Giant Carpenteria grape vine crowns California viticulture
The 7 foot 8 inch trunk and sprawling branches cover a third of an acre in Carpenteria Santa Barbara county. Owner Jacob Wilson preserves space for the giant vine planted in 1842 by Joaquine Lugodi Ayala. It once hosted public meetings and election booths and dwarfs prior world contenders at Montecito and Hampton Court.
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Carpenteria
Santa Barbara
Hampton Court
England
Montecito
Philadelphia
Jacob Wilson
Chicago
Wilson
Joaquine Lugodi Ayala
Bimself
Dona Ayala
Russell Heath
Santa Barbara County
A Timely Suggestion Quote by Greeley
A brief quotation reflects on youth and earning money through honest work rather than dishonest schemes. The line underscores a moral lesson about integrity in making money. It attributes the sentiment to journalist Horace Greeley.
Now Are We His An Ode By Lucy Larcom
A short devotional verse celebrates a universal Christ who steadies feet and lights mysteries. The speaker emphasizes humanity's bond with Christ, shared faith, and hope in vast, unopened powers beyond life and death.
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Christ
Lucy Larcom
Markets summary from New York to Chicago and Milwaukee
The day’s report covers New York money rates and exchange, Chicago Board of Trade grain quotes for wheat corn oats park and lard, Chicago live stock prices at the Union Stock Yards with hogs cattle and sheep figures, and Milwaukee grain prices for wheat corn barley rye. Key entities include New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and values such as 14 2 percent call money, 4es registered bonds, and futures quotes like January wheat 773 c and May corn 24 c.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Aterling Exchange
United States
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Burbanks
Hebrons
Illinois
Farcy
Union
Cade
Texas
Desolated Dongola Dervishes Made of Ruin and Despair
A London Times report describes Dongola in ruins after Baggara rule. The city is abandoned for 12 years with each building gutted, the bazaar rubble, and gardens destroyed. Destruction is total as caravans of robberage and slave dealing replace former commerce and civilization.
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England
Dongola
Africa
Baggara
London Times
Famous Christmas Pies and Gigantic Puddings Through History
The piece surveys Christmas feast traditions from England and its tales of enormous puddings. It mentions a five foot circumference pudding with 24 pounds flour and 40 eggs, a massive 400 pound flour recipe boiled four days, and a towering 17 feet round pie with geese and other birds.
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Darnall
Suxeter
Paignton Fair
Austin
St. George Eld
Henry Gray
Tlewick
Dorothy Priterson
London
Chicago Tribune
Census to sweep Russia in January next
The coming Russian empire census in January will be exceptionally interesting. It will be nearly 40 years since the last general census. Territory has grown and population increased, but the exact numbers remain uncertain by millions, as noted by the New York Tribune.
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Russian Empire
N. Y. Tribune
New Pulse Marking A First For Doctor And Patient
The Yonkers Statesman reports a doctor announces a completely new pulse as he notes the patient becomes the first person to experience it. The exchange centers on the doctor placing his watch away after the revelation and the patient acknowledging the milestone.
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Yonkers
Alligator Tales From a Forsaken Florida Inn Register
A Florida hotel register from Brock House, dating to the 19th century, records three extraordinary alligator kills. Entries claim stomach contents including a boat, pine wood, a fisherman’s float, a gold watch, bonds, and even parts of a steam launch and railway iron, suggesting legendary posturing or tall tales from early explorers.
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Florida
Charles B. Cory
Department of
Field Columbian Museum
Chicago
Brock House
Jacksonville
Trocha costs lives in Cuba as operations shift
A Havana dispatch reports the Cuban war plan revised in Pinar del Rio province with the western trocha not abandoned but greatly reduced. Three infantry brigades move into the mountains north coast while the costly, brick blockhouses and permanent looks raise disease and death. Over 2000 soldiers have died from fever and dysentery, with yellow fever spreading.
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Pinar del Rio
Trocha
Havana
America
Maceo
Barber Shop on Wheels Reaches Rural Clients by Tricycle
August Leibman of Gravesend Long Island created a three wheeled barber chair that rides to farms and villages. The tricycle outfit costs little to operate versus a horse and buggy and brings him into rival territory. Leibman pedals to shave and cut hair on tours, drawing new customers with novelty.
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August Leibman
Gravesend
Long Island
New York Press
Leibman
Vicar Faces Cold Reception Over Mission Donation
A rural parish vicar famed for talking up foreign missions is met with hostility in a village shop. The shopkeeper returns a coin gifted to the plate, claiming she had given it in and that the money would not reach the mission because “them niggers” never got the money.
Quirky Rural Mail Boxes Rise In Cumberland County
New rural delivery in Cumberland County Maine features unusual mail receptacles including a half bushel basket a large coffee can soap and spice boxes and even former patent medicine containers in one neighborhood reflecting local improvisation and practicality.
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Cumberland County
Schoolboy on Homer Stirs Theories of Odyssey Authorship
A British schoolboy summarized the debate on who wrote the Odyssey. He noted that writing may not have existed in Homer's era and suggested he lived later, reflecting skepticism about classical authorship.
Great boardinghouse girl amazes bachelors with wit
The Detroit Kree Press captures a quick witted girl at a boarding house. A dry goods clerk jokes about matrimonial bargains she says she’s marked down from 38 to 25. A bachelor spills ice cream as she calmly parries proposals and business offers with humor and resolve.
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Detroit
Kree
Qld
Dude Boarder
Tobacco stock tip sparks men’s wary cigarette chat
A Washington Star moralist denounces nicotine as a dangerous drug while a Star reporter admits smoking a cigar. The pair debate moderation, waste, and wealth as the reporter recounts a tip from a friend leading to a purchase in the tobacco trust.
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Washington Star
Star
Tobacco Trust
How to walk safely on icy sidewalks in New York
The New York World explains that many slips happen on winter streets and offers tips to prevent falls. Walk on tiptoe with the heel raised until the foot is firm, avoiding a heel-first gait that leaves less surface contact and can throw balance off. The piece notes many pedestrians imitate a dandy walk but warns it is often unsafe.
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New York World
New York City
Dr Holmes jokes at seventieth birthday breakfast
Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes recalled the breakfast given in his honor by Troughton Osgood Co on his seventieth birthday. He said he planned to keep a rigid upper eyelid to avoid tears as guests read bright poems at the event.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Troughton, Osgood & Co
Unsolicited Offer to Clergyman Sparks Sage Advice
A young unbeneficed clergyman in an English suburban parish received a spontaneous offer from a lady in his flock promising heart money and band. He advised her to give her heart to the Lord money to the poor and her hand to the man who asked for it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial Promoted by Mount Lebanon Community
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon tout Shaker Digestive Cordial as a simple honest curative that prevents indigestion by supporting stomach glands. They claim the formula is printed on every bottle and note the product sells through druggists at 10 cents to 1 dollar per bottle.
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Mount Lebanon
Great Men and Famous Women binding offer
An advertisement from Wagner Bros. Book Binders promotes binding of the work Great Men and Famous Women in multiple styles at reasonable prices. They invite calls or cards for binding estimates and claim savings over publisher prices. Located at the corner of Chicago and Galena Streets.
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Wagner Bros. Book Binders
Cor
Chicago
Galena Streets
Corset Sale At Walton Store On Mid Store Floor
The shop announces a clearance of corsets with deep discounts on W. B. and Ball’s models. Deals include 52 pairs of W. B. corsets at 75c, 15 pairs Ball’s corset waists, 17 No 850 Form corsets at 75c, 18 Ball’s waist sizes at 5bc, and 25 Ferris waists at 50c. Also preview of wash goods, cloaks, and muslin underwear with new spring carpets arriving January 20 at Stephenson Street show.
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Ball
Misses Ball
Mrs Jennie Erhardt Business Medium reads daily
Chicago based medium Mrs Jennie Erhardt answers six questions for fifty cents. She conducts readings at 80 Van Buren Street.
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Chicago
Boarders Wanted By the Week
Boarders needed by week with use of hot and cold water and bath room. Inquire at this office. 1-19d1w.
Christopher Ulrich Sharpens Scissors in Freeport
General grinding service offered for razors knives and scissors with specialty in barbers and paper hangers shears. Located at No 23 Chestnut Street near the hospital Freeport Illinois.
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Christopher Ulrich
Chestnut St
Hospital
Freeport, Ill
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