Sewing machine price drop ends patent era shock
From New York May 16 1877 a Special Correspondent reports the end of the sewing machine patent ring as all major patents expired. Prices drop about half and firms shift to cash sales harming the credit system. Macy's son inherits only $1000 yearly amid a life of public excess and a new self made manager rises from humble beginnings. The Westminster Kennel Club dog show reveals superb breeds and a charitable hospital for disabled dogs. Fashion notes praise Lisle stockings and fine lace while critiquing child dress extravagance and urban theatricals on streets.
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New York
Weed
R.H. Macy
Macy
Westminster Kennel Club
St. Bernard
M'Donna
Berch
Cluny
Wall Street
Excellent Interest Rules for Simple Calculations
This note lists quick formulas to compute interest on principal for multiple days. It covers rates from four to twenty percent with specific steps such as multiplying by days, dividing by a fixed divisor, and handling dollars and cents by separating right-hand figures. The guidance emphasizes cent-based results and distinct methods per rate.
California Agrarian Woes and Grain King’s Fall
Barron Jourval recounts drought and market turmoil in California. He notes Isaac Friedlander, the Grain King, collapsed after hoarding grain and failing to meet contracts, leaving banks to absorb losses while farmers shifted crops and shipped wheat to Liverpool for profit. The letter also mentions stock declines, Laura D. Fair’s notoriety, Lucky Baldwin’s lawsuits, and ongoing local theatres.
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Isaac Friedlander
California
Liverpool
Friedlander
Bank of California
Bonanza Bank of Nevada
Palace Hotel
Bonanza
Laura D. Fair
Col. Crittenden
Oakland
E. J. Baldwin
Lucky Baldwin
Spring Valley Water Works
Frisco
Oneness of Alm and the Prodigies of Universal Learning
The article argues that life is long enough for many pursuits if pursued properly, citing Hazlitt and a gallery of prodigies such as Cicero Dante Scipio Leonardo da Vinci and Bacon. It contrasts rare universal achievers with thousands who fail by dabbling in many fields and notes Hobbes Milton and Bentley as examples.
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William Hazlitt
Cicéro
Bacon
Dante
University of Paris
Scipio Africanus
Salvator Rosa
Leonardo da Vinci
Hobbes
Milton
Bentley
Paradise
It Costs More to Avenge Than to Forgive
A compact maxim stating that retaliation incurs greater costs than choosing forgiveness, reflecting on the emotional and social consequences of vengeance versus reconciliation.
Fox tails and measurements in a Scottish pulpit tale
A quaint Scotch minister, prone to exaggeration, learns from his clerk that tall tales harm the audience. He recounts Samson tying foxes’ tails and forcefully trims the tale length with comic mismeasures. The clerk coughs to curb excess in this humorous exchange from the Christian Weekly.
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Samson
Christian Weekly
Hard to Pronounce
A minister and a troublesome traveler debated the hardest words. The man declared the three most difficult words in English to pronounce are I am wrong, posing a morning challenge to the minister before revealing the answer.
Penmariship Handwriting Advice for All Readers
A visitor stresses the value of good handwriting for success in employment and impression. Clear, readable writing saves others time and improves chances of obtaining posts of labor. Christians should strive to do all tasks well, including penmanship for better outcomes.
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S. S. Visitor
Seven Minds Moral Guide Cards for Daily Conduct
A compact set of six moral injunctions urges readers to mind their tongue eyes ears lips hands feet and heart. Each command warns against speaking cursing looking at vice hearing wicked words stealing fighting gluttony and following sinful paths, calling for spiritual dedication to Jesus.
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Satan
Jesus
African Aunts and the Power of Small Creatures
In vivid refrain, the text notes how swarming insects can move vast forces as a corps attacks an elephant, leaving a skeletal carcass within eight hours. It closes with a moral: virtue and happiness are mother and child, linking natural force to human values.
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San Francisco
Cal
Penmariship
Lafayette
Indiana
G. A. Stiles & Co
Gorham
Dexter
de Gorham
Eclipse
Monitor
North Star
Schuttler
Bergman & Dorman’s
Court Flouse
F. A. Dietrich
M.D. Fhyalelan
Stoneman’s Block
Stephenson and
Exchange Streets
Webster Street
Cherry Street
R. F. Hayes
Itaver
Stephenson Street
Green St
Esther W. Taylor
Opera House
Geo. A. Kingery
Brookville
Ogle County
Mlinois
J. C. Burbank
Mann
van Buren Street
Galen Avenue
J.8. Cochran
Insurance
Insurance Agency
Oor— WM
Trembor
Fry's Block
Liverpol
London & Globe
Ennésylvania Fire Ins.Co
Insurance Company
North America
Philadelphia
Phenny Ins.Co
Continental Ins. Co
N. Y
Springfield
Mass
Girar Ins. Co
Doly
Jeremiah Dean
Henry C. Hyde
Garlipp
Court House
Perkins
J. H. Moritz
Iifield & Brainel
D. Kuehner
Galena and
Exchane
Co-operative Warehouse
J.¥. Strung
Avent
Peli Cae
Freeport
ANK
John H. Addams
Michael Sawyer
Alfred H. Wisx
John Kenegy
Pella Manky
John A. U. W.guitrau
iCas
Thompson
Ilcoxonacon Kron
Young Davie Niiviga
Addams
Kier
South Post Office
Chicago
United States
England
France
Ireland
Germany
Kingsley & Mills, Dentists
Ilinois
Elson
Dewelr
Second National Ank
C. P. Dorn
Orangeville
Munger’s
DR. D. Burrell
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