Agricultural counties by production totals in 19th century data
Lancaster County Pennsylvania tops the list of counties by agricultural value at over 5?8? million. Monroe County New York with Rochester is second. Thirty three counties exceed 64 million in annual products, fourteen in New York, seven in Pennsylvania, six in Illinois, two in California, two in Massachusetts, and one each in Michigan and Connecticut.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Panner County
United States
Monroe County
New York
Rocheser
Illinois
California
Masachusetts
Michigan
Connecticut
Remarkable Oregon Mother Plows With Baby On Back
A well known model mother in Cian Sounty Oregon earned local notice by farming with her baby strapped to her back. She plowed harrowed planted and cultivated while the child rode along, later trucking produce to a nearby town. The paper highlights this inventive farming feat.
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Cian
Sounty
Oregon
Irishman Forces Railway to Move Cabin to Ireland
An Irishman leased land near the Wisconsin border to the Illinois Central Railroad. After the company paid $800 for the three year lease and planned to move his cabin, he directed workers to place it on the banks of Take Willarney in Ireland. The tactic, initially doubted, proved serious and the man still resides on the land with the cabin.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Wisconsin
Take Willarney
Ireland
Homeward Move Among French Canadians in New England
The Portland Press notes a rising French Canadian population in New England and discusses efforts by leaders to encourage settlers to return to Canada. A Lower Canadian newspaper had warned of a future French influence in the region, while some leaders push for a revitalized France by repatriating migrants.
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Portland
New England
Lower Canade
Canada
France
New York News story of a family's rebuilding after loss
After a guardian flees with their inheritance four sisters in Harlem face poverty and move to a modest cottage. Aboard by a boarder, the ailing John Harris, the sisters endure hardship, work to regain stability, and discover unexpected reunion and love as Fred Norris proves his honesty and Fan finds happiness as the New Year dawns.
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Harlem
Nell
Fanny
Aunt Sue
Fannie
Sue
Larlem
James
Army
Navy
Norris
Mr. Norris
Fred
Fan
Fred Norris
Susan Dorimer
Herbert Norris
Ian
Jane
Fane
New England
Europe
Ned
John Harris
Privat
Mr. Harris
England
Jr. Garner
Fred. Norris
Tlwe
Dorrimer
John
California
Susan
Caifornia
New York
Sle
John Dorrimer
Christmaas
New York News
Sunrise Poem Excerpt by Joaquin Miller
Fragmentary verse depicting a rising radiant sunrise over sea, with imagery of roses, beams, fire, and towers. The text reads as a lyrical meditation on light, color, and the expansive sky, attributed to Joaquin Miller.
Ducks in Underground Ponds Near Panther Creek
Cheyenne Leader reports a North Eastern Colorado rancher followed ducks through a ten foot high pond waterfall into a subterranean water system. He found a three foot wide passage and multiple underground lakes crowded with mallards and teals before the ducks fled back toward the surface air.
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Colorado
Smilar
Cheyenne
Man Kills Large Porcupine At Railroad Station
At Shebleys station near a railroad trestle on Tuesday night a large porcupine weighing about twenty two pounds was shot after attacking dogs. The animal’s quills perforated dog muzzles and heads, two hours of care were needed to remove quills, and Mr Shebley kept the skin for tanning.
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Shebley
Mr. Shebley
William
Novel rails on ice and stumps spark curiosities in Kennedy book
The article surveys odd railway feats from forests to ice. It cites sled driven engines on the Missouri River in 1379, wooden tracks in Quebec and South Carolina, and bicycle railways in the United States. It notes atmospheric tubes at Crystal Palace and a 1818 flying locomotive exhibit in England.
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W.S. Kennedy
Scotland
St. Peterburg
Cronstadt
Wich
Kennedy
Missouri River
St. Lawrence
Hochelaga
Joroma
Ohio Railroad Company
United States
Canada
Quebec
South Carolina Central Railroad
Syria
Aleppo
Alexandretta
Phenixville
Penn
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
England
Milton
China
Holland
Car Sets Speed Record Amid Wind and Curves
On the plains a speed of forty miles an hour has been attained by the car with the wind right abeam the sail close hauled and the road full of disadvantageous curves as described by Argonaut.
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Plains
High Line Rivalry On the Haddochin Fleet on the Banks
Franklin D. North recalls the fierce high line culture among fishing skippers on the Banks and Cape Ann. He describes iron nerve and luck in pursuing the most fish, notes enormous hauls valued at 24 300 with crew shares near eighty dollars monthly, and recounts subterfuge, windlass tricks, and hand line mackerel fleets.
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Franklin D. North
Cape Ann
Dix Receives Plain Advice From Abernethy on Diet
General John A. Dix, troubled by dysepsia, sought Dr. Abernethy who urged simple living. He advised regular gentle exercise, minimal medicines, plain food, and personal trial of what agrees with the stomach. Dix followed the counsel and recovered health and vigor in later years.
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John A. Dix
Abernethy
Dix
Kentucky Leads In Fast Trotter Breeding Progress
The table of season progress shows Kentucky as the leading state in fast trotter development. By August 1, 1887, 141 horses trotted 2.20 or better, with Kentucky contributing 59 of them and the rest of the country 102. Of 161 trotters under 2.20, only 18 went under 2.15, led by Manc h 2.03 8-4 and Jay-ye-See 2.10. Among the 13 under 2.15, six were Kentucky bred, including Maud and Jay-ye Lee, Phallas, Trinket, Harry Wilkes, and Lou.
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America
Kentucky
Manch
Jay-ye-See
Ft. Julian
Barus
Maxy Cobb
Phallus
Goldsmith Maid
Clingstone
Harry Wilkes
Hopeful
Lulu
Majolica
Maud
Jay-l Ye Lee
Phallas
Trinket
Lou
New York Mail and Express
Shadows and Mis A Poem by Julie M. Lippmann
Poem depicting night shadows replacing day, moonlight veiled by mist. The speaker reflects on a saintly, pale halo and a future realization that the aureole signifies tears. Published in Independent.
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Atreole
Julie M. Lippmann
Independent
Humor of the Day snippets and quips across papers
A collage of humorous lines from various newspapers lampooning politics manners and society. Quips include a conductor as a ladies man a debt of gratitude at ten cents on the dollar and jokes about Congress and fashion. The items are short aphorisms with dated tongue in cheek commentary.
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Boston
Boston Courier
Kansas City
Congress
Lowell Courier
Johnson
Carl Pretzel
Agricultural Exchange
Burlington Free Press
Graphic
Family influence on character and social harmony
The article argues that family life shapes behavior and loyalty more than external reform. It cites an English experiment with industrial schools, noting damaged human nature and lack of affection in orphans raised apart from family. It emphasizes kindness and courtesy as the mortar binding a household. It quotes reflections from Poyntz, Castlereagh, and Youth's Companion.
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Poyntz
England
Castlereagh
Remarkable Fungus Found in Nevada Mine
A report from Ben C. Truman describes a fungus discovered 400 feet underground in an abandoned Nevada silver mine. The specimen is three feet four inches long with a light butt color, a three-part stem two to three inches thick, and a disk eight to ten inches wide. It resembles stag antlers and is nicknamed the Lily of the Mine and named Agaricus tridena by a naturalist.
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Pacific Coast
Ben C. Truman
Nevada
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Zagenrog
Russia
Detroit Free Press
Milan
Joeaquin Miller
Porcupine
Gloucester Fishing Fleet
Tom
Caste Garden
Binghamton Republican
Beeston Courier
All River Herald
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