California Spring Time In Verse And Prose
A lengthy poetic column extols California springtime with vivid nature imagery of birds, blossoms, and renewing earth. It contrasts spring with death, touches on cultural notes about Professor Tyndall and a schoolroom anecdote, and ends with a musing on learning.
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California
Sca
Inter
Ti Cross
Pame
Spring
Earth
Wilk
Spain
Sandalifornia
Debts Fall as Grant Admin Strives, Says Boutwell
The York Standard notes Secretary Boutwell reports national indebtedness reduced by nearly three hundred million dollars in eleven months. It contrasts this with political mudslinging and urges investigations into groundless charges against the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grant
Boutwell
Yeo York Standard
Illinois Temperance Law Tightens Scope Against Liquor Saloons
The Illinois measure strengthens penalties for liquor sellers and expands remedies for families and employers harmed by alcohol. It requires eight thousand dollar bonds, makes judgments liens on saloon real estate, and takes effect in July. Support crosses party lines amid varied reactions.
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Illinois
Ohio
Reddick
New York Tribune
Omaha Robbery Confession Leads to Arrest at Hotel
A Omaha mercantile clerk's robbery of 5 000 is linked to two men named John B Wilson and James Frank. The father dreamt of the event, checked the hotel register, and directed his son to identify suspects. The two men were arrested, confessed, 4 812 recovered, and sent to the penitentiary.
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Omaha
Hotel
John B. Wilson
James Frank
61st birthday and long service mark of Assembly member
Old Satt is identified as Hon G Alvord a New York Assembly member from Onondaga County. He recently turned 61, with the 61st room at Delevan House 61 in the Assembly chamber and 61 in the post-office box. He has held the same seat for 28 years and has served in the Assembly whenever a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Alvord
New York Assembly
Onondaga County
Delevan House
Assembly
Democratic praise for Grant policy from Kentucky Democrat
Mr. Beck of Kentucky, a leading Democrat and member of the Appropriations Committee, declares Grant's policy on the policy subject the best ever enforced by any administration. The endorsement comes during Tuesday's debate and highlights Beck's familiarity with its operations.
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Grant
Beck
Kentucky
Congress
Gen. Grant
Committee On Appropriations
Political satire on grants and Hoffman family ties
The piece ridicules Democratic focus on Grant’s father as Covington postmaster and praises Gov Hoffman’s father-in-law, alleging a $543,281.96 fee as New York Collector of Assessments from 1867 to 1871 under Tammany influence. It ends with a string of humorous domestic caricatures about the household staff.
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Grant
Covington
Hoffman
New York
Minister Witty Swap At Colored Wedding
A minister at a colored wedding aims for humor by saying they will skip the customary kiss. The bridegroom sharply replies that on such occasions the minister would receive $10, but this time they will omit it.
Plan to Harness Blood-Soaked Flies in Arkansas Plowing
A traveler notes Arkansan farmers devised a method to manage ferocious horse-flies by using the fly to hitch rides on the horse during plowing. After a fly drains a horse's blood, the animal rests while the farmer keeps plowing, effectively removing a nuisance by redirecting the fly’s effort.
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Arkansas
Appletons Journal 153 contents Jersey coastal sports tales
Literary Notices describe Duck Shooting on the Jersey Coast by Albert Webster Jr. and Little Majesty by an author, The Countess at Versailles by Arthur Eden, serials Lady Sweetapple and Good-bye Sweetheart, A Warm Bath by Julian Hawthorne, plus Winter Sports on the Jersey Shore and A Day at Rugby by Henry Wan with notes and miscellany.
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Appleton
Jersey
Albert Webster, Jr
Little Majesty
Scribner March issue previews Warner humor studies
Scribner's monthly for March highlights Back Log Studies by Charles Dudley Warner, praised for a colloquial humorous style. The issue features H. H. a new poem My Hickory Fire and Mrs. Oliphant's continuing serial At His Gates, with positive reviews from the New York Evening Mail.
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Scribner
Charles Dudley Warner
New York Evening Mail
H. H
Mrs. Oliphant
Gardener's Monthly February Issue Endorsed for Horticulture
This February number offers seasonable hints and notices of new and rare plants and fruits. It is a veteran horticulture publication recommended for amateur and professional cultivators, published by Brincklee and Marot in Philadelphia at two dollars a year.
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Gardener's Monthly
Brincklee & Marot
Philadelphia
Mount Vernon sketches and leisure reads featured this week
Hearth and Home presents The Mount Vernon Sketches admirably drawn and printed with instructive content. The Leisurely Sauntered amuses readers while Peter Henderson offers sowing directions for panay and other seeds. Jean Ingelow's Of the Skellings continues with child friendly installments.
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Mount Vernon
Peter Henderson
Jean Ingelow
the Skellings
Old and Now March number offers varied agreeable matter
The March issue presents Qale and McDonald stories with vivacity and romance, a tale of a courageous young woman, verses, a detailed piece on the International workers' society, and book reviews. It includes subscription details and delivery options through George A. Coolidge in Boston.
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Qale
Virginia
N. A. Pollard
Charles Rivers
George A. Coolidge
Washington Street
Boston
Roberts Brothers
Gold en Hours and Littell volumes in current issues
The issue highlights Golden Hours a children's magazine with 45 pages of stories biographies natural history poetry and music. Littell’s Living Age and Littell & Gay Atlantic Monthly selections are reviewed with notable pieces by Hawthorne Thaxter Parton and Longfellow, plus notices of new publications and poetry.
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Young
Litchcock & Walsden
Cincinnati
Atlantic Monthly
Hawthorne
Septimus Felter
Clin Thaxter
Born Island
Echo Club
D. Miller
George M. Towle
John J. Whittier
King Voltmer
Eleie
James Parton
Thomas Jefferson
Longfellow
Bret Harte
Santa Claus
Simpson
Mrs. Thaxter
Pratt
Land Mark
Baird
Selectic Aagazine March issue features Herbert Spencer portrait
The March number of this monthly presents an steel portrait of Herbert Spencer and begins The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton by William Black. It includes Mahomet, The Early Life of Charles Dickens, Strange News About the Solar Prominences, National Debts and National Prosperity, and other essays. Published by E R Pelton 108 Fulton Street New York. Yearly $5, two copies $9, single numbers 45 cents.
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Selectic Aagazine
Herbert Spencer
William Black
America
England
Mahomet
Charles Dickens
George MacDonald
Spain
Dantee Gabriel Rosetti
E. R. Pelton
Fulton Street
New York
The Aldine March Issue Showcases American Art Department
The Aldine marries Maud Muller illustrations by Miss Davis with a bold display of Western North Carolina scenery from Pignet. It highlights six small cuts, the grand Blowing Rock, and works by Bogert Geraty and Ilgary Linton. It lauds Man’s Unselfish Friend dog portrait, prose and poetry, and notes a $5 subscription with oil chrome premium from James Sutton & Co.
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Aldine
American Art Department
Maud Muller
Miss Davis
Hood
Bridge of Sighs
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Pignet
Linville
Watauga Falls
Bogert
Geraty
Ilgary Linton
Stoddard
The
James Sutton & Ory Publishers
Liberty Street
New York
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Shore Ting
Tyndall
Tyndall Ig
President Grant
Fort Wayne Sentinel
Literary Notices
Macmillan’s Magazine
Milton
Laing
Sir David Lindsay
Littell & Gay
Dequi
Nwerife
Stephenson County
Ilinois
Thomas Coltman
John Weltenbaugh
Lot Ryan
Origaly
Coltman
Freeport
John Welfenbaugh
Moses Higley
Freaport
Stephenson
Hinds
A. D
Jackson Kleckner
Charles J. Brown
Charles &. Brown
Abraham Torry
Ssigner
District
United States
District of
Winnesheik Insurance Company
P.O
Wilmer
Lamb
John Diehl
G. L. Freeman
H. Dilsaver
Miller Estate
Section
Township
Range
Narmeaf Miller
Said
Davis
G. I. Freeman
Lena
Rail Road
EE. P. Barton
Gereas
George’ Goodyear
Mary Goodyear
Recorder's Office
Charles H. Rosenstiel
George Goodyear
Circuit Court
Campbell
Lresport
Lilnola
Recorders Office
David H. Sunderland
Daniel D. Wareham
Linois
David FI
Sunderland
Knowlton
Freepork
Sald
Edward
Barton
Freeport Journal
Book & Job Printing Office
Journal
Freeport, Ils
Such
Bill Heads
Dodgers
Mes
Aah
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