Chester River Steamboat Service Schedules and Fares
Chester River Steamboat Company issues round trip and single fare details for steamers Em mod Ford and Dord. Em mod Ford departs Chester town daily except Sunday at 7 am toward Baltimore with return from Light Street Pier 7 on Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays at 1 pm. Dord runs from Centreville daily except Sundays at 7 am, stopping at Coplands River wharves, Gress Inn, and Kent Shindk, with Baltimore arrival around 11 am and return to Centreville by 7 pm. Fare is $7 round trip, single tickets 1 cent, tickets valid until filled.
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Emmod. Ford
Chetertown
Sam
Wasan
Baltimore
Pride
Light street
Thurdis
Isdo ali
Dord
Centreville
Copsina
Gress Inn
Kent Shindk
pier 7
ns pen
Ceuta
Boge Agents Wanted For My Story Of The War
An advertisement by Mary B. Livermore promotes her narrative Four Years Personal Experience as a sensational war women’s view. It claims vivid, patriotic depictions with heroic women, alleging buyers can save money on Emerson's goods via mail order.
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BOGE
Mary B. Livermore
ehreddare
WORTHINGPON & COL
Thetford
Conn
Auctioneer Denton Maryland Promises Liberal Sale Terms
Auctioneer in Denton Maryland advertises sales across Caroline Queen Anne and Talbot counties with liberal terms. It urges readers to request circulars and notes a medicinal elixir pitch amid a brief, garbled contact line.
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Will
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
DENTON, MD
Will ory
Caroline
Talbot counties
Adieu to Love from George Wilmot Harris to Women
The verse laments farewell to a beloved figure and wonders who will miss the speaker. It contrasts expected gaiety with the cost of separation, noting that life’s delight rests in the world left behind and the ache of parting.
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George Wilmot Harris
Moscow admiration and many proverbs from Russia
A survey of peasant affection for Moscow noting sayings about the city its churches and royalty and contrasting Moscow with Saint Petersburg. It describes Moscow as a fortress circle of growth with church commerce and poverty, and compares Moscow to Russia’s broader geographic and cultural scene.
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Moscow
Russia
St. Petersburg
Vologda
Mosk
hue
Edmund No Iie
Atlantic Monthly
Cosmetics and makeup use at a beauty shop in ye old town
Eliza Putnam Yeaton recalls customers seeking complexion remedies and powder for stage and society attention. She notes women from all walks including shop girls and even children receive washes, enameled powders, rouge, and makeup for events, parties, or to repair after windy days.
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Eliza Putnam Yeaton
Authors and the natural impulse to write
The text argues that true writing arises from a genuine urge rather than vanity and that only a few writers can captivate an audience. It suggests young authors seek honest friends for feedback and warn against soliciting critiques from unfamiliar established writers.
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Hoein
Legend of the Fan Legend from Chinese History
From Kanats City Journal a legend tells how Empress Su-ling-shi sought relief from heat. A tiny ivory silk fan given by a strange woman inspired a craftsman to make larger ones, cooling the court and starting a long tradition of fans as comfort and elegance.
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Huang-Ti
Su-ling-shi
Sa-ling-shi
Su-hng-shi
Kanats City Journal
Coals From Farallon Captures To San Francisco Seals
Captain Thorold led sailors from San Francisco in sending eleven seals and fourteen sea lions captured near the Farallones to eastern markets. Two sea lions escaped at the wharf, one was killed in a hold fight, and a gray bearded elephant seal bit a crewman before rescue.
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Thorold
San Francisco
Farallones
Jarl Hansen
Chicago Herald
Lead Pipes Linked to Water Contamination Claims
The New York Sun reports experts assert water in lead pipes or vessels leaches lead, forming lead carbonate and causing anemia and poor nutrition in city populations. The claim emphasizes that even tiny lead quantities accumulating in the body contribute to health issues in large towns.
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New York Sun
How Paper Is Made At Bellows Falls Mills
A detailed tour of the Bellows Falls paper plant describes river log drives above the dam, log slips, saws, grinders, and the vast mill complex. It follows wood from northern forests to pulp, the rag processing, and the continuous wire web paper machine producing sheets at 200 feet per minute.
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Connecticut river
Bellows Falls
Voeler
Pennsylvania
India
Dandee
Scotland
England
Tostonu Herald
Democratic Campaign Committee Jokes Overwhelming Reporters
In New York the Democratic Campaign committee members juggle documents and meetings while staging jokes about fierce quarrels to Republican reporters. The jest undermines coverage as Nast at Louis Republic swallows the line.
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caterim paii
Democratic Campaign committee
New York
Loulg Republic
Tea Gathering In Ceylon Nets Strong Tea Claims
A passage extols Ceylon tea as cleaner and stronger than Chinese or Japanese varieties. Described are picking by coolies, withering, rolling, fermentation, firing, drying, and sorting into Broken Pekoe through Dust. Advocates claim two pounds of Ceylon tea yield more flavor than three pounds of rivals, with a distinct fragrance noted by Good Housekeeping.
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America
United States
Central America
Mesica
South America
New World
love
North America
Atlantic states
Union
South
Mexico
New Orleans
Picayune
Ceylon
Felons Labor Idea Sparks Debate in New York World Interview
Col Bob Ingersoll argues convict labor should yield profits to prisoners to boost quality and effort, claiming prison-made goods would rival free-market wares. He cites an example of several convicts working together and questions companions' objections to paid honest labor. Leaping Salmon of Canada follows, noting salmons’ dramatic leaps at Quebec falls and historic Indian spearing scenes amid currents and rapids.
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Col
Bob Ingersoll
New York World
Canada
Quebec
Lovette
Philadelphia News
The Finest Diner as a Measure of Civilization
The Globe-Democrat cites The American Anthropologist on the diner as a symbol of civilization while contrasting savages who eat out of necessity with refined meals. It notes historical meal customs from Francis I’s era and traces grace at meals to ancestral offerings and divine appeasement.
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Francis I
France
Herbert Spencer
Globe-Democrat
A Spirited American Lady In Ascot Guests Tale
A tale from a Boston paper recounts a host inviting guests to her Ascot house during races. Among seven British aristocrats, two behaved with courtesy while five snubbed the hostess. Upon return to London, she quipped that she entertained two gentlemen and five men, prompting visits from all seven to seek bragging rights.
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Ascot
Mrs. X
London
Col
Philadelphia Telegraph
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