Man of Gab Bets on Lincoln Terms Story
A Detroit Free Press writer recalls a Cinci drummer aboard a train car who bets a big roll on how many terms Lincoln served as president. The boastful rival bets three terms against two, with cash exchanged as the wager grows. The tale ends noting the drummer’s quick bluffing skill and a shipbuilder’s pride in a three master vessel.
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Cate
Mim
Liscolm
Gaa
Brian
Opiie Me
Saya
Detroitee
Cin- Minnati
Abraham Lincoln
Potato bagger sticks to one cent a bushel legend
A potato bagger refuses a higher rate in a Pitt a burg shop insisting on one cent per bushel. The proprietor offers ten dollars for sixty bushels, but the man won t budge. A bystander reveals the man uses a notch on a stick to count the cent per bushel.
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Pittaburg
New Rigging Attracts Attention On Arrival In New York Harbor
Capt Herteaux of the schooner Exception from Parsboro Nova Scotia has devised a new rigging style for his vessel. The ship’s arrival in New York harbor draws interest from mariners and spectators.
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Herteaux
Parsboro
N. S
New York Harbor
Early Locomotives and Hazardous Solvent Use Highlight 19th Century
The article describes bisulphide of carbon as a volatile solvent for grease and paint removal with rapid evaporation and cautions about its fire risk. It also recounts Maine’s first locomotive in 1836 from Robert Stephenson & Co., its 1837 Bangor Oldtown Mitford trip, wooden rails, leather shackles, light power, and a conflict with a Bangor lumber dealer over railroad charges.
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Scientific American
Garmenta
Maine
Cossier
England
Robert Stephenson & Co
Bangor, Oldtown and
Mitford
Bangor
The Yellow Jasmine as a South Flower Decoration
The yellow jasmine from the South is rarely cultivated by Northern florists. It is valued for its long waving streamers, strong flexible branches, and extended blooming season. Indoors it blooms young, with lasting individual blossoms and a perpetual bud succession. As a house decoration the plant is especially effective, with bloom-filled branches lasting when clipped in water.
Stronger Shafts for Steamships Raise Engineering Aim
The Philadelphia Record argues the propeller shaft is the weak point in cevan steamships and urges engineers to devise a shaft that can endure any strain from monstrous seas. A shaft proven capable would profit inventors and improve safety for ocean voyagers.
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Cevan
Greyhound” Line
Philadelphia Record
Rich, Once He Was Poor Henry Irvings Reminiscence
Henry Irving recalls a Christmas tale of Joe Rubins a poor actor who fell on hard times after leaving underwear business to act. Rubins kept a single silk wool undergarment for a charity dinner, which warmed him as he watched fellow performers shiver and sacrifice. Irving reveals he was the impoverished actor in the story.
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Henry Irving
New York Tribune
Strand
London
Joe Rubins
Joe
Guy Fawkes
Grimaldi
Manchester
Almot
Yso
Mr.Irving
Taxed Roumania and taxes on daily life
The text laments high taxes in Roumania and in other aspects of life. It notes duties on foreign wine and a yearly tax for doctors to practice. It claims a girl accepts bundles of new clothes as a tax on leisure time or visits.
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Roumania
Thees
Inter Ocean
Chicago
Celal
Allegheny Mountains
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Waterloo
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Steuben County
Fremont Bach
Weexy
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Ana
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