Mink farming prospect and minkery tours report
A long feature surveys domestic mink farming as a profitable enterprise, detailing costs, risks, and breeding practices. It describes a Toronto minkery run by Ore Conger, with cages, water troughs, and careful management, plus comparisons to other fledgling Minkeries and market notes on fur values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucre
Fifth Avenue
Toronto
Canada
Ore Conger
Alexis
Mani
Conger
Messrs
Phillips & Woodcock
Chutauqua Co
N. Y
Ita
France
England
Jabor
Arthur Young
Sir Walter Scott
Finishing Stoonm Bayard Taylor’s Opinion on Wood Finishes
The Independent advocates native wood finishes over white paint, praising oiled pine for warmth and luster. Oak and walnut are preferred for elegance, while painted grain and imitation woods are discouraged. A room’s beauty hinges on color harmony, not expensive furnishings alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Taylor
Independent
Tropics
Scribe of a Nation and a Drum Prayer
A sketch praises Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames recalling 1862 Harpers Ferry surrender and a tearful reaction to Confederate soldiers. The piece blends Beecher’s views on church music, a humorous employment notice for a versatile printer, a Provincetown child’s Christmas prayer for a drum, and a final somber note on the drum as fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clemmer Ames
Washington
Chiicago Journal
Yaholl
Harper’s Furry
Stonewall Jackson
Squire Crogs
Mrs. Amey
Provincetown
Mass
With Malice Toward None With Charity for All
The phrase echoes a call for principled action and public service, urging fairness and moral steadiness in leadership and civic life as a timeless standard for governance and community relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trrcoun
Language Nonsense and Grammatical Faults Cited in Rant
The piece rails at writers who misuse language and exclamations, listing faults from slang and inflated adjectives to pronoun cases and verb forms. It catalogs a long parade of errors with examples like thou and ye, wrong case after prepositions, subject verb disagreement, misused infinitives, and other common slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Jupiter
Vallombrosa
Besedy
Jack Tase
Beauty as God’s Handwriting in Paris Across Ages
A 1867 Paris sojourn tale recalls a Boston couple and widowed sister who meet Pere Hyacinthe in a convent and an affair that leads to his retirement. The piece muses on beauty shaping character, urging readers to seek and savor beauty in life and memory across cities, ears, and hearts.
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Boston
Paris
Pere Hyncinthe
Priegy
Lis
Passy
America
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Geo. P. Griswold
WM Slawson
L.waiiland
Prospert
Llanau
Dun Dean
Amlgel Wilson
Pene
Mii Lik
Tino Attouney
Sethe C. Moffatt
Seth C. Moffatt
Joan Porteh
Horge Ray
Wow
Bare A. Hutch
Antrim
Che Boygan County
Medard
Mauetery
County
Woolston
Feamrkn
Denws
Ald
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Lomenaz Backus
Surnr
Agent Dea
Prearar
CE Xuoild Couney
Harrison IL Seinner
John Howeee
Leroy
Probar
Isaau MN
Arrousny
Puor A. Ferguson
Voir
Benz County
Addeson P. Wheelock
Voor Crick Teodor
Charlevoix CO
Ofbilees
Stvarer
Richard Cooper
Gounty
Aound Olnon
Jackson Ingalls
Jina
J. Stock
Dupgs
DIXUS
William Silt
United States Land Office
AD Thaverse Oly
Michigan
Bearsmen
Morgan Bates
Reentyver
Sulen Goodbluit
William HH. Plpe
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Northport
Maehigan 2
Gram
Atn Teaur
Traverse City
Mich
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Aselton
E Teso City
Gsly Edict
Attorneystee
Sldict
AL Perg
Riswold & Mills
Gunton’s
Sotel
Praverse City
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PY Hofer
Plankfort City
Frank Werigh
Ly Beatnon
Clint Tailor
Travere Mich
W. Ander
Bosilin
Atorney
Chebovean Caun- Mich
Omice
Sd-and
MainecSis
Ville
Chebovein
Post Office
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Bae Sah Enaurer
Mick
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G. Fuller
Traveler
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Conn
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Nsurance Co
New York
Phoenix Pre Insurance Co
Canada Medical Board
U.S Army
Heian Building
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Hagnire
Cram Proverne City
Bay 12
Gordon
Ann
Grand Traverse Région
Leach & Bates
Iticr
Gann Devanine
Granp Ramps
Ipraxa Pareno
Grand Rapids
Hey
Messrs. Lench
WN. A. Howard
Weee
Wagsomn
Andersown
Travarse City
Photograph
Henry L. Miller’s
Union St
Traverse
Lam
GEMS
Indiana
Town
N. Range
Dag
HW. L Milger
Dispatch
American Stock Journal
Parmer
Wool and Poultry Keeper, Co
United States
D.C. Leach
Grand Traverse Herald
Yick
Ick
James Vice
Rorchester
N.Y
T. Gridley
Traverse City, Micil
Allen's Blacksmith Shop
Mulburda
T. T. Bates
Boardman Ave
Wellington St
Owith
A& Fine Proule Parm
Burdewag
Ind
Wexford County
Greg As
Fin City
Wowa -Quartere
Kown
Praverse
Prine
LY Piebe Cary
West
Mainay
J Mason Neynoods
Mnk
Kuen
Vuu Poudler
Providenes
Tie
Connecticut
Providence
Polly
Dickens
Stupne MegLonins
Thenry
Ward Beecher
Ile
Willeh
Meyerbeer
Rossini
Ann Pranms
Brown's
Grand Traverse County
Ana
Father Myadtnthe
New York News
D.W. Adams
Iowa
Tememterd
Tim Cungeny
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