Indiana Progress Excerpt from a Dated 1891 News Sketch
A wide array of European and North American currents appear in this 1891 sketch. The piece touches on immigration pressures, housing shortages in Canada and the United States, labor and jury system notes, and cultural observations. It references the Great Northern Railway, Canadian timber entries, and diverse cultural anecdotes from Ireland to New York, plus a court case over land legality and a drunken domestic incident in Chicago.
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Nortusia Michican
Jis
Ireland
Toronto Globe
Canada
United States
Treland
Gies
London Standard
America
Europe
Yorktown
New Orleans
Cory
Chicago
A Seeson of Life Poem by Mary Kendall
A poem narrates a morning journey through meadow and stile. The speaker helps two lame dogs along the path, reflecting on compassion and renewal. The verse ends with a vow to continue the journey after the last lame day.
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Bourne
Bill
Flen
Ray Petway
Minya Mile
Mary Kendall
Longman
Aunt Jane's Romance Ends in Old Maid to Bride
In a clipped New England tone, Aunt Jane recalls being courted by Alec and an old flame, revealing youthful dreams dashed by social duty. An upstairs costume reveal conjures a second romance as Jenny and Alec reunite, ending with Aunt Jane's quiet happiness as the clock is set back for a reunion.
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Nineidis
Sacre Carur
Nolen
Chave
Aunt Jane
Lnb
Aineldis
Mac Anil
Rebecca
Lam
New England
Jane
Rineldis
Sacre Cour
Shy
Bean
Mic
Art Jane
Thad
Alec
Jenny
Jolu Lester
Cullen
Lester
Lestur
Tam
John Lester
Auntie
Rine
Wen
Uncle
Right Arm Left Foot The Shoe Fit Difference
A Globe Democrat note observes consistent size disparity between the right and left feet. It explains left foot bearing more weight during rest and activity, causing left shoes to fit tighter and broader wear patterns.
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Globe- Democrat
A Good Word for Him.
A fragmentary exchange notes a prior remark by Fitkine that he was not fit to act as pallbearer at a wake, with Craik and Brobson referencing the comment in a terse, incomplete dialogue.
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Brobson
Craik
Fitkine
Quaint and Curious World Facts from 19th Century News
A mosaic of oddities: nations iron, a Finnish day of 2112 hours, a whaleback creamer design, a weather rock in Mexico, a Chinese poet translating Milton in San Francisco, and a Fat Man’s Association in Texas with a peculiar fee and eligibility rule. Also noted are vast gold estimates, unusually long shoes for a North Carolina clergyman, a colossal gas meter in England, alligator incidents in Florida, a tiny Waterbury baby, an enormous cherry tree yielding thousands of pounds yearly, Eton’s thousand students, Napoleonic horse losses, misfortune of Great Eastern parts, and a traveling preacher’s green leaf chapel attire.
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Cal
Texas
Florida
Waterbury
Conn
Ohio
Bassford
Brown’s Valley
Eton College
England
Warre
Sock and Buskin in Ancient Theater
The Detroit Free Press notes that early actors wore masks and varied footwear. Buskins were thick cork boots three inches high, while sandals with cork soles existed. Slaves wore low shoes called socks, giving rise to the phrase sock and buskin associated with drama.
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Eschylus
Sock
Buskin
Detroit Free Press
The Elephant Memory and a Calmed Temper
An elephant’s sharp memory recalls friends and injuries alike. It once crushed a cocoanut on its driver's head after the man had struck it with a nut. A quartermaster angered by weight limits was flung by the elephant into a tamarind tree, then released to descend.
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New York
Home Cooking Fragments From 19th Century Columns
Readable recipe bits include garlicky steak preparation with parsley butter, baked beef heart stuffing, egg yolk sponge cups using whites, sweet pickled tomatoes with spices, and tips on cake batters doughnuts and preserving jars.
Bargain in Ostriches From California Sale
A California ostrich farm sold 162 birds for 6000, despite owners claiming 30,000 value and 11,000 tax assessment. Buyers paid far less than hoped, raising questions if the bargain holds. Ostriches demand careful, costly management to yield returns on purchase and maintenance.
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Fuaka
California
American Dairyman
Speech Between Father and Son Over Misa St. Cyr
Dialogue shows a father urging his son Fred to pursue the actress Misa St. Cyr while the son resists. The exchange touches on affection and propriety, reflecting a family scene and a casual talk about romance. The lines reveal character dynamics and social attitudes of the period.
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Fred
Misa
Only a Boy and Future Heroes in Ragged Verse
A dated prose and verse collage urges boys to grow into steadfast men of America with lines about learning from heroes and bearing honor. It threads through anecdotes on gloves, a loyal collie protecting a child, and a note on Sir Humphrey Davy's safety lamp, linking moral uplift with practical ingenuity.
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America
Sir Davy
Humphrey Davy
Davy
Creosoting Extends Life of Wood, Says Preece
Elixir of Life for Wood claims creosote treatment greatly extends timber life. Creosoted telegraph poles lasting 18 years beyond seven, sleepers on Great Western line up to ten years versus five for uncreosoted, and piles on Pacific Adriatic shores lasting five to six years. In tropical marine insects accelerate decay, but creosoting still boosts durability and costs about 25 percent of prime timber cost.
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W. H. Preece
Teredo Navalis
Limnoria
Pacific
Adriatic
Te United S:atea
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