Insects on House Plants and a Crosby Street Wedding
A home horticulture piece details methods to control green fly aphids red spiders and scale insects on house plants including hot water fumigation and soap solutions. A Crosby Street wedding features Michael Moninina a wealthy street organ grinder and Miss Viola Ferretti with a large wedding crowd and multiple carriages disrupting Bleecker Street in New York.
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Crosby Street
Michael Moninina
Ife
Viola Ferretti
Bleecker Street
New York Sun
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Winona
Green Bay
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
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Kankakee
Pan
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Pen Pacific R. TR
Omaha
United States
Canada
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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Broadway
Boston
State Street
Farnham Street
San Francisco
New Montgomery Street
Clark Street
Sherman House
Canal
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Kinzie Street
W. Kinzie
Canal Streets
Wells Street
Wells and
Kinzie Streets
V.H. Sitennett Arvin Huanirt
Pass. Ag't
Mang'y
Wintering Roses Practice and Pruning Advice
The Germantown Telegraph advises on wintering roses noting many perennials should not be kept, as half-hardy roses and others will damp and mold in mild winters. Best is to lay them down and cover with earth, using a forked stick to hold in place, keeping fresh growth to the tips, and pruning in spring.
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Bettx
Pers Ion
Germantown
An Anecdote of the War and a Colored Skeptic
A selection from Harper's Magazine recounts a Civil War era anecdote about Pete, a educated African American student in 1869, and a mythic eclipse of destiny. The tale contrasts schooling and racial tensions with a witty retort about September opening and August apocalypse. It also includes a Richmond Dispatch war anecdote praising Southern soldier resolve as a trudging Confederate figure mutters a love for his country.
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Pete
Harper's Magazine
Richmond Dispatch
Stonewall Jackson
Polite Spinster Challenges Tobacco On Train
An elderly spinster boards a Grand River Valley Railroad passenger train at Chester station. She lectures a young man about tobacco causing a tobacco juice puddle, then queries another passenger about tobacco use and humorously offers a chew if needed. The vignette appears in Harpers February Eolitor’s Drawer.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Chester Station
Grand River Valley Railroad
Eolitor
Harper's Magazine
Guest Asks About Stage Time at Hotel Clerk Replies
A guest with a satchel asks the clerk if the stage is departing soon. The clerk quips that the stage left before the guest arrived, implying the traveler has misjudged the schedule.
VEGETINE Endorsed by Springfield Merchant in 1877
C W Vandergrift of Vandegrift and Truffman testifies in Springfield Ohio that VEGETINE, made by H R Stevens Boston Mass, aided his rheumatism and nervous prostration with good results. He recommends VEGETINE as an excellent medicine for such complaints and notes his prominence in the local business community.
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Springfield
H. Rb, Stevens
Boston
Mass
Veuatine Credited For Rheumatism Relief In Louisville
A letter from Mrs. A. Ballard of 101 West Jefferson Street Louisville dated February 16 197% reports severe inflammatory rheumatism three years ago improved after taking Veuatine. Upon recurrence this year she began using it again and notes great benefit with added digestion improvement.
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Louisville
H.R. Stevens
Mrg. A. Ballard
VEGETINE Endorsed By W H Cla for Health Recovery
1872 letter from W H Cla of Allegheny Penn praising VEGETINE for restoring health after general debility and nervous prostration from overwork and irregular habits. He calls it safe and powerful, the only medicine he uses, and envisions lifelong reliance.
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If. R. Stevens
W. H
Monterey Street
Alleghany, Penn
Remarkable cure tale for Vegetine cleanser in 1876 letter
Rev G W Mansfield of Hyde Park Massachusetts testifies to VEGETINE curing a back abscess scrofula and kidney disease over more than a year of faithful use. He details typhoid illness and extensive discharge with improved health and weight gain, urging patience for chronic conditions.
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G. W. Mansfield
Methodist Episcope Church
Hyde Park
Lowell
Hyper Park
Mass
H.R. Stephens
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harper’s subscriptions and pricing terms for magazines
Harper and Brothers offer postpaid subscriptions to Harper’s Magazine, Weekly, and Bazar with annual rates for one address. Options include four dollar four dollar for one year, ten dollars for two or more, and discounts for multiple copies. Back numbers available, volumes commence yearly, and cloth bindings ship free within freight limits.
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Slarper
U.S
Harper's Magazine
Harper’s
Harper’s Bazar
Express
Harper's
Harper & Mothers
Harper & Brothers
New York
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Jefferson Street
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Boston Journal
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Nort Station
A. V. Richards
Freeport, Ill
Gootyear
Goodyear Rubber Curler Co
Boro
Averile
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Dobbins, Bro. & CO
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Parker Gun
Parker Bros
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Great Trunk Railway
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Patent Office
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Bazar
America
Evening Post
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Westa & Co
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