Chicago Fire of 1871 Devours Downtown District
A vast Chicago fire on September 20 and a follow up blaze on October 7, 1871, devastate about twenty acres from Canal to Van Buren, destroying warehouses, hotels, courts, post office, printing offices, and riverfront structures. Tens of thousands homeless, aid pours in from across the nation. Sheridan orders troops to Chicago for protection.
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The Value of Mellow Soil for Crops
The article argues that mellow, loamy soil absorbs moisture 2 percent of its weight in twelve hours when exposed to moist air. It asserts that regular plowing and harrowing keep soil free of lumps, allowing air circulation and moisture absorption, which helps crops mature during dry seasons and resist drought.
Consumption of Liquor i Great Britain
Lord John Russell, presiding at a National Union for the Suppression of Intemperance conference, stated that in the five years ending 1870 temperate Britons spent about 514,842,345 pounds on intoxicants, roughly $2.5 billion, a figure rivaling railway receipts and national revenues. The working classes bore a larger share of this burden. He cites duty-based calculations. The narrative then shifts to Dutch gardens with arbors, tulips, and social scenes in manors. It ends with a note on new neckties and rosettes.
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Great American Desert
London Times
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Ammonia as a Motive Power for Organs and Sewing Machines
The Scientific American proposes liquified ammonia as a portable motive power for church organs and sewing machines. Ammonia engines have been tested on Paris omnibuses and New Orleans street cars, with iron cylinder receivers supplied by a central factory. The method could drive organs, pumps, sewing machines, and other devices, given suitable construction and safety considerations.
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Scientific American
Paris
New Orleans
Britain’s ironmasters concede full daily wage rise and profit sharing
The Staffordshire iron strike ends after workers win fixed daily pay and a pledge to share profits. An immediate ten percent wage boost is promised, with further increases tied to ore price and shipping taxes, signaling a landmark shift in labor capital relations.
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Staffordshire
England
Britain
N. ¥. Herald
English inventor proposes condensing cylinder engine device
A new condensed exhaust system for steam engines avoids a separate condenser and air pump. The design uses a large condensing cylinder with a piston, an injection valve to admit water near piston end, and vents air and condensation through return-stroke valves. Also noted is a San Francisco proposal for a social fund via wage-based monthly payments to single women.
Fashion Notes and Social Warnings from a Bygone Era
The piece describes fabrics like mohair and velvet, lace, and horizon lace used in dresses, large collars and ornate draping ideas, and mentions black alpaca and silk as seasonal norms. It also notes velvet suits as winter richness and references silver coffin trimmings hired for funerals in Lewiston. A Washington Chronicle correspondent warns of social evil among ladies and a Cincinnati ad advertises an inappropriate personal letter.
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Lewiston
The
Washington Chronicle
Texas Teachers to Take Oath on Patriotism and Loyalty
Texas authorities require any person teaching in the state to swear to uphold the U.S. and Texas constitutions and to inculcate patriotism in youth. The text notes a flaw in precision and suggests swearing allegiance to Radical party principles as an alternative.
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Texas
United States
Radical Party
Cleanliness Boosts Pork Quality and Fattening Returns
The article argues cleanliness directly affects pork flavor and health. It condemns filthy rail pens and exposure to weather as wasteful and harmful, urging shelter, dry beds, and litter for fattening hogs. Clean conditions are safer and more economical, with better fattening results.
Wheat potential in California restated by land officials
Land Office figures show 60 million acres capable of wheat, but only 5 million are cultivated. Of these 5 million, the Surveyor General reports 1,263 ran wheat yielding 19 million bushels, about 15 bushels per acre. The Vallejo Recorder argues that with better facilities 15 million acres could grow wheat, producing 180 million bushels, tenfold the current average without irrigation in poorly served regions.
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California
Land Office
Surveyor General
Vallejo
Superstition Case At Parapouraia Morgue
In Parapouraia two women visited the police and learned a drowned man’s body lay in the morgue. They asked to lay the corpse’s hand on one woman’s goitered neck claiming belief in relief from the ailment. The gesture was granted and the hand applied three times before they departed.
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Parapouraia
Wedding in a Convent Stuns Berlin Society
A con vent wedding in Berlin shocks society as an Ursuline orphan girl, raised in the convent, marries a Landsberg knight after being wooed and won. The ceremony inside the cloister is reported as a striking novelty with all but the groom dressed in petticoats, making the event a celebrated oddity of the century.
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Berlin
Cupid
Landsberg
Smoke from Wagon Fire Sparks Rural Misunderstanding
Two travelers in a light wagon smoking cigars ignite straw at the bottom. They abandon their seats to extinguish flames as a nearby rider offers help. The rustic helper jokes about modern notions, saying he thought they were traveling by a team.
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Gotham
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