The Man Named Washburne in Washington Lobby quarrel
A New York Tribune critique targets Washburne in Congress, accusing him of meddling with lobbyists and opposing fiscal restraint. The piece mocks his stance on protection, finances, and railroad subsidies, warning him to leave Washington or face lobbyist pushback.
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Illinois
Congress
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Washburner
Treasury
Albany
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New York Tribune
Ruwanns of Fidelity and True Friendship
Never forsake a friend when enemies gather, sickness strikes, or the world is dark. True fidelity endures adversity and is proven by sustained kindness. Value former help, show appreciation, and avoid hypocrisy. Real fidelity may be rare but exists in the heart. Deal justly, love mercy, and walk humbly to be spoken well of.
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Ruwanns
Spring Hedge Planting and Ground Preparation Advice
A Freeport horticulture note from A Waddell discusses spring hedge care. It covers digging, rooting, and replanting strategies, soil preparation along fences, spacing plants six inches apart, and keeping roots moist. It also weighs options between hedge species and cautions about early neglect hurting young hedges.
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Illinois
A. Waddell
Webster Street
Freeport
Cheap and Excellent Ink from the Country Gentleman
In a January note the Country Gentleman explains a simple home ink recipe. Use extract of logwood and chromate of potash, dissolve in hot rain water, expose to air for a week, then bottle. Cost is five to ten minutes of work plus about three cents. the ink starts blue and turns black.
Mice Trapped in Seed Barrels by Chloroform Saturation
A Jour nal of Pharmacy correspondent recalls using saturated cotton with chloroform to kill mice nesting in seed barrels. He describes placing the cotton inside the barrel lid and returning to find multiple mice dead, noting initial failures with a stick.
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The
Journal of Pharmacy
Greek Agriculture Lacking Interest and Forest Destruction Noted
A German agricultural correspondent reports Greece shows little interest in farming with focus on trade. He cites government neglect of communications and forest destruction causing water shortages and tougher cultivation. the piece follows with satirical notes on Japan’s incendiary punishment and a Berlin anecdote about horse meat and velocipede ideas.
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Turkey
Greece
Homesteads Offered as Solution to Homelessness
A Kenosha Telegraph editorial argues farseeing reform through western and southern land settlement. It urges able-bodied men to seek farms, noting agriculture provides reliable income, and predicts land values will rise. The piece highlights widespread homelessness in cities and promotes land ownership as a path to stability and national prosperity.
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Erie
Udaibeathe
Kenosha Telegraph
New Iron Bridge Dedication At Dixon
Dixon celebrated the dedication of a new iron bridge built by L E Truesdell. The five span structure stretches 760 feet with a 18 foot roadway and five foot sidewalks, costing 75 000 dollars overall. A weight test of about forty five tons on one span showed acceptable deflection and the council planned formal acceptance after repairs to uniform rods.
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Dixonites
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Truesdell
Coat Woven Through Generations Wears Family Story
A London New Hampshire man wears a coat crafted from cloth spun by his grandmother at sixteen and worn as a cloak by his mother at sixteen, now aged ninety. The garment highlights a multigenerational textile tradition and kinship across decades.
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