Special Gas Rate Reduction Notice 1888
IST. SPECIAL REDUCTION IN GAS. On and after March 1, 1888, the following rules will prevail until further notice. Stoves used for heat only will be free of charge for four months from May 1 if used and paid for without interruption from time when first connected. Where more than one stove per six rooms is used, each additional stove will be at half rates.
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Bill Charters
Bill
Boston
William
Stockton
Cal
Liliashen Lots Now For Sale On Kane Road
The lots on the south side of Kane Road above the tannery, previously leased, are now offered alternately for sale or lease.
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Kane Road
Mt Jewett Office Monthly Friday Istand Meeting
At Mt Jewett Office a recurring event takes place on the fifth Friday each month. It features Istand distribution and related administrative activities for local residents and officials.
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Mt. Jewett
Rest Sorrow Rest Restful Nest Within Spirit
A mournful meditation speaks of rest for the departed and a quiet, faith filled refuge within the inner life. The piece invokes sorrow and tenderness as it imagines stillness beyond life’s turbulent currents.
Medical View On Falls And Fractures From The Philadelphia Call
A renowned medical figure comments that bone breaks from falls often result from tendon resistance rather than impact. He notes intoxicated or child victims tend to collapse without injury, while adults trying to save themselves contract muscles, sometimes fracturing bones before impact. He asserts this theory may hold truth with some confidence.
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Philadelphia
Composite Photographs Show Varied Yet Similar Traits
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes Dr Bowditch's lecture on Composite Photography featuring a sixteen naturalists composite resembling Agassiz, and composites for Harvard 1887, Bowdoin students, and college maidens alike. It comments on perceived traits and suggests the ideal partner may lie west.
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Michigan University
Detroit Free Press
Grafting Old But Valuable Trees For Better Fruit
It notes grafting thrifty bearing trees with poor fruit as a prudent practice, especially where replacement costs are high. Full top removal takes years and may kill the tree. use scions on inner limbs near the butt, avoid end placements. New shoots must be pruned as they emerge.
Narcolepsy Described in Medical Journal Note
7 Legrand outlines narcolepsy in The French Medicale noting sudden deep sleep attacks lasting minutes, not days or seconds. The patient is easily aroused, with sleep as a simple state. Brain congestion from heart deficiency, gastric, liver issues, and diseases like gout, diabetes, and rheumatism are linked associations.
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Legrand
Chicago News
Buda Pesth well yields 176000 gallons daily at 158 degrees
A bore in Buda Pesth now produces 176000 gallons of water daily at 158 F. An attempt will bore until 176 F. The feasibility of heating dwellings churches conservatories and gardens by this method remains an open question.
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Buda-Pesth
Berlin Becomes Center of Carved Wood Industry
Berlin has gradually become the head quarters of the carved wood industry supplanting Switzerland. Six hundred artists in wood carving, the same number of turners and 700 carpenters are engaged in producing cigar cases frames napkin rings and other trifles. The annual export value is about 1 250 000 dollars.
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Berlin
Switzerland
Chicago Times
Cattle Branding Lesson From Moonlight Claim
In a Texas lawsuit, thirteen expert cattle branders testified that branding at night yields a brand that never enlarges with the animal’s growth, while branding by day causes the scar to spread and enlarges as the moonlight wanes, a claim reported by the New York Sun.
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Texas
New York
Simple fruit preservation method from old pharmacy era
A simple method of preserving fresh fruit is to place it in a wide mouthed glass stoppered bottle with a little chloroform. The stopper should be greased with petrolatum to seal air. A drachm of chloroform suffices for a quart bottle. The chloroform soon evaporates when exposed to air or during cooking.
Magnetic properties of iron at high temperatures
M P Ledeboer finds iron remains magnetic up to 1100 Fahrenheit, then sharply loses magnetism as temperature rises to 1800 and 1850 Fahrenheit when it vanishes. magnetism returns upon cooling. Source: Arkansaw Traveler.
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M. P. Ledeboer
Arkansaw Traveler
Georgia Farmer Praises Sweet Corn For Feed and Milk
A Georgia farmer praises sweet corn as a valuable crop noting thick planting on fertilized land yields abundant forage relished by livestock. He says it aids milk production in late summer and early autumn and recommends multiple plantings for constant use.
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Georgia
Phil Armour Dinners With Department Heads To Bond Work
The noted pork magnate Phil Armour habitually hosts dinners for heads of his various interests several times weekly. He believes the dinner hour best facilitates reaching his men and uniting them for common aims.
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Phil Armour
New York Evening World
English potter feat called an impossibility debunked
The piece analyzes a circulating claim that a young English potter made an entire forty four piece tea set in eight minutes. Experts call it impossible, detailing why pieces must be assembled and finished afterward. They discuss cost and decoration and note American and English industry practices and the potential impact on production costs.
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United States
Theodore Haviland
Leap year myth comes under fire by Boston Herald
The Boston Herald mocks leap year folklore as outdated and irrelevant to modern marriage prospects. It argues women cannot secure mates any sooner due to the calendar, dismissing the superstition as a folly fit for Valentine’s Day only.
Bread, beer and fish mark Hamburg diet in budget note
The common people in Hamburg seldom eat meat due to high cost. Soups including a beer soup are common, while cheaper fish types are affordable. Economy extends to servants who receive a weekly loaf of bread and limited butter or lard, with remaining provisions locked for the next meal.
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Hamburg
Boston
A Small Boy's Modest Request
Bertie asks Grandpa for permission to borrow his wig to use as a scalp prop in a two day play in the Clarks barn. He mentions the Tompkins boys and the Clarks as fellow players and frames it as a plan to let young boys enjoy themselves.
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Tompkins
Clarks
Plains
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Wanted Governess for Three Children Disciplinarian Role
Advertisement copied by the New York Tribune from The Morning Post in London seeks a governess for three children, eldest 15. The candidate must be a thorough disciplinarian capable of administering corporal punishment, about 24 years old, with full particulars on punishment mode and salary required. Personal interview in London is necessary.
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Morning Post
London
New York Tribune
Boston Spinster Seeks Talking Parrot From Store
A Boston woman expresses keen interest in purchasing a talking parrot from a dealer. The dealer confirms the bird can speak, addressing her curiosity about its ability.
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Boston
Parisian physician Ricard displayed sacred art in private room
The Hon. Charles Gayarre recalls visiting Dr Ricard in Paris where walls showed sacred paintings and a gilded crucifix beside an illustrated gospel. Ricard explained he cleanses his eyes nightly after hearing and seeing many unclean things, by gazing at holy objects.
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Ricard
Charles Gayarre
New Orleans
Gayarre
Paris
Chicago News
Art values heroism over scenes of pain in drama
A New York World critique argues art should reveal the indomitable soul under suffering rather than the physical agony. It cautions that good taste and law shield viewers from graphic pain, except when the sufferer’s dauntless heroism triumphs, drawing artistic focus.
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Nym Crinkle
New York World
Count Bozenta Amuses Modjeska Troupe With Witty Wit
Count Bozenta husband of Mme Modjeska provides innocent amusement to the traveling company with quaint remarks during winter rehearsals and moments on stage. He jokes about cold acoustics and even amid a stage fire urging they cut dialogue.
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Count Bozenta
Mme. Modjeska
Frank Leslie
Cracksmen Across the Water Warned by Police
A Detroit reader jokes about losing an ax as a police report hints at thieves operating overseas. Inspector Byrnes reports New York criminals have stolen through Europe and returned with large sums, planning their work before crossing borders to avoid detection.
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Detroit Free Press
Inspector Byrnes
New York Police
England
France
Belgium
Chicago Herald
New Order of Medical Practice Shifts From Drugs
The Boston Herald notes a shift toward hygiene and diet in treatment, with doctors advising ventilation, temperature control, and personal conduct. It argues ignorant patients hinder progress, praising food as medicine and predicting a future reversal of century old drug reliance.
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Boston Herald
Literature for Little Folks and wholesome reading for children
A speaker argues children are capable of intelligent reading and criticizes current children’s literature as overdone and artificial. She advocates for more Homeric themes like the Iliad and Odyssey, asserting they offer wholesome, uplifting content for ages eight to fifteen.
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Sean
Egpetttae
Innocence. Fannie and Joe Proposal Night Remark
Muddled OCR snippet mentions a proposal by Joe to a person named Fannie with possible interjections and scattered phrases. Unclear surrounding facts render a concise incident summary difficult. Title preserves the fragmentary, period-tinged tone while avoiding fabrication.
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Mkean & Elk
Liliashen
Amerca
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Sam Walter Foss
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Kia
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D. R. Mathews
Kane, Pa
THE
Gas Light and Heating Co
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Manilla
Athens
Alexander the Great
Saida
Italy
Trenton
Haviland
China
New York Sun
St. Valentine
Modjeska
Kittie
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Joe
Jeewin Waelmane
Rma
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Carey
John Rich
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N. Y
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Dr. Carey & Son
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Ansonia
Tioga County
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Centre County
Sarah J. Cole
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Mrs. L. Reese
Colesburg
Warris Peet
Old Reliable Company
Mr. Howells
Kane Cas Licht and Heating CO
Tools, Stock & Good Vail
Gas Company
Fraley Street
Methodist Church
D. Howells
James M’dade
Bate
Kane Drug Store
Fraley ST
C. V. Gillis
Boston Shoe Store
Boots & Shoes
M. Flynn
Greenland
Warren, PA
Gentral
Smethport, PA
F. N. Taylor
Prop
Fleming
John Fleming
Prop’r
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