Ice boats across Northumberland Straits told by veteran
Quartermaster James Laughton of the Boston Light Infantry Veteran corps recalls a 1855 crossing from Cape Traverse to Prince Edward Island. He describes unrigged ice boats, four-man crews, steel runners, and hauling by rope while navigating fog, shifting ice, and open water in brutal conditions.
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Northumberland
Northumberland Straits
Capea Travers
Prince Edward Islad
Cape_Tormentine
New Brunswick
A. Globe
Quartermaster James
Laughton
Boston Light Infantry Veteran Corps
Mr. Laughton
Cape Traverse
Prince Edward Island
Ithan
Nicole
Western Train Robbery Scene on a Missouri Night
A late night train journey through Missouri becomes the setting for a comic yet tense robbery scene. A bold intruder threatens passengers as a drummer and conductor react, while talk of liquor and a ghostly dawn mood underscores the episode aboard the car.
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Missouri
Kansasity
Jim
Parsons
Grack
Drake's
The Cross Eyed Man and Social Struggles
A Mr Commercial Advertiser piece discusses strabismus and how cross eyed individuals cope. It describes self doubt, withdrawal, and social misfortune including marriage prospects, then notes a few who overcome fear and act boldly, comparing such men to heroic soldiers.
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Mr. Commercial Advertiser
Doctored him fake physicians mocked in country cures
A lawyer recalls a client story of reckless country healers who misdiagnosed fever as scarlet fever. Women used hot water, poultices, quinine, and whisky slings in a misguided home treatment, leaving the patient red as a beef-steak the next day.
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Mmistaken
Brougtt
Detroit Free Press
Old trick revived swindles U S silver certificates
A new form of note fraud dubbed sweating was detected at the Sub-Treasury when ten dollar silver certificates received from Wall Street bank Friday were found to be doctored by cutting and reassembling pieces. The scheme used five certificates each lacking a fifth and a sixth bogus note made of pasted fragments. The overlapping numbers on the ten dollar notes exposed the ruse and led to redemption concerns.
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United States
Sub
Tressury
Marler
Wall Street
N. Y. Leralu
Cotton Satteens and Cottons for Summer Dresses
The satteens for the next season show muted colors and simpler patterns, relying on fine weave and textures rather than gloss. Batiste and seihennes fabrics appear in charming shades, while French shirtings feature white or blue grounds with recurring motifs. Domestic cottons priced around ten cents a yard offer attractive dress options alongside higher priced fabrics.
Winter Pruning Guidelines For Orchards In Cold Climates
A Country Gentleman article advises careful thinning of overgrown orchard tops rather than heavy cuts. It recommends outward pruning to let light reach all parts, warns against leaving dense outer growth, and suggests timing pruning before bud swell with midwinter to early spring work and trunk wound protection. It notes avoid excess pruning, and that warmer regions allow winter work earlier.
Exposure Destroys Manure Quality When Left Unprotected
A Ver Mutertown Telegraph note argues weather exposure damages manure. A leading farmer cites winter onward exposure could halve value, claiming well protected loads are worth two exposed ones. It urges building sheds to shield manure from sun wind and rain.
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Vermutntown Telegraph
Family Aestheticism and Domestic Arts Fragments
Mrs Fitzroy debates next steps amid embroidery painting and crafts while her husband suggests practical hobbies. The Hartford Post notes a New York collar and cuff factory offering many styles as a contrasting consumer detail from the New York Sun.
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New York
N.Y
Fragile Agricultural, Domestic Tips and Household Notes
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century paper covers farming tricks and domestic guidance. It notes beets or turnips stored for eight cents per bushel, cautions on blistering with horses, warns about night light in children’s rooms, recalls Philadelphia Agriculture Society founders, and provides a tapioca peach dessert recipe.
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N. Y. Herald
Boston Globe
Philadelphia
Society For Promoting Agriculture
George Washinton
Timothy Pickering
Elias Boudinot
Charles Carroll
Reuben Haines
San Francisco Chronicle
Post. c
The Pity of It: Parents and Children in a Distant Age
A narrator reflects on parental sacrifice and the clash between education and filial devotion. An intelligent girl learns her parents valued practical work over formal schooling, choosing to honor them though it tests her ambitions. The piece urges humility and true affection over mere knowledge.
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Margaret
Peggy
Harry
Funor
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Cape Tormentine
Mercury
Ae Ft
Mail
Boson Globe
Hartford Post
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