Fourth of July Oration by Emery A. Storrs at Grand Rapids
The Hon. Emery A. Storrs agreed to deliver the Fourth of July Oration in Grand Rapids but cancelled his prepared speech after learning of the President Garfield assassination. He spoke extempore, expressing sympathy, patriotic resolve, and a plea for unity, insisting the nation would endure and praising Garfield.
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Emery A. Storra
Grand Rapids
Mich
Emery A. Storrs
Chicacago
Mr. Presipent
Fenow Citi-Zens
James A. Garfield
United States of America
Ingenious Contrivances Inventions From Various Fields
A Philadelphia weekly reports on miniature engines, a Cassel library box made from tree bark, and a surgical mouth reconstruction that restores speech and eating for a man from Marblehead. It highlights a New England honey moth bee protection stand with a hen house mechanism, plus bee and hen behaviors enabling timed hive access.
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Philadelphia
John Penn
Greenwich
England
Cassel
Germany
Marblehead
Mass
Boston
Dudley
St. of Salem
New England
How Milk Should Be Taken In August Popular Science
The article argues milk should be consumed in small mouthfuls at intervals, not after heavy meals, to avoid stomach burden. It notes infants digest milk gradually and urges abundant fresh milk or cream in puddings, criticizing skimmed milk and dry milky puddings as unpalatable. It highlights Scottish practice of a pudding-plate and calls for fuller, richer preparations for all ages.
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Popular Science Monthly
England
The Indian girl favors white husbands and fading pure-bloods
A Chicago Tribune essay argues educated Indian women prefer white husbands to avoid returning to semi-barbarism. It recounts Watt Grayson, a Cherokee cattleman murdered by robbers who sought his money, and notes his widow remains wealthy with cattle and a costly monument.
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Chicago Tribune
Mr. Roberts
Indian Journal
Eufaula
Watt Grayson
Arkansas
Watt
Fort Smith
Witt Grayson
Taye
Kathleen Mavourneen Composer Now a Baltimore Varnisher
Nicholas Crouch, author of Kathleen Mavourneen and several other popular songs, works as a furniture factory varnisher in Baltimore. Born in England in 1808, he rose as a violinist, knew Rossini, came to America, fortunes waned, served in the Confederate army, sustained injuries, and eventually settled in Baltimore living by manual labor.
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Kathleen Mavourneen
Nicholas Crouch
Baltiore
England
Rossini
America
Richmond
Lee
Buckingham Court House
Perkins
Baltimore
Demand prompts liquid Kidney-Wort by Wells Richardson Co
Detroit dispatch notes popular demand for easier kidney wort preparation leads Wells Richardson Co of Burlington Vermont to offer the remedy in liquid and dry forms. This development reflects consumer push for accessible medicinal products and expands distribution for the well-known druggists.
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Detroit
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Teacher's Naming Lesson Ends With Humorous Misstep
A first grader, Matie Brown, names her father Mr Brown, and when asked for his first name she replies that her mother calls him a darned old fool. The tale ends with the punchline that the teacher did not register him as D C F Brown.
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Matie Brown
Matie
Mr. Brown
Hop Ritters Medicine Touted by Board of Physicians
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced the discovery that combining well known remedies yields a medicine claimed to cure a wide range of diseases. Skeptics were won over by actual trials, praising Hop Ritters as benefactors.
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Hop Ritters
Waiting for Destiny Poem Fragments
The speaker embraces patient waiting as fate unfolds. He asserts that what is his will come in time, with steadfast faith that friends, destiny, and fortune align. Images of stars, tides, and rivers underscore the natural order guiding one’s rightful path.
Overworking the undeveloped brain in youth and Japan interview
The article argues that overwork harms growing brains while mature minds resist excessive study. It warns cramming damages development, urges school work to develop abilities, and contrasts energy use with overall health. An interview with Mr. Stevens discusses Americans in Japan, education, trade, morality, and Washington's esteem.
Races Which Come to America Immigrant Influx to New York
Our New York correspondent reports a growing European immigration to the city, led by Germany and Ireland emigres. Irish settlers move west to claim freeholds in Nebraska and Colorado, bringing capital and industry while Britain’s Land League pressures push talent away. Bees: John Throckmorton of Derby loses eighty six hives but regenerates to thirty one from four surviving colonies.
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United States of America
Athens
Grand Rapids
Socrates
Plato
Phidias
Parieles
Germay
Ireland
France
Old South Church
Lexington and Concord
Republic
London Daily News
New York
Germany
Brazil
Lower Canada
United States
Spain
Portugal
Tpeland
Westvard
Nebraska
Colorado
Land League
Parnell
United Kingdom
John Throckmorton
Derby
Lucas County
Domestic Recipes and Grand Rapids Visit Reflection
A dusty collection of tomato based dishes and desserts includes Tomato on toast Puppine Sauce and Tomato sauce with sweet breads. The text ends with an abrupt personal note about Grand Rapids and a telegraph amidst a calamity, signaling a mixed fragment of culinary guidance and a somber telegram.
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Grand Rapids
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Washington
Kathieeen Mavourneen
Japan
Stevens
Empire of Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Jqgpin
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