Union Pacific Railroad Bond Issue and Lands Offered
The company seeks First Mortgage bonds equal to the land grant value and notes a 12 800 acre donation bringing total resources to about 118 418 090 dollars. Authorizer capital stock stands at 100 million with 5 million paid in and up to 25 million likely needed. Road cost estimated at 100 million dollars exclusive of equipment. Earnings on completed sections reach 113 000 dollars in early May. Subscriptions accepted in New York by the Continental National Bank at Nassau Street.
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Housewives Renounce Luxuries and Learn To Work
Martha Wyat and her sister confront family finances after jaw dropping expenses. They dismiss help, vow to live frugally, and take on domestic duties. The father questions, the mother guides, and the sisters discover fulfillment in honest labor and self reliance.
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Mrs. Lamson
Maggy Miller
Fure
Maggie
Maggy
Magay
Mr. Wyat
The Call to Manhood and Dismissal of Idleness
A speaker urges youth to avoid dissipation and idleness. He questions peers’ paths, warns that idle habits lead to ruin, and calls for diligent use of time toward noble goals. He appeals to become men who can say I am a man.
The Judge and the Minister in a Debt for a Church
An early American anecdote recounts Judge F- refusing to ignore a pastor asking help to finish a new church. The exchange centers on charity, duty, and the judge’s belief that denying aid withholds God’s blessing. A second piece, The Romsellen's Prayer, mocks industrial greed and drunken commerce with a distorted prayer.
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Tir
Jude
Criticism of Whittier Longfellow in London Pall Mall Gazette
The London Pall Mall Gazette debates American poetry, praising Whittier's Maud Muller yet preferring his twelve pages to Lowell's twenty and Longfellow's sixty. It faults Longfellow for insincerity, artifice, and overdone prettiness while noting some merit in his minor works.
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Mr. Lowell
Mr. Longfellow
Maud Muller
Longfellow
London Pall Mall Gazette
General Scott recalls Lundy’s Lane drum and loss
An anecdote from Cleveland recounts General Scott greeting painter Mr. Hawks after arrival. Scott recalls Lundy’s Lane where drums were destroyed and one drummer boy left, a cannon ball killed two of them, and Scott himself survived with a severed leg from carrying a drum in battle.
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Axgapore
Scott
Cleveland
Canada
van Buren
Nanks
Jokes and Arctic Notes From 1865 Lancaster Excerpt
The Lancaster Express shares a long folk tale about a farmer who sends a son west for two years then meets him in Scho Field. A second clipping describes J WH Campbell observing the midnight sun in Norway in July 1865 with a vivid Arctic panorama including the ocean, horizon, and changing light.
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Mroniaut
J. WH. Campball
United States
Norway
Arctic Ocean
Tim
Discovery of Tlow Coat in Pennsylvania Story of Early Anthracite
In 1812 Cal Geo Shoemaker found igniting black stones near the Schuylkill river. He transported them 92 miles to Philadelphia hoping to burn anthracite but failed due to improper stove designs. The man returned home disappointed, with dreams of metal ingots undone.
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Schuylkill River
Mina
Philadelphia
Garman
Destroy Insects With Water Treated Bottles
An 18th century method recommends hanging transparent bottles filled partly with water and molasses among fruit trees to attract and drown insects. Empty and refresh the sweetened water as bottles fill, repeating until pests decline. Similar vessels hung obliquely or by the handle work, reducing flies in the house by killing many insects in the garden.
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New England
Tarynina Fruit Regulation For Better Orchard Returns
All good fruit cultivators agree that one third to one half of fruits on a tree mature with better bulk and quality. The present months call attention to thinning on young or weak growth and removing clusters that hinder even distribution and full maturing of remaining fruit.
Preserving Hay for Winter Stock
Wukaro Cue Grass discusses methods for farmers to preserve hay for winter feeding. Points include cutting earlier, avoiding excessive sun drying, and timing harvest for peak water content to minimize nutrient loss and weather damage.
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Maine
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