Sprouting Potatoes to Advance the Crop and Poultry Advice
Sprouting white potatoes in hot beds or boxes speeds planting by two weeks and requires careful watering and light exposure as sprouts form. The piece also urges farm owners to cull underperforming poultry stock, improve winter feed and housing, and select established breeds for better egg production.
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Germantown Telegraph
Michigan
Samuel Booth
Branch County
The
Western Rural
Lemon Roasted Lemons Cure Cough This Remedy
Roast the lemon carefully then squeeze into a cup with three ounces of sugar. Take a spoonful whenever a cough troubles you. The remedy is pleasant tasting and is said rarely to fail in giving relief.
Persevering Dove Braves Storm to Guard Nest
A pair of doves chose a West End corner to hatch a family. The mother braved a fierce snow storm, shielding two eggs as the father supplied nesting material and.monitoring the danger. Eventually the ice overwhelmed her, leaving the fate of the eggs uncertain.
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West End
Hove
Ford
Boston Times
Pompous Pen Peddler Refuses To Wait At Bank
A well dressed man entered a New England bank and asked for the cashier. The teller, joking, said the cashier would be back in about eight weeks from Lake Superior after a long wait. The wagging teller and the man both realized the delay, so the pen peddler left.
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New England
Lake Superior
The Carlist Pretenders in Spain Across Two Centuries
The article traces the three Don Carlos line, from the 1808 heir to Ferdinand VII through the Count of Montemolin and the present claimant Charles VII. It notes the Pragmatic Sanction repeal, Isabella II’s ascent, and the 19th century uprisings, concluding the current Carlist movement resembles a volatile mountaineer riot with uncertain outcomes.
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New York Times
Spain
Don Carlos
Ferdinand VII
Charles IV
Ferdinand
Maria Christina
Isabella
Charles V
Isabella II
Count of
Montemolin
Ortega
Balearic Isles
Tortosa
Valentia
Count Montemolin
Charles VI
Juan
Cologne
Charles VII
Postal Telegraph Bill Advances With New Company Plan
Senate committee approves Ramsey proposed postal telegraph bill authorizing nationwide stations, prepaid telegrams, revenue stamps, and a new Postal Telegraph Company led by Hubbard Miller Tracy Fisk. It outlines rates, a fourth assistant Postmaster General, and power to acquire existing lines. Also notes Adam Devarzer’s two year sentence for attempting to kill his wife in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On
Ramsey
Postmaster-General
Postal Telegraph Company
Guardner G. Hubbard
Massachusetts
O. P. Miller
Ohio
John F. Tracy
Illinois
C. B. Fisk
Missouri
Adam Devarzer
Milwaukee
Destruction of Antioch Sketches Its Ancient Grandeur
The sketch details Antioch Syria once a major city on the Orontes river 57 miles from Aleppo with about 10 000 inhabitants and a city wall of 20 to 70 feet. It notes mosques baths bazaars and silk industry once thriving and cites significant earthquake damage and vanished Christian churches.
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Antioch
Syria
Aleppo
Jesus Christ
Paul
France
Selucus Nicator
Christ
Chrysostom
Orontes
Apollo
A Ride on a Locomotive by Telegraph
James Richardson portrays a railway journey narrated by a traveler who experiences the locomotive as a living force. The engineer’s skill, the wild speed, the shifting landscape, and the perilous yet thrilling ride culminate in a newfound respect for the engine-driver’s craft.
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Sell
Kittatinny Mountain
Bridgeport
Harrisburg
James Richardson
Scribner's
How to Enjoy Life Through Honest Labor
The text argues happiness comes from not being obliged to labor but asserts honest hearty work is the only true source of happiness and life. It claims laziness and luxury shorten life while legitimate labor extends longevity, noting idleness destroys the wealthy who have nothing to do and become drones.
A Cannibal Ballad About Barnum’s Cage Monster
A vintage ballad tells of an ancient cannibal from a Japan‑adjacent island bought by Barnum and kept in a cage. He kills and eats once, then longs for more, warning that no man can be trusted, regardless of era or origin.
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Japan
Barnum
Varieties Notes From A Humorous Newspaper Page
A stitched together mock page features jokes and anecdotes including a Vermont woodcutter girl, a Cornell women’s building project, a grotesque smallpox avoidance tale, a bowdlerized religious quip, a Boston street exchange, a tale of Lazarus, and a Rome note about a woman shaving a dot on church steps.
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Rome
Europe
Plan to expose fraudulent Civil War pensions by county lists
An estimate suggests one fourth of pension claims from the rebellion are fraudulent. A plan to the Commissioner of Pensions and the Congressional Committee on Pensions proposes publishing in every county an alphabetical list of all granted pensions with residence details and providing copies to all county officers. This aims to save millions annually, bring criminals to justice, and allow honest claimants to meet requirements.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Congressional Committee On Pensions
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Postal Telegraph
Vermont
Indianapolis
Godlove Orth
Godlove
Taheerk
Cornell University
Water
Boston
Tremont House
Lazarus
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