Which shall it be a tale of poverty and Providence
A long poem recounts a neighbor who offers to ease a poor family by providing for a child if one of seven is given. It follows St James and Hannah Harris through marriage, illness, and failed cures in Chicago, ending with a moral about faith, repentance, and memory.
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John
Lillian
Jamie
Robbie
Mary
Hannah
Tate
James
Indiana
Hannah Harris
St. James
Chicago
Nahnemann
Christ
New Bird Specimen? Boys Report A Novel Hybrid
A pair of boys recounts a prank in which they hide a crow tail in a chicken hawk, prompting their father and uncle to declare a new species. The tale ends with a scolding and a plan to send the supposed specimen to Professor Hagebaum in Albany.
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Hagebaum
Albany
George
Brother Bob
Mark ‘Waln
Mysterious Shadlike Fish Arrive in Ontario and Seneca Lakes
A strange shadlike fish has appeared in Ontario and Seneca Lakes. First seen three years ago they were small enough to slip through nets and are now abundant with some up to two pounds. Believed to be Atlantic origin via the St Lawrence, experts debate whether they are fresh water alewives or Brine Shad. Authorities praise its palatable flesh and note it rivals the shad in value.
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Ontario
Seneca Lakes
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Agassiz
Seth Green
Chesapeake
Baltimore
Norfolk
How to Keep Plate Clean Wrap It Up in Silver Paper
A brief tip suggests wrapping a plate in silver paper to stay clean. The idea emphasizes simple, low effort cleanup. This compact old fashioned advice frames cleanliness through a disposable wrapping approach.
Man rescues boy as he drowns after river near harbor incident
A father tied a rope to his nine year old son and dragged him into the river to force him from playing on the dock. The boy sank twice before a sailor saved him by grabbing the boy by the hair. The rescued boy recovered with his father’s embrace and a physician’s aid. A shipper in Iowa sent 30 000 bushels of wheat from Winona to New York via Chicago at 55 cents per bushel and 50 000 bushels to New Orleans and Liverpool for 49 4 cents total, including ocean freight. A coroner’s record in New York notes a boy named Chas Burns died suddenly at 980 East Thirty First Street without a doctor.
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Randall
Wisconsin
United States
Waters & Co
Broadway
Ottery Enterprise
United States Express Company
Express Company
New York Sun
Theodore S
Harmon
T. Minkler
Oswego
Aurora
Theodore
Rochell Register
Dusuque
Iowa
Winona
Minn
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Liverpool
New Yor
Chas. Burns
Thirty-first Street
Catholics oppose public schools under state control
The letter argues that Roman Catholics will not accept the state as educator and will resist public school instruction. It cites Catholic journals rejecting state schooling, citing the Syllabus and Catholic opposition to reading and notes that Catholic families rely on church guidance for education.
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Tan Rowan Camtories
Saya the
Eeman
Dee
Freeman's Journal
Journal
Anid
Hort
Four Larcest Cattle Captivate Poughkeepsie Crowd
The city buzzes over George Ayrault dairy farmer's four massive steers. The lightest weighs 8300 pounds and the heaviest 4000 pounds named George Peabody. They sold for 800 dollars each to Lalor of Fulton Market New York. Exhibited at the Northern Hotel they head to New York for butchery and then skinning for Central Park.
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Carrie
Westp
George Aytault
Duchess County
George Peabody
Ayrault
Lalor
Fulton Market
New York
Central Park
Europe
New Yorker
Wall Street
Poughkeepsie
There Is One Great Consolation For The People
A column cites the Illinois constitutional convention as incapable of pleasing the Republican majority, noting partisan strife and local feuds while urging a new constitution to meet the state's growing needs.
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Buncombe
Illinois
Galesburg
Press
Comma Fashion Shifts To Baggy Trousers In Coming Season
The article notes a fashion move from tight skin pants to baggier styles with a pet-top influence. It warns that rugged weather and sudden falls can cause injuries if clothing is too tight. It also mentions New York ice dealers planning a 50 percent price advance next season.
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New York
Railroad Provisions Drafted by Constitutional Committee
The Railroad Committee of the Constitutional Convention approved rules requiring railroads to keep principal offices and stock lists in state, bar stock watering and unapproved consolidations, and bind Illinois Central to charter terms. The text includes moral commentary contrasting law with biblical warnings and urging liberty through gospel.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Question on who held the candle during Jonah’s prayer
Father Williams of Providence sharp in retort as he and a Ritualist debated a non written prayer. He challenged, “Pell me, then who held the candle when Jonah prayed in the whale's belly?”
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Father Williams
Providence
Jonah
Drinking water versus beer mocking quotes from Spurgeon
A quotation argues that water neither causes debt nor widowhood while beer, enjoyed by workers, is likened to brown rain. It criticizes dull workers who rely on ale and lose what sense they had, attributed to Spurgeon.
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C. C. Burchard
Walter P. Hunt
Second National Bank
Thompson Wilcoxon
Freeport
Michael Sawyer
John R. Lemon
Ill
James M. Smith
Buena Vista
LT. D. Wilcoxon
Feral Agent Farmers Insurance Company
L. T. Lemon Juretary Farmers Insurance Company
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Illiam Young
L. T. Lemon
M. Buckman
T. D. Wilcoxon
Bey
Robert
J. G. Holland
England
Dowlas
Bull
Yankee
George A. Barber
Cincinnati
George Arensberg
New York Times
HM. Buckman & CO
Illiard Room
Leraong
Buckman’s Billiard Room
Stephenson Street
Waste Paper & Metals
Will
Pellon'& Co
Am Bay Ying
Leveridge, Jr
John K. Brewster
Free- Ait
Ver Creek
G.d.blanchard
Silver Creek
Ils
Household Saints
Gracee Greenwood
James Harris
Ilinois
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Cleopatra
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Easthampton
South Hadley Female Seminary
Amherst College
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