Global rail and ship trends spark varied economic notes
A mosaic of 19th century data outlines rising rail demand in the U S and Australia, a $1,000,000 Honolulu San Francisco cable plan, and Britain’s rebuilding shipyards with orders from Germany Portugal France Norway and South America. It also notes Dawes Act land opens Sioux lands, Eiffel name origins, and debates on pin money contracts in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Clyde
Merccy
Stockton
Tyne
Sunderland
the- Wear
Germany
Portugal
France
Norway
British
South America
Belgium
Meadows of Rest Remembered by a Grieving Speaker
A speaker recalls a grave in remote meadows where two laughing-eyed boys died, and a silver-haired father who watched reeds by a river. The poem laments loss, longs for reunion in the afterlife, and asks angels to return a dear beloved guardian to the speaker’s youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reat
Reet
Hero of Bunker Hill and Joseph Warren
A historical profile traces Joseph Warren as the central figure at Bunker Hill, details his early life in Roxbury, medical career, and rapid rise to a major role in the Massachusetts forces. It notes his volunteer stance at the redoubt, his death near the field, and the family’s prominent medical legacy in Massachusetts.
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John Quincy Adams
Doctor Warren
General Putnam
Connecticut
Boston
Warren
Dr. Warren
Lexington
Warren Brothers
Joseph
Samuel
John
Lexington Green
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Artemas Ward
Elbridge Gerry
Watertown
Putnam
Prescott
Salem
Charlestown
John Warren
Eben
King's Chapel
Joseph Warren
The Rhinoceros A Curious Look At A Rough Beast
The Rhinoceros is a disagreeable looking animal not useful to man and avoids human company. Hunters pursue its hide for sport, and the species is a distant relative of the elephant with a notable horn and thick skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Locomotive Project Plans Rail From Haifa to Damascus
Joseph Elias seeks a three year priority to build a railway from Haifa across the Kishon to Nazareth then up the Jordan valley and over to Damascus. The line would run 105 miles from the coast, crossing the Jordan river below Merim and follow the Lake Galilee shore toward the plains of Genesaret before turning east to Damascus. The project envisions navigation rights on the lake and a renewal of Turkish permission if required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Galilee
Damascus
Joseph Elias
Lebanon
Haifa
Mediterranean
Tyre
Cesarea
Jordan
German Pocket Etiquette and U S Postal Service
The piece contrasts German pocket manners with American habits. It notes German aversion to loose coins and jingle in pockets, praising a dignified purse. It then shifts to the U S Postal Service, listing postmasters, railway mail workers, letter carriers, inspectors, and clerks, totaling about 194,300 people under service control.
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Imperial Reichsbank
Detroit Free Press
United States Postal Service
Real Treasure in a Family Parlor Exchange
A fragment shows a dialogue where a man admires Miss de Boodle as a treasure and vows contentment with her, while a judge references a parent retiring on a cool million, indicating a domestic, courtroom, or social scene.
Water needs of ducks and water access debated
The Boston Cultivator argues ducks and geese do not require constant water. early season ducks can be harmed by excess cold water. Wild birds endure a bit of water, but many perish. Providing just enough water to drink and preventing feet immersion is best for welfare.
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Boston
Cold setting of milk described by New England dairyman
A New England dairyman outlines a simple no patent creamer method for cold setting milk in summer. Milk sits in a 12 inch diameter can lowered by windlass into a well at 48 to 50 degrees for 24 hours, cream skimmed off. butter remains in the milk with thin cream. Beans may be planted first week of June on good land yielding 25 to 40 bushels per acre. matrowfat and red kidney beans are noted for price, drills set eighteen inches apart with three seeds every twelve inches.
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New England
New York
Olsever
America
New York Times
L. Schumacher
Pendleton Co
W. Va
Girdled Trees and Corn Cultivation Notes
A vintage agricultural brief covers girdled trees repair with clay manure plaster, moisture care, and possible top pruning. It also offers horse care for a yearling colt with paralysis remedies and a corn planting section praising improved implements and mechanized farming advances.
Corn Planting and Field Management Notes
Practical farming guidance on drill planting versus check rows, spacing, and yields. Advice covers smoothing harrows, manure timing, ash top-dressings, cultivating with two-horse implements, root health, mulching, weed control, and soil fertility. Also includes general farm ethics about timely harvest, road upkeep, and efficient use of time.
ToProust The Toothn Ome And String Beans On Toast
A household recipe note describes how to prepare crystalized popcorn with sugar coating and a bean dish with young French beans. It includes boiling beans for an hour, seasoning with butter pepper salt, and serving on toasted bread with milk. A ham bone is mentioned as a flavoring option.
Invalidg Raw Eggs and Custard Desserts From Old Recipes
This article presents two old style dessert preparations. A raw egg treatment mixes yolk with sugar and citrus, while the white is whipped and folded in for a snowy drink like texture. The custard recipe uses milk sugar cornstarch vanilla and egg yolks baked with a meringue topping and a jelly glaze.
Household Hints and Oddities From a Cracked Page
A collage of home tips and quirky notes covers cleaning methods for fabric, gilding, and walls using rainwater, soap, and ashes. It blends practical advice with humorous vignettes about pets, furniture making, and a Boston-area dog and terrier tale.
Eelskins and Rheumatism Curiosity in North End Store
A Globe reporter witnesses a North End drug store sale of eelskins used for rheumatism. The clerk notes growing demand, claims of life extension, and a network selling dried oily skins via Atlantic avenue fish shops and a South Boston German family, supplying customers across the United States.
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North End
Globe
Atlantic Avenue
South
Boston
United States
Bostos
Fragmentary note from Bresenighte Rae well report
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a four way point and water signal on site. Details are unclear with names and actions obscured.
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Csneda
Amercan Manufac
Honolulu
San Francisco
League of American Wheelmen
Adep
Commission
Stanley
Africa
Tippoo
England
Explorer
New York Produce Exchange
Iowa
Eiffel
Bonickhausen
Alexandre Gustave
Dijon
Francois-Alexandre Bonickhausen
M. L. Rayne
Bunker Bill
James Parton
Roxbury
Warrens
Harvard College
Roxbury Grammar School
Elizabeth Hooton
Richard Hooton
Society of
Medford
Cambridge
Faen and Garden
Dudley Warner
American Agriculturist
Washington Star
Bousehold
Gutta Percha
India
Robin
Nicholas
Main Street
Carbondale
Penn
Handel
Agaiin
Rome
Sam
Tallyama
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