The Merchant and the Beggar in Fortune's Turn
A Philadelphia merchant famed for charity shelters a penniless youth seeking food. Years later the beggar, now a wealthy man, reveals himself as the former guest, repaying the debt with unbounded generosity and proving fortune's reversals.
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Philadelphia
Alassir
Min
Rarhill
San
Y¢ Library
Pete Cen
Washington
Square
Astor House
Kentucky
Hamas Edo
Sand
Wonders of Minute Workmanship and Other Oddities
A Victorian miscellany collection describes for readers tiny marvels from the past. It recalls Mark Sealiot's eleven piece lock weighing a grain of gold, a gold chain on a flea, and miniature ivory dishes fit inside a peppercorn. It also notes 1866 stars, spectral observations, and a tale of Wil l ing effort from a Connecticut lad who rises to wealth in New York.
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Queen Elizabeth
Mark Sealiot
Hiv
Dewaldus Norhingerus
Scariot
Johannes Shad
Mitelbranch
Rome
Paul V
Johannes Ferrarius
Clindias Gallus
Hippolytus @ Este
William Huggins
Dirk
Ats
Connecticut
New York
Broadway
Hind
Tlis
Princely
Von
Revelations of Lawyers and a Parisian Beauty Tale
Column offers a scathing anecdote about purchasable lawyers and a biting court retort. It then recounts a Parisian belle who whitened her skin with cosmetics, nearly transforms into a sulphuric figure, and is advised by a physician that she will return to white skin after a chemical bath.
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T . Hoofland
Germany
Commonwealth
Aimerica
Aclunder
Pracice
Bethell
Classified Advertisement Rates and Rules
Ad content outlines pricing for squares and lines, advance payment for transient ads, yearly contracts, and publication deadlines. It notes a 1,000 square rate, 2 cents per additional square, and special notices doubling rates, with advance payment and Thursday noon deadline for insertion.
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coShair
Wa Seed
Yellow Butter Coloring in Winter Feeds Noted in Review
An article discusses making rich yellow butter and flavor via coloring substances and feeding strategies. It notes orange carrot juice added to cream during charging, and suggests color and flavor improvements come from cow diet such as Indian linseed meal roots potatoes and English hay, with Jersey-blood infusion as another method.
Simple home method promises healthy fruit trees
An experienced fruit grower near the Niagara river in western New York shares a cheap method using lye from leached ashes mixed with a little grease. He sprays trees to kill caterpillars and pests, claiming healthier, shinier bark and better apples. The text also notes onion health benefits and various farming tips.
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Niagara River
Western
New York
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Romloss
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America
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Weller
Sam
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Parsone
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Hartford University
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Finetford
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JB Munro
Court of Probate
Bristol
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WM R. Taylor
Titer
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Nathaniel Coggeshall
Allen T Usher
Peter Gladding
Robate
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Elizabeth Monro
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George W Monro
George B. Monro
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London Lancet
Rumsey
Social Defence
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Ohio Agricultural Journal
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