Damascus the oldest city in the world
Damascus is described as the world’s oldest city still thriving as a center of trade and travel. The piece traces its enduring character through centuries, noting ruined peers like Sidon and Nineveh, the biblical Saul, and Mahomet, while highlighting Damascus’ famed damasks, apricots, Damascus blade, and the continuing charm of its gardens and waters in Syria.
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Damascus
Sidon
Baalbee
Palmyra
Nineveh
Babylon
Tigris
Euphrates
Abraham
Verdure
Saul of Tarsus
Euprates
Mediterranean
Mahomet
Julian
East
Isaiah
Syria
Portugal
England
Henry VIII
Tamerlane
Persia
Lebanon
Relics of Ancient Civilization in the Heart of Africa
A writer describes Axum ruins near Andowa in Natal Africa with stone steps, grand halls, and obelisks over 30 feet long. He links a vanished Abyssinian empire and Roman power struggles, notes inscriptions, guardianship by local tribes, and relics like old gun locks from the hills.
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Natal
Simbaoe
Andowa
Axum
Aeea
Saba
Africa
Neibihr
Suba
Eider
Banyai
To Young Man A Guide To Honest Business Habits
This extract offers timeless advice for young entrepreneurs. It urges punctuality reliability and honor in engagements. It warns against idle time in stores or saloons and emphasizes careful foundation building, disciplined use of time and resources, and self reliance in business decisions.
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Supreme Court
Early Birds Lose to Unfortunate Worms in Baseball Match
A Rocketer miscellany notes two clubs the Early Birds and the Unfortunate Worms. in a recent game the latter defeated the former. The item reflects light local columns and quips on New York City, social banter, and assorted anecdotes from Buffalo to Boston.
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Rocketer
New York City
Manma
Wirza
Tim Buffalo
Vanderbilt-Crawford
Detroit Tribune
Buffalo
California
St. Louis
Aersident
Birmingham
Connecticut
Jack
Seventeenth Street
Fortieth Street
Boston
Worceade
Gourt
Tinly
Paris
Western Patents From United States Office List 1869
The following Western patents were issued by the United States Patent Office for the week ending August 81, 1869, reported by Farwell, Usworth & Co. Patents listed include Pump-A Dixon, Knack Moline Spring Bed Bottom, Stove and Furnace parts, Plow and Ditch Gauge, Grain Drill, Seeding and Washing Machines, Wagon and Harvester components, and various implements across Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Iowa. Names and places such as Chicago, Aurora, Peoria, Decatur, Rockford, Davenport, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and La Porte appear with specific patentees.
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United States
Messrs.Farwell
Usworth & Co
Lake Street
Chicago
Hainow
A. Dixon
A. Mangle
P.H. Tink Fe
Knack
Moline
C. & M. Hogeboom
L. van Vieck
Winslow
M. W. Lester
M. W. Tester
Entee S
ML Prentice
Aurora
Mapor Barner
Wilf
Tans Anrich
Saute A
Decatur
E. W. Brown
Uam
Lamp J
MLA
Darr
Yorktown
O. Gore
Carinville
Grotz
Heperly
Peoria
McCtain
Carlyle
McMahan
W. Mt. Welch
Blyongton
Silent Eloquence Display by OCONNELL in Lipincott excerpt
A Lipincott's Magazine passage recalls OCONNELL delivering a powerful silent reply to a youthful attacker. The attacker faltered under his audacity, breaking into voiceless gestures amid a chaotic murmur before the speaker resumed, smiling as the scene shifted to a new topic.
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O'Connell
Lippincott’s
Cristadoro
Chilton
Astor House
New York
Farm and Household Advice From Rural Journal
A long digest covers home remedies and farm tips. It praises lemon juice for neuralgia relief, warns against sugar, shares hog feeding tricks with clover and soil amendments, and argues weeds should be plowed under with lime to enrich soil. It includes pickle making, wheat and cheat distinction, butter packing guidance, and humane bee handling methods for harvest.
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Tim Black
Farmers’ Club
Farm Journal
Burren
The
Toronto Globe
Agricultural tips on soil improvement and drainage
A list of practical agricultural knowledge by Cuniuta Murer discusses how underdrained soils benefit most, especially clay, and emphasizes drainage, subsoiling, lime, and summer fallowing. It covers green manures, use of leached ashes on sandy soils, gradual reclamation of blown sands with straw and clover, and cautions about overloading soil with carbonaceous matter from frequent green-plowings.
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Cuniuta Murer
Removing Honey Boxes From Hives
The article explains that relying solely on honeycombs for profit leads to failure, so hives are designed to obtain surplus honey while aiding bees in rearing broods and increasing numbers. It discusses high standard hives and efficient management to balance honey production with colony growth.
Washing Horses In Cold Water A Horse Care Debate
A London Field correspondent argues that washing fatigued horses in cold water is safe and beneficial in summer and winter. He describes drying with rubbing, bandages, and rugs, plus postwash rubbing and clothing. He cites Buckingham Palace practice of head to foot cold baths after work to promote health.
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London Field
Royal
Buckingham Palace
Colt-Breaking and the Hazards of Harness Training
Prairie Harmer argues that forcing a horse to pull a heavy collar is faulty training. He notes horses resist unknown tasks and that gradual weight increases prevent jibbing. The essay emphasizes starting with light drafts and building strength before attempting heavier work.
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Prairie Harmer
Prussing's Vinegar Seeks Trust for Pickling
A Springfield Journal excerpt promotes Prussing's Vinegar as superior for pickling, free from poisonous acids, with large works and broad trade. It urges dealers and consumers to ask for it when stocking supplies. Also mentions a counterfeit cure claim and a questionable advertisement for a mail order remedy.
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Prusssing
Prissing
United States
Springfield
Hostetina's Stomach Bitters Promoted as Indigestion Cure
An 19th century medical voice extols Hostetina's Stomach Bitters as the standard remedy for indigestion and related ailments. It claims tonic, evacuant, blood purifying, and anti bilious properties, praising safety, efficacy, and wide public and professional support against digestion issues worsened by heat.
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Astley Cooper
Navaca
Patna
Apt
United States
Tropical America
Praise for Canker and Salt Rheum Remedy and Pure Cod Liver Oil
Rev Jabez 8 Sivan, a clergyman in New London in 1851, extols a salve for canker and salt rheum and credits it with success where other remedies failed. He also promotes Hazard Caswell's Cod Liver Oil as the purest and sweetest available, preferred by patients and physicians alike.
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Jabez
Sivan
New London
A. Weaver
Hazard & Caswell's
CanweLl, Hazand.& Co
New York
CaswaLt, Hazard & Co
India
Africa
China
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Woricon
Baye Dalder
D. N. Collins
Metasha
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G. Richards
Hichland Centre
Shaw
West Hat Chitra
Corn Harvester
Stimard
Bryan and Munt
Danesvilte
Tawa
W. Myers
Lyons
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Bloomfield
Crain
G.B. Marshall
Laurel
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D. G. Schitner
Indianapolis
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Noblesville
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