Varied 19th Century Notes From Pittsfield and Beyond
A wide collage of brief items from 19th century news: robins staying in Pittsfield Massachusetts. cocoanut grove farming in Florida. Lord Houghton buying Florida land to invest in sugar. Anecdotes include an owl in a cellar, Jay Gould’s son, a Paris restaurant with a Chinese rice cook, and a Georgia senator elect with a distinctive appearance. Also reports of lynching in Washington Territory, church growth in Springfield, Mahone’s attire, a gun incident in Elmwood Newfoundland, Herbert Spencer’s voyage, a New Orleans remedy resembling absinthe, and social destitution in Louisville. Further notes on a Congregational preacher, a New York burglar episode, a garbled stage blurb, a Yale German class excerpt, a libel suit over Millie Christmas, and Arkansas farmer cooperation forming a trading cooperative.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Florida
Lord Houghton
Thomaston
Jay Gould
George
Sankey
Watson
American Falls
Washington Territory
Springfield
Mahone
Elmwood
London
Manchester Guardian
Herbert Spencer
France
New Orleans
Hardin
Kentucky
Louisville
Cagken
Salisbury Point
Canon Wilberforce
Lynn
Linda Gilbert
New York
Linda
Lilly
Skares
Freddie
geBhardt
Oddities and Legal Snippets From Various Currents
A Phoenix building injured by a gopher tunnel caused foundation settlement. Stillman Pond’s horse sale to a farmer led to a $500 plus claim after 23 years with interest. Portland bootblacks ponder vacancies as hotel business grows quiet. Denver citizens form a law and order group to push for enforceable statutes. A rye straw beam scale weighs to ten thousandths of a grain, with aluminum pans. St. Louis saloon license case: mandamus denied. Missouri drama shop rights remain discretionary and municipal.
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Phenix
A. T
Stillman Pond
Batavia
East
Portland
Denver
St. Louis
Court of Appeals
Missouri
Wealthy Philadelphia Philanthropist Test Drives A Young Man
A story from Wall Street News recounts a wealthy Philadelphian who offers a struggling youth the chance to start a business. The conditions test self control by demanding one year of abstinence from drinking smoking and chewing. After decades of effort the anecdote ends with the lesson that self discipline is essential to saving money for business ventures.
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Wall Street News
Dry goods and carpets price reductions in spring sale
Lee County merchants advertise lower prices despite unseasonable weather. A bleached muslin yard goes for eight and a half cents. Summer Silks drop to fifty cents. Parasols priced down from $1.25 to $1.00 and up to $4.50 goods reduced to $3.50.
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Lee County
Monster Mountain of Clay in Montana Sentinel buttes
A descriptive passage describes a vast clay formation called the Sentinel buttes on the Montana Dakota border. It notes towering, jagged walls along a railroad line, a broad grassy valley, and a prominent butte rising about 800 feet, with weathered, historical inscriptions and a contrast between stark geology and human activity.
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Montana
Dakota
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Dixon Sun
W. M. Kennedy
Dixon
Illinois
New York Sun
Yale
Millie Christmas
Fort Wayne
Adam Forepaugh
Millie
Arkansas
Des Are
HK. L. Dimickis
Klour
B Pickle
Theo, Moeller
Cor. Main & Hennepin Sts
Bine Plutus
Meeller
E.L. Dimick
Dixon Marble Works
Theo. Moeller
Nachusa Nursery
Asshes
KE. C. Smith
J. T. Little Nursery
C. W. Latimer
Ill
M. W. Robinson
E. Co. Johnson
Dixon, Ilinois
Deering
L. D. Pitcher, Ts
Horse Rakes
Hofel
Valises
America
Main Street
Turvey & Hennessy
J. O. Hoff
Proprietzsr
Turney & Hennessy
George L. Schuler
Masury
Varnisil
Ladies’ and Gentlemen
A. C. Specht
Burt
W. J. Carpenter
A. C Specht
T. J. Miller
Dixon, Ill
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