A Royal Romance of Peasant Rika in Sweden
A vivid slice of historical romance from a New York Ledger tale portrays Rika Bremer, a forester’s daughter, as Prince Eric’s chosen muse amid harvest crowds. The prince wooes through wealth and danger, while Rika’s virtue resists royal schemes and class barriers, testing love, duty, and fate in Gustavus’s Sweden.
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Praxiteles
Rika
Prince Eric
Duke John
Elizabeth
England
Little One
Frederika
Europe
Eric
Gustavus
Grisel
Juul
Evie
Sweden
Olaf
Sabo
Mei
The Boy Who Whistles and the Prospect of Youth
A nostalgic sketch on boys whistling through ages, noting how the act signals companionship and memory. It links 17th century Dryden to modern youth, praising whistle variety, stamina, and social echoes from attic mischief to theatre melodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drylen
John Dryden
Westminister Abbey
Johnny Dryden
Aldwinckle
Hood
Bia
siMenent
Jon
Sharps
Fats
Fritz Emmett
Willian Scanlan
Foster
America
Detroit
How to Improve Farm and Orchard Practices in Early Spring
The article discusses practical farming tips including sharpening tools with lamp oil, preparing rye batter for loaves, proper spacing in orchards to maximize fruiting, and improving butter and relish pairings. It emphasizes rotation to combat pests like a grain worm, harrow or drag weed control as more effective than cultivation, and timing pig management with seasonal care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman
T. Greiner
Furie Aia Ganten
Caution on Seed Corn Sales and Buyer Risk
An Iowa State Register warning urges buyers to beware seed corn scams and to insist on clear guarantees. Sellers charging premium for seed corn must cover crop losses if it fails, unless explicitly understood at purchase. Trials show last year’s performance is no guarantee, so buyers should test seed and avoid untrustworthy dealers.
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Eric
Rika
Gustavus
Sweden
Northwest
Lowea State Register
Renee R J
Guysett
Science Lessons For Farmers From Southern Planter
The excerpt argues that farmers must learn practical, hands on techniques beyond theory. It questions agricultural graduates knowledge on hog scalding hair removal grain stacking wheat shocks scythe whetting plow gear fence building and house squaring. It promises simple proportional methods like using a ten foot pole to square a house for practical mastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planter
Death of Postmaster General Howe Shrinks Senate Ranks
The passing reduces the active Senate to three veterans who served alongside Howe when the nation entered the war. Senators Anthony, Sherman, and Judge Daniel Clark remain among the living, with President Lincoln and Chaplain Byron Sunderland also surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Riss
Anthony and Sherman
Daniel Clark
United States
New Hampshire
Senate
Te Howe
Hannibl Hamlin
Byron Sunderland
Yes
Dr. Pierce Remedies and Patent Medicine Ad Claims
A jumble of 19th century patent medicine pitches, testimonials, and sales prose. It touts Dr Pierce products and other tonics, with farmers, druggists, and a Belfast preacher named in anecdotal cures. The fragment mentions Halls and Horehound remedies, bee figures, and a faulty hope in nostrums amid a broader medical quackery milieu.
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Dr. Pierce
Ee Ma Writtam Busan
Ving
Corsicana
Texas
Isaac C. Chapman
Newburg
N. Y
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N.Y. Ledger
Nothi Circus
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Gardes
University of Vermon
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Frisco
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Belair
Bart
Thas
M. Claus
Petters
Elizabeth Thorntos
Montonge
Belfast
Mr. Idden
Raneron
N.C
da. Bensox
H. J. Schlichter
Battina
de. Pierce
Brown
Lyon
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Thyo
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R. Ke Helphonstine
Washington, D.eee
Blewart
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Aerman
Fade
Anau
Hume
Hunt
Pete
June Chanmer
FB Carson Steere
Tinabergs
Penn
Qrattiande
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With
W. Cor
Louis
Rassente
Wabaah
Chicago
Lona
Addy Michernoune & Co. Saat Gadbene
Anying Co
Louie
Gortivars Ges
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Yonmae, Winous
MAUD
United
Eee
Kocherer
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Lady
Amarsinm
Queen Feder Velie Guen Chey Temple
Queen
Warners
Chapman & 60
Madison, Ind
Coventry
Seth Weokly Times
the Times
Kanene Ohtr
Missouri
Strong
Haniean
Radivat
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Fiders
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Emule
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Pinkhaw
Philadelphia
Bewring
MALL
SOM & CO
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FOND
Aurora
Kane Co
Pate
Claoin
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