The Late Brow n as London Letter on John Brown
London letter discusses the title Mr given to John Brown during his life and at death, noting Queen Victoria's will, anecdotes of Brown’s service, and royal opinions. It recounts stories of a royal ball incident, and reflects on public perceptions of Brown and his roles within the court. The piece also includes unrelated notes about Lincoln, Jeff Davis, and a humorous War Department proposal, ending with a social carpet anecdote and a note on the trade dollar.
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London
Brown
Gillie
John Brown
Lincoln
Jeff Davis
Frank Pierce
Derby
War Department
Marcy
Davis
Washington Cor
Boston Journal
Home and Garden tips from a rural publication
In home, farm and garden guidance, readers are advised to dip nails in lard for hardwood, bake bread with sponge starter and sugar, nutmeg and butter, and to consider tree spacing to maximize fruit. It emphasizes butter improvement to bread, weed destruction by harrow, crop rotation to prevent worm infestation, and keeping pigs on green food to reach 200 pounds by seven months with sales in October.
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T. Greiner
Seed Corn Warnings and Practical Farmer Note
A farmer advisory warns buyers to demand guarantees on seed corn and to test stock before purchase. It cautions against paying premium for seed corn without risk understanding and urges careful, skeptical buying to avoid sharpers and losses from poor vitality. The piece also notes science gaps in farming education and shares a method to square a house with a 10 foot pole. It mentions historic senators Howe and Clark with surviving figures Hamlin and Sunderland.
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Iowa State Register
Planter
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Defiance County
Frank G. ‘Culley
Defiance
Ohio
Boston Herald
Omaha Herald
Thed Howe Lee
United States Senate
Prestincoln
Jel Clark
United States
New Hampshire
Senate
Doolittle
Howe
Hannibal Hamlin
Byron Sunderland
Browns
Ron
Brown's Iron Bitters
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Wheeling
Bellaire
Barnesville
Cambridge
Zanesville
Newark
Columbus
Mt. Vernon
Mansfield
Shelby
Plymount
Monroevillendusky
Chicago Te Republic
Titi Fostorie Deshler Defiance
Hicksville
Auburn
Garrett
Avilla
Chicago
Deshler
Fostoria
Tim
Republic
Sandusky
Monroeville
Plymouth
Shelby Junctio
Mt Vernon
Perea Tem
K.lord G.P.G
W.E. Reerent
Adent
Impro
Boots & Shoes
J. P. Ayers
Russell House
Loose’s Extract
Plossom
LOOSE
Te Bas
Sue Prinly
Williams & Co
Swift & Dodds
Jaince
Davis & Cou
Detroit
Arker’s
John Tuttle
Maumee
O. F. Ensign & Son
New Cent
Times Block
Clinton St
Cornell
H. Gherke
Warren & Grant Its
Tefana Wagon
Peter Dickman
Defiance, Ohio
Viers & Hilton
Holgate’s New Block
Clinton Street
Ayer
Teres
Aven
E. F. Harris
River St
Buckland
Mass
J.C. Ayer &Co
Lowell
U. S
Europe
A. Richmond
St.Joseph
Karst & Tenzer
F. J. Cheney
Switzer & Kehnast
Inet, Oxyn, Mosaic, &c. Wthwestern
Rogers Bro’s
Ohio Wesleyan Univers
Constitution OF Ohio
General Assembly
State of
House
Representatives
Te G Richards
United States OF America
James W. Newman
State of Ohio
Secretary of State
R. Pengelly
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Walnut Street
Kalamazoo
Mich
Colby & Scott
Snyder & Gleason
South Clinton St
Joseph Derheimer
Spence Bros. & CO
Cincinnati
Wellman
Defiance Branch House
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