First Violets and a Farmhouse Miracle
Mary Miller and her mother shelter old Miss Abby Dabney at the Dabney farm after a sequence of visits to Towkstown poorhouse. Cyrus Dubrey returns wealthy, reunites with Abby, and Mary and Cyrus wed, keeping the farm home as Abby’s haunted yet cherished sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heian
Abby Dabney
Jed
Towkstown
Abby
Miller
Junt
Mary
Eyo Myal
Mary Miller
Tod Mary
Elnathan
Betty
Tam
Tewkstown
Bowie
The Oldest Mason Claim Ignored by Many Readers
A Boston Herald discussion of the supposed oldest Mason in the United States, Tonutian Woodbury of Annapolis aged 91, with a parsable list published by Stephen Berry of Portland. The piece notes wide variation in who is counted oldest and cites a long roster of names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thet Manor
Boston Herald
Hare
Herald
United States
Tonutian Woodbury
Annapolis
Annapolis Royal Lodge
William Fairfield Woodimey
Stephen Berry
Portland
Maine
Grant Kin Intervewing About Family Finances Reveals Details
In a New York Herald interview Ulysses S Grant Jr known as Buck Grant discusses family wealth and loans. He references a 47 500 yearly income from his wife fortune and a 5 000 000 loan involving his father in law while noting Chaffee of Colorado remains wealthy. The piece also recalls Dana of the New York Sun who funded a mushroom cave experiment yielding profits to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
Buck” Grant
New York Herald
Efrat
Vencorn
Pri
Clyss
Howsayer
Chaffee
Colorado
Dana
New York Sun
Lila Cave
Dove disrupts sermon at Ithaca Presbyterian church service
During last Sunday’s service in Ithaca a dove entered the auditorium and perched on a bald man’s head before circling to the ceiling. After the communion, the dove returned to the altar table and fed on remnants as a deacon intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Home Cookery Tips and Garden Advice Compiled
Old time household guide delivers recipes for breakfast dishes and potato salads, plus preservation tips and vegetable growing methods. It includes a green peas dish, tomato and pepper relish, cabbage worm control, onion and mint flavoring, and early potato planting with single strong shoot method.
Farming Paragraphs and Household Builders of Hay and Smoke
A vintage note discusses brick versus concrete cistern durability in sandy soil, lime plastering, and whitewash. It compares red clover and orchard grass yields, favors mixed plots for quality, and critiques smokehouse methods for smoking meat. It mentions whitewash as air quality for cellars and cautions against adding organic glues.
Little People and the Lake Talk in Somerville Journal
A Somerville Journal fragment shows children and adults in playful dialogue about rain, a lake’s level, and everyday questions to a British doctor and a lake house proprietor. A child ponders why cats were made, and a teacher-like moment ends with a prompt to go to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumma
Manina
Darlin
Lonion
Elilitran
Hapa
Bingslish
Johnny
Moth
Somerville Journal
Insects Injurious to Farm and Garden Crops
Advice on controlling garden pests including cabbage flea beetle and cutworm with Paris green and plaster mixtures. Recommends pyrethrum powder as safer alternative. Describes a bottomless box with mosquito netting to protect squash plants and notes potato beetle becoming permanent, with Paris green mixtures as the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Green
The Tirade Against Fancy Words and Plain Speech
A tale of a rhetoric professor guiding a student to swap flowery diction for plain language. It traces how a simple word choice can influence a speaker’s career, noting the charm and hazard of elaborate terms in everyday talk and the value of plainness.
Richest Girl in the World Evolves From Boston Heir
Washington Republican reports the seven year old daughter of Capt. George H. Perkins as the richest child, valued at seven million dollars. The fortune stems from her grandfather William F. Weld of Boston who left twenty thousand to Mrs Perkins and twenty thousand a year for the child until she comes of age. The story notes Perkins income of forty thousand in cash plus a Boston residence and government pay. Secretary Chandler calls the tale of resignation false and says Perkins would not leave duty.
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Washington
George H. Perkins
Navy
William F. Weld
Boston
Weld Wise
Perking
Hartford
Department
Rea Rmn
Rea
Curious Anecdotes and Notables From Bygone Times
A fragmented note lists diverse items from a past era. It mentions a doorkeeper at the New York Stock Exchange who died after embezzling property valued over $100,000, claims wealth beyond many millionaires. Portland alumnus John Mussay of Bowdon College born 1809 noted as the oldest living graduate. It cites Colonel Fred Grant’s single wheeled vehicle, a baby carriage, seen in Morristown. Ex-Governor Prescott of New Hampshire secured 170 portraits for state and colleges, Exeter and Dartmouth, featuring Webster and Bancroft. Also highlighted is Juul Ty. Phillips of Koowee whose large family bears 18 children and 85 descendants, all within 20 miles of home. Dr. McCosh of Princeton, a metaphysician and Kant dissector, and Dr. Hopkins, a descendant of Rittenhouse and Barton, are noted for ancestry virtue and professional prominence.
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New York Stock Exchange
Om Faye
Hook
Hin
John Mussay
Portland
Bowdon College
Fred Grant
Morristown
Prescott
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Exeter Academy
Aimong
Exeter
Daniel Webster
Edward Everett
Towis Cass
Jared Sparks
George Bancroft
Juul Ty. Phillips
Koowee
D. C
Vice
Sama
Ellie
McCosh
Princeton College
William Hamilton
McCosbi
Pempsylvania
Raiway
Kant
Fragmented Local Tale Collage and Census Note
A jumble of humorous exchanges and social oddities from the Somerville Journal includes a mock dialogue about drinking and tobacco, a Vienna statistics brief noting centenarians by gender, and a brief Hamlet tale where a man salutes his daughter only to be interrupted by an eager observer and a blue umbrella incident.
Canada as a Resort for Rogues
The Boston Journal argues for stronger extradition treaties with Britain and Canada to prevent criminals from fleeing to safe borders. It calls for immediate negotiations to close lax treaty gaps and curb cross border flight of suspects seeking immunity from justice.
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Canada
New York
Boston Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Millet
Muga
Mill Ave
Helen
Plymouth
Dabney House
Bainlu
Daley
Reese
Daniel Valmey
Elbervan
Millar
Daniel Uneds
San Francisco
Tamford
Elberwan
Anuif
Cyrus Dubrey
Michelias
Cyrus
Dave
Cyma Dubrey
Wall
Eve
Panama
Mrs. Miller
Giant
Oyrna
Dabney Farm
Prospect Hill
Hatch
Port Lavaces
Tex
Edward Swayer
Grand Blagg
Edward
Tsu
Phi Cherlin
Si Hing
Hameo Ridder
Bertin de Aan Jue Garli
Tynchbang
Jamin Reott
Shiiliciourne
Era Centron
Rhian Hosestynes Hopefieid
Jota Tk Hollenbuck
Tinkinigtom
Moses Moutetives
Englan Kein
David McClanel
Folinaun
Hirai Feeris
Ponntiin Life
Wis
Wierpont Patter
Jomuaica
le F
Win Eliot
Weymands
Hyland
Hezekiah Hubbell
Huntington
Phineas
Leadley
Wooldbury
Willikm McDowell
Traverse City
Mich
Barry
County Antrim
Ireland
Maxon
Hyacinthe
Amurion
Tandon
Pec Wick
Darin
Wid
Tolin Jackson
U- D
London
Ceroinne
Motlenold
Desert
Hayor
John I. Amos
Northfield
Minn
Dairyman’s Association
Agriculturn College
Tural New Yorker
Hebrons
Sephy
Sieh Aon
Chey
Eidom
Jesson
Aueli
Philadelpha Times
William Barton Hopkins
Episcopal Hospital
Philadelphia
Cne
David Rittenhouse
Benjamin Barton
Materia Medica
University of Pennsylvania
William P. C. Barton
United States Navy
Barton
John Rhea Barton
Wigs
Fogg
Italy
Hamlet
Kidder
White Haven
Eny
Wilkesharra
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