Rescue of Greely crew after hard winter ordeal
The narrative follows Lt Colwell and the relief party as they locate Greely and four others alive after an arduous arctic winter. Greely speaks of a severe, prolonged freeze while the rescue ship closes in, confirming the survivors amid a ruined shore scene and scarce provisions.
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Bessnrs
Lesemiel
Bnlieveik
Colwall
Lane
Long
Greely
Choi
Paina
Payer Harbor
Grady
Alanti
Genapal
Bo Sali
De Lesseps on the Sondon in Paris Matin interview
The Paris Matin interview recounts De Lesseps urging Britain to fund an expedition to Sudan. He argues sending 100 000 troops is unnecessary as conquest is unlikely and warns of the harsh realities of marching to Khartoum. He notes the Soudan battle would be lengthy with high casualties and describes fanatical soldiers and settlers as obstacles to settlement.
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Khartoum
Cdd
The Peculiar People in Washington Social Season
From the New York World, the piece notes Washington during Congress as a magnet for foreign aristocratic fashion and social spectacle. It highlights the lure of grand houses, elaborate events, and status symbols that attract wealthy pretenders to flaunt precedence over day laboring democracy.
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Washington
New York World
the Tribune
Burt
New York Tribune
New York Central Dividend Cut Shocks Investors
The New York Central Railroad reduced its dividend to four percent per year signaling a new era of low mood for the country. The move may surprise quiet stockholders and unsettled investors who have relied on the railroad for steady returns since last July.
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New York Central Railroad
Aince
Newburyport Pioneers Describe Early Westward Life
The article recounts Henry G. Little and wife of Grinnall Jr visiting their family homestead in Newbury, recalling emigration from New Hampshire and Connecticut to Henry County. It details frontier beginnings, tobacco making tricks, rough market access, sheriff duties, and a tale of a wife safeguarding a heavy coin sum in an attic rag bag.
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Connecticut
Olinoiv
Henry County
Wetherafield
William W. Huse
Hawkewood
Gottlars
Yoora
Mr. Inttla
Indeer
Wade
Little
Herrick
Jenkins
Essex
Sarsaparilla's Sympathy in a College Debate
In a Detroit Frve Pran item Professor Sarsaparilla Hunter proposes a resolution about sympathy for Arabs amid England Arab tensions. The president questions the stance as rioting humor erupts. a comic scene ends with a prank to rub the professor's neck with brick and a jab about a tin gun.
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Sarsaparilla
Detroit
Pran
Sarsaparilla Hunter
England
Suranparilia
Givendam Jones
Asehusa
Yale Students Capture Officer During Campus Fire Protest
A group of Yale students seized a police officer attempting to quell a campus fire lit in honor of Professor Phelps' appointment as minister to Great Britain. They took his hat, coat, belt, badge, and revolver and roughly escorted him through the burg, injuring him moderately.
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Yale
Phelps
Great Britain
Bishop Wiley Traveled Vast Miles and Ordained Clergy
In twelve years as a Methodist bishop the late Dr Wiley journeyed about 190000 miles across Old and New World. He ordained near 800 deacons and 600 elders, authored thousands of official letters and spoke nearly every Sunday.
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Wiley
Methodist Church
Old
New World
FARM, FIELD AND FIRESIDE RECIPE CABINET PREPARED
A garbled recipe list outlines baked desserts and fillings. Dried apples soak with raisins lemons sugar and molasses yields two pies. Other entries describe batter, milk, eggs, flour, baking powder and butter for various cakes and puddings.
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Ovstaup Pre
Agricultural hints and veterinary notes in a 19th century issue
The page offers agricultural trade chatter on butter and oleomargarine demand, storage tips for butter, and cautions about horses hooves and barnyard pests. It includes quirky cattle remedies, worming advice, and a peculiar method to deliver garget via potato to avoid taste.
Virginia Hams Cure On Scaffold And Salt Dry
The article explains a Virginia method for curing hams where hogs are bled and cooled before salting. Hams are packed dry in bulk with flesh side up, blood drains away, and no brine is used. Malt is sprinkled on joints, salted heavily, and left for four to six weeks before smoking, with occasional saltpeter for color.
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Virginia
East Virginia
Savory ham curing and Clover farming insights
The excerpt describes salting and smoking ham preparation with salt, pepper, sugar and smoke using green hickory or oak. It shifts to Clover cultivation advice with rotations of wheat and corn, sowing rates, and long term soil fertility benefits, followed by patient care and home remedies for colds and a court case about an undress ball outfit in Philadelphia.
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Aesit
Philadelphia
Court of
London
Washington
Ohio
How Revere Training Prolongs the Life of the Thoroughbred
The Live Stock Journal argues longevity in horses mirrors heredity and training. It links long life to firm flesh and bone, sturdy tendons, and a dense frame from disciplined exercise, contrasting spindly builds as less hardy. It cites naturalist analogies of hard woods and delicate plants to support the claim.
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How
Revere
Live
Curtains: whitening and dyeing method with Tyory soap
Doing up Curtains describes washing white lace curtains with Tyory soap to remove soil. A yellow ochre dye is prepared and added to rinse water to achieve a light coffee tint. Curtains should not be wrung and are pressed by hand and hung to dry or pinned to carpet sheets.
Potato Seed Selection Boosts Potato Yields in Hills
State Station Gunavs bulletin reports that using seed tubers from the most productive hills increases crop yields. Small tubers from vigorous hills outyield large tubers from poorer hills, suggesting selecting seed from prolific hills improves variety vigor and profitability.
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Sturtevant
Gunavs
Caring Gold in the Head Treatment Advice
A period style health note recommends hot drinks for head trouble and a warm orange infusion with sugar. It also advises hot foot baths using mustard, taken at the bed side with the patient wrapped up. The guidance aims to comfort and relieve discomfort through simple home remedies.
Practical farming and domestic advice from across periods
An Ohio correspondent of the Western Rural shares farm practices on 100 acres including crop rotation, stockwater at field corners, feeding surplus corn and hay around stacks, and using manure to enrich poor land without commercial fertilizer. The piece also quotes the San Francisco Chronicle on women’s instincts and practical domestic tips from the Ladies' Home Journal, urging manners, cautious privacy, and home upkeep with fresh paint to improve tidiness.
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Ohio
Western Rural
Ladies’ Home Journal
Siquash
As Others See Them
Mothers of large families often offer parenting advice to others while their own children show mixed behavior. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes many well meaning advisors lack consistent practice, with most examples reflecting parental bias and failed expectations rather than proven methods.
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Dhia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Polishing the Skin for Ball Attire in New York
Fashionable women and girls in New York polish their skin before balls and events. They rub arms and neck with rose water, apply cold cream for fifteen minutes, then rub with soft flannel and finish with baby powder. The result is a polished marble look with a luminous texture.
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New York
Agricultural Misolany and Slang of Cattle Names Revealed
The Agricultural Bureau notes Kentucky holds about 371 878 lorges valued at 25 436 455 and 304 720 vows worth 210 119 with 77503 oxen and cattle valued at 19 554 400. Professor Stella discusses Alabama's carp invasions and satirical deductions on government spending, naming Dur- Tan Longhorns and Durham Yorkshire cattle, with references to English breeds and regional naming practices.
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The
Agricultural Bureau
Kentucky
G.P. Stella
Alabama
Express
Lancashire
Durham
Yorkshire
Allen
The Scylla and Charybdis of Administration
Excerpt from E L Youmans in Popular Science Monthly April argues reforms should favor organic growth over heavy government control. He warns excessive offices and mechanical legislation threaten peace and social bonds, urging restraint and private initiative to prevent convulsions.
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Gustom
Charybdin
Iuyanterney
Mr. Spencer
E.L. Youmang
Popular Science Monthly
Wisconsin Experiment Station Professor Praises Milk Meal Mix
Prof Henry of the Wisconsin Experiment Station notes that 100 pounds of skimmed milk is worth a half bushel of corn meal for hog feeding when meal to milk is two pounds of meal per three and one half pounds of milk. He specifies the proportions for proper feeding.
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Prof
Henry
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Hogan
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