From a Fragmented Era of Global and Domestic Concerns
A collage of notes cites New Zealand cashing a unique tax approach, Kansas open lands for settlement, New York churches converting to theaters, and American fruit and canal projects. It covers Louisiana rice yields, French canal spending, and Navy gunboats for shallow rivers, plus Russia’s bedding habits and a long Belgian monarch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Navy Department
Chins
China Station
San Francisco Chronicle
Herbart
A collage of 19th century world notes and misprints
The item surveys global topics from 1007 anniversaries to Mormon growth in New Zealand and German emigration to Maryland. It mentions fishing employment in the United States, a steam bicycle inventors, and opinions on farming profitability and labor attitudes across states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Royal Polytechnic School of
Dresden
United States
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Kansas
Dorchester County
Maryland
Carroll
Philadelphia Ledger
Punishments in Early Salem Public Records
The annals recount harsh colonial penalties in Salem from 1637 to 1687. Dorothy Talby was chained to a port for beating her husband, two men sat on the stock for traveling on the Baby bath, Mary Oliver was publicly whipped for reproaching magistrates, and a woman was whipped with a deft stick for slandering elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Old New England
Dorothy Talby
Mary
Thomas Oliver
Summer Night Promises in New York Sun Poem
A poetic love moment unfolds in a New York Sun fragment. The speaker recalls a warm summer night when a beloved’s eyes and heart inspired a vow of love. The piece blends romantic imagery with personal confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Jansen
New York Sun
Brixton Bride or Bank President’s Generous Offer
John Brixton, a modest iron company salesman, receives a wealth lure from Budder, president of the Forty-seventh National Bank, who urges him to marry Ada Fowse, heiress with over one million dollars in railroad bonds. Brixton wrestles with risk and family ties as Ada’s sister Ettie schemes a match with Brixton’s friend Agnes Hammice, while Ada’s value shifts with a rising fortune and a secret wedding proposal from Joan Brixton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DY Johnson Burt
John Brixton
Brixton
Bank
All Builder
Forty-seventh National Bank
Budder
Miss Fewse
Ben
Ben Fowse
John
Miss Towse
New York
Tan
Alisa Venea
Naka
Miss Fowse
Ada Fowse
Nough
Bristow
I’ewso
Shin
Rador
Baa
Eho
Alo
Aha
Mator
Bon Fenso
Miss Fowes
Wall Street
South America
Ettie
Agnes Hammice
Sho
Layo
Ettie Brixton
Miss Howarton
Denr| Ettie
Lea
Agnus
The Work Cure and Brain Work Therapy
A French physician De Fleury extols brain work as the cure for nervousness sorrow and suffering. Hugo used intense work to shield his emotions and produced masterpieces. De Fleury notes patients improved through study correspondence and literary tasks, achieving calm and better sleep. He praises the method as accessible without doctors or hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Fleury
Zola
Victor Hugo
Hugo
Atlanta Constitution
Madras
Paronn Balosoro
London Standard
Giants of the Peruvian Coast and Island Strongholds
The New York Tribune reports on prehistoric giants in Peru and on the island of Puno and near Guayaquil. Tales cite remains found near Lima and in Guayaquil Gulf areas, with Oliva and Quippu Camayon noting ancient giants who built stone works and water wells. The era ends, per tradition, with divine fire.
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Chaucal
Lima
Poru
Doctor the Plongoon
Puna
Gulf of
Guayaquil
Anilo Oliva
Puno
Point Santa Elena
New York Tribune
Humorous Sketches From Various Sources Collage
A compilation of light excerpts from New York World Puck Life and Chicago Tribune style quips. The pieces feature social banter, ironic dialogue, and vaudeville style gags about manners marriage work and weather.
New York Butter and Cheese Factory Statistics for 1892
State department pamphlet by Commissioner Behraub details 1892 butter and cheese production across 48 counties. It lists totals by factory counts and pounds, highlighting top counties for cheese and butter outputs and noting several counties with no factory production.
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Behraub
State Department of Agriculture
State Department
Greena
Hamilton
Hinga
New York
Putnam
Queens
Richmond
Rockland
Seneca
Suffolk
Ulster
Westcheater
St. Lawrence
Cattaraugne
Oneida
Herkimer
Jefferson
Lewis
Allagony
Otsego
Oswego
Wyoming
Franklin
Chenango
Lioga
Clinton
Chemung
Madison
Delaware
New York World
Concentrating the Sun's Moat
A reprint-like note discusses solar concentration using large lenses. It cites Parker the optician and hypothetical melts of cast iron, then estimates Earth receiving sunlight equivalent to 50 million square miles of surface and absurdly suggests 2,380,000,000 worlds around the sun could each receive the current Earth level of illumination.
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Parker
St. Louie Republic
Household Matters and Corn Cakes in Cookery Columns
Household News offers a German corn cake recipe with cornmeal and butter fried crisply, plus varied kitchen tips. Also included are citron preserve instructions, southern sweet pickles from watermelon rind, a chocolate pudding method, and practical advice on cleaning, dyes, and household hazards. The piece notes Canada granted West Point cadets travel permission in uniform to the World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
West Point Endeta
Cannada
Uniform
Arma
United States
Various 1920s News Notes From East to Midwest
Reported factory closures across the Eastern and Middle States resume operations. A New York officer on duty is killed by a taxi on Broadway. A reception welcomes G A S National Encampment delegates. Governor McKinley opens Ohio Republican campaign in South Salem. A train collision near Wonzo’s Farm injures six. two deaths occur in another crash in Hardin Iowa. Rotterdam capsizing leaves several dead. Arctic expedition reaches Bowdoin Day and plans winter in Greenland.
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Masry
Eastern
Middle States
Hanaisox
G. A. Se
Tedianapolis
Governon McKixixy
Ohio
South Salem
Ae Hardin
Iowa
Sac Des Moines
EL A. Ol
Rotterdam
Holland
Ostend
Belgium
Lanorexant Prant
Bowdoin Day
Greenland
National Game Notes Highlight Early Baseball Powers
The article discusses Brooklyn and Boston as strong teams with New Yorks claimed top form, season plans shift as Maxeson Wann decides to move Davies to Cleveland and Mike Kelly to Boston. It notes practices limited to three mornings weekly and Chicago center fielder Fray hobbling after a railroad scare. It mentions the 1492 bat used in an actor's game and Fenway-sized feats like Prerenza Brin’s long drive over the right field fence on St Louis grounds.
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Linen
Cambria
Maxeson Wann
Davies
Cleveland
Mike Kelly
Boston
New Yorks
Chicago
Dax Brooro
Prrenuza Brixn
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Bannon
Agricultural and Dairy Goods Prices and Stock Listings
Vintage market snapshot listing prices for butter creamery and Western dairy, assorted beans and peas, vegetables and fruit, state and city stock items, and live farm animals. Includes weights, varieties, and unit prices for items such as white kidney beans, green pens, fall cream, potatoes, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, flour, corn, oats, and cattle and calves.
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Berama
Feas
Lima
Cal
Bush
Penn
Serena
Western
Pactorp
Sens
L. I
Pera Craix
Tom
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Ilinois
Indian Ocean
Baltimore Sun
Bays Colman
Nation
James,town
Elizah Kellogg
Harpswell
Eigthy
Turkestan
Ameer
Bokborn
Amecer
Russi
St. Louis Republic
Texas State Grange
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Experiment Station
New York Post
Cummer
New Hampahro
Maasachusetts
Hans
Brixtons
Scott
Aoo
Silss Fonsola
Joan Dirxtox
Mrs. Budder
India
Sasso Mamlo
Puck
Asiong
Willis
Brown
Wallace
Elmore
Decker
New York Herald
Timmins
Indianapolis Journal
Biro
Detroit Tribune
Ncsuand
WIPR
Mr. Chugwater
Josiah
Mrs. Chugwater
Chicago Tribune
New York Weekly
Miracke
Huminalle
Mustamiaged
Hobbs
Dobbs
Philadelphia Record
Young Pop
Ave
Trone
A Forver
Melaage
Canada
Anid
Julippo Journal
Stranzer
Rene
Tha
Shokel
Europe
Christendom
New York’s Butter Supply
Detroit Free Press
Boston Cultivator
Hatsterp
Brooklyn
Yon
Lear
Il Claba
Cincinnati
Pittaburg
Baltimore
Philadel
Louis
Louisville
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Peaches
Jersey
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