamy arrest in St Paul, and a depleted Minneapolis Exposition season with a $10,000 shortfall.
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Caledonia
Chippewa Commission
Millers Indians
B. P. Colquest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Byron
Tribune
Mr. Byron
Farmers advise rainwater mulch and self reliance in farming
Practical farming notes stress rainwater for house plants, coal ash mulch under fruit trees, and self-reliance. Estimates show Wyoming may hold about 1,000,000 sheep. proper sheep grading and care boost flock health and profits while irrigation, fall plowing, and proper seedbed depth improve yields.
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Wyoming
The Mufti Learns A Long Beard Reproof
A mufti condemns long beards as foolish from a learned text. He tries burning the beard with a lamp flame to shorten it but burns his fingers and singes his cheeks and scalp. He realizes the proverb applies to himself.
In Faith a Pretty Game War Deaths Quietly Counted
The article reflects on world wars spanning the last thirty-four years, noting over two million and a quarter lives lost to wounds and ensuing sickness. It lists major conflicts with casualty figures: Crimean War 750,000. American Civil War 800,000. Franco Prussian campaign 215,000, mainly French. South African wars over 30,000. Afghan campaign 25,000.
Household Cures and Homemaking Trials From Old Journal
A long miscellany of home remedies and tips covers hoarseness cures with eggs and sugar, stain removal using whisky, ventilation with charcoal, and drying shirts with starch. It also advises ant control with lard, constipation treatment from figs and senna, and mouth washes. Practical advice on washing, leather care, eucalyptus meat preservation, milk sterilization, and ammonia use follows, ending with Marion Harland on women's roles and home duties.
First White Woman of America, A Daughter of America
Ella H. Stratton recounts the account from Antiquitates Americane and Abbott's Maine history, describing Gudrida as the first white woman known to deserve the title Daughter of America. Thorstein and Gudrida reportedly landed at Vineland near Narragansett Bay in 1008 to 1011, built Thorfinn's Village, faced conflicts with Native Americans, and ultimately returned to Greenland in 1009 with Gudrida dying amid the ice.
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Copenhagen
C. C. Rath
Abbott
Maine
America
Thorstein
Reenland
Vineland
Narragansett Bay
Gudrida
Greenland
Nova Scotia
Markland
Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Thorfinn
Ireland
Iceland
Columbus
Ella H. Stratton
Dr Blister Collects His Bill in Texas
A Texas physician Dr Blister confronts Mose Shamburg over a $150 bill. Mose complains the amount would pay two funerals. Dr Blister pulls a revolver, and the bill is paid.
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Dr. Blister
Turning the Tables on Charles Stewart Parnell
The Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell, born in 1847 at Avondale Wicklow to English-descended gentry, studied at Cambridge. He served as MP for Meath from 1875 to 1880, then chose Cork, later chairing the Home Rule and National Irish Land League efforts. He faced imprisonment for sedition in 1880, was released when jurors failed to agree, and was re-arrested in 1881 before release amid private arrangements with Gladstone, aligning with Home Rule agitation.
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Avondale
County Wicklow
Ireland
Stewart. Parnell
University of Cambridge
Meath
Cork
House of Commons
National Irish Land League
Home Rule Party
Gladstone
Easily Duped in Bath by Sealed Paper Scam
A slick young man in Bath targeted gullible women at the Misses De Forest home on Broadway. He sold 24 sealed note paper packages for 4 dollars, then opened one to reveal a $100 bill and claimed a similar prize lay hidden in another package. The packages, labeled The Great Western Stationary Company agents wanted, yielded only about 3 cents in paper when opened next day. Several locals report losses from the same ruse.
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C. J. Peterson
W. J. Pinney
Granite Falls
Ellis D. Fisk
Rochester
St. Paul
Thomas Kennedy
Breckinridge
Hastings
A. B. Brackett
United States
Farmington
Sarah May
John Chehaber
Mt. Pleasant
Lake City
Albany Journal
Bath
Great Western Stationary Company
John
Chicago
Little Esther
Esther
Summerville Journal
Echoes of Famous Repeats at Milan and Killarney
The old Simonetta palace near Milan yields sixty echo repetitions of a pistol report, Addison noting fifty six on a foggy day. The Eagle's Nest echo at Killarney is famed for a bugle call echoed by about one hundred instruments, fading as the sound dies away.
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Simonetta
Milan
Addison
Killarney
New York Telegram
Speed and danger on rails described by Prout in Scribner's
The September Scribner's recounts how timetable speeds hide delays and urges rail travel simulations by counting rail joints. It contrasts a daylight ride’s calm with a locomotive night ride’s peril, stressing vigilance, switches, and the engineer’s reliance on others for safety.
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H. G. Prout
Scribner’s
Great Swindle article duped Cedar Rapids youths abroad
A Cedar Rapids dispatch to the Chicago Herald reports a sensational expose titled A Great Swindle. English firms charged 250 to 500 for a year’s “gentleman’s farming” work in the U S and Canada. Ford, Rathbone & Co. of London allegedly recruited 20 Cedar Rapids boys, with local agents taking fees. Deputy Marshal L. M. Healy says the scheme violates the contract labor law and will pursue fines and legal action.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago Herald
Percy Cook
Ford, Rathbone & Co
Finsburyagment
London
Canada
United States of America
Tasmania
United States
L. M. Healy
Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 at Stratford
The Shakespeare Jubilee in 1769 featured a mulberry tree cut down by a Stratford clergyman, Hogarth’s bust for Garrick, and an amphitheatre by the river. Garrick delivered an ode closing the festival after three days of amusements for crowds from across the country and London.
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Shakespeare
Stratford
Avon
Garrick
Hogarth
Shakespeare Club
Stratford Corporation
London
Wind-shorn trees at West Chop lure hikers to tops
Several red cedar trees at West Chop Vineyard Haven grow at sharp slants from wind. Their tops lie flat about eight feet from the ground, enabling people to climb and walk along the treetops for novelty.
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West Chop
Vineyard Haven
Corsicana Men Win $15000 Each in Louisiana Lottery
Corsicana Texas August 27 1889 two men John W O Neal and O P Wimberly drew 15000 each in the Louisiana State Lottery prize of 300000 for ticket No 87835 costing one twelfth of a dollar. O Neal as Uncle John at his restaurant and Wimberly a butcher deposited tickets for collection at First National Bank. The capital prize went to the holder of that number and 30000 was placed to their credit.
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Corsicana
Tex
Texas
John W. O'Neal
O. P. Wimberly
Louisiana
O’neal
First National Bank
New Orleans
Compiled Witty Fragments From 19th Century Columns
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes from various papers including Washington Capital Hartford post Yankee Blade Toledo Blade Munsey's Weekly and New York Weekly. Jokes about mosquitoes love marriage luck and mistaken history mingle with social scenes and domestic humor.
The cork collection tale and brutal medieval knights
A physician recounts an idle patient who found purpose collecting bottle corks, a curious hobby praised for its focus. The piece then surveys medieval knights at Neville’s Cross and castles like Warkworth, detailing harsh prison conditions, cruelty, and the lax conscience of feudal lords with rare pious exceptions among some princes and nobles.
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Neville’s Cross
Crecy
Agincourt
Reckles
Jonathan Wild
Newgate
Warkworth
Kenillworth
Damian de Lacy
Pretty Clerks at Census Office Draw Washington Visitors
The Boston Traveler dispatch notes Superintendent Porter hires many pretty clerks in Washington. One named Miss Jessie Holmes, once secretary to the Fidelity Bank’s former head, now linked to a scandal as Harper rots in prison. Holmes shares quarters with Mrs. Harper. the piece hints at objections to her heritage while detailing office life in the Atlantic Building on F Street.
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Corr
Boston
Porter
Jessie Holmes
President Harper
Fidelity Bank
Harper
Miss. Holmes
South
Preservation of Eyesight Through Outdoor Exercise and Proper Lighting
An old health note warns that outdoor activity strengthens eyesight and cold baths improve circulation. It condemns heated rooms with poor light and urges light from behind the left shoulder to prevent eye strain. It cautions against overfeeding and irregular habits and condemns cosmetic use to alter pupil brightness.
Groom John Phil Leads to Pun During Salt Lake Marriage
A Salt Lake Justice of the Peace made a pun at a wedding when the bride Clara was asked to take the groom for better or for worse. He said Clara, do you take this Pill? She responded Yes, heard by onlookers.
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Willa
Toledo Blade
Chicago
New York Weekly
Salt Lake
John Phil
Clara
Egyptian tablet set reveals ancient literary exchanges
In Vienna a discovery of 3500 to 4000 year old tablets shows letters between Egyptians and Asiatics. Dispatches from governors and kings of Palestine Syria Babylonia and western Asia illuminate an ancient literary spirit. Sayce predicts future clay libraries and notes a town named Judah as Library Town. The finding will have lasting momentum.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Egypt
Vienna
Palestine
Syria
Babylonia
Western Asia
Sayce
Judah
Various Anglicized Forms Of A Name Across Nations
The Pittsburg Post notes how a single Latin name Joannes Smithus morphs into Giovanni Smith Spaniards call Juan Smithus Dutch Hans Schmidt French Jean Smeet Russian Ivan Smittowski Chinese Jovan Shimmit Icelandic Johne Smith son Tuscarora Ton Qua becomes Jihon Schmidd Mexican Janul F'Smitti Greek Ion Smitton and Turkish Voe Self in a playful look at international name adaptations.
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Joannes Smithus
Giovanni Smith
Juan Smithus
Hans Schmidt
Jean Smeet
Ivan Smittowski
China
Jovan Shimmit
Iceland
Johne Smithson
Tuscaroras
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Ton Qua
Jihon Sc
Effects of Labor-Saving Machinery in Textile Fabrics
The Hamilton Ontario Times notes that modern machinery lets one girl perform work once done by 100, raising production in textiles while wages fall. It cites boot and shoe history, where machines boosted output from 200 pairs annually by men to 2,598 pairs per worker in the last decade, with women and children joining earlier.
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Hamilton
Maine boy walks to see Bangor lights
A nine year old boy living eleven miles from Bangor persuaded his busy father to take him to the city to see electric lights. After missing him for days, the father found the boy at nine that night under an electric light gazing in open eyed delight having walked the full distance. The paper suggests he may be a future Edison.
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Maine
Bangor
Edison
English Syndicate Buys Major Lynn Shoe Factory
An English syndicate has purchased a large shoe factory in Lynn and is said to plan further investments of this kind across the country.
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Lynn
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St. Cloud
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J. H. Ehmcker
Porter Milling Company
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Pleasant Hill
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W. H. Emery
Wells
M. L. Emery
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August Plym
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National Museum
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R. H. Parriinee
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Fla
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Kirkman, Il
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Birmingham
Eng
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W. D. Edwards
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New York
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Attler Pills
Carter Medicine
IBOYS
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Philadelphia, Pa
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Perry Davis
Taner Prize
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Lehmann
Sendforde
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Little Rapids
Wis
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Carl Scheibe
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
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Mass
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J. D. Hess
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St.Paul
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