Judge Arrests Dodge for Contempt in Odd Mississippi Tale
In a satirical Arkansas Traveller note, a circuit judge, chasing a evasive informant, encounters a rain soaked detour in a forest. After a comical misdirection, the judge confronts the man at a muddy gate, declaring contempt and threatening jail until the stranger negotiates lodging and a way out, ending with the judge jokingly ordering jail for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Graphgam
Ted
Blakeville
Podner
Cap'n
Arkansaw Traveller
Religious papers and their fierce rivalry in city press
The inquiry notes how religious papers compete within the city press. Twenty one weekly titles exist across denominations including Baptist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, Swedenborgian, Catholic, and Jewish papers with several independent ones. The sector carries high costs and profits are small, with observers estimating the Observer at around $20,000 and total capital in the religious press near nine billion?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed
Brooklyn
Bowen
Independent
Fashionable Hats and Hair Styles Of The Day
The article surveys current dress and grooming trends with notes on fabrics, trims, and colors. It highlights woolen and satin garments, military collars, bows, hats with turned brims, and jewelry accents, plus guidance on hair arrangements and accessories for young women and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milibann
Home and Farm Clippings From Agricultural Notes
Domestic tips and gardening notes cover breakfast rolls, dough dumplings, and yeast use. Advice discusses timber land value, crop limits on marginal soils, salt use on infested fields, nursery tree rooting, roast pork technique, carbolic acid use and pruning, and orchard ground cover with straw for old, uncultivable plots. Includes practical farmer remarks from Willan te Lurie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Gregory
New Jersey
Advics
Skating Tricks From a Comic List of Do Nots
A humorous guide for skaters offers playful rules such as avoiding skating in two directions, eating apples for refreshment while skating, and sitting down occasionally. It warns about falls and slipping skates, and suggests checking skate straps after a head impact.
Draining Has Rich Benefits for Soil Health and Crops
A New England Farmer article extols drainage, noting that removing surface and subsoil water drys soil early, reduces drought harm, and prevents crusting. It lists benefits from tile drainage including deeper soil, better root depth, earlier spring work, and increased crop quality and yield, with examples from Cornel George BE Waring Jr. and references to swamps and meadows becoming productive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornel George BE
Waring, Jr
Llushandry
New England
The Cow That Did Not Milk Like Promised
A farmer bought a cow praised for high milk output but after returning home and feeding ordinary rations the milk flow fell short of claims. The seller blamed the feed not the cow, a cautionary tale about misrepresentations and the central role of diet in production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
R Pombine
Eno Aptaal
Ontra Care
Atieniigg
New England
Notable cure claims and storms threaten Rochester floods
An 1870s Courier Journal excerpt discusses St Jacobo Oil as a cure for rheumatism and highlights Warner’s Safe Cure. It describes ages of storms on the Genesee River near Rochester, detailing flood prevention efforts, notable buildings, and remarks on local industry and medicine. The piece interweaves advertisements, testimonials, and local observations about health products and weather dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Goldsmith
America
Rochester
Genesee River
Falls
Sam Patch
Warner
Atexis
Sali
Stanly
Warren
Herbal remedy claims for various ailments from Dr Beotts Cocuy
An old advertisement touts a tonic Dr Beotts Cocuy Beet and Iron with Phosphorus sold by druggists for $1. It markets cures for nervous complaints and digestive issues, promising relief for a range of conditions including heart and brain ailments, with a messenger from Malta claiming benefits for sufferers. Names and places are presented in a dated 19th or early 20th century style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frea
Wonderfuul
Beotts
Scott
Kansay City
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Lowa
Taye
M. F. Causey
M.D. Oglethorpe
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Trix
Enogh
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Duke Fegan
Washington
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Iapilo
Pepsic
Novaya
Thinsants
Werish
Lydia G Winklam
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Dacob Sutes
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Via
Lomkfust
Arporsa
Patouns
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Dian
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York Udten
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Oarts
USA
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Cain
Cleveland
Bright
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Taal
Smiiwawlare
Baiea
Wilton
West Va
Romady Llavu
Clark
Vane
Calloway
Ell
Oreon
Raweneatty
Geo
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Myerstown
Tay
Phal
West Bath
Maki
the Blood Cleanser
Meyer
Ludington
Mich
Alex River
Monroe, Mich
W. L. Camren
Stowrzer
Fulton +t
Cldeago
Aeae
Watu Restorer
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New York
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Eve
Yorere
Texas
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