Peach orchards on the Maryland Delaware Peninsula
Berlin Md April 9 peach growers on the Maryland and Delaware Peninsula assess likely yields after a dry previous season. While most expect a good crop, some Smyrna area growers doubt a full season, citing injury to select varieties like Reeve's Favorite and Crawford's Late. Governor Stockley notes Sussex county orchards likely face reduced yields.
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Berlin
Maryland and
Delaware
Civil Service Examiners
Peninsula
Geo. W. Cummins
Smyrna
Cel
Col. Cummins
Wm. Itoffecker
Crawford
Stockley
Georgetown
Sussex County
Peninsula expects record fruit harvest this spring
Over the past three years orchards have yielded large profits and the peninsula faces a very fair quantity of every variety. Small fruits look abundant this season though strawberries suffered from a winter with frequent freeze thaw cycles. Blackberries, raspberries and grapes are anticipated to be more plentiful than ever if spring remains favorable.
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Tie
Poe bones and a raven in Port Chester tale awaken lore
A Port Chester Journal item recounts a strange Poe related tale from Fordham where bones of Annabel Lee were nearly removed then saved and later interred in Baltimore. A raven in a manuscript room led to a domestic cartoon of a tame bird and a grateful New York owner.
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Fordham
Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel
New York
Poe
Baltimore
Annabel Lee
New Yorker
Port Chester
N. Y
Mr Cleveland Charms Louisville Society Belle
A Louisville society belle praises President Cleveland for handsome eyes teeth and dimpled chin. She notes his smile and self possessed vanity, claims he wouldn t flirt at balls, and jokes about bringing him to Louisville as a drum major carries airs and a roving heart gathers no affection.
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Felix Adier
Society For Ethical Culture
Cleveland
Louisville
Washington
Rolling Stone
Sherman's Whisky Prank and a Caution on Toxic Air
General Sherman, at Goldsboro, quipped with General Howard over whisky while Dr Moore joined the joke. The tale ends with Sherman drinking a foaming seidlitz powder as Howard and the staff laughed. A second note warns of carbonic acid gas near the floor posing danger to sleepers in cold weather.
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Woncester
England
America
Scovlars
London Atheneum
N.Y. Tribune
Iferald
World, Observer
Freeman's Journal
Evening Post
Independent
Boston Advertiser
Journal
Philadelphia North American
Evening Bulletin
Times
St. Louis Republican
James A. Garfield
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Oliver Wendell Hales
Wmn. C. Bryant
Louis Agassiz
Horace Mann
Charles Sumner
Henry W. Longfellow
Alexander H. Stephens
James G. Siline
George Bancroft
Wendell Phillips
Washington
Sherman
Goldsborough
N. C
Howard
Howard’s Quarters, and, Therefore, Did Not Mention His Wants To General Howard
John Moore
General Sherman
General Howard
Stoward
Moore
Cleveland (O
Lincoln forgives editor who claimed nominating him
One tale has Mr. Lincoln humorously dismissing a Missouri editor who boasted he first suggested Lincoln’s name for the presidency. The editor presented a worn paper clipping and argued the idea led to Lincoln’s nomination. Lincoln, then going to the War Department, gently forgave him and walked away.
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Lincoln
Missouri
White House
War Department
Stanton
Eggs as Food and Health Tips from Daily Dietaries
An essay urges substituting more eggs for meat, noting eggs are 86 percent water white and 52 percent yeik and average two ounces. It praises ease of production, advises four minute cooking, warns against overcooking, recommends brown bread with egg sandwiches, and suggests minimal seasoning with a touch of butter for best taste and nutrition.
Wit and Humor Teasers From a Weathered Page of Puns
A garbled mix of quips and one liners on topics from Easter eggs to sailors and horse feeding. It riffs on jokes about fashion, politics, humor, and daily life with scattered names and sayings, including a Fulton Street parrot and a cheeky line about a saloon license.
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Suley
ShannaHan & Walburtson
Easton
Maryland
Noah Walker & CO
Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD
Gro. F. Stoan & Bro
Light Street Wharf
Alex. McComas
S. Calvert Street
Diagrard
Maryld
Ida
Light St
Double Mills
Oxford
Clara's Point
Travers
Cambridge
Secretary Creek
Jamison Point
Medford’s
Dover Bridge
Towers
Potter's
Denton
Tina
Howard B. Ensign
Prest
Joshua W. Barant
Univ Townsexn
Attorneys AT Law
Tartu
W. Downza
M.S. Mutchler
Downes & Mutchler
Attorneys-At-Law
Denton, MD
Caroline
George M. Russum
Hwenry Kk. Lewis
Russum & Lewis
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
Gyre W. Tilghman
M. Mason
Attorney-At-La
HEY Inwin & Son
Actioneers
Wheeler's Transportation Line
Chesapeake
Choptank River
Minnie Wheeler
Trappe
Chancellor’s
Clark's
Wright's
Hog Island
Kingston
Guney's
Potter's Landing
Reese’s
Coward's
Covey's
Hillaborough
Hillsborough
Medford
gay-Freight
Chester River
Meamboat Company
Emma A
FORD
Chestertown
Rolph’s
Bookers
Quaker Neck
Grey's Inn
Queenstown
Kent Island
Pier 7
Beaustemner
Corsica
Crompton
Spry’s
Deep Landing
Round Top
Dolph’s
Booker’s
Centreville
Corsica Creek
Bay
Larrimore’s
Geo. Warfield
John H. van Gesel
Worcester
Market Street
Wilmington
Del
Delaware and Chesapeake
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Chapel
Cordova
Queen Ar Ridgely
Greensboro
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Henderson
Marydel
Slaudters
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Kenton
Clayton
A.M
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PD. W. & BL RR
H. F. Kenney
Cas. E. Puan
I. N. Mitts
Sout
Sail
Pr. M
ALM. Tware
P. M. Divis
C. H. Blackiston
Bee
Ber
Glen Rothers
Rochester
Baltimore Twine and Net CO
Mm. J. Hooper & Son
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Stimore
Jack
Jay
York
Fulton Street
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Josh Billings
United States Navy
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