Afternoon on the Beach as A Greenwell Narrates
The excerpt presents Ora Greenwell recounting a vivid beach scene with wind and waves shaping the shore. The narrator reflects on calm amid tumult, noting warm air and deep blue light while a sense of hope and contentment grows as they walk.
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Rand
Talk at Table Inspires Pleasant Conversation at Meals
An essay extols lively table talk as a vital spice to meals. It urges avoiding dull monologue and reading papers aloud at the table, praising cheerful, instructive chatter with anecdotes and friendly humor.
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Franklin
Berel
China
Invention Measures Mountain Distances by Reflective Telescope
A London Academy correspondent explains Prof. F. E. Pickering's device at MIT. The system uses a level attached to a telescope with a mirror and eyepiece scale to create dual images. By shifting the telescope a known distance and comparing image parallax, distances and heights of mountains are determined with high accuracy.
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London Academy
FE. CG. Pickering
Massachusetts
Ballou's February Magazine promises varied tales and art
The February issue of Ballou's Magazine offers stories like Jerusalem Sketches from Natural History and The Day, plus poetry, household articles, and humorous illustrations. Published by Thames & Talbot at 23 Hawley Street Boston, available for 1.50 a year postpaid, 15 cents per issue.
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Ballous Monthly
Ballou’s
Jerusalem
Stirling Castle
Katy
Lilla
Pearl
Guinea
Armsby
Brighton
North-west
Tommy Blingham
Davie
Ruthven
Thames & Talbot
Hawley Street
Boston
Lippincott's Magazine February Issue Highlights
The February number features George Macdonald's The Marquis of Lessie and two major short stories Hebe by the Blindpits author and The Cruise of the Heron by James T. McKay. It also previews Auerbach's Young Aloys or the Gawk from America and includes essays Gail Hamilton on Railroad Reflections and Wing's Pictures from Spain.
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Lippincott
George Macdonald
Lessie
Iferon
James T. McKay
Auerbach
Aloys
America
Gail Hamilton
Union Pacific
Edward l Wing
Spain
Edward Bruce
Goethe
W. N. Goodyear
Emma Lazarus
Galaxy and Llectric February issue offers varied fiction
The February Galaxy debuts with Gideon Welles on the Early Rebellion and Lincoln, then features Commander Luce on spiritual manifestations, a devil tale Aut Diabolo us Aut Nihil, and a Bret Harte poem. Albert Rhodes, Walter Burlingame, Henry James Jr, and Justin McCarthy excerpt join poetry and science notes.
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Gideon Welles
Lincoln
Luce
U. S. Navy
U. S. Hartford
Pythia
Slade
Planchette
Captain Luce
Bret Harte
Albert Rhodes
Walter Burlingame
Henry James, Jr
Balzac
Richard Grant White
Justin McCarthy
Miss Misanthrope
William Winter
Margaret J. Preston
South
Miss DeVere
Mail Register Closure at Freeport Post Office
E mails arrive at Freeport Post Office and close as follows detailing the status of mail register operations and the processing timeline for incoming correspondence at the Freeport facility.
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Freeport Post Office
Ward's Grove
Buen Vista
Cedar Ville
Damascus
McConnell's Grove
Foun van 4
Smilh D, Atkins
Centaur Liniment Offered Free to Distressed and Sick
The advertisement targets the sick and bee ridden the halt and lame and wounded and sore promising healing. It offers free Centaur Liniment to the poor who have spent money on worthless medicines.
Centaur Liniment praised by Expressmen and farmers
An 1870s advertisement touts Yellow Centaur Liniment for horses and cattle, claiming cures for spavin sprain wind galls scratches sweeney and lameness. It cites endorsements from New York stables and farmers and offers tests for farriers and physicians. Sold nationwide from J B Rose & Co at 46 Dry Street New York.
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Great Expressmen
New York
H. Mash
Adams
Stables
N. Y
E. Pultz
Albert S. Olin
aXe
J. B. Rose & Co
Dry St
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Mass
J.B. Rose & Co
Dey Street
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Reskin
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Charles FP. Bentley
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Samuel RB. Bucher
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Gesina Fust
Arend Rust
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Gerd Lubberts
Nelile Lubberts
Anna Lubberts
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Jacob Schmetzel
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John Wolf
Michal Stoskopf
Tl. O. Taylor
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Clarissa Robbins
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Elen C. Struble
Edward P. Barton
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George F Swartz
Milan J. Swartz
William Swartz
Henry Wagner
Joseph G. Wagner
William A. Wagner
Lucy A. Avery
Lucy A. Smith
Jacob Swartz
Willam Swartz
Eden Swarts
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Daniels. Brewster, Gerk
H.C. Ivor
Cory
Mastis
Sali
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Circuit Court
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Catherine Sandoc
Jol Minnich
Mary A. Minnich
Wilam Mannich
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Julia A. Lesher
Sarat Deimer
Mitnnich
Michael Stoskopft
Pebnny
Kand
Winois
Wingts
H. C
Sheldon Seavill
Sheldon Scovill
Edwin Scovili
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