Green Tea and Lions Allegory by Eliza Turner
A Springfield Republican excerpt retells an allegorical tale where green tea unlocks a dream journey to a past civilization. A commentator shifts from a domestic discussion on women’s rights to a whimsical history of lions and cages. The narrator argues lions critique bars as oppression, while humans justify their social norms.
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Eliza
Turner
Japan
Christendom
Eac
Jures
Pope
Springfeld Republican
Grammar controversy and missions report in May Galaxy
Richard Grant White dismisses grammar disputes as toothless, argues language clarity matters more, and parsing will fade from study. The report notes a China mission revival, counts missionaries and wives, and details unrest in Guadalajara with armed crowds and Protestant tensions.
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Richard Grant White
Sampson
House of Montague
Lindley Murray
Chilhood
Grasshopper Plague Threatens Eastern States Reach
The Chicago Tribune warns that millions of grasshoppers now plague the Midwest and threaten eastern prairies. Farmers battle swarms with fire, trenches, and plowing eggs, while a Nebraska red bug offers faint hope but raises questions about its own crop effects. The nationwide march of hoppers could strip acres and endanger crops across Illinois and beyond.
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The
Chicago Tribune
St. John's
Beecher
Bramarck
Missouri River
Iown
Missouri
Mississippi
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Egypt
Kot
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Ceres
Prohibition Principles Adopted by Free Will Baptists in Boston
At a Boston conference Free Will Baptists endorsed temperance measures reaffirming total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, pledging to influence elections toward pro prohibition candidates, and supporting women’s anti liquor efforts. They disapproved of wine in the Lord's Supper and urged ministers to advocate abstinence and enforcement of temperance laws.
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Free Will Baptists
Boston
Sale of Curious and Old Coins at Leavitt & Co
A mixed collection of European, South American, and scarce United States coins and medals was on sale at Geo. A. Leavitt & Co in Astor Place. Highlights included an 1803 American silver dollar selling for 19 dollars and an 1806 half dollar for 10 dollars, with other pieces reaching up to 1150 dollars for a Russian Swedish revolt medal. The sale continued this afternoon amid rising interest in valuable curios.
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Geo. A. Leavitt & Co
Astor Place
United States
Germany
Russia
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
Jackson
Gustavus I
Maximillian I
Moonlit Earth Seen From Lunar Perspective
The observer describes a night scene on the moon with a large, luminous Earth in the sky. The moon appears as a moving painted panorama showing continents and oceans, while distant stars glitter with unusual clarity, creating a vivid, otherworldly view for lunarians.
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Europe
Africa
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Americas
Pacific
Asia
Australia
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Earth
Nevada Jones plans ice factories in the South to cut prices
Chattanooga dispatch notes Nevada Jones, a wealthy southward entrepreneur earning about a thousand dollars daily, expanding ice production in Southern cities. His operation supplies one cent per pound ice from Tennessee river water, undercutting northern ice-delivery costs and reshaping regional markets.
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Nevada Jones
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
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