The American Rage and a Prairie Homecoming Tale
A mixed prose collection opens with a grand aria on exploration and the natural world, then shifts to a Nebraska frontier family. Newton Streeter returns from town to find wife Mary gravely ill, doctor warns of overwork, and a plan to relocate homeward followed by a dramatic rebuilding of their life back on the prairie.
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James
Newton Streeter
Judge Streeter
Mr Streeter
Mary
Angel
Curious Wills Reveal Quirky Last Requests Across Centuries
Extracts from 18th century wills show odd final wishes from English notables. George Applebee desires modest burial attire after a long life of serving St. Bride’s, Stephen Swaine provisions a pence for halters for his executors, William Shackell asks not to remarry his widow and wants a body preserved briefly, and Philip Thicknesse orders his right hand cut off posthumously to remind his son of duty to God.
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George Applebee
St. Bride’s
London
Stephen Swaine
St. Olive’s
Southwark
John Abbot
Mary
William Shackell
Plymouth
Philip Thicknesse
Boulonge
France
Lord Audley
Roast Rats as Dainties in Paris Siege
A Cincinnati Enquirer reader in Paris reports Parisian cooks turning to cats dog and rats as food amid the siege. The narrator recalls mule meat at Vicksburg and notes high officials including Grant and the fleet commander in Mobile Bay eating roast rat daily during the fighting.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Paris
Vicksburg
Pemberton
Grant
Derry
Mobile Bay
Leadville Mine Owner Causes, Conductor Faces Farce
A Leadville mine owner boards a Michigan Central eastbound train after leaving Jackson. He tries to avoid fare, boasts of vast holdings and plans to hire 1700 workers in Detroit. The conductor ejects him after a failed attempt to pay with scraps, and the man vanishes into a swamp after a thwarted scheme.
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Michigan Central Road
Jackson
Leadville
Detroit
Michigan Railroad
Huckleberry Mine
Why Doesn't He Come Now
A Newark Sunday Call excerpt shows a young woman lamenting a delayed suitor and suspecting flirtation with Lulu Smith. She frets over money, social plans, and a possible philopena while hoping for his arrival and worrying about Lulu Smith's influence.
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Jones
Lulu Smith
Philopena
Mr. Jones
Pine
Newark
Frightful near-fall on Arkansas Canon climb in 1870s tale
Charles May recounts a perilous ascent into the Royal Gorge segment of the Grand Canon of the Arkansas in Colorado. After lowering his brother by rope, he climbed a thousand feet, saved by his mother’s hair catching him as he hung from a cliff. His hair turned white from the terror.
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Charlie May
Arkansas
Colorado
Charles May
Robert
The
Canon
Royal Gorge
Canon Wall
Charlie
Sald
Indemnity for a Great Wrong in Brooklyn Forgery Case
A Brooklyn builder Terence O Neil Donnelly was wrongfully convicted of forgery and later pardoned after four months in Sing Sing. His friends sought indemnity, with an initial Board of Audit award of 8000 dollars, later approved by the Legislature, leaving Donnelly compensated for the injustice.
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Caspar
New York
Detroit #ree Press
Brooklyn
Terence O'Neil Donnelly
Ife
Donnelly
Ihis
Robinson
Sing Sing
Board of Audit
Ma Donnelly
Two men in Hayti outpace hunger in six hour feast
Two men in Hayti bet they could eat for six hours and did so from noon to 6 30 pm. They consumed eight soles at gratin twelve lamb cutlets a roast veal eight pounds twelve eggs a Dutch Cheese twelve pounds of bread and twelve bottles of wine. They left with a satisfied expression and shared the fifty tours earned.
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J. F. French
Buffalo Express
Muugpas
Lake Ely
Adirondacks
Rey Halo
Hayti
Miss Nettie Carpenter’s Snake Fight in Kansas Claim
Miss Nettie C Carpenter a Michigan native built a stone dugout in Graham county Kansas. She stored paper under roof poles to keep dirt back and heard a rattling sound. A hissed viper fell from the ceiling, coiled for a strike and was stilled by her courage. the snake measured four feet in length.
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New York
Katy Callaghan
Angie Fogarty
Nellie Brown
Mary Jane McGinnis
Mr Carpenter
Mrs. Carpenter
New York Hospital
Knapp
Nettie C. Carpenter
Michigan
Graham County
Kansas
Miss Nettie
Ile
From Leadville to Paris Aesop of Ventures and Postal Pioneers
A. Cohen travels to Leadville to seek silver but loses nearly all capital then mass sells apples to gain thirty dollars in a day. He builds a fruit and candy business with many assistants. Parallel notes describe Paris telegraphic postal cards enabling rapid, cheaper messages via pneumatic tubes and lowered telegraph rates across France.
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Leadville
Colorado
A. Cohen
Paris
France
Italian Professor Finds Perfumes Boost Air Quality
An Italian professor reports fine vegetable perfumes release ozone by converting oxygen in the air. Scented essences like cherry laurel cloves lavender mint juniper and bergamot produce the strongest ozone while fragrance free plants do not. The finding suggests cultivating fragrant disinfectants in foul places to improve atmosphere.
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Cologne
Beekeeping Figures Highlight Saxony Bee Value and Service
Rev M Sauppe of Zuckendorf Saxony calculates that Saxony's 17000 hives produce vast pollination value. Each hive foresees about 10 000 bees daily and billions of flower visits yearly, implying national service worth about 10 dollars per hive annually.
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M. Sauppe
Zuckendorf
Saxony
M. Stuppe
The Ring Finger Its Uniqueness in Habit and Use
Dr. Humphrey explains the ring finger has less independent motion and is linked by fibers to adjacent tendons. This causes it to be constantly restrained by neighboring fingers, protecting it from injuries and giving it the role of bearing a ring in matrimony. The left hand is preferred to avoid damage to any ring.
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Humphrey
Swindle on Farmers Reported in Plow Trial Scam
A farmer is misled by a verbal use agreement for a plow plus a printed ad touting its merits. A notice claims trial requires two days notice to the agent for regulation. Farmers missing the notice risk keeping the plow as the agent can swear notification was given.
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Rome
Under the Rose A Poem From Harper’s Bazar
A lyrical piece describing pink and white rosebuds that bloom into roses and scent the summer air. It invokes lovers, roses, eglantine, and the motif of kisses under the rose, attributed to Harper’s Bazar.
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Harper’s Bazar
Items of Interest Noted From A Busy News Roundup
The column surveys diverse curiosities and facts including schools in Connecticut, nectarine versus peach, carpet cleaning, blood circulation, onion trick for eyes, temper in women, meat nutrition, Judge Asa Packer’s wealth, Zululand visibility at moonrise, sun blisters, sheep populations in England and the U.S., wheat rust in Australia, and the nature of hair-spring watch parts.
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Connecticut
Asa Packer
Pennae
Zululand
N.B
Waterloo Observer
England
United States
California
Australia
Maxims and Axioms for Everyday Life
A collection of proverbial lines offering guidance on conduct money management and social behavior. From prudent spending and restraint to the dangers of extravagance and the value of fortitude and self reliance. Includes cautions against harmful talk and advice on friendliness and reputation.
Drunk Man's Nails Riddle Ends With Police Intervention
A staggered man drifts through Fourth Street asking for nails at two shops. clerks direct him to the hardware store. He repeats entries and finally is taken away by a police officer after a confrontation at a dry goods store. Cincinnati Saturday Night.
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Fourth Street
Cincinnati
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