Unnerving love tale shapes a future public life
A young Lancaster lawyer, engaged to his beloved, endures a village scandal born of a lovers quarrel and a death that shifts his fate. A sealed confession, later burned, framed his shift from private sorrow to public life as he moves into Congress, with gossips blamed for ripple effects in U.S. history.
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Lancater
Buchanan
America
Congress
United States
Wmn. C. Prime
Harper's Magazine
Education in Grange terms for American farming
N O Devries lectures at the state Grange decrying the lack of agricultural education in public schools and urging practical study of nature and farming. He argues success in American agriculture hinges on educating youth for industry, science, and farm life, noting the need for textbooks on agriculture and respectful, faithful husbandry.
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N. O. Devries
Housekeeper lore and recipes from a bygone era
Practical at home guidance covers cleaning lamp chimneys by heating steam, a rich butter sugar cake mix with eggs and cream tartar, camphor wash for inflamed eyes, a method to keep raw meat fresh in porcelain using boiling water and oil, a brown rye toast technique, a stuffed beef dish with dressing from drippings, a lemony biscuit crust recipe, and a rich custard molded with isinglass for a festive dessert.
Guards at the Treasury In Washington Contradict Stereotypes
English visitors observe the absence of red coats but are shown a robust security system. Captain Cobaugh details sixty armed guards, two hour checks, locked safes, and strict oversight by Colonel Webster and Treasurer Spinner. A previous nervous night at the treasury is recalled as further proof of vigilance.
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Treasury
Washington
bank of England
Thas
Colonel Webster
the
Baltimore American
Poultry and Farm Tips From A Georgian Brochure
A midwestern style farming note covers corn yields, poultry care, and farm economics. It highlights shelled corn losses, milk and whey value for fowls, warm stables, cost of poultry versus beef, and a 100 percent cotton yield gain in Georgia. It offers advice on hennery whitewashing with kerosene, avoiding freezing poultry, fattening hatchlings, horse care, hay storage, gravel for fowls, and dangers of overstocking and excessive hay creating disease.
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Georgia
Tennessee persimmons intrigue a market crowd at Fulton street
A New York market dealer extols Tennessee persimmons from near Nashville as unusually large green fruit with frost mellowing to sweetness. He describes their appearance, origin, and potential as a profitable crop, noting farmers turning land to persimmon orchards and their appeal to locals and possums alike.
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Fulton market
Nashville
Tennessee
Arabia
States
The Quiet Death of a Beloved Pup Chunk
A grieving speaker laments the loss of a dog named Chunk. The childlike verse recalls milk, bread, and pats given, now replaced by silence. The narrator questions the pup’s death, expressing sorrow and the absence of bark, tale, and wagging eye.
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Simone
Horrors of 1883 headline hints at a marriage data nugget
A fragment notes a Nu remberg Germany sale of a $3 Edison glow pin with waistcoat battery. Bonanza Flood’s daughter stands to inherit $35,000,000, a line suggesting a dubious fortune linked to the bride’s fate. The foreman recalls a marriage notice under Horrors of 1883, remarking the groom earns $7 weekly.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Bonanza Flood
A Bridegroom’s Funny Mistake at Trinity Church
The Rev. Frederick Allin of Trinity Church recalls a humorous wedding mishap when a groom paid his fee with a five cent piece after the ceremony. Later that night the groom returned, blushing and apologetic, and generously rewarded the rector for his services. The tale was reported by a Boston paper.
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Frederick Allin
Trinity Church
Allin
Boston
Right to Snore in Church Endorsed in Canadian Court
A Canadian court ruled a pew-owner may sleep and breathe heavily in church without liability for damages. At St Thomas the defendant, who slept with involuntary respiration, won the case when urged to stay home. The decision implies no legal protection for interruptions, suggesting seating limits or better arrangements to keep worshipers alert.
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St. Thomas
Canada
Long Service Retires With Historic Government Salary
A biography notes John Quincy Adams served sixty nine years drawing government pay totaling about half a million. He held fifty two years in office by term end, earned four hundred twenty five thousand, then seventeen years in Congress, and died during a congressional session at the Capitol. He became private secretary at fourteen and later served as minister to England Germany Portugal Russia and the Netherlands.
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Commonwealth
boards of trade
Maryland
John Quincy Adams
United State
congress
Russia
legation
England
Germany
Portugal
Rusia
the
Netherlands
Dentist Becomes Target of Husband After Jaw Injury
An Indianapolis gentleman took his wife to a dentist for a tooth extraction and the dentist broke her jaw. The husband allegedly attacked the dentist and destroyed office furnishings while considering a $226,000 damages suit. Also noted is Mr. J. J. Featherly’s social scene and a school spelling joke about attorneys.
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Indianapolis
First Hickory Campaign Coat Designs Appeared in 1828
The engraving of the Hickory tree with Jackson portrait and the Trish harp, the Democratic coat of arms on election tickets, debuted in 1828. The first design was by Hon. John H. Latrobe, father of Hon. F C Latrobe, then mayor of Baltimore.
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Jackson
John H. .B. Latrobe
F.C. Latrobe
Baltimore city
Humorous Observations On Hearts And Lobsters
A woman likens broken hearts to a lobster regrowing a claw, while an American laundry firm starts in Mexico. Inhabitants mock the idea, joking about suspending work and staying in bed a week to have clothes washed.
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Mexico
Convicts Escape After Reading JTome Sweet Home
Clara Louise Kelloggang sent verse titled JTome Sweet Home to an Eastern prison. The reading moved seven inmates to escape that night, heading toward their parental home.
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Clara Louise Kelloggang
JTome
Sweet Home
Shannahan and Wrightson Promote Christmas Silverware Show
Shannahan and Wrightson invite shoppers to view a large display of silverware ideal for Christmas or bridal gifts. They have ordered more stock from Meriden Connecticut and will receive a sizable invoice soon. Call in early to inspect the new goods.
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Denton
WM. A. STEWART
Baltimore
HAMILTON EASTER & SONS
Baltimore Street
Shannahan & Wrightson
Shannahan & Wrightson's
Meriden
Connecticut
Advice for Mothers on Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething
An old advertisement urges mothers to use Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims immediate relief from crying, reports benefits for dysentery, diarrhea, wind colic, and stomach regulation, and notes the syrup is pleasant tasting and sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents.
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EMORY & NEAVITT
Potter’s Landing
South Street
E. W. WILLIAMSON
Potter's Landing
Denton Md
LIVERY STABLE
GREENSBORO
WM. H. GOHEE
PROP'R
BAIRD & COOPER
W. Sth St
Wilmington, Delaware
Jas. Parnell
VERCHANT
STRAUGHN’S HOTEL
Centreville, Md
Hote
Jas H. Straughn
Purlip W. Downes
M.S. McTCHLER
DOWNES & MUTCHLER
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Will
Court of
Caroline
VOSHELL
CHESTERTOWN, MD
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AMES
TODD
DEXNTOY, MD
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