Rag trade and industry figures from 19th century sources
A compilation of figures on rag picking in New York, grain mills in Holland, steamship accidents, Western Union finances, Chesapeake oyster harvest trends, U S petroleum manufacture, acre area calculations, and Minnesota Big Woods and pine regions with vast square mile extents. Includes multiple firms, capitals, wages, and employment counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eee
Holland
Chicago
Tri- Unc
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chesapeake Bay
United States
Census Bureau
Cincinnati Times
St. Paul
Minnesota
Quotable Odds and Ends From Various Papers
A collection of brief witticisms and anecdotes from multiple newspapers. Jokes about doctors, coroner, servants, dog carts, and a Philadelphia song anecdote are shared, with remarks on worth of reminders and quotes about life and speech.
Agricultural tips and market lore from the press
Useful notes on beans versus wheat nutrition and peachblow potatoes. Dress trends shift from fur to plush linings. Recipes for cream cabbage and cream biscuit. Agricultural reports cite Connecticut profits with some farms yielding up to twenty eight percent. Frost impacts on roots vary by crop while buckwheat chaff serves as cow stable absorbent.
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N.Y
Chicago Journal
Detroit Post
Gold
Connecticut
Middlesex County
Making Poultry Profitable for Rural Farmers and Small Keepers
Practical advice on turning small poultry keeping into profit, emphasizing care, stock condition, fresh air, ventilation, cleanliness, and proper feeding and watering. It stresses lively healthy birds, winter laying through good conditioning, and avoiding contamination of feed and water.
English Captain Bares Afghan War Scare on Estate Visit
Captain Sherborne of the British army recounted a near fatal Afghan battlefield incident to a visiting correspondent on Mr Harrison’s Kansas estate near Coolidge. After lifting a wounded Afghan, the man grasped his severed leg and attacked with the bone blade, fatally injuring himself and injuring Sherborne who fainted at the scene.
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Coolidge
Kan
Harrison
Sherborne
Afghanistan
Captain Sherborne
Empty and Full
A gentleman seeks boarding at a parsimonious house. the tall boarder answers the house is full but the boarders are empty. The man departs puzzled as the gaunt boarder walks away with hollow teeth and a haunted air. Detroit He!
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Detroit
Best Tools Save Labor and Tempers on the Farm
A writer argues for buying the best tools such as ax, hoe, and plow, noting they cost less than poor ones in the long run and improve efficiency and morale. He adds tools should be kept sharp and ready, and applies this to all farm equipment. The piece ends with a Providence Press notice about a John street grocer paid in pennies, 6200 coins, weighing 47 pounds in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Y. Sen
John Street
Providence Press
Lockport
Toledo
John Hodge
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific RY
Kansas City
Council Blutts
Leavenworth
Atchison
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Union
Atlantic
Horton
Pullmann
Missouri River
Albert
Seneca
Kankakee
Richmond
Norfolk
Newport News
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Auasta
Nashville
Louisville
Lexington
Cincinnati
Idianapolis
Lafayette
Omaha
United States
Canada
Rock Island
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
Presa
Cleanliness and overhauls key to textile mill efficiency
The article argues that regular cleaning and periodic overhauls are essential for textile machinery, comparing mills to watches in constant motion. It notes that well maintained mills run smoother, faster, and longer, while neglected ones wear out early and lose value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Nilsson urges trained critics to uplift American music
In Philadelphia Mme Nilsson told an interviewer she respects competent criticism but fears incompetent critics. She notes in Europe critics are skilled musicians and argues America should foster competent critics across all arts to improve culture and art discourse.
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Philadelphia
Mme. Nilsson
Europe
America
Advice from a practical father to his son setting out for Paris
A prudent father counsels his son to avoid taking others’ property, tell the truth, and refrain from oppressing the weak. He warns against unnecessary interference that would create enemies and friends alike, and bids him farewell with a blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
N. Y
Paris
Pennsylvania Seeks Inventor Of Tight-Legged Pants
In a humorous note the Philadelphia Chronicle laments the need to identify the person who invented tight-legged pants and jokes about life imprisonment as punishment. The item memorializes William Penn while tongue in cheek critiquing fashion history.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Chronicle
Petroleum V Nasby endorses HenkyY's Carbolic Salve cure
The column quotes Petroleum V Nasby praising HenkyY's Carbolic Salve for a inflamed finger, noting pain relief within twenty minutes and the finger fully recovered in a day. It also includes various ads and quips about health remedies and humorous anecdotes from the era.
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Petroleum
Purveyors of Quack Medicines and Patent Remedies
A collection of advertisements touts various cure-alls and devices. Dr Pierce’s Pills promise healthy bowels without aftercare, Lydia Pinkham’s tonic is hailed, and Wise’s Axle Grease and Diamond Dyes are pitched against hazards. A forty dollar note humorously notes holes in silver dollars with Wise’s grease claims, plus a thirty day trial offer for Voltaic belts from The Voltate Beer Co. in Marshall Michigan.
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VolTate Beer Co
Marshall, Mich
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WIT and Wisdom
Hannah Moore
James A. Garfield
N. Y. Herald
South End
Oston Post
Kingston
Austin
Texas Siftings
Washington
Philadelphia News
Cis
YHE Markets
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Dairy
Mr. Barton
Redway & Barton
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lyon
Shoe
Springfield
Mass
J. WH. Mabbitt
St. Jacobs
Boston Herald
Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald
Pierce
Womip’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Hale
Pike
Mishler
VeNnNor
Atlantic Ocean
Jtochester Post Express
Goltpen
Marathon Independent
Dr. Benson
C. W. Benson
Baltimore
Birks, &c
Republicas
Tun
Cincinnati Gazette
New Orleans Picayune
Uslike
B. Brittan Gays
Lydia E. Pinkhall
Wise
Chicago Times
David C. Cook
Bismarck
Berlin
Morristown Herald
Brown
Iremedy
St. Jacobs Om
A. Vogeler & CO
Merche
Merchant's
Mallogy
Cota
Lydia E. Pinkhar
Lydia FE
Western Avenue
Lynn
Ee Demorest
Illustrated Monthly
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th Street
Wigs & Warnes Sontc.o.p. Anywhere
Wholesale & Hetail
Wabashay
Victorigi
Nationa
True & Co
Augusta, Me
NatiBook Co
Recsnanst
Rovh & Bro
New Oxford
Enigma Amonth
P. W. Zineger & Co
Philad's
Band Orchestra
Thompson & Odell
Tremont &J
Boston
Stinson
Brxe- Hamnton Oil Berinine Co
Binghamton, N. Y
MAS and Piano Co
14Th St
Yles
IN & Hamlin
Bremont St
Wabash Ave
St. Nicholas
J. T. Trowbridge
FR. Stockton
Nicholas
Young Folks Magazine
Louisa M. Alcott
Frank R Stockton
York
Philadelphia Inquirer
Putnam Patriot
Geo. F. Barnes
D. Lothrop & Co
Franklin St
Paillard’s
Husig
M. J. Paillard & Co
Broadway
New York City
Mishler’s
Serre Bipeeras
Parker
Cho
Monarch
Monarch Lightning Law Co
Randolph St
Walnut Street
Richel Parsons
Johnson &Co
Express
P. O
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
K. Trifet
Ny Dor
School Street
Palatine DE
M Wtions
Gerald & CO
Washington, D. C
Ske Sant
Slston &Co
Cae
Eal D.C
Prteiecer
Aultman & 1 Rco
Mansfeid, O
Asea
Adarek
Wacazines
Babyland
Franklin Street
the Sheason
Ditson & Co
Van
Susannabld
Ned
Qld
Diz
Rey
Oliver Editson & CO
H. Ditson & CO
London
Mescrole
Pennsylvania Agricultural Works
Farquhar
Standard Engines
Santa Claus
Adams Street
Iss
F. L. Pond
Aurora
Kane Co
Montcomery Ward ‘O
Wabash Avenue
C Retina
Fillneis
Kendall &O
Agency Emporium
Ontario Street
Isles
Lemers’ Sons
J. E. Shepard & CO
Elm St
Drugpisis
Hallett & Co
Portland
ASN
K. N.co
Tate
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Logansport
Pittsburgh
A.M
P.M
Steubenville
Cadiz Junction
Sacaret Ste
Bowerstown
ALM Ar, Dennison
Lv. Dennison
Newcomerstown
Cosheaton
Dresden Junction
Newark
Columbus
Urbana
Soo
Dennison Express
Scio
Dennison
Chicago Express
Baggrage
E. A. Ford
James McCrea
I P.M
Louis Baibray
Columbus Time, Ly
Ar. Dennison, Ly. Dennison
Rowerstown
Harrisburg
ALM
Bowerston
Wheeling
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Buo
As. Rae A.M
Sandusky
Pee Ae
Zanesville
Cambridge
Barnesville
Bellaire
Ohio River
Time
P.M Alm
P.M. Alm
City
A.M. J
Newark , Sandusky
C.K. Lord
B. Dunham
C. & M. Division
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
E.t
Toledo & Marietta Jr
Canal
Dover
Kimbolton
Eyesville Pt. Pleasant Caldwell
Marietta
Toledo & Marietta Je. Canal Dover
M. P
Cambridge Eyesville
Pt. Pleasant, Caldwell
Canal Dover
T. ‘Vy
W.ry
South Bound
P.C
St. L. Ry
East Bound
West Bound
Point Pleasant
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