Buffalo hunt confuses Dunbar and tame buffaloes tale
Peck's Sun reports Thomas Dunbar of Milwaukee known for bold schemes pursues wild game in Dakota then chases tame buffaloes near a ranch after bribing a stage driver. He buys the herd for a future show and laughs turn when the owner unmasks the tame herd.
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the Sun
Thomas Dunbar
Jessee
Milwaukee
Unbar
Mr. Dunbar
Poe
Daota
le Beau
Dunbar
Weston
Dakota
Peck
Sun
Butcher laments loss of best customer in odd market claim
A Springawell butcher complains of losing a key customer who allegedly visited during a grisly slaughter as he prepared to trim fat from a dog. The exchange grows garbled with misheard words about animals and market claims.
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Springawell
Ringworm A Creeping Contagion And Its Treatment
Ringworm spreads as a creeping circle from the center outward caused by a parasite that penetrates the skin. It appears with itching redness and vesicles. on the head it damages hair and may cause loss of eyebrows and lashes. Contagious to others, milder cases require general health improving measures per Dr Weir of Philadelphia.
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Weir
Philadelphia Medical and Chirurgical College
A Hair Ruse Turns Fatal in a Parlor Scheme
A young man secretly flirts with a woman by tugging at her false hair, hoping for a startled reaction. The plan backfires as he scalps her by mistake, revealing she wore false hair. The scene ends with the lovers pursuing a risky, improvised deception.
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Charles
Tim
Batieners
Eweny Sateurow
Hair Pin Confession Strikes Mrs. Jones in Public
In a Detroit Free Press style domestic farce, Jeptha Jones admits to picking up a hair-pin from the sidewalk after a fry goods visit. Mrs. Jones presses for truth about the pin’s origin, the couple disputes, and neighbors tire of the public quarrel.
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Jones
Mrs. Jones
Amsterdam
Mia
Maria
Anthony
Detroit Free Press
The Vegetarian's Stumbling Block
A Saturday Review critique argues milk makes vegetarianism inconsistent by highlighting cows calves and cruelty. It asserts milk reliance increases animal slaughter pressure and questions why animals should be eaten if they are killed for dairy.
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Sabwerday Review
Salted spill care advice on stove odor control
A brief note states salt sprinkled on a stove prevents bad odors from spills or boils, implying it neutralizes smells. The fragment ends with a garbled phrase about death or change, offering no clear extra facts.
Choosing a Path: Work, Trade, and True Success
The essay argues boys should choose a craft over glamor and office jobs. It urges pursuing work they love, studying their trade, and becoming skilled, promising fortune and respect from a life on the bench and anvil. It cautions against chasing lawyers or doctors without passion.
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Carver
Charles Barnard
Do Right In All Things: Ned Andrews Adopts A Motto
Ned Andrews seeks greatness by choosing a guiding rule from proverbs but, advised by his mother, adopts n ew motto Do right in all things. The idea is that true greatness lies in living rightly and doing right in every action.
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Ned Andrews
Ned
MC A. Holt
Treasury Scrub-women Prove Efficient Yet Modest in Pay
Washington Letter notes that seventy five scrub-women in the Treasury earn over eighteen thousand dollars annually combined. They arrive at the quay building in the afternoon after other staff depart and clean the entire building in a couple of hours.
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Treasury
Quay
Washington
Notables and Anecdotes from 19th Century Newspapers
A compilation of brief notes on figures like Theodors Tilton in Paris, Edward McPherson’s two-decade tenure, and LibRany discuss Boston Library bequest from Arthy Schofield. Mentions also include George A. Post, Asa Barker, Washington Irving, James Converse and Mary Chatterton, with wedding window displays and Lincoln’s speech drafting aboard a train.
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Theodors Tilton
Paris
Hig Life
Edward McPherson
House of Representatives
Boston Public Library
Arthy Schofield
Boston
Lerala
Will Carleton
George A. Post
Congress
Levanta
Philadelphia Press
Asa Barker
Lynn
Mass
Barker
Boston Post
Washington Irving
Chili, Nye
Mary Chatterton
Rochester
W. Y. Post
Joseph Swift
Philadelphia
Mary
Charles Thorne, Jr
Horace G. Browne
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Washington
Gettysburg
Chicago Herald
Between Bohemians and Blurred Newsroom Quips
A grainy collage of humorous exchanges and anecdotes from 19th century papers. Jests about breakfast with strangers, a dog smarter than its owner, statues and art impositions, elevators mistaken for telephones, a London pawnbroker and a watch, and bragging shooting feats.
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Detroit
Lyman W. Blakely
Detroit Times
Boston Transcript
Paul
Dows
Sofys
London
Austin
Texas
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