Commencement Hop and Local Business Notes From Spurgin's
The evening events include a commencement hop at Spurgin's and reports of local contracts and commerce. Ezra McMahon lands a brickwork contract at Bloom Mel, M. T. Conover hires Ipley to build an ess room, and a new threshing machine on Saturday draws attention on the streets alongside a state road case and assessor payments to various townships.
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Spurgin’s
Ezra McMahon
Bloom
Mel. McHaffie
Stilesville
M. T. Conover
Ipley
Harmony
Correspondence and local notes from the parish
A mix of city letters and notes reports Ike Joyner visiting from Indiana and T. N. Stokes attending the Democratic Convention in Indianapolis. Local business updates include a new store and James Brown boot and shoe shop. Farmers report corn crop damage from heavy rain and heat. The See White’s saw-mill resumes operation after a pause. A smoke-stack at Wright’s has blown down last Saturday.
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Ting
Ike Joyner
Um, Indiana
T. N. Stokes
Apolis
Weeck
James Brown
Dagent
Orhhood
Bruner
Terre Haute
White
Cap
Cathran
Worthington
Wright
L. C
Farm Life Sketch and Weather Warnings from Walnut Kansas
D. E. Swimmer writes about farming in Walnut Kansas, outlining the yearly cycle from January plowing to spring sowing, May corn planting, June wheat harvest and August plowing, with winter wheat in November and grass wheat in December. He notes ample rain for good corn and cautions readers about emigration due to severe droughts.
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Om Swan
D. E. Swimrorn
Frontiersman reports drought and emigrant woes in Kansas
The writer details severe drought since August, failed crops in fall and spring wheat, and cattle feed shortages across multiple counties. Emigration shifts east as land claims are cheap but prices for deeded farms run high. The piece also includes notices of medical ads and personal testimonies, highlighting hardship and mixed community commentary.
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Jewel County
Stith
Phillips
Norton
Decatur
Sheridan
Graham
Brooks
Solomon Valley
Dreath
Old
Indiana
Inventions and Trades Heralded in Early Industry Notes
A plastering mortar receptacle and rotary cylinder press are described, along with a Holgate Mass mill turning seven and a half cords of wood daily into pulp. The piece notes pulp uses, mill architecture shifts in New England, and a detailed valuation of England’s crown jewels totaling over 559 thousand pounds in stones and gold.
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Mechanic Arts
Holgate
Mass
New England
England
Ways to stop sneezing and odd Northern lights at Mt Aavax
The New York Sun reports tips to prevent sneezing by pressing the nasal cartilage with a handkerchief, or pressing the tongue to the palate for a moment. It also notes the midnight sun spectacle from Mount Aavax in Finland, with travelers from many nations, and Finland building a hotel there. It mentions a tale of an American girl convinced she had a toothbrush bristle in her throat and contrasts cases where fear affects bodily conditions. It ends with Walter Paine in a Quebec jail reading the Bible, noting the line about stealing.
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New York Sun
Europe
Mount Aaryax
Finland
Torneo
Mt. Aavax
St. Charles Street
St. Louis
St Louis
piAtts
America
What! rob a poor man of his beer and home
A New York World column mocks a series of proposals framed as reforms by asking, What if a poor man loses his beer and basic rights. It questions the motives behind harsh social controls and class punitive measures.
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New York World
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Cloverdale
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