A Kansas Homestead Tale of Frugal Oakshire Farming
A New York Tribune correspondent recalls a Kansas homestead interview with a boy who contrasts his father's patient, practical farming plan with a neighbor's harsh, pushy methods. He details crop trials from corn and castor beans to sorghum and onions, profits, and a shift toward stock investment, underscoring industrious, self-reliant farming over coercive discipline.
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Kansas
New York Trine
Plains of
Mr. A
John
Beary
Henry
Pather
Ira
Farher
Poisoned Brook Tragedy Spurs Rural Water Safety Probe
In Newark a brook near Horace Cheney’s farm is linked to the deaths of eleven children from water contamination. Paris green and decaying animal carcasses allegedly polluted the stream, with an 1878 burial near the brook noted. Authorities study analytical results while urging legal reforms to curb such deliberate poisoning. The report cites community fear and calls for accountability and improved water safety.
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Horace Cheney
Newark
Aldrich
Simpson
Cheney
Boston
Post
Abe
A Word to Boys Promotes Familial Duty and Reform
A Washington correspondent recalls a deadly duel between James Jackson of Georgia and a rival, staged across the Savannah River with double barrel loaded guns, ending in Jackson's wounding and the other man’s death. The piece then urges boys to return home, honor fathers, and avoid runaway life, underscoring affection and moral duty. It closes with an ad for Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments, endorsed by physicians and clergy.
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Mnp
Canady
Waal
Neisher
Japan
Fea
Old Henry
Toledo
Detroit
Syho Rae
Jaseason
Sen Baber
Jose
Jenks
Oliver
Imal
Beeaston
New Haven
Conn
Tve
JSF
Aseeres
Minittard Petips al Liat
Vietion
Shephens
Georgia
Stephens
Ody
St. Louiis Globe Democrat
Washington
Boston Journal
James Jackson
United States
Bovannala
Abdied Lan
Placuil
Savannah
Jackson
King
W. L. Welles
J Petar Rapids
Ada Buckingham
Let the Democrats Rejoice Over Marshals' Millwein Calamity
A fragmented survey of political friction, federal and state conflicts, and social concerns from the era. The piece touches on vetoed funds for marshals, a Texas mail robbery halted by New Mexico authorities, and the south’s mix of state rights and federal revenue resistance. It includes antipathy toward temperance movements, plus consumer notices for a skin salve and baby syrup. It also quotes Ada Buckingham on wine's harms and the social toll on women.
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Mill’ Wein
Texas
New Mexico
Lim
Post Office
Credis
Liquor Traffic Tension and Political Influence Described
A critical depiction of liquor interests and their influence across state legislatures and Congress. The text accuses brewers and liquor groups of obstructing temperance laws, manipulating politics, and pressuring courts, while claiming pardons and disrespect for Sabbath norms. The piece frames these actors as powerful yet not omnipotent.
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Congress of the
United States
N. U.S
The Dinigere of Beer Drinking Critique
Dr Crothars argues beer drinkers face highest disease risk and greater likelihood of intemperance. He warns beer as substitute for alcohol increases danger and fatality while promoting kidney and liver remedies and condemning beer as poison to the body.
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Crothars
Quarterly Journal of Theoriety
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Toma
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