Lost boy returns after thirty three years tale of Indian kinship
In Logan county a missing child vanished as a toddler while his farmer father worked in fields. Years later a Cheroked Indian chief claimed the boy as his son, raising him in the West. On the deathbed confession revealed the truth, and the long missing boy was returned to his birth family, ending a century old mystery and stirring renewed curiosity.
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Trathy-Tinar
Lewiston
Warris Hopkins
Topkins
Illinois
Logan County
Faun
Far West
Hopkins
Champaign County
Ligwiston
Veettlers
Tefer
Butter Story From Towanda Well Captures 30 Year Old Prize
In Towanda Pennsylvania 1838 Van Sicklers found a sealed butter firkin in a hotel well on a stone shelf. Stored thirty one years, it tasted sweet and fresh, worth six to twelve cents then versus sixty five to eighty cents today. Old landlord Mr Means recalls the incident. Witnesses remain alive to attest to the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Sickler
Towanda
Means
Hnd
Singular Case of Instinct in a Horse
A Minnesota farmer reports a remarkable display of equine intelligence. A pair of horses, inseparable companions, were tied apart on a lake shore during a fishing trip. One horse strayed back to the scene, found its mate entangled in rope in the water, and helped free it, showing evident concern and jubilation when the other was safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Lake ‘Minnetonka
Ahemy
Chicago Lawyer's Tale of Wives and Marriages
A Chicago lawyer recalls his early days in the city and the peril of asking after spouses. He narrates encounters with married women, divorces, and new marriages, ending with a vow to avoid sensitive questions about wives to prevent further social scrapes.
Reneging Power Noted In Texmesa Text
The passage suggests guidance on where to apply for rescue and to use a three fourths of an inch rope. It emphasizes displaying appreciation of the event, appealing to thoughtful consideration about limiting reneging to the genus homo. St. Anthony's Atnn. Texmesa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony's
Texmesa
Bad Boys Reformed at New Jersey Reform School
The New Jersey State Reform School at Jamesburg houses sixty boys under discipline. A Newark paper outlines the institution with a 500 acre farm where boys perform farm work from plowing to planting and soil preparation. Younger inmates focus on planting weeding and training small fruit trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey State Reform School
Jamesburg
Newark
Farm shifts to fruit firm with school tied to harvest cycles
The farm pivots to fruit production with Peach and pear trees planted. Last year total farm output was 5002.61 dollars, 920.50 dollars used for family consumption. The school divides boys into two grades, morning and afternoon, teaching common English subjects with strong progress. In summer, long work days start at 5 am and end after 8 pm with tasks, prayers, meals, and play. Winter focuses more on study. State per pupil costs run about 1.20 dollars weekly, farm proceeds about 1.80 dollars weekly per inmate, and a new building addition is under construction to expand capacity toward self-sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iabor
Asia
al &, Lindsay
Montrose
USA
Miscellaneous items and oddball snippets from the era
The column gathers assorted items from a bygone era including quirky quips about marriage mischief, a physician’s odd moralizing, a dramatic windstorm fatality in Bucks County, a Viking era epitaph tale, a playful vignette of Little Thomas Jefferson, melancholy remedies cited by Sypnry Sarria, a vivid description of Ver Mont Saint Albans butter market life, a Polish prophet in 1863 politics, and a Bennington battle recollection with Captain Jonas Galusha remarks.
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Springfield
Bucks County
Sales
Berks County
Kirk Cross
Shetland
Donald Robertson
Lawrence Tullock
Thomas Jefferson
Augustus George
Arabella
Phostias
Sypnry Sarria
St. Albans
Poland
Ifeling
Flo
Ife
Adrew
Bennington
Jonas Galusha
Mases Robinson
Nathan Stone
Stone
Farm and Household Notes on Crops and Canning
A Rural Messenger writer extols hoeing and timely irrigation for corn, shares plant watering tips and bottle cutting methods, explains preserving corn in cans, rawhide uses for saddlery and gear, rejuvenating old grape vines, milking hygiene, and dismisses a supposed insect epidemic as unfounded given varying summer conditions.
The Chinch Bug in American Entomologist Stages
A recap from the American Entomologist outlines chinch bug behavior and control. It notes hibernation in dry debris, recommends burning litter in spring, sowing early or late, fall plowing, and rolling loose soil to protect grains. Rainy seasons reduce but do not eliminate the pest.
Exterminating: Mouse Flies by Doorway Net Method
A Vermont man offers a doorway net device to trap and destroy house flies in minutes. The light mesh net attached across a doorway captures flies, which are then shaken into the net and disposed of in hot water or soap. Used several times weekly, it promises peace and quiet from pests. Also noted is the renaming of Clark Seminary at Aurora to Ermines Seminary in honor of benefactor Mrs. Eliza Jennings.
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Israel
Red Sea
Jhouse
Clark Seminary
Aurora
Jrmines Seminary
Eliza Jennings
Dr. Ransom
Ara
Deglecting
Teese
D. Ransom & CO
Prop’s
Buffalo
The World Grows Wiser and Stomach Bitters Endorsement
An old advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a pure vegetable remedy for indigestion biliousness and general debility. It claims to fortify the body, stimulate the stomach and liver, and offer a preventive tonic and alterative. Also promotes Allen's Lung Allam for chest symptoms and urges purchase from druggists.
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Artemus Ward
Inez
TIOSTET@IER
Calizaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Caswell, Mack & Co
New York
Draggiats
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F. Emmnan
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Bad Boys
New Jersey
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