Breton Peasant Whip Contest and a Baltimore Ledger Room
A fragment from Harper's Magazine recounts a Breton fete in which twelve men duel with long leather whips, one a giant and the other a nimble dwarf, bleeding wounds and a dramatic fall as the crowd watches. The piece then shifts to a Baltimore counting-house, highlighting disciplined clerks, ship models, ledgered secrets, and the old world business ritual that guided merchant life.
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Brittany
Gainsborough
Piprac
Joseph
Joseph the Great
Kaer
Joaille
Josille
Kaeer
Lista
Jonilic
Keer
Baltimore
Europe
Arosa
Frank Mayer
Harper'sagazine
The Old Baltimore Merchant
A fragmented glance into a Baltimore counting room beside ships, revealing a bustling scene with stevedores and dreamers among merchandise. The passage paints a vivid, if imperfect, image of a historic trade hub and its laborers in a hot warehouse setting.
Train parting scene sparks dramatic Plymouth quarrel
On a Detroit to Lansing line stop at Plymouth a couple on the depot platform embraced and cried. The woman, boarding the train, mocked a enraged husband while a bemused bystander offered sympathy and questioned who truly loved whom. The scene ends with the woman hurling money toward the door in a fit of anger.
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Detroit, Lansing & Northern Road
Plymouth
Lansing
Renee
Detroit
Express
Ta Hs
Cianbines
Agen
diAgaaino
Particuam
Adurose
Stable Comfort for Horses in Cold Weather
The article stresses dry warm ventilated stables to prevent colds and chest diseases in horses. It warns against drafts when heated and perspiring horses and advises opposite side openings for air, cleanliness, and avoiding impure air from dung. It adds light dry woolen bandages for wet muddy heels and brushing mud off later.
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National Live-Stock Journal
Chicago
Nest eggs and fowl language joke exchange
A quip notes a hen sitting calmly on eggs while two men sit on a dozen eggs for a minute and trigger strong language. The joke contrasts patience with impatience using poultry imagery.
Agricultural and Domestic Notes from The World
A digest of farming tips and household counsel: warming bridle bits for horses, spiced apples recipe, salt as soil aid and stock management, plant care with soap and glue root treatment, stock for soup, cold frames construction and care, and a grim satirical note about a Georgetown accident and a wife’s alleged responsibility.
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Dane Veroet
Dr. Foote
Lansing Republican
Coll
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New Yorker
Silk Worm Treatment Claims Novel Electrical Method
A J Sarawrae is reported to have devised a mode of bringing electricity to bear upon debilitated silk-worms with excellent effect. Soot imparts remarkably bright green to grass and grain.
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J Sarawrae
Butter-Maker Ad Promises Rich Color and Longer Freshness
An old advertisement touts 25 cent product worth 2 cents that enhances butter with a rich golden color and 1 percent production gain while claiming 20 percent quality boost and rancidity prevention. It targets July August and winter butter, offered by Butter Layroveumut Co. in Buffalo NY.
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Genera Starexerner
Butter la Yroveumut Co
Yullalo, NY
Warner's Safe Kiddly and Liver Cure Promotes Prosperity
A period piece praise notes a business revival and new era of prosperity linked to Warner's Safe Kiddly and Liver Cure. Rev Dr Harvey calls the remedy miraculous and hints at broad health benefits addressing headaches and nervous symptoms through digestive and circulatory support. The ad touts Venetiae as a reliable remedy for headaches and related ailments.
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Warner
Dr. Harvey
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NEW Music Books
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Lyon & Healy
Ill
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New American Dictionary
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