Numerous deadly accidents and fatal incidents reported
A long list of accidental deaths and injuries from across states includes a child scalded to death in Bainbridge Illinois a boy killed by a baseball in New Orleans a girl drowned in a canal in Portage Wisconsin a child burned by hot water a man fatally shot by a revolver accident and several other deadly mishaps involving falls drownings fires and animal attacks reported from Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and nearby areas.
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Richard Hill
Bainbridge
Columbus
Ind
New Orleans
Boston
Coliseum
B. M. Carter
Lindina
Wis
Charles Ligla
Richmond
Henry Brend
Oahokia
Willie Britt
Portage
Wik
Martin Schilder
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mr. Schilling
Milwaukee
Wmiss
Lizzie Voorhees
Springfield
Sik
T. W. Dunn
Chippewa Falls
Indianapolis
Edith Richardson
Browneville
Cal
Thomas Artis
Waukesha
Sloof
Miami County
Ered
Wilson
Detroit
Tafayette
White
Plymouth
Wriviza
Lawrence
Kansas
Charles Koch
Frank Stumpf
Koch
Mich
Dia
Aostor
Choy
Hamtram
Goens
Newton Woore
Walnut Hill
Monavier
Hartford
Connecticut
Washington
Charles Broryn
Keegan
Brown
Eliza Hite
Cumberland
Long Lake
Adirondack
Palmer
Buchannon
W. Va
Daley
The Baltimore Resolutions of the National Democratic Convention
The platform mirrors Cincinnati Liberal Republican lines and calls for equal justice, union preservation, amnesty, local self government, civil liberty, civil service reform, controlled taxation, non-interference by executive, sound public credit, and opposition to land grants to railroads, with invitation for patriotic cooperation regardless of past affiliations.
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Cincinnati
Congress
Republic
Fire in San Francisco Gas Main Fatalizes Worker
John Cusac and two companions were burned in a street conduit incident as escaping gas ignited from a candle. Cusac died from his injuries after being trapped in the hole while workers attempted the gas main connection. Two others escaped with minor burns.
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John Cusac
San Francisco
Cusac
Gusac
Witty quip on debt and wigs from a humor column
A joke states that a man is truly in debt when he cannot pay for his wig. The line plays on the idea of debt as a personal vanity failing rather than a financial condition.
Mosquito Comedy Ends With Calamity in California Tale
A Californian host shares a wild episode with a trombone playing mosquito causing a domestic uproar. After clashes with the long lost brother, the intruders enter, the room ruins, and the California man departs unpaid for the broken furniture.
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Newark
California
Blow
How to Walk Well From a Victorian Hearth and Home
A compact art essay on proper walking, comparing ancient and modern gait. It argues balance is key, noting soldiers master steady footwork and civilians should learn balance to avoid clumsy carriage. It critiques fashionable high heels and urges sandals with broad soles for natural posture.
Grandmothers and the delicate art of grandmothering
A long reflection on the role of grandmothers in childrearing. The narrator extols patient guidance over harsh discipline, urging restraint, selective correction, and the benefit of letting a child grow without constant rebukes.
Pearl of wisdom from Fanny Fern in New York Ledger
A pithy Victorian reflection on compassion and childhood. The speaker cites Grandmother’s restraint against rushing through life and trampling little ones, guided by the Savior's teaching to let children come to him.
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Fanny Fern
New York Ledger
Setting Hens Plan Keeps Hens From Cold Eggs
A Poultry World correspondent shares a step by step method for setting many hens with minimal trouble. Nest boxes line a shed wall with earth wood ashes and salt hay for soft bedding and vermin control. A hen rests in a covered box while periodically fed and checked, allowing others to sit in rotation.
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Poultry World
The Apple Tree Borer Remedy Its Practical Use
The author shares a case where whitewash made from fresh lime and coal oil was brushed from root to branch on a fifty tree orchard. The treatment halted borer damage and the trees appeared vigorous by fall. The author notes the remedy suits borers on wounded trees and is untried by the writer in their own orchard.
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Farm Journal
Keeping Cream For Better Butter In The Dairy
A Boston Journal of Chemistry note on cream handling emphasizes minimizing milk in cream at churning to reduce cheesy flavor. It recommends thick glass jars with airtight covers kept away from odors, stored at about sixty degrees, and churning butter as soon as cream begins to sour, followed by thorough cleaning and scalding of jars after use.
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Doston Journal of Chemistry
A Chinese Kitchen as a Model of Cooking Genius
In Brooks's Seven Months Run an excerpt extols a Chinese kitchen with a simple stove and chop sticks producing diverse well cooked meals. The author argues Americans and Englishmen lag in culinary skill, condemns the kitchen range, and suggests funding a college to teach basic cooking skills.
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America
Peter Cooper
Brooks
Indian in Front of His Ator Stirring Local Talk
A garbled line from a Troy tobacco unit refers to a so called big Indian figure near a main building, producing informal chatter about local matters. The fragment preserves a sense of community slang without clear context or attribution.
Practical Home Tips From Old Recipes and Advice
A compilation of domestic hints on cleaning paint from glass with soda, boosting cow milk yield with molasses, making sweet pickles, pruning evergreens, boiling eggs to suit taste, lamp chimney cleaning, drying cherries, clearing Canada thistles, Hungarian grass feeding, and cooking asparagus with step by step methods and tips. The notes emphasize simple household science and farm practices with measurements and procedural detail.
Prayer and family rebuke in a Persian writer’s tale
A Persian writer recalls his youth custom of waking to read the Koran. His practical father wakes and rebukes him for criticizing his siblings, saying it is better to sleep irreligiously than wake to fault others. The exchange centers on piety, duty, and family discipline.
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