Visiting Jones Farm A New York Scribbler’s Humorous Retreat
All aboard a seaside Long Island farm, Allan Forman recounts a blisteringly hot stay with Jones. The narrator endures wood ticks mosquitoes and hornets while learning about farm life and local gossip. He milks milk with rum then dodges misadventures in crabbing and a hornet raid, returning to the city lighter in spirit and heavier in bruise counts.
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New York
Jones
Nassau Street
Long Island Meadows
245
Long Island
Jersey
Iallus
Deacon Leakins
York
Jones’ Farm
Allan Forman
Thoreau's Home and Walden Pond Revisited
Correspondent notes Thoreau lived alone at Walden Pond and cooked for himself, a rare feat in New England. He recalls Emerson and Hawthorne visiting, mocks California fantasy cabins, then laments Walden as a now busy picnic spot filled with city crowds and rowdy revelers. Max Exton.
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Boston
Walden Pond
Thoreau
New England
Rocky Mountains
Emerson
Hawthorne
Alcott
Fitchburg
California
North Fork
Stanislaus
Ming
Pacific
Max Exton
Questions on aging in casual editorial tone
A New York correspondence questions why people age and lose vigor, pondering Methuselah era ages and the seriousness of adult life. It muses on dignity, joints, appetite for fun, work, and the curious mind of a boy versus a man.
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New York
Methusaleh
Mrs. Methusaleh
Mr. Methusaleh
Eppon Oliver
Street Car Superstition and Dating Ahead in Trade
A Broadway conductor recounts a businessman who ritualistically places pins on both sides of his seat for luck, a practice he admits is silly yet essential to his nerves. The piece also notes a broader trend of dating ahead in commerce, urging caution to prevent future downturns as prosperity grows.
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Broadway
New York
Halston
New York Times
Dry Goods Chronicle
West
United States
Scientific American
Canada
England
France
Germany
Patent Office
Munn &Co
Sclentific American
EEL
Munn & Co
Scientific Americas
Parisians Embrace Country Life While Near Paris
A Paris Correspondent notes summer expatriates adopt rustic routines six to seven miles from Paris, dining outdoors, buying goats, and surrendering city bustle for pastoral simplicity, yet craving boulevard life. Tales of treasure hunts, unsettling pursuits, and no trespass warnings illustrate wanderers and curiosities in old newspapers.
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Paris
Boston Transcript
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Waya
Bridgewater
New Hampshire
Sol
New York News
San Francisco Chronicle
Diamond Palace
Grand Opera House
Vienna
Denver
Colorado
A. Strauss
Larimer Street
Denver, Colo
17Th and
Arapahoe Sts
Vvetuucid
Aste & Jones
Prop
Eduardo Gonzales
Havana
Larimer St
Denver, Cole
Drs. S
D. Davieson
Lawrence Street
Dryer Foundry & Machine CO
Larimer Streets
A. Z. Salomon & Company
A. L. Welch & CO
Greeley
Weld County
City
Sixteenth and
Champa Streets
W. L. Clayton
Denver, Colorado
E. Brooks
Stewart
Mason
Greelfy
Arapahoe ST
Colo
John J. Stevens
THE
Greeley Business College
Denver Directory
Skinner Block
Corner 16Th and
Lawrence St
16Th St
Pleasant and Central
P R. Fawcett
Lawrence
Weatherhead
Larimer
Jalker, Brown & Meyrjing
Holladay St
Elgan & Owen
16Th Street
Blood Mere
Ks. BE. M. Medina
Michael
Colorado Hot Air Furnace Works
15Th Street
America
Harvey Avyma
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