Various 19th Century News Bits Across Regions
A mosaic of short notes from Kalamazoo to New York covers saloon life in Bill Nye's town, museum crafts at the British Museum, social scuffles involving Mrs Woodhull, and political snubs to Grant. It notes a Jubilee arrival in Boston, a Wisconsin janitor, and a New York gentleman in mourning color. Items mention farming in Texas, planting rail cars, patent fans in Rochester, and vast livestock in Texas. The piece also cites a silk piano milestone, rail tonnage, and overseas labor talks.
Eagle Rescues Girl Then Is Shot After Attack in New York
A Decker family in New York state survives a bald American eagle that seized a young girl from Bays Decker yesterday. Mrs Decker shielding the child fled indoors as the bird battered windows and door seeking a second attack before neighbors shot it. The seven foot wingspan bird was slain and authorities confirmed its identity.
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The Curious Theory Of Jupiter And Distant Worlds
The article discusses Proctor’s views on astronomy and the mystery of the heavens fading under scientific detail. It explains Jupiter’s hurricane, its heat comparable to red hot iron, and proposes that life, if any, would reside on Jovian satellites rather than the planets themselves.
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Minister teases boy about bed bugs after profanity
A minister nearby scolds a boy for swearing in a playful tone asking who will guard him at night. The boy quips the bed bugs will. Separately the Iowa Legislature passes an act exempting sewing machines from execution.
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Iowa
Holloway's Pills and Olntment Promoted
An OCR fragment advertises Holloway's Pills and Ointment for scurvy leprosy and catarrhal diseases. It claims miraculous cures for pimples blotches and skin eruptions where diseases are common and praises the ointment as unequaled. Price listed as 25 cents per box or pot.
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Holloway
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Promised to Restore Color
An advertisement touts Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer as a remedy that will restore gray hair to its original color, prevent hair loss, cleanse the scalp, and leave hair soft and lustrous. Promoted by All & Co. of Nashua, New Hampshire.
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Butter prices in Hoane Colorado listed
Butter sells at fifty cents and at six to fifteen cents at Hoane Colorado.
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Hoane
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Massachusetts Hopes Fruited Supplies From Other States
The people of Massachusetts appear to rely on fruit shipments from neighboring states to meet demand, indicating regional trade patterns and cross state supply lines during the period.
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Massachusetts
Reform at Philadelphia and Industrial Hints from 1872
The piece notes radicals seeking constitutional relief at Philadelphia, mentions Pall River Mass with over 790000 spindles and 18000 looms for cloth processing by late 1872, Lowell’s rival with under 600000 spindles, a box elder sap sugar claim by Rune kle of Macomb TL, reports copper welding discovery by George Davis of Norfolk Virginia, and fashion urging two to eight year olds to wear small caps of lace priced 40 to 50 dollars each.
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Circleville Democrat notes Canal survey survivors and gerrymander critique
The Circleville Democrat recalls two remaining engineers from the old Ohio Canal survey, George Try of Circleville and Jesse Williams of Port Wayne, Ind. It argues gerrymandering harms any party and condemns Mississippi’s Republican lawmakers for lines that bundle colored voters in five of six districts, highlighting a zigzag across the state. It also recounts a string of humorous and odd notes from other items in the issue, including a toddler’s misquote, a match in a powder keg, and other brief anecdotes.
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Ohio Canal
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