American Farmer advertisement and offer note
An advertisement promotes the American Farmer journal as devoted to farming stock raising fruit growing and market gardening with sections on fertilizers manures and a home department for farm households. It claims practical guidance from experienced editors and offers a bi monthly publication at $1 a year with free extra copies for clubs of five.
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Atlantic States
Delaware
Georgia
SAME SANDS& SON, Publishers
Baltimore St
Baltimore
Mystery Woman Escort to Gen Early Revealed
The Reid correspondent from Reidsville North Carolina shares a Civil War tale of a beautiful, unnamed woman who rode with scout Mr Reid to deliver a secret message to General Early. They traveled eleven miles at night and hid horses in a ditch near Boonsboro Maryland before reaching safety and returning with orders.
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Mr. Reid
Gen. Early
Lieut. Atwood
Gen
Boonsboro
Virginia
Reidsville
N. C
Cor
New York World
Plagiarism of the Weird in Modern Tales
The Globe-Democrat accuses prominent weird tale writers of wholesale plagiarism from foreign authors. It cites Edgar Fawcett’s Douglas Duane and an old English novel Wer, noting German and Oriental sources as prolific suppliers of sensational ideas. It claims Dhampada, Sin doo Pantheon, Mahabharata, Jatakas, Bava-Metzia, and Kalewala as copied inspirations and mentions The Corpse Demon and The Book of Thoth as plagiarized works.
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She
Douglas Duane
Edgar Fawcett
Globe-Democrat
The Gypsy Tent and Moslems Literature Explored
In Wakeman's letter a gypsy camp tent is described with a simple frame of hickory bows and woolen blankets. The Globe-Democrat notes the Moslems have Masnavi I Ma'navi, seena as a spiritual cornerstone second to the Koran, called by Persians and Indians a Bible of Persia.
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Edgar L. Wakeman
Persia
India
Turkey
Globe-Democrat
Dental Powers of the Sexes Debate in England
A New York Graphic report notes ongoing arguments over whether girls are brighter in youth and men show greater later intellect. The item also mentions a lithographic stone ledge found near Los Angeles, Gal.
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England
New York Graphic
Los Angeles
Gal
Amateur bull fighting in a Mexican hacienda ring
A Boston Herald cor respondent recalls an afternoon near the city when city youths in ornate charro attire joined hacienda guests for an improvised amateur bull fight. Carts formed a ring, musicians pretended brass, and a fat hacendado narrowly escaped goring while other participants were unseated or thrown by the steer.
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Mozzantini
Ponciano Diaz
Boston Herald
Cremation Gains Ground in 19th Century Practice
A 19th century trend report notes Fresh Pond Long Island crematory incinerated 100 bodies from December 1885 to March 1886, including 33 women. Half were German natives. Americans tallied 18 men and 14 women. Other nationalities shown include France six, England five, Austria two, and one each for Scotland, Ireland, India, Hungary, and Switzerland. Other crematories list Lancaster 57, Washington 37, Pittsburgh 18, Buffalo 11. The piece cites the New York Graphic on cremation versus cemetery reports.
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Fresh Pond
Long Island
Germany
United States
France
England
Austria
Scotland
Ireland
India
Hungary
Switzerland
Lancaster
Washington, Pa
Pittsburg
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Graphic
Obsolete Childrens Shoes and Fit Advice
A shoe should suit wear risk and cleanliness, not fashion. White kid shoes are criticized for showing dirt and exaggerating foot size. Children’s feet grow quickly, so shoes that fit at first will soon be tight, causing discomfort or deformity. Encourage sensible wear over dress shoes.
New System of Stoot Making Described in Scientific American
The Londont Shoe and Leather Record details a method to fasten boots and shoes from the inside. Brass conical barbed fastenings are placed in the insole and driven by a machine at regular intervals. The upper is lasted over, leaving the points to pierce the sole, then the sole is laid and hammered as usual for heeling and finishing.
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Scientific American
Prince of Wales sponsors vast Cape diamond in London
The Prince of Wales stood sponsor to the enormous Cape diamond exhibited in London and christened The Imperial. It is much larger than the Kohinoor and is estimated to be worth five million dollars, per the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Prince of Wales
London
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Husband Buys Hot House Grapes for Six Dollars
A wife shares good news with John about hot house grapes previously quoted at nine dollars a pound. Today she bought them for six dollars, a noticeable price drop noted by the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
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John
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
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LIGHT STREET
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Evitts & Horsprook
DEIN TONX
W.L. STORK & CO
RELIABLE HOUSE
M.S. YOUNG
M. J. Young
Masonic Building
W. J. BLACKISTON
W. H. PARKER
Bulefinch street
Boston
Mass
will RAO
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO
Wall St
New York
JAMES H. COULB
COULBOURN & MOYER
WHOLESALE COMMISSION
North Front St
Philadelphia
P. W. Downes
Denton National Bank
J. KR. Godwin
Millsboro
Del
L. H. Gadd
Dukes & Hocker
Millville
J. M. Wooters
Cordova
John A. Nottingham
Capeville
Eli Saulsbury
Dover
Clarendon
HANOVER AND
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J. F. DARROW
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
NEW YORK CITY
CLINTON COOK
DENTON
ROYAL OF
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Thave
Main street
George F. Melvin
The International Cyclopedia
Dodd, Mead & Co
Broadway
A. C. WILLEY
Eastern Shore
Greensboro
R. T. BUSH & SON, Publishers
Pearl St
GEORGE
LUCAS
Bridgetown
W. R. BUSTEED
DOaHMESS ese oy meno
T. S. PAGE
West 31th St
N.Y. City
W. H. COULBOURN
Seaford, Del
North Carolina
Heart & Sap
Sax
F. W. REDDEN
J. 5
JOHNSON & CO
South St
John Swann
C. Seymour
MARCRANT TAMBOR
DENTON, MD
THIRD STREET
maylay
Cincinnati
J.K.SAULSBURY
RIDGELY, MARYLAND
FRANK TOILSON, M. D
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Marydel
J. W. Bryant
T. Pliny Frsarr
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Caroline
adipting
S. HOBBS
DENTON, Mo
counties
MansHaLl, MUTCHLER
Masonic Hall
court house
RUSHUM
RUSSUM & LEWIS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
C. W. TILGHMAN
Easton, Mo
J. E. TYLOR
EASTON, MD
WILLIAM T. KELLY
Preston
Greensborough
Euton St
E. IRWIN & SON
DR. TEACKLE
Park Ave
Acme Hall
Hurst, Purnell & Co
The Men's
The Boy's
OME
OEHM &CO., Props
Charles St
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well
Walter .A. Wood
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Venton, Md
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