To Arms Over Foreign Cabbage Invasion At Baltimore
Amid cries of protectiveness a speaker rails against 800 cabbage heads from Oldenburg in the Leipzig cargo arriving at Baltimore from Bremen. He vows to flood markets with American produce and retaliate against foreign goods. The piece blends patriotic fervor with a vivid, if exaggerated, call to boycott and retaliatory consumption.
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Leipzig
Daltimore
Bremen
Oldenburg
Germany
Love and Rivalry by Pine Hall’s Sea Coast
Dale Wyman grows from bashful godson to lovestruck youth under Arville Linford’s nurture at Pine Hall. When Arville’s charm draws Seth Raymond the rector, Dale’s heart falters and illness deepens. A beach carriage ride with the two close friends foreshadows a tragic tangle of devotion and unspoken longing.
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Arville Linford
Dale
Arville
Dr. Wylie
Far West
Pine Hall
Dr. Linford
Wylie
Seth Raymond
Dale Wyman
Bale
The Daring Rescue and Tragic Death at the River
Dale dives to save Rector Raymond after a fatal cramp drags him under. Though Raymond is saved, the rector dies soon after and is laid in the brown church with white roses. Arville Linford’s hair is found over his heart in a folded note from Dale, revealing a buried love.
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Dale
Raymond
Arville
Phaeton
Tam
Seth Bayar
Arville Linford
Why Begin Dinner With Soup According to Sir Henry Thompson
The article argues against the belief that starting with soup dilutes gastric juice. It asserts soup is quickly digested, refreshing the diner after fasting, and helps digestion. It criticizes pre-meal sherry as harmful, noting soup provides ready digested nutrients that support later solid food.
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Sir Henry Thompson
Insane Inmate Traps Cleric In Paranoid Exchange
The Springfield Republicans tale from an insane asylum inmate recalls a visitor, a clergyman, forcing a conversation about assassinations. The lunatic lists royal figures killed, prompting the minister to agree, until the inmate accuses him of lying despite his clerical dress.
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Springfield Republican
Grant
Chicago
Itayes
Cincinnati
Queen Victoria
Jewel the Canary at the Inn Becomes a Grief Stricken Tale
In an English inn a poor man showcased Jewel, a trained canary. Jewel answered commands, danced, and saluted, but a lurking black cat killed him. The crowd raised funds for the grieving owner, who mourned Jewel as a child, saying he owed him support and happiness.
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England
Jewel
Home Doctoring and Folklore in Parkgate
The London Globe notes that simple home medicine could form part of schooling. In Parkgate a couple used diluted laudanum with rum and teas as remedies for rheumatism and liver troubles. After the man died, an inquest found their treatments amounted to poison, though offered with good intentions. The piece cites ongoing faith in stimulants and tea as cures among the poor. In the Highlands whisky and seal oil are claimed as sovereign remedies.
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London Globe
School Board
Parkgate
Highlands
Ferrets as Hunters Use: Strength and Muzzled Rage
Ferrets are bred widely in Europe for chasing rabbits rats and mice. They are strong bold and not domesticated affectionate. Muzzled to prevent blood sucking and death they return for food after hunting. They raid rabbit burrows drive prey into nets and snares, helping humans rid houses of vermin per American Agricul turist.
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Europe
Full surrender blamed on fashionably minded mothers
A New York doctor laments that a growing number of fashionable women in society are willing to surrender their infants, estimating a high percentage compared with those who keep their children. He notes this trend among the elite while excluding all American women who are not in good society.
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New York
Railroad Worker Injured In Night Accident
A railroad man had a severe accident the other evening after finishing a schooner of beer. He reached for another when his wife unexpectedly appeared. He was caught between the bumpers with the usual result.
Lowell mill girls in old style life and work rhythms
Lucy Larcom describes mill girls in Lowell as rising at dawn in winter and five in summer, with long days and limited leisure. They sewed, read, attended church, contributed to churches and charities, and supported families while maintaining self reliance and strong communal support.
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Lowell
Lucy ‘Larcom
Suiiselrentael
New England
Laughed At Aboard Stagecoach In Cleveland Trip
An Ohio merchant recalls a seventeenth year stagecoach trip to Cleveland from Mount Vernon where a young man engaged in a flirtatious exchange with a pretty girl. He describes squeezing the girl's hand, the hardness of her palm, and the awkward revelation from the elder man beside her as fellow travelers reacted with smiles and giggles.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Mount Vernon
A Curious Wager Between Sheridan and the Prince Regent
Sheridan bet the Prince Regent that geese could be driven as fast as turkeys over a set distance. The race stretched late into the afternoon, turkeys initially led, but as night fell they balked and perched in trees while the geese pressed on to win, and the Regent lost the wager.
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Sheridan
Review of Medical Evidence in Billings Jr Trial
Albany physician Dr. Lewis Balch analyzes the second Billy Billings trial. He concludes that a leaden bullet loses lead as it passes bone and that a ball shot through glass can create a smaller hole than the ball’s size before firing. An experiment showed a hole too small by one third to permit passage of the ball.
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Lewis Balch
Albany
N. Y
Jessie Billings, Jr
Indians Return Calls at Milwaukee Hotel
A Sioux party visiting Milwaukee amused local women as they studied customs. One chief intruded on a guest, scrutinizing attire and belongings, sparking fear. The guest rang for the porter, who escorted the Indian away, leaving the woman wary and vowing to keep doors closed when Indians are in town.
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Milwaukee
Mr. Indian
Adam
Retrospective views of Senate peers by ex governor Hendricks
Former Indiana governor Thomas A. Hendricks surveys his Senate colleagues naming Reverdy Johnson as the ablest lawyer, Charles Sumner bold in shaping national policy, and others like McDougal Lane Grimes Collamer Buckalew Garret Davis Doolittle Fessenden Hale Sherman Trumbull and Morton praised for debate, leadership, oratory, and steadfastness.
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Gov. Grimes
Iowa
Collamer
Vermont
Anthony
Buckalew
Pennsylvania
Cowan
Garret Davis
Doolittle
Wisconsin
Fessenden
Maine
John P. Hale
John Sherman
Trumbull
Gov. Morton
Making Teeth in 19th Century Industry
The Providence Journal notes the large artificial tooth trade with twelve factories producing about 10 million teeth annually, led by a firm since 1844. It details materials feldspar kaolin rock crystal and colorings of platinum titanium gold, plus the evolutionary shift from hand carving to mechanized dental work and the global export of dental instruments.
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United States
New York
Paris
Providence Journal
A Monkey's Babies Native Brazil Monkeys Born at Saloon
An admiring friend gave Louis Seidler two Marmosette monkeys. One of the twins died. the surviving infant, about the size of a mouse, is cared for by the mother who nurses it while the male parades the cage with a wise, dignified bearing that amuses onlookers. The creatures are noted for intelligence and curiosity in Wheeling.
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Louis Seidler
Brazil
Not Such a Fool as He Looked
A Lake Tribune anecdote recounts a man boasting a con game about delivering game birds as gifts to entice lavish dinners. He explains how he exaggerates the hunt and presents snipe to hosts, planning a faux gourmet experience, then reveals the ruse when guests are fed. He hints at duplicity and the eventual plan to dine on purloined birds.
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Murray
Diay
Shaughnessy
Salé Lake Tribune
The Man of the Period and His Outfit on Fifth Avenue
A Mework Letter muses on men versus women and details a man’s outfit. It itemizes costs: cane 85, silk hat 87, collar 25 cents, scarf pin 30, overcoat 60, shirt 4, undershirt 2, coat and vest 75, pantaloons 15, accessories 4, shoes 9, seal ring 40, watch and chain 250. Total about 500. The piece contrasts a man’s investment with a woman’s fashion flexibility and notes his lack of diamond studs.
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Geistinger
Fifth Avenue
Skin Diseases Cured by Dr Frazier's Magic Ointment
An advertisement claims Dr Frazier's Magic Ointment cures skin diseases including pimples blotches and erythema. It cites F. Drake of Cleveland Ohio once afflicted and cured after failing medical care. Also promotes Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment for piles with price and mail order.
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F. Drake, Esq
Cleveland
Dr. Frazier
Henry & CO
D. Ransom
60N & Co
Buffalo, N.1
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