Driven from Sea to Sea ends with tragedy and resolve
The narrative recounts a cartel of settlers facing seizure by a railroad, bloodshed at a California Slough, and the deaths of Erastus Hemmingway and John Parsons. Survivors Lucy Hemingway and Martha Parsons endure loss, displacement, and ongoing legal battles, while call for justice echoes across states.
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Slough
House
Senate
Railroad Company
Railroad
Congress
Governmet
Erastus Hemmingway
Presidnt
San Francisco
Letters’ League
Erastus Heningway
Johnon
Corporation
Tlers
Pacific Coast
Associated Press
United States
Hanford
Sloughlands
Mr. Johnson
Erastus
Johnson
Hemmingway
Despers
Perton
John Parsons
Les
Martha Parsons
Lucy Hemingway
California
Decline of Hudson River oyster beds threatens harvests
The eastern shore of the Hudson, from Sing Sing to the river’s upper reaches, has fed oyster beds since precolonial times. Production waned over the last twenty years, especially downstream, as sewerage and refinery sludge harmed beds. Now beds mainly supply seed oysters, transplanted to cleaner waters to mature. Albany Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
Sing Sing
Manhattan
Jersey
Albany Journel
Magnificent Sierra Blanca Peak in New Mexico
A notable Rocky Mountain summit, Sierra Blanca in New Mexico, rises over 14 464 feet in height making it one of the region's most magnificent peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Blanca
New Mexico
Useful and Suggestive Farming Fragments Or Patches
A mixed trim of practical notes from the Chicago Journal and other papers. Advice on equipping prairie land, saving machinery costs, preserving vinegar, making cream candy, and patching bags with glue paste. Household tips cover tool storage, buttered platters, fried apples with bacon, and cistern water purification with alum and lye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Voonto Globe
Iowa
Lechenge
Oxygen and Filth Decomposition in Sewage
Analyzed how oxygen presence shapes sewage decomposition. Aerobic processes heal faster with porous soil, periodic drying, and air access. leaky cesspools and saturated soils breed offensive byproducts that contaminate groundwater and indoor air, according to J B Brauines M D in Starper's Magazine.
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Brauines
M.D
Starper
Happy Condition of Farmers and the Cheshire County Speech
An elderly farmer recalls a speech by Isaac Hill in Keene, noting Hills remarks on the “happy condition of farmers.” He contrasts stable farming with merchants, speculators, professionals, and wage earners, stressing the farmer’s steady output from the earth amid social economic vicissitudes. The reminiscence highlights Hill as a notable New Hampshire figure and former governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Hill
Keene
Cheshire County
Tie
New Hampshire
Society of Mar
Tricks on the Tracks Threats in Railway Engineering
The article discusses dangers faced by locomotive engineers from rival tricks and accidents. It cites cases of engines harmed by emery in the oil can and oil in the boiler, plus a firefighter who died after a rival’s sabotage. It notes strain and nervous impact, mentions Warner's safe cure, and gives details on the Locomotive Engineers' Brotherhood with 17,000 members and offices in Cleveland.
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The
Railway Review
Suse Posse
A. $. Hampton
Indianapolis
Ind
Warner
J.S. Ingraham
Cleveland
Locomotive Engineers’ Brotherhood
Arthur
Michigan Central
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Pacific
Rock Island
Chicago
Joliet
Ottawa
la Salla
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Knoxville
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Union
Missouri River
Territories
Interior
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Cincinnati
Lafayette
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
Epitaphs and ad patter mix in Vermont era column
A collage of epitaph quips, literary jests, and patter from a Vermont gravestone note mixed with product ads. It includes jokes about Woodhen and Woodcock, a correction by a proofreader, and a string of patent medicine pitches from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, with brief literary quips and gossip.
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Vermont
Samuel Woodhen
N. B
Woodcock
Pope
Pierce
Horses Food and Feeding Dangers for Working Horses
The article notes horses are finicky eaters next to sheep and warns against leaving uneaten refuse in feeding boxes, especially in warm weather with damp hay and meat scraps. Overfeeding by hired hands damages appetite, causes poor growth, and lowers work efficiency, per Arm, Field and Steckman.
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Field and Steckman
Windows woodland walks and a man’s recovery tale
A Manchester Guardian piece recounts an old cotton spinner turned paralyzed patient, once bedridden and unable to work for years. After trials with patent medicines and Hop Bitters, a nerve stretching treatment, and a home for incurables, he reports a remarkable recovery beginning November 3, 1882, gaining strength and walking again.
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Manchester Guardian
Manchester
Tam No
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Ohio
C. Co. Post
J. E. Downey & Co., Publishers
Lucy
Ensign
Jennie Parsons
Jennie
C—— Street
Tecan
Toledo
Yonkers Cuzelle
Mapamge MopseskKa
Boston Post
Price
Glen
Corus
N. J. Mair
Prof. Trilobite
Little Bessie Brighteye
Worldés Dispensary Medical Assoc
Buffalo, N. Y
Joseph Brown
Bradstreet & Sons
East Fourth Street
Dayton
Paul Herald
New York
Cuey Bu
Eeesstsure Reeve
Pittsburgh Beeves
Philadelphias
Philadetia
Swift
James Mann
Swift Specific CO
N. Y
Atlanta
Dyke’s Beard
Adera
Stompa
Silver Smith Mig. Co
Palatine
Ils
Standard Silverware Co
Boston
Mass
Arnt County
Humane Bremedy CO
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
LE Page
Gineon & O Erman & Piano Co
Pulpal Alnce Car Co
Ll.t. White
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Jalm
Business College
Philadelphia
Setnen
Wostxkee Conta Y
Ibuftaio
N.Y
Yourworld & Viper
U. S
C.D. Warner Reading
HOP Bitters M
Até Caare
Stillwater
St.pau
Waterville
Mie
Nsasu
Isc
Ee ‘ Mayison
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
West Bound
Baltimore
Teteeee Hs
A.M
Wheeling
Bellaire
A. M
Barnesville
Cambridge
Zanesville
Newark
Columbus
A.M. Pf
P. M
Sandusk
Cicago
A.M. A.M
Ars
Ces
C. K. Lord
Gen
Sandusky
Seereee
Ohio River
Marietta Railroad
Great Lakes
Milwaukee
Great Northwest
Pennsylvania
E.st.louis
New
E. ST. John
Chicago v
Cheatem
Jenks
Jenks Fr. Prazer
Mr. C
Tein
Rees
Woolrich & Co
Palmer
Ridge
Renee Sendly
James Means
Means & Co
Lincoln &Sr
and Utton
Dunelar Wayre
du Page Co
France
Wayne, Ill
Chicago & North-Western
Grcans
Mason & Iam
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company
Wabash Ave
Ill
Ella Smith
N. Foster Street
Springfield
Athlophoros CO
Wall St
R. U
Lorillard
Pat. Dee
E. Ross & CO
U.S
J.C. Lightious
Rochester
Weaver Organ & Piano Co
York,Pa
P.O
Express Office
the National Co
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C.O. 1
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B.C. Sirochi& Co
Wabushay
L. Pond
M.D. Aurora, Keine Co
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Mariette
Madstrey J
Eta Dee
Ee Opts
Belle Valley
Pt. Pleasant
Byesville
Sds
New Comerstown
Canal Dover
Eh al
Creston
Raugd Sada
Eire
Wghhoroor
Norwalk
Ready Ae
Ee Oh
Monroeville
Terman Fsa Hee
Pittsburgh
Bordio
Scteral
Nomwaie Awcxtee
Wellington
Canal Dover New Comerstown
Kimbolton
Ua Cance Pt
Pleasant
Macksbore
Marietta
Orville
Cleveland Aero Coe Hols
Canton
Valley Junction
Pp. Pease
J. E. Terry
T. C. Clark
Valley Railway
Independence
Everett
Akron
Uniontown
Greentown
Berlin
Lake Park
Crossing Valley Junction
M.ip
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P. Mn
A. m. Valley Junction
New Berlin
East Akron
Isaac : Reynolds
R. A. Curran
Geo. H H. Stowell
Tray
Webster
Sheep
Russia
Turkey
Cset Webster
Gov't Printing Office
G. & C. Merriam & Co., Pub’rs
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