Reading material list and prices from an old catalog
The fragment lists various periodicals and prices such as OssERVER DFO OssERVER Osserven and other journals like The People s Journal Scientific American and Wood s Magazine. It notes a chrome and engraving offered with Wood s Magazine and Peoples Journal and mentions increased reading matter at low extra expense.
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Ossenver
Inter Geean
Hgig
Onserven
Padianspelle Journal
Osserver Dfo
Seeeneessensare
Taledo Blade
Osserven
New York Times
OpsErve
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Wood & Magazine Iwi
The
Observer
People’s Journals
Rae Tgwansecinalion
Scientific American
Wood
Peoples Journal
Splendid Inducements for Weekly Observer Subscriptions
The WEEKLY OBSERVER offers one year plus five Chromos for 82 dollars or six months with a Chromo 8x10 for 1 dollar. Two Chromos 8x10 plus the Observer one year cost 2 dollars. Also available are Chromo Lithographs from Berlin depicting American and European scenery, four seasons, copied from Thorvaldsden's statuary. One picture will be given to every subscriber for 2.25 dollars.
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Weekly Observer
Observer
Berlin
Prussia
Thorvaldsden
Weekly
Women Crusaders Endure Violent Mob Attacks in Cleveland
A peaceful protest by women against saloons in Cleveland met violent mob actions. Ringleaders of the attack included Mrs. McCarty and Miss Bearly, with bystanders and police aiding their escape. The episode prompted calls for stronger police protection and a clear city stance on enforcing liquor laws and public order.
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Clevland
J. Zenlig
Pearl Street
Stoner
J. D. Sholes
T. B. Doolittle
Dakin
Doolittle
Campbell
The
Chicago Times
la Salle Street
Marie Antoinette
Cleveland
Sunday Voice
Louisville uses old ordnance to build gas and water pipes
In Louisville the city converts Civil War era cannons into utility pipes. guns weighing 3000 to 8000 pounds are cut into pieces in a large lathe, reassembled with derricks, and repurposed as conduits for water and gas. Most pieces date to 1847 48, with few used before.
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Louisville
Mound City
Louisville Ledger
Cupalo
From Furnace to Pipe Molds in Iron Works Process
The passage describes converting ore to molten iron, mixing with charcoal and pig iron from Tennessee and Alabama to form the cannon. The melted iron is tapped from three cupolas, carried by railroad tracks to molding pits, poured into perpendicular pipe molds, cooled, cleaned, and finished in ovens before testing.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Thrift as a virtue in farming and household life
The essay extols thrift as clean, wholesome care for physical welfare and prudent management. It links thrift to growth, order, and self respect, noting New England abundance contrasts with neglect of savings and the duty to save for the future. Lord Derby is quoted on shared responsibility.
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New England
Lord Derby
Onion devotion and the New England onion cult
The essay extols the onion as a sacred, soulful vegetable shaping flavor and identity. It laments its social stigma and urges reformers to embrace and spread love for onions, noting rituals like onion Thursdays and the communal harmony of eating them together. It likens the onion to a spiritual symbol and calls for evangelism through seeds.
Reporter recommends castor oil for leather care
A correspondent who tested patented preparations and popular recipes says castor oil outperforms them all. He notes boots a year old oiled with castor oil remained soft, smooth and water resistant until last use, applying it cold and directly to the leather.
Here They Come Bound for the Great Southwest
From the Daily Commonwealth February 21 a notice of groups traveling toward the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe lands. Three parties passed through the city in the last week, numbering fifteen to thirty individuals each, traveling from Town Indiana and Michigan.
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Great Southwest
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Town
Indiana
Michigan
Immigration and Land Purchases Shape Harvey County Settlement
Mr Gideon Burgess, arriving from Newton County Indiana, bought four and a half sections of land and plans a large Kansas farm as he relocates to Harvey county. Two special Illinois trains carried households and immigrant outfits to the upper Arkansas Valley, routed via Atchison and the A T and S F Railroad, signaling a broader east to west migration to the valley.
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Gideon Burgess
A. T
Newton County
Indiana
Harvey County
Burgess
Kansas
Our City
Illinois
Upper
Arkansas Valley
Indianapolis and
St. Louis
Atchison
The Answer
A poem excerpt from The Aldine for April contemplates summer beauty and mortal woes. It contrasts cheerful seasons with climate and fate, ending with a hopeful note that divine light outlasts earthly convulsions. The speaker warns that all things perish yet divine guidance endures beyond the blast.
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Earth
Busy Rail Schedule German? East Michigan Division
A dated timetable fragment lists various train services on the East Michigan Division. It mentions express, freight, mail and accommodation trains with destinations including Grand Rapids and New York, along with times around noon and afternoon, reflecting a transportation roster of multiple train numbers and lines.
Letter Attacks Racial Slavery in Sullivan County
A Terre Haute LaPress letter from a Democrat in Sullivan County denounces black people with a demeaning statement advocating slavery for all. The Indianapolis Journal notes the writer praises Voorhees as a moss covered hero.
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Sullivan County
Terre Haute
German Syrup Promises Lung Cure From Germany
Advert mentions Dr. A. Boschee's German Syrup claimed to cure lung diseases, coughs, colds, and consumption. It urges readers to cut out the notice and visit Bucklen & Son in Elkhart for a free sample bottle or a regular 75 cent bottle, with endorsements from G. G. Green of Woodbury, New Jersey.
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A. Boschee
Germany
Bucklen & Son
Elkhart
Westward trains via St Louis on Missouri Pacific line
Promote the Missouri Pacific Through Line as the best rail route from St Louis to the West and Texas. Highlights include Day Coaches, Buck's Reclining Chair-Cars, Pullman Sleepers, Miller Safety Platform and Westinghouse Air Brake. Connects with Texas routes via Sedalia or Vinita. Contact Thompson in Buffalo or Ford in St Louis for maps and timetables.
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Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Oregon
California
St.Louis
Missouri Pacific
Buck
Westinghouse
St. Louis
Texas
Texas’r. R
Sedalia
Atlantic & Pacific R. R
Vinita
UF. Thompson
Northorb
Exchange St
Buffalo
N. Y
Ford
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Chicago
Evening News
Thrift
Daily Commonwealth
Christman & Young
Simonton's
Main St
Elkhart, Ind
Cincinnati
Wabash & Michiza An
Pris
Eerm
Marion
Lafontaine
Wabash
Urbana
Manchester County
Clay
Asi
Milford
Arnolds
New Paris
Bainteya
Waterford
Goshen
Elkhart ‘Dunlap
Goshen Lesve
Bainters
Wells
Lake Shore & Mich
Southern Railway
Ollows
Grand Rapids Express
Grand Rapids Accommodatior
AIR Line Division
Air Line
Penta New York Express
Atlantic Express
Pacific Expres
Kalamazoo
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Jonesville
Homer
Albion
Eaton Rapids
Adrian
Monroe
Detroit
Jackson
White Pigeon
Three Rivers
Allegan
Grand Trunk Railroad
Sarnia
Montreal
Quebec
Portland
Salem Crossing
Lafayette
New Bitany
West Sidouth
Boston
San Francisco
J. E. Curtis
E. E. Rosinson
RE. Brush
Ind
London
Liverpool
Edinburgh
Copenhagen
Amburg
European
Great Western
Anchor Line Steamship Companies
New York
Queenstown
Royal Bank of Ireland
M. Ce
Atchison, Topeka.&santa FE Railroad
Henry Stewart
American Agriculturalist
A. E. Touzalin
Topeka
Kan
Rock Island & Pacific
Council Bluffs & Omaha
Union Pacific Railway
Denver
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
Pacific Coast
Omaha,Leavenworth & Atchison Express
Peru
Omaha & Leavenworth
Kansas Line
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroa Co
Leavenworth
Atchison and Chicago
Ao Leavenworth
Kansas Pacific
At Atchison
Atchison, Topeka & Santas Central
Union Pacific
Atchison & Nebraska
Kangas
Indian Territories
States
Canada
A. M. Sourn
Huau RipDie
United States
State St
Atock
West O Standard Library
Ieam
Rees
Garr Bouyers
Fsure, Jansen, McClurg & CO
Ocean
E. B. Goodrich
Peter Parley
Agente
M3 Valley Pushsure Co
Curcaco
Inv
J. Walker
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Mississippi
Ohio
Miss Dlinois
Cumberland
Ark ‘Nas
Red
Brazos
Rio Grande
Pearl
Mobile
Savannah
Roanoke
James
J. Walkers
Bride
Broadway
New New York
Zeigler & McCurdy
Chicago, IL
Aldresa
M. Young & CO
Greenwich Street
Haasis & Lubrecht
Liberty Street
T. Williams & CO
Philadelphia
Europe
John Q. Kellogg
Platt St
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
National Publishing Co
QO. F. Davis
U. P.R. R. Omahe
Udita Eke
Ees Nak
H.V. Pierce
RY. B. World’s Dispensary
N.H. Tilden
Sears Building
Mass
Post Office
Jackson Street
Bristol
Middlebury
Elkhart County
Hasterm
Bellig
Ellen L. Clapp
Tudor Street
South Boston
Carlos A. Cook
Mis
Robert J. Culverwell
M.D
Batak
Wm. A. Woods
Cyrus A. Wade
Circuit Prosecutor
Apel Dee
Sherif
Northern
Southern
A. M. Tucker
C.T. Greene
John W. £Gbert
L.D. Thomas ‘Porte Heerner
Philip Crab
Geoe
T. Anno
B. Drake
B. Garman
P. C. Messick
Henry Stauffer
David Meary
L. Converse
L. Howland
H. B. Sherwood
H.C Wright
Chas. Leonard
Jacob Mish
Henry Clark
J . Arisman
J. Worley
Scuoon
A. Work
Pope
Maxon
Townsurf
James F. Curtiss
Presbyterian
Kane Lodge
S.c c Cece Wesc Eens
Jacob Mandler
Eagle Lodge
F. W. Miller
S. Maxon
ODD Fellows
Pulaski Lodge
Noble Grand
E. Neiswander
John Reinhart
O. O
Scribe
Good Templars
Good Samaritan Lodge
Worthy Chief Templar
Worthy
Machinists’ & Blacksmiths’ Union
Geo. Forsyth
H.L. Becrafte
Bucklen's
Brotherhood Locomotive Engines
Eongs
E. Foster
D. R. Rinehe
Geo.Jones
H. E. Stone
Orrici Hotts
Matis C.rose
Main Line
Warraw
Indianapolis
Edwardsburg
Cassopolis
Adamcaville
Warsaw
Adamsville
R. K. Brush
Ayer
A& Family
J. C. Ayer & CO
Lowell
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