Hampton Institute: Work Toward Indian and Dolores Education Prospects
The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia marked its 16th anniversary on May 22. It reports about 500 Black and 120 Indian students this year, with many graduates teaching in southern states and at agencies in the Dakotas and Southwest. The school, built since 1868 at roughly 400,000 dollars and debt free, seeks a 16,000-dollar dormitory fund for colored girls, relies on a labor program that earned over 30,000 dollars this year, and remains privately funded with modest government aid.
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Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Hampton
Virginia
North Carolina
Dakota
Southwest
S. C. Armstrong
Domestic Curiosities: Varied Childrearing and Farmer Portraits
A list contrasts well behaved and unruly children with parental scolding patterns, noting truthfulness amid deceit and tidy habits amid poverty. It shifts to farmer types from diligent to idle, ending with a critical portrait of a pleasure seeking, unproductive farmer cited by Dr Hanaford in Western Plowman.
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Hanaford
Plowman
Mississippi County Man Surrenders for Perjury
William Yarboro of Mississippi County Texas was bound over to answer an indictment for perjury but could not post bond. The Justice of the Peace directed him to deliver the commitment order to Sheriff Haskins at Osceola. Yarboro sailed to Osceola on the Dean Adams and surrendered to the sheriff who housed him in the bridal cell.
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Mississippi County
Texas
Iim
Haskins
Osceola
Yarboro
Rver
Dean Adams
St. Louis
Emerson
Chicago
Bufalo Express
Chicago Tribune
London
Johnny
Austin
Texas Sistings
Mary
Sarah
Chicago Herald
Abram Ellsworth
Port Ewen
Ulster County
N. Y
David Kennedy
Rondout
Ellsworth
New York
Sea grass bread of Devonshire sailors earns wages
On England s west coast porphyra laciniata is gathered mainly by women who wash and weed it, boil it for two hours, cut, knead into loaves, dust with oat meal, and bake. The result keeps four days in summer eight in winter and is sold along the coast with Swansea as a major market.
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England
Devonshire
Swansea
Wales
N. Y
Remarkable Branchville Elders Honor Long Lives
The New York Sun notes Branchville New Jersey hosts two centenarian locals: William Morris at 98 and Stephen Foster who is 88. Morris endured 96 years free of ailment until a hip fracture from a runaway colt accident two years ago. Foster, a carpenter for sixty years, never missed a day from sickness and has only five days away from other causes.
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Branchville
N. J
William Morris
Stephen Foster
Mr. Morris
Mr. Foster
N. Y
Swift
Ford
Jesse H. Campreni
Columbus
Miss Amelia Chapman Dies En Route Home
Miss Amelia Chapman of Pennsylvania who had taught in Kansas was an invalid traveler. In Alliance Ohio she sent a porter for tea and died two minutes after he returned with it.
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Amelia Chapman
Pennsylvania
Alliance, O
Philadelphia Press
Young Man Dies After Being Placed Off Train
Arthur Gill's administrators won a $2,000 verdict against the Rochester & Pittsburgh Road for his death near Wyoming village. The sixteen year old was intoxicated and put off the train on a winter night. he was found dead in the morning.
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Arthur Gill
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Wyoming Village
N. Y
Mind Under Pressure Finds Answers In Hands
Under strain the mind fatigues yet seeks tasks to steady focus. Distraction dulls effort but deliberate engagement can trigger sudden insight, turning weariness into a welcomed breakthrough as thoughts surface when least expected.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Fact totals show growth in silk and rail networks
Silk growing in over twenty of thirty eight states. Amoskeag Man chester N H produced 30 million yards of cloth in six months. US railroads total 124000 miles, seven times UK. New York Fish Commission hatched 85000 shad since 1868 at $215250.
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Amoskeag Corporation
Manchester
N. H
United States
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Chicago Journal
New York Fish Commission
N. Y
Hall
Journal of Health
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
London
Albany Journal
Bismarck
Crookston
Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri River
Denver Tribune
Fragments of agricultural advice and home hints from old papers
A collage of farming tips and household notes cites grass growth as profitable for rectification, tea leaf poultices for burns, grain thistles to be cut, and improvised tools. Additional mentions praise manure and diverse grasses, ink removal with milk, and observations on cattle quality and houseplants.
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Chicago Journal
N. Y
Boston Globe
America
Albany Journal
Detroit Post
Wit and Wisdom Bits and Banter From Older Humor Pages
A collage of quotes and quips on life, law, and manners. It includes Emerson on music and disposition, a pun about burglary, a London mortuary anecdote, moral verses, classroom humor, and regional greetings. The tone is light, miscellany style, reflecting a bygone newspaper feature.
The Commercial Tourist on a Life of Constant Travel
A veteran merchant traveler describes a 15 year, 250000 mile career that has made him an automaton. He details mechanical routines, a mind easily sidetracked without travel, and a compulsion to move on despite longing for escape. He compares his urge to stop in remote places with fellow travelers.
The Best Horses From a Rural New Yorker Essay
A farmer should prize a good wife and tea, then raise horses as a path to wealth. The preferred team is two bay mares sixteen hands high, 1000 to 1250 pounds, with specific conformation. They should be versatile for plow, travel, and carriage, able to trot four minutes per mile, and fetch strong resale value. A matching sixteen-hand stallion with bold knee action is advised for market demand.
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Central
Lincoln Park
Newport
Long Branch
J. Sardy
New Yorker
Presidential favorites speak on health and malaria cure
Three White House receivers Colonel E B Densmore John T Rickard and T F Pendel recount wartime dedication and daily malarial suffering. They attribute recovery to Warner's Safe Cure citing personal health gains and broad public use.
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White House
E. 8. Densmore
John T. Rickard
T. F. Pendel
Pender
Lincoln
Ford
America
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Executive
Densmore
Mr. Rickard
Warner
Bright
Mr. Pendel
Eggs by the Dozen Should Reward Weight Differences
Prairie Farmer Letter argues egg buyers and farmers should price eggs by size and weight rather than all eggs counting the same. It notes a difference of about one pound per dozen between largest and smallest eggs, urging large producers and large buyers in every locality to prefer heavier eggs to increase value for both sides. N. J. Sheppard cites practical examples from hotels and potato markets to support the claim.
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N. J. Shepherd
Canastota man travels with two red Devon steeds in Syracuse
Daniel Twogood of Canastota N Y recently drove to Syracuse behind a pair of bright red three-year-old Devon drivers hitched to a sidebar carriage from Canastota after supper. They covered six hours there and back, maintaining five to six miles per hour and starting off briskly like sprightly horses.
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Daniel Twogood
Canastota
N. Y
Syracuse
Devon Stvers
Syracuse Journal
Smart women of the period wear heads shaved and wigs
The New York Mail notes that fashionable girls of the era trim and shave their hair and wear wigs. They claim it saves trouble and allows weekly variety in hairstyle.
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N. Y
Dogs on Exhibition Valued at 350000 in New York Show
A Madison Square Garden beach show in New York estimated the dogs' value at 350000. The note cites N Vimes. The French president reportedly earns 120900 annually with 120000 extra for entertaining and travel.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Vimes
Remedy ads and medical cures parade in 1884 Newark area
A collage of letters and testimonials touts Brandreth's Pills and Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as cures for ague and blood diseases. Side remarks promote Lydia E Pinkham and Swift's Specific. Various snippets joke about society and fashion, with brief lines on health cures and cures for skin and throat.
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Guysett
Rail timetables in May 1834 for Wheeling and Lake Erie line
A May 1834 timetable from Wheeling and Lake Erie and Cleveland and Marietta Railroad describes schedules under Central Standard Time. It notes operating days and routes with stopping points and the period’s standard time reference.
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