Come When You're Called A Domestic Journal Entry
Frances writes to her mother about marriage life and new domestic tasks. She details cooking successes and failures, arranging visits from relatives, and the chaos caused by a fever scare, reminding her mammy to visit soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carney
Sarah
Kote
Deas
Alice
Aunt Staples
Jack
Dauce
Ruthy
Mary Ann
Rexford
Mammy
Sally Bassett
Ruby
Uth
Kitty Hayes
Plague Turmoil Describes Desolate Streets and Frantic Fears
An account from the plague year depicts markets full of danger and despair as bodies lie in the streets and officers remove the dead. It notes how butcher practices changed, impostors fled, and residents faced starvation, self harm, and mass panic with many families driven to madness and isolation.
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Golmrdut
Patgla
Whitechapel
Poetic Imagery and Nature Weaves God’s Smile
The verse urges readers to find divine poetry in youth and nature from dawn to ocean shore. It images birds, flowers, rain, storms, and twilight as expressions of God’s smile, inviting reflection on beauty across seasons and scenes.
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Slyvan
Luna
God
Mark J. Benda
Mrs Stewart's Money and Public Scrutiny Amid rumors
A New York correspondent notes rumors that Mrs Alexander Stewart plans to dispose of her fortune while alive, triggering extensive public interest. The piece recalls how guardianship of wealth invites constant attention and trust in notable figures like Commodore Vanderbilt's wife.
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Mrs. Stewart
New York
Alexander T. Stewart
Reson
Commodore Vanderbilt
Commodore
Alwisiee Solace Quate In Misro Bens
Fragmentary text presents a compact scene with unclear names and places. The readable fragments evoke a personal or literary moment amid surrounding confusion. No clear event, date, or organization confidently identifiable.
Man with weak stomach dines out and orders bread and milk
An Adrian Times report describes a dining scene at the Lawrence home where a frail guest with ongoing dyspepsia samples many dishes but ends with bread and milk. The story ends noting the landlord hopes he recovers to visit again. A second item mentions the son of King Theodore of Abyssinia being educated for the army in England, noted for his dusky hue and haughty bearing.
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Lawrence House
Jean
Ows
Adrian
Theodore
Abyssinia
England
Magdala
Sheba
Origins and use of the motto Pluribus Unum in U S coinage
A. London Snowden traces Pluribus Unum from its appearance on copper coins struck at Newburgh New York in 1786 to its later uses on New Jersey coppers Brasher’s gold doubloon and E Pluribus Unum coins imported to Kentucky. He notes congressional acts and minting history through 1887 and the 1900s revival on the silver dollar.
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A. London Snowden
Philadelphia
United States
Colonel Reed
Uxbridge
Mass
Newburgh
New York State
New Jersey
Brasher
Kentucky
England
A Curious List Of Animal Group Terms
A Free Press note surveys the English language naming of animal groups. It lists terms applied to various animals, indicating some variation and possible incompleteness in the catalog.
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Free Press
Timely Topics and Lost Verses in a Murky Fragment
A fragmentary OCR item mixes financial figures with stray poetry. It mentions ration numbers and a Baseline reference to Troquois county and two hundred artesian wells within a radius. The rest presents a sonnet about patient love finally found, praising fate and true love despite delays.
National cultivator known for leadership in losis era
Fragmentary OCR note hints at a national cultivator and leadership role but lacks clear names dates or places. Readable elements suggest a figure tied to a chair or chairmanship in a regional context, with uncertain surrounding details.
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Losis
Wae Ag
Wisconsin plans to slow wolf reintroduction impact
State Senator Bailey notes Wisconsin has long farms relying on wolves for income through scalping and other activities. The statement highlights historic rural practices in the state’s oldest counties as experts discuss economic effects of wildlife management.
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Wisconsin
Iumré
Bailey
Theatres in Europe by country total 1542
A list enumerates Europe’s 1542 theaters by nation. Italy has 343, France 387, Spain 168, England 150, Austria 152, Russia 44, Belgium 34, Holland 20, Switzerland 20, Sweden 10, Norway 8, Portugal 10, Denmark 10, Greece 4, Turkey 4, Roumania 9, Servia 1, Egypt 3.
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Europe
Italy
France
Spain
England
Austria
Russia
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Portugal
Aix
Denmark
Greece
Turkey
Roumania
Servia
Egypt
Occupations of New Jersey Assembly Members Listed
The roster records members by trade with totals: Farmers thirteen, teachers four, merchants ten, engineers and surveyors two, lawyers nine, druggist one, wheelwright one, physician one, liquor dealer one, real estate one, manufacturer seven, pyrotechnist one, clergyman one, temperance hotel keeper one, contractor one, railroad superintendent one, architect one, molder one, painter one, and retired.
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New Jersey
House of Assembly
Indian Harms White Man At Rosebud Hill Incident
An Indian, carrying his sister’s corpse to a Rosebud Nebraska hill, waited six hours by the body with a plan to lure a white spirit to the afterlife. He fired harmless shots until a long settled white man, married to a Native wife, approached and was shot in the breast. The wounded man recovered and accepted thirteen horses forty blankets and an apology in settlement.
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Rosebud
Neb
Pithy Notes From Burlington and Nearby Life
A Burlington township farmer names his pigs after Greek roots and a Rochester professor studies astronomy in an old cider mill. Secretary Evarits vibes with brevity, Bonner touts a 2 09 horse, and a curious Wisconsin bug that kills wasps and bees attracts attention by interacting with a rose band.
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Burlington
Burlington Township
Swift
Rochester
Evarits
Bonner
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Two Young Ladies Ride a Farm Mule Through Saint Paul
In a St Paul Minnesota paper a report describes two young ladies leading a scow along Phi street to a store on Third Street. After tying the animal they disappeared inside as a young man rushed out. A farmer's daughter costume and a promised reward of a $50 silk dress appear, with one girl pushing a broomstick to hasten the trip. The group then traveled from Third to Wabasha toward the river.
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St. Paul
Minn
Phi Street
Third Street
Wabasha
Ancient Riddles and Oddities from a bygone era
A collage of quirky phrases and obscure facts from old times. Notes include quirky maxims, notes on philosophy and superstition, a remark about Philadelphia deaths, Vienna sugar pipes, Boston origins, coffee disinfectant claims, and a peculiar 1535 wooden library at Warsenstein with wood substitutes and bark backs.
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Greece
Philadelphia
Vienna
Boston
The Yellow Fever Inquiry and Public Health Needs
The article discusses the need for a congressional inquiry into yellow fever origin and control. It cites 120000 cases in the South last summer with about 20000 deaths and estimates national losses from death, illness, and business disruption ranging up to 200 million dollars.
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Congress
Board of Experts
United States
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Woodland
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Bid
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Niagara
Hillsdale
Boota
Hillsd
Mr. Stark
Sta
Aoa
Troquois Coun
Lense Etree
Valentine
Yorkshire
LABOR
Warsenstein
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