Ohio Legislature Adopts Broad Range of Bills Through March
March notes show Senate and House passes on penology tax, and governance measures. Bills authorize Board of Examiners, adjust salaries for judges, fund sinking, regulate execution access, and police bids. City, county, and state provisions cover taxes, mortgages, and public works with adjournment sine die.
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Senate
House
Hamilton County
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio National Guard
Board of Public Affairs
Cleveland
Secon
Common Pleas
Committee On Public Works
Akron
Colrain Township
Morrow County
It. B. Larue
Macon County
H. B
Dayton
H. B. Clermont County
Board of Education
Teachers’ Institute
U. B. Fall Township
Hocking County
A. B. Logan
van Wert
Paulding
Pleasant Township
Logan County
Darke
Montgomery
Preble
Butler
Ril
Etroleum
Hamilton County Fair Grounds
Muskingum County Agricultural Society
Fifth Judicial District
H. Bb
Hamiltton County
Columbia Avenue Road
H. B. Wharton
H. B. Grand Army Association
Lake Erie
Ohio
Turnpike Board of Control
Guernsey County
Franklin County
Lucas County
Toledo
Eighth Judicial District
Third Street
Mercer County
Gen
Harrison
Bread talk at a small town wedding joke
A country bride and groom banter over bread at a wedding as the waiter offers French bread and the bride prefers American bread, quipping French bread would arrive stale. The New York Sun caption captures rustic humor.
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John
New York Sun
Despondence and short views, Sydney Smith advice
The text urges taking short views to preserve happiness and avoid distant fears. It notes that many substantial griefs are self-created shadows and cites that some highly attracting men have red noses.
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Sydney Smith
New Industry in Gotham Steals Cats for Fur
A Newman Independent note reports a new Gotham industry centered on stealing cats for their skins to sell as fur. The brief item highlights the illicit trade gaining attention in the city.
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Gotham
St Joseph Expects Rapid Growth Amid Real Estate Boom
Report from a press correspondent describes St Joseph Missouri as a booming real estate hub driven by railroad expansion. Investors from Kansas City Chicago and St Louis pour capital into land and new stock yards hotels and belt lines as population could reach 100000 within a year.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Northwestern Ranges
Rock Island
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Topeka
United States
Portland
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Boston Post
How to Make A Varnish Base For Ink From Oil And Pigments
A historical procedure describes making a varnish base for ink by heating about ten gallons of linseed oil, igniting as needed, then adding black resin and brown soap. Indigo and Prussian blue powders are mixed with lamp blacks and stirred into the warm varnish to form a uniform pigment-oil mass.
The Fiddling Boy and the Finding of Arnsdale
A curious dialogue recounts a man’s mock execution for being found out not for murder. The scene shifts to a fond mother praising her son Johnny who crafts a fiddle from wood he found and entertains a gentleman, who is surprised by the boy’s talent.
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Johmny
Grand Union Hotel Promises Value in New York City
Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot offers 618 rooms fitted for one million dollars. It advertises baggage and expressage savings, $5 carriage hire, and daily rate of $1. Elevator and restaurant service noted. Horse cars, stages, and elevated railroad connect to all depots. Families are urged to choose this first class hotel for better living at lower costs.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Artemus Ward and Ward’s Silk Across the Border
In 1865 Artemus Ward and manager Smith planned to smuggle dress silk and Melton cloth hidden under clothing during a Toronto to Detroit passage. A Windsor hotel stop led to a customs officer’s exposure. Ward paid a $50 fine while Smith passed free with his silk.
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Artemus
Toronto
Detroit
Dominion
Smith
Browne
Windsor
Mr. Smith
Illusion of a clothing refund sparks unlikely tale
A Detroit Free Press note recounts a barter dispute where a man refuses a refund on a suit after a customer claimed it caused his brother to die and reawaken. The seller cites market downturns and family transfers as reasons against lowering the price. The item ends with a sale of eight dollars proposed, rejection implied.
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Lake Shore
Rochester
New York
Detroit
Red Star Cough Cure Praised by Health Official
Prof Grothe of the Brooklyn Board of Health endorses Red Star Cough Cure as prompt safe and sure. Price twenty five cents a bottle. Enthusiasts say momentum for the product relies on such endorsements and notable figures like U S Senator Voorhees of Indiana sing its praises as a universal remedy.
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Prof. Grothe
Brooklyn Board of Health
U.S
Voorhees
Indiana
Tumble-weed formation across plains and east
Prof. C. E. Bessey notes the common eastern weed is altered by western climate into a compact spherical plant with stout curving branches. The tumble weed rolls far after the stem breaks in autumn gales. In the East the species Amarantus albus is a straggling herb, remaining rooted after death.
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C. E. Bessey
Artesian well at White Plains Neb stalls at depth
The artesian well at White Plains Nebraska has halted after reaching over 2300 feet. High salinity of 17 percent makes the water so heavy that ropes and tools float and the drill cannot penetrate the rock.
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White Plains
Neb
San Francisco
Born with a Sealskin and a Golden Spoon
The snippet contrasts stomach acids and digestion with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and flatulence. It notes silver spoons losing value and a San Francisco saying about a sealskin, reflecting social commentary on wealth and status.
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San Francisco
Lottie
San Francisco Chronicle
The Remarkable Moxie Beverage Sells Millions Worldwide
Notices in leading papers tout a South American food plant turned beverage called Moxie. It claims to restore nervous, weak women and boost energy for workers, with 5,000,000 bottles sold in 17 months and projections for rapid growth in five years.
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Onur
South America
Novelty and health cures flood the market in old ads
A collage of 19th century notices touts dime museum heroes, cowboy imagery, patent pills and tonics, anti bilious remedies, and household cleaners. Brand names like Dr Pierce’s pellets Rough on Rats Rough on Corns and Harter’s Iron Tonic appear alongside job ads and humorous quips reflecting era commerce and public taste.
Young Meigs Commands On Field At First Bull Run
James S Brisbin recounts Civil War scenes including John Meigs son of Gen Meigs taking improvised command after failing to find generals. He directs Col Matthewson to support Green's battery, is wounded, and later falls back. Also retells Eddie Lee a drummer boy of the First Iowa whose drum beat at dawn as he died after a rebel capture.
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Bull Run
John Meigs
Meigs
West Point
Green
Col. Matthewson
California
New York
Matthewson
Centerville
Young Meigs
Shenandoah Valley
Iowa
Edward
Eddie Lee
Wilson Creek
Eddie
What Are Those Men Doing Up There
An onlooker on a Texas University scaffold watches two men prancing on the third story and jokes that if a fight or slip occurs they may wish for their diversion to have stayed on the ground. The scene captures a tense, risky moment amid a crowd of observers.
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Texas University
Texas
Procrastination and health warned by a patent remedy
A warning on delaying treatment stresses quick action to protect health. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy that can swiftly cure serious illness and restore vitality, portraying it as a life saving, radical cure.
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Pierce
Hood's Sarsaparilla as a Blood Purifier and Tonic
Endorsing letters from W C Hegy of Elkhart Indiana and William G Wrenrn of Detroit Michigan praise Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for skin humor and a builder of general strength. Hegy reports weight gain from 135 to near tm pounds after two bottles. Wrenrn calls it the proper medicine for blood purification.
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Hood
W. C. Hegy
Elkhart
Ind
Willliam G. Wrenrn
St. Mary's Church
St. Antoine Street
Detroit
Mich
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ELY Brothers
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Vitel Sui
Aicky
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J. Braw
High Street
Indianapolis
C. J. Hood & CO
Lowell
Masa
Bloc Ysons
Iaster
Europe
America
Colin
Henson
Benson's
Ruggists
Seabury & Johnson
Aix
J. Hood &O
Apothecaries
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Compante Pecu
DE Harter
DR. Harter Medicine CO
Lanalll
Mm. M. Dare
Kt. We. Tansill & CO
Chichester
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Mvhilada
W. Be ‘Onmi
D. C
Cincienail
Kidder
Browell & Co
EAF
Nicholson
McDugall
P. Lack Es
Steubenville, O
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Brenda
A. J
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B. T. Hacer Rive
Warren, Pa
Port Jervis
Frank McKenny
France
Ercheron
Onbour M. W. Dunham
Wayne, DuPage Co
Illinoige
Tipeneaabtun Orate
Randolph St
ORD & Thomas
Bafety Kein Holder
Helly, Mich
Isaac Thompson
Merita
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy
Sherman
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Uni. W
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