Dakota's Boom Fades as Wheat Crop Becomes Main Hope
The piece warns that the Manitoba emigration boom has ended and rail and farm sectors face gloom. It notes reduced railroad hiring, scarce wheat, and wide stakeouts in Fargo and Dakota towns. A Columbus of bankers and farmers ties fortunes to the wheat harvest amid debt and uneasy markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor
Cincinnati Enquirer
Manitoba
Har Vest
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Pacific
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Nebraska
Montana
Minnesota
Dakota
Omaha Road
Minneapolis
Bismarck
Western Reserve
Painesville
Ashtabula
Conneaut
New Territories
Grand Forks
Fargo
Sioux City
Ifo
Chicago
Dallas
South
Great Northwest
Delusions of Railroad and Land Schemes Warned
A cautious observer denounces railroad and land company promotions as delusions and snares, urging vigilance against colony tales and agents proposing commissions as traps for the unwary.
Nose As A Historical Legend In Great Figures
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt surveys noses as markers of character from Cyrus the Great to Napoleon and Cobwebs of fashion minds. It links famous people with distinctive noses and notes quirky portraits including Saint Paul and Marie Antoinette.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Plutarch
Xenophon
Cyrus the Great
Antiochus
Syria
Cicero
Apostle Paul
Mohammed
Charles V
Spain
Germany
Low Countries
Francis I
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Lycurgus
Solon
Greece
Tarquinia
Gibbon
Garat
Clovernook
Southey
Marie Antoinette
Hazlitt
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wordsworth
California Stage Driving Insights From a Milwaukee Reporter
The piece extols California stage drivers for masterful downhill control on rough winding roads. It highlights drivers on six-line teams using high seats and long whips, turning sharply, avoiding ruts, and maintaining perfect reins coordination. It notes riders endure daily 75 mile mountain routes and praise their skill across seasons and terrain.
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California
Milwaukee Sentinel
Sierras
What is that curious man called a dude
The exchange describes a fashionable figure known as a dude in 19th century culture. A mother explains to her child that the "dude" is a harmless, unusual guest rather than a goblin, noting the new fashion and mask of curiosity around such a person. The text references Barnum as the era’s caravan impresario and notes the novelty of this urban figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy M. Blinn
Continent
Barnum
Rotten Row the grand English riding sight on earth
The author praises Rotten Row in London as the finest riding and driving place, detailing English thoroughbreds, attire of riders and grooms, and the lively scene of ladies, gentlemen, and horses. He compares horse power, observes gaits, and reflects on tradition, beauty, and his Kentucky roots.
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Geo. O. Barnes
Stanford
Wales
Suffolk
Russia
Clyde
Yorkshire
Normandy
Shetland
London
Charles Dickens
England
William the Conqueror
Hyde Park
Pape
Longfellow
Ton
Fragmentary Verse Fragment in Old Paper Text
A brief, hard to parse collection of archaic phrases mentioning grace power handsomer snow floater sap phire pavement and ringing hoofs in a poetic style with no clear narrative orEntities.
Superstitions of Gamblers and Social Theft in New York Tales
The piece blends gambler folklore about luck and omens with a New York Society column note on theft. It recounts moon and pin superstitions among players, then shifts to gossip on dishonest upper-class scruples, cheating at cards, store thefts, and arrests at Macy's. A West Point anecdote ends with a tall tale of a near-fight over a rival.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Dil
Annex
Lookeron
New York
Duer
Columbia College Law School
Fifth Avenue
First Avenue
Macy's
Detroit Free Press
West Point
M Jones
Guiteau
Maantet
Washington Cor
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
Reed
Guitean
Washington
From a Jersey farm to a charity boy's memory
A boy bound to a New Jersey farm carries a keepsake of his late mother sewn into his jacket. The agent notes the gesture as the boy clutches the memory for comfort. The snippet comes from a column titled How They Manage Em and a Dover notice about soldiers.
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Hagerstown Globe
New Jersey
Boston Post
Mrs. Snaggs
Dover
Skilled Rat Catcher Describes House Clearing Methods
A Chinese author and New York interview details a professional rat catcher’s techniques. He explains sealing cellars, blocking sewer runways, nailing tin over rat highways, wire doors, and traps to funnel rats into a single room for capture. He also cites gun, pepper fumigation, and hot-water first aid for bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miracle oil promises hearing cure from shark product
Advertisement touts a hearing restoration remedy claimed to cure deafness using oil from a shark species. It cites a Buddhist priest in 1410 and imperial China, offers $100 return by mail for a bottle, and urges readers to send funds to Heylock & Jenney at 7 Dey Street, New York.
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Yellow Sea
Heylock & Jenney
Dey Street
New York
Merchantile Review
Havlock & Jenney
America
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Delmonico
Europe
Petersburg
Rolten Row
Kentucky
Inter Ocean
Thomas
Perryville
Bragg
Cumberland Gap
Waal
Gen. Thomas
Enid
Pap
Joaquin” Miller’s Name
Joaquin” Miller
The
Heine Miller
Minnie Theresa Dyer
Minnie Myrtle
Joaquin
Browns Iron Bitters
Browns
ROM Bitters
Rhodes & Troxell
Foo Choo
Mioiaters
Preas
Raya
Marston
Brea Opelena Caaca
F. Schweigkert
Dhealbhrin
6Th Street
Eddy and
Ferguson
Cheyenne
Wyoming
McCormick
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