WRETERN UNION RAILROAD Route and Fall Ad Details
Historic railroad notice from 1869 outlines connections of the Western Union Railroad with Chicago & North Western Fulton Rock Island and Pacific lines via Fulton Island and Clinton Junction Racine. Specifies passenger schedules Eastward connections, day and night trains, baggage handling, and agents AMENDED after November 21.
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Wretern Union Railroad
Aioe
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Fulton
Rock In
Ind
Council Bingie
Omaha
San Amvanetaee
Burn
Jscrion
Chicago & North-western Wd
Chicago & Northwmiail Road
Rock Island
Chijock Island & Pacific Railroad
Fall
Arras
Spress
Island
Donnections
Clinton
Junction
Racine
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Wiscellaneous Bratter Conjugates Do Form in Arkansas Text
Arkansas applicant Bratter presents a humorous mock conjugation of the verb to do. The sample shows singular and plural forms across perfect, future, and future perfect tenses with exaggerated dialect spellings and inconsistent pronouns. The passage satirizes teaching certificate candidates.
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Arkansas
Pardon for Farmers Count Reveals US Farm Figures
Data shows 1,942,241 farms across the United States. Sizes range from 8 acres to 1,000 acres and up, with detailed tallies by acreage categories including 10, 20, 50, 160, 100, and 600 acres. The report highlights farm distribution during the period and notes 52,649 farms with specific acreage classes.
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United’ States
Poison Powder Tragedy and a Dollar Change Tale
A California farmer's wife dies after a powder containing opium is misused by her husband who misreads a prescription. The doctor confronts the couple about the powder. In a separate anecdote a Western town man exchanges silver for a dollar bill, then uses a mistaken beer payment leading to a peculiar change scenario.
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California
Ilver
Kentucky Lawyer Probes Judge Over Blessing on Bourbon
A Kentucky lawyer dining with a circuit judge observes the judge blesses a bottle of old Bourbon and asks whether the blessing was appropriate. The lawyer questions if the judge is ashamed to bless the liquor or considered it worthy without blessing, leaving the judge to take the matter under advisement.
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Kentucky
Nothing Like Grammar Peddlers in Greenyville
An 1830s style scene cites a Greenyville Alabama lecturer peddling a weak grammar article. A sixteen year old, Bob L, challenges parsing “Mary milks the cow” by noting the cow stands for Mary, prompting the question how Mary can milk if the cow does not stand for her.
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Greenyile
Alabama
Morris
Bob L
Harper’s Magazine
Wording of a Vermont Lady on Earths Shape
A western Canadian teacher visiting a constituency meets a Vermont matron living in the backwoods. She mocks his predecessor for teaching that the earth is round and asks what holds the earth up when the sun goes down, provoking a witty exchange about scientific explanations.
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Canada
Vermont
Back Wood
Sished
Walal
Wealal
A Nixonlike exchange in Old Town Folks tale
Mrs Stowe narrates Ezekiel Scranton, a wealthy hill farmer who proclaims atheism as bold self perception. In a village store meeting with a parson, Scranton denies belief in his own existence, resisting the clergyman’s questions and refusing to be provoked. The scene satirizes religious debate in a rural setting.
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Ezekiel
Strait Quarters
Mr. Scranton
Parson
When the Good Die We Remember Their Light
A reflection on bereavement notes that death brings sorrow yet offers solace through memory. The text uses celestial imagery to describe the impact of loss and the gentle, enduring glow of deeds left behind. It emphasizes how kindness and virtue soften grief for those left living.
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Phegoa
Traveler jokes boy about corn crop shortcomings
A fatigued traveler jokes a boy trimming a sickly corn patch, joking the corn is small and yellow because "Daddy planted the small kind" and "the gallar kind" leading to the quip "half a crop" and the traveler riding on, never speaks again, considering boys boring.
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Cory
Live for a Purposeful Life The Urgency of A Definite Aim
The text argues that success and happiness come from living for a clear purpose. It contrasts focused individuals who concentrate on one goal with those who scatter energy on many tasks and achieve little. It warns that aimless busyness leads to dissatisfaction, while persistent focus builds future wealth.
Shrinkage in Slaughter: Hogs and Cattle Weights Discussed
A correspondent asks how much hogs and cattle lose in slaughter. Estimates: hog shrinkage from one eighth to one fourth of gross weight. beef cattle about forty percent shrinkage, with dressed meat around sixty percent of gross. Fatness and breed affect losses.
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Carrie
Residence of the Ex-Emperor at Wilhelmshohe
Description of Wilhelmshohe as former emperor Wilhelm II s residence and park. It highlights a chateau reached by Linden alley, expansive flower gardens laid out for Landgrave Karl in 1730 and Elector William, serpentine walks, a 180 foot waterfall with Mercury temple, a colossal Farnese Hercules statue, cascades, basins, Lowenburg with armory chapel and mansion details, a peasantry and Chinese village, a lake and a grand fountain, plus scenic views in the neighborhood.
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Wilhelmshohe
Karl
William
Felda
Hercules
Lowenburg
Gems of Thought on Hope and Virtue in Daily Life
A compact reflection on hope guiding life from childhood to death, urging serious study of wisdom for true pleasure, acceptance of poverty and obscurity, and restraint against pernicious elegance. It extols conversation, condemns slander, and warns against prejudice, pride, and unchecked selfhood.
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Teaven
Primitive Church
San Domingo sketches from a U S squadron letter
A September 24 1870 private letter from an American officer in Santo Domingo describes the city as a simple wooden town with warm weather and minimal glass windows. He notes street life with donkeys and scavenging birds, the Dictator’s palace, a large native band, and abundant fruit. He criticizes local indolence, praises citrus groves, and details a 461 private soldiers and 61 generals garrison. The piece also covers Columbus’s 1502 founding, cathedral grandeur, and a Marian Magdalen kneeling miracle. It closes with a fashion interview about Mrs Grant’s frugality and stance on home production.
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San Domingo
West Indies
Senate
United States Territory
United States
St. Domingo
Dominica
Aswan Dickens
Kite
Baoz
Sanita
Domingo
Gréénland
San Domin
Columbus
Spain
Santa
Hundreds of French Arrive at Cherbourg for Service
Reports state that one hundred thousand French have reached Cherbourg to equip for active service. A wounded girl near Paris required amputation at Dubois hospital. A Prussian king faces strain from war, while Hanoverian treason trials and Napoleon III rumors fill Berlin and Paris.
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Cherbourg
St. Denis
Paris
Dubois
France
Sunshine in Winter Rooms Sparks Civic Duty
In this essay tone piece the author urges securing maximum winter sun for homes. She argues both the young and aged benefit from southern exposures and condemns northern only rooms as harmful to infants invalids and the elderly. The piece stresses social duty and small sacrifices to ensure sunlit rooms for the vulnerable.
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Presidentaccone National Bank
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John R. Lemon
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Buena Vista
Coneraent Farmers Insurance Companere
Lemon Panel
Farmers Insurance Comany
John H. Addams
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Broadway, N.Y
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