The Largest Paper in the County Seeks News
A 1891 feature notes Mrs A G Langeton as the only woman mail contractor in the United States with over 1000 miles of routes in Butler and Plumas counties California. The piece also surveys diverse topics from Siam’s aging elephant to Japanese ship coating, oyster laws, and buffalo hybrid ideas reflecting era curiosity and progress.
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A. G. Langeton
United States
Butler
Pla- Mia
California
To Sleep and Steadfast Rest in The New York Truth
Poetic lines echo a somber refrain on sleep as escape from grief and fading joys. The verse laments life’s pains and joys dissolving with time. Lord Tennyson is referenced in a New York Truth excerpt.
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Lord Tennyson
New York
Fortune and danger in the west during a mineral quest
A Westward mining tale recounts a young man's start with a few thousand dollars, the risk of loss to Apaches near Twin Mesa, and a life changing find of topaz stones from ant hills. He describes a near-capture in a fire box and a hard-won lesson that wealth came from a lucky discovery and persistence. The narrative moves to Madagascar's Christianization and a gold era of faith under a new queen, along with natural history notes on fish and birds.
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el Paso
Chiluahua
Towa
Arizona
Iowa
Tucson
New York City
Santa Fe
Top-knot
Twin Mesa
Prodder
Brodder
England
New York
San
Oldest Married Couple in Minnesota
Daniel Salisbury born next January 103 years ago and his wife just passed her 110th birthday are the oldest married couple in the world living at Lac Qui Parle Yellow Bank township Minnesota. They have been married eighty years and recently moved from a log home on the Yellow Bank River to live with relatives.
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Lac Qui Parte
Yellow Bank Township
Minn
Daniel Salisbury
United States
Yellow Bank River
Lac Qui Parle
Boston Transcript
Fowls Suffering Scaly Leg From Mites and Remedies
Garden notes warn that thick leg scales in fowls are caused by a mite that burrows under the skin. Wash legs in warm water, then grease with a lard and kerosene mix, massaging well with a brush. Keep roost greased to deter vermin.
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New York Times
Saw and log handling tips boost wood cutting speed
Crosscut saw adoption praised for saving timber and easing division of logs into blocks. Advice covers skid-ways, lever-assisted lifting, and single-person saws, with cautions on teamwork and efficient wood drying. Also notes about sheep care and horse management amid market shifts. Includes a rattlesnake anecdote from Prof. Brewer.
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E. S. Gilbert
New York Tribune
Matanzas Sugar Centre of Cuba Details Production
Cuba's Matanzas ranks as a major sugar hub exporting about 160000 tons to the United States and 60000 tons of molasses last year. Centrifugation yields first and second grade sugar and molasses, with second grade sent to distilleries to produce rum. Refuse cane supports inefficient rum, while prime rum goes to New York and lower quality to Mexico.
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Cuba
Matanzas
United States
Cienfuegos
New York
New York Tribune
What a Blush Is
A humorous, jocular definition by Dr. T. . Minor explains a blush as a temporary skin reddening caused by a vascular reaction in the face driven by sensory perception of shame or anger. The narrator notes the audience reaction and garbled end.
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T. €. Minor
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