160-A 140 acre farm near Traverse City on Midland road
A long list of farms for sale near Traverse City Michigan with details. No. 160-A 140 acres five miles from town on Midland State Road offers 32 cleared acres, pond, log house, barn, soil described as first rate. Numerous other tracts follow with varied sizes from 40 to 212 acres, bayside and lakefront locations, fruit trees, timber value, framed houses, barns, wells, and terms including down payments and time. Prices range from modest to several thousand dollars.
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Traverse City
Midland State Road
Curlace Devel
Grasn
Newaygo State Road
Silver Lake
Awig
Range Sweat
Carp Lake
Bay
D&c
S. 3
Little Traverse
Whitewater Township
Strom Elk Rapids
Church
Sluyter Place
Traveree City
Torch Lake
Ney
Platte River
Nwi
Good Road
Rusagi
Uiat
Niles
Great Britain
Great Western Railway
Phu
London and Northwestern Railway
New York Central
Untitled Family Memoir of Caleb and Huth
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Uncle Caleb and Huth celebrating fifty years together in a small house. The piece shifts to a lively childhood memory of John waking to a sunlit morning, slipping from bedclothes, tumbling out, and fleeing a ram, a hen, and a dog, ending with a vow about never courting again.
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Caleb
Huth
John
Winter Parlor Tale Sparks a Rural Courtship
A recollection unfolds of a late night gathering in a country parlor during midwinter. A. Peter Given recounts his boyhood plan to woo Sadie, the kitchen escapade, and a mischievous custard mishap, ending with a lightning storm and a humorous misadventure before bed.
Birds of Germany and humane farming note
The article discusses Germany’s tame birds and pest control virtues, noting their protection by law and value to fruit growers. It contrasts with Irish crows and mentions how birds co labor with agriculture, aiding markets and reducing worm damage. It also cites the Scientific American on balance of mind and body in study and exercise.
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Germany
Ireland
Scientific American
Heenan
Separate Siamese Twins and Their Turbulent Life
A historical account details the fused twins Chang and Eng, their shared physiology, separate senses, and attempts at separation. It notes medical debates on surgical division, family history, health, religious conversion, and the brothers one day whisked by illness while managing a public life in colonial settings.
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Bas Num
Chaup
Eny
Chang
Eng
Barmai’s
Bin
Bog
North Carolina
Th Baptist Church
Oder
Paris
London
Newher
Gettysburg and Grant foiled Lee by Meade’s baited hook
A Pennsylvania militia captain recalls marching in 1865 and the Gettysburg turning point. He claims his actions lured Lee into shallow water, letting Meade ensnare the Confederate army at Gettysburg, and asserts Grant’s gratitude to the republics was lacking.
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Pennsylvania
Lee
Susquehanna
Gettysburg
Lee Howe
Grant
Potomac
Brest
Meade
Sun
Promoted at Winchester and a navy telescope tale
A tale of a cavalry miscommunication at Winchester ends with the trooper keeping charging and later punished for not yielding. The report shifts to Norwegian fishermen who use water telescopes to spot fish from boats aiding large hauls and noting such instruments are used on ships as well.
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Norway
After-Supper Talk and the Evening Family Bond
A compact reflection on the after supper hour as the family’s sacred time. It notes the peace and rest it offers, the sense of danger and protection that darkness brings, and urges parents to foster wholesome post dinner activities and read aloud sessions, inviting children to share friends at twilight.
Romance of Mrs Williams and two marriages across the plains
A Cincinnati correspondent recounts the life of Mrs. Williams later Mrs. George a woman of romance who fled an unhappy first marriage then endured a second with a brutal husband. After moving west she taught music before a divorce and eventual marriage to Judge Williams in California. Her devotion at her second husband’s death underscores a bold adaptive spirit.
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Cincinnati Guzze
Waslington
Willisways
Dumas
Mr. George
Judge Illiams
Agrippina
Canton Streets Show Wealth and Elaborate Shops in China
The China correspondent notes Canton’s main streets as wider than usual, lined with spacious shops selling silks embroidery and precious stones. Shops glow under continuous awnings, lanterns, and glass chandeliers, resembling a vast arcade. Each storefront features a gilded shrine with incense kept burning to the god of wealth.
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China
Atien Merald
Canton
Sle
Sausage Dangers Warn After St Louis Illnesses
The Western Rural warns against eating pork sausage unless it is thoroughly cooked after reports of triculitis like illness in St Louis. Cases occurred among Germans who consumed Bologna sausages at free lunches, highlighting food safety and proper cooking practices.
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St. Louis
Womanry sentiments and domestic discipline voiced in lecture
Mre Young, Brig lam Young’s nineteenth wife, lectures in New York about a girl longing for a father. She warns that curt speech wounds marriage and stresses restrained talk as the basis of happiness, citing religion and life’s meaning amid nature. A fragment of overheard dialogue about spouses and money follows.
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Mre Young
Briglam Young
New York
Thorne
Needles
Hippopotamus Hunt on the Liemba RiverAdventure in Africa
A trio of boys Kalulu Simbe Moto and two warriors join a river quest to hunt hippos near the Watota village. After harpooning a giant hippo the party survives a dramatic struggle, rescues Abdullah wounded by a crocodile, and returns with portions of the prized hippo meat to the village. The tale unfolds with frontier courage and tribal aid.
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Kalulu
Selim
Valids Alusementa
Che Rivee Liemba
Simbs
Moto
Seum
Nut
Sim-be
Tidaaa
Uraing
Ovid
Kalute
Lacey
Dimba
Mote
Tts
Abdullah
Simba
Abdullab
St. Nicholas
Weather Warnings and Moral Warnings in Temperance Banner
A temperance piece recounts a September storm warning and careless youth as moral signals. It urges heed to danger signals at harbors and condemns tobacco and drinking as threats to life and society. It contrasts prudent restraint with reckless defiance, urging moral action.
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Temperance Banner
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W. S. Anderson
John Cadham
W. B. McManus
Front Street
Hicke
New York Report of
Caleb and
Ruth
Love
Earth
A. Peter Given
Willuin
Mr. Green
Wwe
John Smith
Mary
Sadie
Jobn
Lightning Train
Khe Siamese
Twius
Fenton
Winchester
Mrs. Williams
Pneumonis
Children’s Department
Setan
Lone
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