Mound Builders Shaped Canals and Cities Says Harper’s Memoir
A Harper’s Magazine excerpt recounts Elijah Cheek’s discovery of large clay bricks along an ancient mound builders' road from Mound City to Marion. It argues mound builders engineered vast drainage, canals, and impressive earthworks, creating fertile lowlands and thriving cities at Memphis St Louis and Louisville, contrasting their feats with modern engineering.
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Elijah Cheek
Arkansas
Lincoln
Mound City
Memphis
Marion
Crittenden County
Cheek
Mr. Cheek
Cornelius Mathews
New York
St. Louis
Lousville
Harper’s Magazine
Two Breaths and the Danger of Carbonic Acid
Canon Kingsley warns on pure air and the dangers of carbonic acid in impure breath. He explains how warm CO2 rises and settles near the floor, risking workers who sleep on the floor or with minimal bedding. advocates keeping beds safe to protect the sleeper from floor level gas.
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Canon Kingsley
Poisoning Advice From Common Household Remedies
Guidance outlines first aid steps for poisoning using stomach pumps if available, or induce vomiting with mustard and salt. It lists antidotes by poison type, including chalk or lemon juice for acids and alkaline poisons, hydrated iron oxide for arsenic, and egg white with water for several metals, with emphasis on quick administration and household availability.
Enterprising Belfast woman makes money from leather pancake production
The Belfast Journal reports an industrious woman in Belfast who profits by producing leather pancake substitutes from sole shavings at a local shoe factory. Starting at four cents per cake, Ann House expanded to bid for sole-pancake manufacture, employing six women to yield 300 to 400 daily. the article notes pervasive use of paste and odd crafts in early industry.
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Belfast
Ann
Mouse battle and missing hired man in Keokuk tale
A Keokuk woman fought a mouse in a flour barrel by climbing stairs and using a pole. The dog pursued the rodent. the gunner fired, the dog died, and the woman fainted. Fearing murder charges, the hired man fled and has not been seen. Also noted are Colfax and audience chatter about political figures, plus Hamilton markets and local quips.
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Keokuk
Atals
Local notices on Beckett and Miller new stock for home goods
Abe Miller of Beckett and Miller returns from the East with a large new stock of house furnishings including carpets wallpaper and queensware. Prices are compared to prewar levels with bargains noted on boots and shoes. Traner and Tranes advertise full lines and Falmer closes out boots shoes and gloves at cost with public price emphasis.
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Abe Miller
Beckett & Miller
Traner & Tranes
Falmer
Local merchants push wide assortment of books and goods
Beeler & Bro promote Holden patent book covers at no extra cost as children haul books through town. H & W Frechtling & Co offer cheap Queensware and tea sets. Beck & Tebler advertise shoes and groceries. J Matthias on Main street boasts broad wares from baby rattles to Errewen ranges. Stoves and guttering offered with guaranteed durability via Hamiton tradesmen.
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Beeler & Bro
Holden
Queens
H. & W. Frechtling & Co
J. Matthias
Main Street
First Ward
Hamiten
Local trades and notices blend old ads and testimonials
A collage of 19th century business notices paints a varied page. Catt and Frechtling advertise tea sets and bookbinding. J B Scott promotes Physio-Medical treatment in Hamilton, Ohio. endorsements for Burgess Stone Cement pavement praise durability. Letters from Beckett, Laur ie & Co. and city officials laud the Burgess pavement with quotes and signatures. County nights for sale.
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J. B. Scott M
New Salem
Butler
Hamilton
Ohio
Hig Street
Isaac I. Tobias
Simi
Beckett, Laurie & Co
Sale of Real Estate by Butler County Court Order
Proceedings in partition involve Anna KM B Kunk Catherine Kunk and others. W.H. Allen sheriff offers parcel lot 764 in Woods Woodruff addition Hamilton Ohio for sale at court house door on March 13 1875 between 1 and 2 PM under terms: one third cash one third in one year one third in two years with interest and mortgage security. Thos Millikin attorney. Peter Glardon vs Butler Common Pleas case continues.
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Woods & Woodrutts
Hamilton
Butler County
W.H. Allen
Thos
Millikin
Union Township
Ohio
II Murphy
H. Allen
Thomas Millieis
Hutler County
Walnut Street
Josepel Schumacher
B. H. Kreiger
WH. Allen
Crane
Madion Cite
Hattercouny
Miata
Madison
Baller
Madeon City
Jonathan Dabs
Aprgaise Maller County
Laing
Wance
Middletow
Alexandre
Les
Jacob Kemp
Antel Shartie, Sr. O
Vine
Madison Township
Brown
Jacoh Kern
Madan City
Middletown
West Alexander
Abe
John Kelly
Foch Hykle
Sheriff Sale Notice in Butler County Ohio
SHERIFFS SALE Joseph Hinkle versus John Kelly et al by order of the Court of Common Pleas Butler County Ohio. It will offer for sale at the door of the Court House Hamilton Ohio Butler Co Common Pleas. By Atty 44,175, due February.
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B. H. Kreiger
Jos. Schumacher
Butler Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
Butler County
Ohio
Hamilton
Joseph Hinkle
John Kelly
Ohie
Court House
Butler Co. Common Pleas
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Charley Ross
Neox
Segar Brown
Java
Japan
Fedor
Citas. Beck
Iowa
H. & W. Fo. Frechtling & Bi
Beck & Tebler
Main St
Beck & Tablers
First Word
W. Frechtling & Co
H.& W. Frechtling
E. Watt
Booxsinger
Lohman's
Front Street
K. Beardsley
J. B. Lawner
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F. Tobias
Cis
Ima
Pabhetrating
Mr. Andre
Mr. Levy
Basin Street
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Anna KM. B. Kunk
Butler Com
Catherine Kunk
Court of Common. Pleas
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Lewis Glardon
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Chicago
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Dayton
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Chicago Mail
Richmond
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Indianapolis
Connersvil
Connersville Ace
the Guidon
Family Newspaper
Democratic Journal
Butler’ County
Guidon
Joan McElwee
Hamilton, Ohio
Alles
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