INDIANA PROGRESS AND GLOBAL NOTES OF 1842
A March 23 1842 issue surveys Indiana progress with S150 yearly terms and notes Cotton to tobacco shifts among Georgia farmers. It covers European salt and tobacco state control, Swiss monopoly plans, Genoa’s Columbus centenary expo, Brazil Amazon venture capital, Egyptian irrigation growth, Britain’s cotton output, Pasteur demonstrations, Germany’s Baxe-Coburg Gotha quirks, New York City port shifts, and frontier views on Indian tribes, warning on rapid decline of Cour d’Alene and Spokane numbers.
Birdsong From Dawn To Night In A Mother’s Poem
Emily Acton in the Housewife presents a lyrical sequence of poems about birds and motherhood. It sketches a bobolink and thrush in nature, then turns to a mother’s contemplation of her nestlings, blending joy and sadness as life unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Acton
Maid Sybil's Lover in the Forest Tower Plot
In a 15th century village, Sybil Tressider faces mob threats as she seeks refuge with forester Hob of the Butts. Michael Rexthorpe, a cruel guardian, schemes to test a youth elixir and the potion of oblivion. Hob aids Sybil and, with the forester, escapes toward happiness as Rexthorpe dies from a betrayed plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
Carnstone Chase
Michael Rexthorpe
Sybil Tressider
Cairnstone Chase
Reginald Tressider
Chase
Michael Resthorpe
Michael
Whance
Hob
Matt Clink
Forester
Sybil
Butte
Michel Rexthorpe
Merry Greenwood
St. Williston's Chapel
Gadabout
Michael Greefaly
Dean
Boston Globe
Exterminating the Food Fish Proposes Sea Protection Law
A Boston Herald article argues overfishing threatens Atlantic seafood and urges protective laws. It cites shrinking lobsters in Maine, scarce mackerel, dwindling herring near Grand Manan, and rising reliance on destructive methods. It calls for a close season and enforceable protections for cod, herring, lobster, and mackerel.
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Nantucket
Ireland
Atlantic
Lobester
Maine
Prince Edward Island
Grand Manan
Bay of Fundy
West
Bost of
Herald
Origin of Tug of War and Unlucky Days in Chronology
A discussion tracing tug of war origins from possible naval roots to its spread in universities across England Ireland Scotland America and Canada. It then lists unlucky days from Grafton’s 1565 Chroncles with many dates marked as unlucky or very unlucky.
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The
Chicago Post
Nathaniel Lee
Nathaniel
Golden Hellas
Titania
Navy Yard
Postemouth
England
Marines
Ireland
Scotland
America
Canada
Providence Ch
Grafton
Waste in handling hay and rural farming notes
A collection of midwinter farming tidbits on hay waste, cow water needs, humane animal training, dairy milk handling in cold weather, lawn manuring, and tomato culture. It cites sources like the Boston Cultivator and American Agriculturist, stressing practical steps for feed efficiency, water intake, humane care, proper milk storage, manure benefits, and trellised tomato yields.
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Boston
Professor Trenry
Training Eagles in Pine Ridge Indians Train Birds for Hunt
An Indian Sioux boy at Pine Ridge raises two large eagles and trains them for hunting. After killing a wounded eagle and its mate, he tamed the two young birds, controlling them at will. He uses the birds to pursue quarry on command, with their beaks fastened to prevent eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New York World
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Boston Globe
Senate
Morgan
Venezuela
Committee On
United States
Nebraska
Rosebud
Bering Sea
House
Wike
Sayers, Holman and Dingley
Judiciary Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
Secret of Agriculture
Ves
Fost
Congress
Cheotsa
Indian Affairs
Bowman
Council Bluffs
District of Columbia
Peffer
Finance Committee
Hale
Sayers
Texas
Blount
Georgia
Belief Becomes Action In Ancient Tale
Omar Ibrahim asks Mahomet for a ten dinar and five dirhem salary increase. The prophet tests the adage Time is money and replies that extra work will follow. The tale reflects early moral and religious themes within a marketplace frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Ibrahim
Mahomet
Allah
Oumar
Dun and Company Review notes improving distributions worldwide
Br B G Dun and Co Weekly Review reports distribution of products improving and transactions larger than last year, with gains across Western and Eastern cities. While cotton prices stay low and margins narrow, overall outlook appears favorable as industries stay active and money remains abundant, despite gold exports. Some mixed signals from Pittsburg iron trade and Cincinnati activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Ede
Aiereiond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Europe
Switzerland
Genoa
Columbus
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Amazon
Colnies
Egypt
Great Britain
Pasteur
Mane
Paria
Germany
fBaxe-Coburg Gotha
Aldren
Edinburgh
Plaster of the Czar
Russia
New York City
Courier- Journal
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
ML. M. Cowley
North
Caliepes
Spokane
Coeur d'Alpe
Columbia
Forthwest
Spoa River
Cour d’Alene
Calispel
Friars Holt
Gaffer Jenkyn
Carnstone Castle
Friara Holt
Pretty One
Hexthorpe
Rexthorpe
Meehans
Jersey
Castoria
Samuel Pitchers
Dr C
Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
J.F. Erscariot
Conway, Ark
EL A. Ancore
Oxford St
Brooklyn
X.Y
Gar
Castoris
Anter C. Sara, Prez
Centaur Company
TI Murray Street
New Fork City
Fry
Dreggiate
Swearingens
Bluincs
Hallett. Co
Portland
Bain
Heenert Wizker
Siste St. Pittsatess
Pennsylvania
Reae
Bolivia
Glasgow
Paisley
Ernest
William
Marie Jenson
Spain
Nijni Novgoros
Orel
Kazan
Tala
Samara
Richard Frederick Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Cambridge
George Woody
Hastings
East Worchestershire
Tvo
John Brown
Thomas Healy
Timothy
Wexford
J. Redmond
Parnelite
Waterford
Grand Duke of Hesse
Bertin
Belgium
Madrid Gazette
Lisbon
Austria
Hungary
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