From Califias ramen August 20 1879 Journal Letter San Francisco trip
Mary E Grissworp writes from Orangeville describing a California journey via Alameda Oakland and San Francisco. She details scenes of the bay city Alcatraz and Golden Gate, visits to markets galleries and Woodward Gardens, and plans for future excursions including Cliff House and Old Mission. The letter notes Alameda and Oakland growth and city imagery.
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Camelot
San Francisco
Bay
Leandro
California
Bay Island
Lake Chabot
Ike
Joseph Cook
Boston
Jenette
Telly
Alcatras
Golden Gate
Stephenson County
Miles de Ouly
Ecountee
Ilifornia
Ilaton
Fairy Land
Laurel Hill
Tery
Gol
Woodward's Gardens
Cliff House
Ocean
Seal Rock
Oakland
Alameda
Brooklyn
MARYY_E. Grissworp
The Sneezing Season and Siberian Trade Summary
A Cincinnati Gazette piece by J B Weston discusses hay fever remedies from a long-time sufferer, detailing tonics, quinine, and Langell’s asthma remedy, plus cautions about dust and ragweed. It then shifts to a dry quip about a rural customer and ends with a Siberian Jakutsk weather and trade snapshot, noting permafrost, summer warmth, and a fur trade fair worth about 400000 rubles.
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J.B. Weston
Cincinnatti Gazette
Langell
Orangeville praised as a thriving, pious business town awaits railroad
The piece extols Orangeville as a prosperous, moral community with bustling merchants and mechanics. It notes five Christian denominations and three churches, praising society and urging readers to move there. The closing line invites the railroad to come, signaling growth potential.
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Freeport
Orangeville
Fred Fahr
Deal & Swartz
J. P. Fishburn
M.D
Johnnie Miller
Musser Mercantile Establishment
Evangelical Church
Conundrums and wordplay from a humorous reader note
A collection of light riddles and puns presented as a humorous reader note. Each line links a question to a playful, punny answer about hunger resolutions conscience appearance or troubles using wordplay and double meanings.
Patch on Breeches Delayed by Busy Morning
Mr Holcombe notes no patch on his breeches while his wife refuses to fix it now. He offers to carry the patch to avoid showing he cannot afford cloth. The exchange reveals everyday domestic concerns and financial strain.
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Miria
Mr. Holcombe
Tis Ave
Comany
Westinghouse
Chicago
Council Bluffs
St. Paul
Green Bay
Freeport
LaCrosse
Winona
Dubuque
Mesregor
Milwaukee
United States
Canoas
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Marvin Hughitt
W.H. Stennett
Humorous Cordial Soliloquy on Boots and Marriage
A rambler staggers into a room and mutters about wet feet tight boots a sore hand and being a felon then jokes about needing a boot jack or marriage to fix his woes. The fragment captures a comic monologue filled with alcohol hiccups and rural whimsy.
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Z’ouse
The Little Paper Making Wasp
A wasp crafts blue gray paper for her nest without guidance or study. She gathers wood fibers, chews and binds them into a soft ball, then she wet and presses layers into thin sheets. She stacks fifteen to sixteen sheets to form a durable building material for her house.
Swill for Pigs Noted in Historic Farm Account
An 19th century farm diary describes pig feeding using wheat bran mid dlings salt and soft soap. It recounts faster growth for pigs fed house slops versus barn feed and a single rat treated with house stools rapidly turning into a fat pig. The writer notes feeding over five hundred pigs with swill led to improvements after changing from worn meal to swill mix.
Judicial Tribulation in a Rural Magistrate Office
A small boy faced a magistrate on a serious charge as his mother laments a string of misdeeds. The judge chides the mother for dereliction while the boy’s father figure Benjamin Franklin heckles and a name mix up escalates the scene into a comic clash of propriety and slang.
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Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Angeline Saxton
Angelina Saxton
Dad
James’ Medical Institute
Washington St
Chicago
Ill
James
Society Formed in Sydney for Foreign Animal Acclimatization
A society dedicated to acclimatizing foreign animals has been formed in Sydney New South Wales. The group plans to promote importation adaptation and study of non native species while advancing zoological knowledge and public interest.
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Sydney
New South Wales
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James Musser
John Ritzman
Deal
Jakutsk
Jakoutsk
Siberia
Lena
St. Petersburg
Okhotsk
Conundrums
Mia
Winona & ST. Peter R.R. CO
Great Wheat Belt
WW. & St. BP. Ballwoarya
HLM
Burchard
Chas. E. Simmon
Marswart
Gen'l Ofcea C
N.W Minn
R'y Co
Curcago
Ite
Earth
Hop Bitters Mfg. Co
Rochester
N.Y
Emmert & Burrell
J. BO
Rpets
Stephenson
Jonathan Boyer
the Journal
Journal Bindery
Tee
Most Reliable Railway Corporation
Great West
Cornell Bluffs
Sioux City
Yankton
Clinton, Dubuque & LaCrosse
Swarts & Stocking
Court House
N. B
Leadquarters
Dexter Spring Buggies
Jacob Kline
van Buren and
Bridg Streets
Jacob Eline
Patent Department
Washington
D. M. Key
F. D. Power
Germans American National Bank
U. S. Patent Ofice
Ade Dress Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Serag
VapBuren
R. Perkins
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