The Terwilliger Household and the Ball Debt Tragedy
In New York a man Terwilliger collapses under debt pressure as his wife, shaming him with a grand ball, borrows funds by seizing five thousand dollars in bonds left with an old family friend. He pays, while the wife secrets the bonds in her safe. A widow’s money triggers ruin.
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New York
Terwilliger
Peter Croworthy
Terwillase
Louisa
Jane
George
Mr. Terwilliger
Tiv
Chinese temple fate and manners in San Francisco
A San Francisco corresp on Chinese life describes the first temple on Mason and Post streets built by a speculative Chinese merchant. He notes limited priesthood, noisy theaters, charitable behavior, honesty in laundries, modest opium use, and distinct gender roles, contrasting Chinese and Western customs with mixed judgments.
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San Francisco
Asill
Mason and Post Streets
California
Gating Shouice
China
Shayo
Ife
St. Louis Democrat
Kid Gloves in Gibraltar A Humorous Exchange
Mark Twain recounts a jab at vanity in a Gibraltar shop. A handsome clerkly clerk compliments a gentleman on wearing kid gloves, a size misfit leads to a comic struggle, flattery, embarrassment, and a rueful exit. The narrator leaves amused yet humiliated.
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Aed
Jericho
Tever
Manx Twain
Smokers Banned in Public Schools After Study
A report on tobacco use among students notes that non-smokers in many schools show better physical health intellect and morals. The findings lead to a proposed law prohibiting tobacco in public educational institutions. Louis Napoleon supports the examination of facts guiding the ban.
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Louis Napoleon
Unhealthy datumn and odd quotes haunt a bygone era
The text presents a collage of dated jokes and anecdotes about fashion, science, politics, and morality. It covers impractical fashions, a coachman’s quip about a leaking hotel, a shop sign misprint, a priestly anecdote with a child, and a desperate tale of suicide prevention within a family.
A Suggestion for Modern School Books
Detroit Free Press outlines a sample approach for updated school readers. It features brief, vivid portraits such as a fireman with dangers and rewards, a newspaper boy supporting his mother, a widow facing debt, and a reporter chasing tragic news to inform the public.
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Detroit Free Press
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Western Patents Solicitors at 162 Lake Street Chicago
Farwell Ellsworth and Co with ex governor L J Farwell and E A Ellsworth announce as new patent solicitors. They list patents issued Aug 24 1869 for Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Indiana across machines tools and devices including washing machines lamps steam engines and agricultural gear with inventors in Peoria Chicago Milwaukee and beyond.
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Wm. Grayson
Odell
George Price
Peoria
John
Wayne
Quincy
Nelson Burr
Batavia
Chapman
Morrison
Mayluns DeGraft
Chicago
Hang & Hetes
Paorla
Christian Jason
Champaign
G. W. Bosinanck
Milla
D. St. Manny
Craper
Wmn
Watson
Danville
B. A. Sensinge
John Higby
Fort Howard
Levi Griswold
York
Minnesota
Connick & Lea
Minn
Frantz & Broad
St. Anthony
Gram Binder
N. F. Gillman
Rochester
Knapp
Winona
Nor
Jacob Dodder
Washington
J. M. Mon
Park Aly
Manning Mill
Wilcox
Chariton
J. P. Frisell
Keokuk
S. Sherwood
Independence
Indiana
H. W. Axford
Richmond
GateerHtapen Watt
Vadrant Ae Rathindil Jones
Lockport
Orn How Marken
John Roberta
Greenfield
G Ducies
New Harmony
Gram Beparatorg
Win, Spencer
Winslow
Venetian Red Paint and Cheap White Mixtures
The article discusses long lasting red paint on houses and barns, preferring economic options. It cites a New England Farmer correspondent recipe for a durable, cheap white paint using skim milk lime linseed oil Spanish white and other ingredients, plus a petroleum-based method for darker tones and roof coatings. It notes color variety with trimmed body differences and mentions durable results from petroleum applications.
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New England
Mer
Thinning Out Grapes In Vineyard Care
A guide on pruning and thinning grape vines to improve ripening. Excess fruit on young vines wastes nutrients and delays maturation. thinning earlier yields better quality grapes and wine. Farmers should remove extra bunches before seeds harden for healthier growth.
Practical farm tips on dock control and preserves
A correspondent outlines destroying dock by cutting the root an inch or more below surface with a long chisel, then removing plants. Instructions also cover transparent lemon jelly from lemons, sugar candying for preserves, drying preserved fruits, and making apple jam with sugar, plus a weed control arsenic solution for walkways.
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New England
Danny Frost
London Journal of Horticature
Fragmentary Health Commentary on Mortality Rates
The text discusses syrup preparation steps and jam thickness and references infant mortality in New York City versus Britain. It notes diet and crowding as factors in excessive mortality and mentions dating a city apartment context, with scattered, unclear measurements and terms.
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New York
Britain
A Mist Inishman Mishears Funeral Procession
A spectator at a funeral procession replied to a bystander asking who died. He admitted uncertainty and guessed it was “the lintleman in the coffin”, a humorous misreading of the phrase gentleman.
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Treaster Spitinter
Erle
Pai
Jarter
Jim
Philadelphia
Gern
Gamma-Panes the
Louis Pailttipp
Inishman
Lintleman
Briggs House Prominent Chicago Hotel Adverts
Chicago landscape praised with lakes and boulevards. The Briggs House hotel is highlighted as centrally located near amusements, offering 250 rooms. Host 3B. H. Skinner and superintendent Geo. H. French are noted for long service and hospitality.
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Chicago
Lek
Brigs House
H. Skinner
Geo. H. French
Frank Wentworth
Ty Cashier
The
Briggs
Great Question on Earth's Blessing and Health Remedy
A 19th century medley argues the most vital blessing is sound health and outlines how to regain it. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic corrective, blood purifier, and aperient, claiming it strengthens and purifies the body without harsh chemicals, aiding bilious, indigestion, and nervous complaints during heated term. It appeals to readers to take timely action for vitality.
Removals of Blymyer Fearng & Co Chicago Works
Blymyer Fearng Co and Blymyer Day Co announce new warehouse at Beck and Sebor streets opposite N H Beyroe’s agricultural warehouse, on the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line. The move provides a side track and direct link to their Mansfield Ohio and Cincinnati Ohio manufactories. See advertisement in this paper.
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Blymyer, Fearng & Co
Chicago
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Harvard University
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