Chicago News Brims With Fire Deaths and Mysterious Poison
From Chicago correspondent the Freeport Journal reports four firemen buried after a mill blaze, blamed on shoddy construction. A deadly family poisoning in Bridgeport leaves Morris Fenn near death. mystery surrounds who supplied the poison. Council repeals non resident peddler licenses, Dearborn street extension to Jackson to boost property values, and Chicago arts scene grows with Mrs. Bowers and Proctor headed to venues. Museum reopens as "School" runs, while plans for a Velocipede elevated road surface in New York spark debate.
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Chicago
Bridgeport
Morris Fenn
Fenn
Halfden
Dearborn Street
Jackson
Monro
Bowers
McVicker’s
Hess & Co
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Opera House
Cox
Emigration to Iowa Brings Homes and Hope on Prairie Lands
The writer notes rapid settlement in Iowa with many families moving into vast prairies. New homes dot the landscape as railroads approach, cattle graze, and farmers plant trees under a state law offering forty acres tax relief and five acres of trees per prairie homestead.
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Iona
Alden
Fort Dodge
Wheat Culture and Farming Practices Across the Northwest
Discussion of wheat culture's negative soil impact on western farms, noting low yields per acre in Minnesota and the Northwest. Criticizes careless rotation and shallow cultivation, urges soil restoration and crop rotation to avoid land exhaustion. includes practical notes on wagon greasing and corncrib measurement.
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Minnesota
Northwest
Mississippias
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Iowa
Iinois
Gentlemen's Road Horse Potential in Orange County Farms
The article tours Orange County cattle and horse farms, describing prosperous homes and well-kept estates. It notes stud farms, yearlings, and brood mares with racing blood, asserting the coming value of road horses from this stock and praising market ideas to boost social and economic exchange.
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Orange County
N. X
America
Mambrino
Abdallah
Clay
Star
C. W. Elliott
Galaxy
Buy Land as Safe Long Term Investment for a Young Earner
The piece argues land purchases at government prices or low rates are safer than personal property. It contrasts land with horses, cattle, stocks, and urban ventures, noting prairies resist common disasters and improve soil fertility over time. Railroads spur western settlement, akin to Columbus opening new worlds.
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Columbus
Penore
Tomatos and other farm notes promise new uses
An 1860s agricultural column discusses tomato yields and potential distillation benefits. It cites Joseph B Williams of Cinaminson New Jersey and notes wheat yields across multiple states, price declines, and calls for greater farming effort. It also offers tips on making glue from whisky and an improved lime mortar formula.
Weights and measures table and civil suit notes
A lengthy weights and measures list for farmers and dealers is provided, including common grain and produce units and sample conversions. The article also mentions a heavy civil suit in process in memory of a Vigilance Committee seizure in 1861, with names and a large monetary claim.
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Memati
Ben. Johnson
St. Louis
Frazer
Titus
M. J. Wicks
Winter exhibit at Rock River Seminary in Mt Morris
Report on the Mt Morris Winter Exhibit at Rock River Seminary with performances by Miss Addie McKean Prof Lindsay and others. Speakers include S L Burrill and Miss Electa Bardwell. musical numbers Crumbling Walls and The Light received applause. audience praised the event as top entertainment in years.
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Lindsay
Roiary
Milton
White Rock
James McCarate
McKean
Chaney
Burkholder
Ste
Davis
Mt. Morris
Hattie Walker
L. Burrill
Burrill
Rock River Seminary
Freeport
Miss McKean
Morris
Worthington
Longsdon
Walker
Terry Pry
Wasted Time and Its Cost to Youth
A moral exhortation urges boys to abandon evening idleness on street corners and quitting cigars. It argues that an hour nightly wastes 365 hours yearly and five cents daily buys four newspapers and four magazines, warning habits formed early linger for life and hinder usefulness and happiness.
Texas Constitution Put to Popular Vote in July
A new Texas Constitution will be submitted to a public vote on the first Monday of July. The proposal includes a division of the state into Texas and West Texas to be decided at the same time.
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Texas
West Texas
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