Aunt Rhoda Carpenter Holds Ground in Church Pew
In Camden a frail Aunt Rhoda Carpenter seizes a church pew as her living space for ten days after insisting on staying put. The community debates, the minister consults, and relatives debate her care while neighbors bring meals and blankets. Her niece Annie Carpenter Mather returns with a traveling gentleman, ending the ordeal as Rhoda leaves to live with her.
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Sean
Bila
Hlr
Leon
Mothar
Mather
Rhoda
Itina Viegas
Almahonsay
Tith
Ani
Rho Oddlly
Aunt Rhoda
Mike
Bothay
Annie Carpenter Mather
Mr. Ildon
Iaesee
Dea- Hargin
Ebateli
Mr. Wilson
Tentsev
Xollan’ Clase
Hhoda Carpenter
Rhoda Waaly
Peo
Annt
Oanis Camden
Gould
Thore
Deacon Harrin
Ndairs
Okeep
Annie Carpentar Mather
Camden
Muscular Christianity and Cartwrights Duel Dare
An anecdote about Peter Cartwright a famed Methodist pioneer and his clash with roughs at a camp meeting. A bold Major challenges a duel but Cartwright warns he will baptize the devil if violence continues, turning the bully from foe to ally.
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Peter Cartwright
Maj. L
Mohe
Cartwright
Lonor
Asmer
Billy
Secretary Lincoln in Navy Yard as a Jovial Boy Jack
Washington correspondent notes eight or nine year old Abraham Lincoln, called Jack at the navy yard, a lively future politican who won crew affection aboard the United States steamer Dispatch. He shuns officers, charms sailors, and already sports a seaman outfit as he imagines a naval future.
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Lincoln
Washington
Philadelphia Record
Abraham
Washington Navy Yard
Jack
Jad
Navy Yards
Jack Lincoln
United States
Dispatch
Tle
Pineal
Gilbert
Chaondler
Fortress Mouyoo
Seashore Departure to Knowledge Quote Echoes Emerson
A fragmented quotation notes the seashore as the seat of learning. It contrasts advanced nations with those who explore, citing Emerson. The piece also includes a warning about pretending to laugh at love, likening it to a timid child singing at night.
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Emerson
J. J. Ronsscan
Domestic Recipes and Farm Notes From the Era
A blend of kitchen canning instructions for corn and steak with agricultural tips on pig feed, sweet peas, and German gardening methods. It covers preserving corn, frying steak, custard pies, butter yields, and a long block of household guidance, then shifts to farming practice, breeding stock, and hardy advice on family spending and courtship shifts. It concludes with home decoration ideas, weed control, nursery spacing, and citrus pest management notes.
Infection Prom Nursery Block
In close planting of nurseries scale insects appear in large numbers. Young orange trees kept in tight rows for years allow bagl ies to migrate between interlocked bronches. Once one plant is attacked the whole row or nursery is quickly overrun, as crowded growth reduces light and air and weakens plants.
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W. B. Brown
Experierica
Senla
Young Browny Molfern on Heifers and Calving Timing
A correspondence discusses breeding heifers, arguing that younger cows often yield healthier calves and better matures. Examples claim some heifers calve successfully before twelve months, while others calve later with varying outcomes, citing fifty years of experience and anecdotes from owners.
Vanderlilt's Fortified Vault of $20 Million Fortunes
The article surveys Vanderbilt's iron fortified vault on Forty second Street. It describes five foot thick front wall three foot side walls iron beams and fireproof construction. Outer doors weigh 8200 pounds and local guards monitor movement by electric clocks with telegraph links. The piece imagines the immense scale of Vanderbilt's wealth and predicts growth to $100000000000 in the coming years.
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Hin Walth
Joln Swinton
Forty-second Street
Thia
Vanderbilt
Words of Wisdom Quotes Across Time and Thought
A fragmentary collage of quotes and misheard maxims from various thinkers and authors. It cites Chinese aphorisms, Samuel Mamador, Munen Hind, Sir William, Mobam meal, Fenelon, Onida, Benson, Dean Swift, and George Eliot, reflecting on virtue, justice, taste, temptation, and aging through a garbled collection of aphorisms.
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Regyon
Benefita
Samuel Mamador
Benson Ig
Dean Swift
Trents
Tly
George Eliot
Market Value Decline of Railroads After 1881 Peak
A study shows thirty-two major railroads had par value totaling 1 116 981 140 with peak market value in 1881 at 1 236 101 110. By May this year depreciation reached 647 011 116, about 68 percent of par, and total market value drop approached 589 004 004 or nearly 48 percent. Notable losses include Union Pacific 52 383 750, New York Central 42 478 442, Central Pacific 60 001 405, Denver and Rio Grande 58 950 000, Western Union 53 000 000, with many others down steeply. yet most properties are still operating and paying dividends, though perhaps too high in 1881.
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Union Pacific Railroad
New York Central
Iis
Central Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande
Tnion
Tiomte
Oregon
Nivvigafon
Mishouri
Kansas
Pasns
Missouri Pacific
St Paul
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Loninville
Nashville
Northern Pacific
Reading
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Michigan Central
Heroic Deed On Sinking Steamer State of Florida
Reports tell of Chief Engineer Bain who gave his life to save Stewardess Jona MacParland of Glasgow during the State of Florida disaster. He swapped places in a boat, returned to the wreck, and perished, saving a woman as others saved children in a similar ship tragedy remembered from Birkenhead.
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New York
Bain
State of Florida
Jona MacParland
Glasgow
Sneladaad
Birkenlead
Phrade Atealiness
Athe Voasel
Secutch
Confederate Army Yard Prank Ends With Hasty Meal Plan
An Arkansas man asked General Forrest when troops might eat. The general rebuked the notion of eating as the purpose of service, joked then ordered a meal for the soldier, but the tale ends with the man still alive, per the Arkansaw Traveller.
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Forrest
Arkansaw
Judge Black and Shakespeare in the Philadelphia Povnd
The piece calls Judge Black a Shakespearean critic who detested misquotation. It recalls Lut constitutional convention debates where he interrupted delegates with corrections and occasional reminders of printed texts.
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Judge Black
Shakespeare
Georgy
Charles O Conor Modesty and Public Gifts
Nantucket writers recount Charles O Conor generous acts in the Boston Globe story. He reportedly gave large sums to church needs and town projects, while critics note his eccentric methods and uncertain totals. The piece discusses public reaction and questions about his true influence in Nantucket.
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Charles O' Conor
Nantucket
Boston Globe
Charles O'Conors
Troman Catholic Church
O'Conor
Lie
Claritina
Pan
Conor ci
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Volotibs
Indy
Wilson
Muscular Christianity
Miles
Stewart
London Garden
Ars Aome Holstein Butler
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Smitha & Powell
Jannek
Theiy
Wales
Anul
Mercedes
Las
Dakota
New York Evening Post
Ier
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Home Journal
Hiéman
Indies
Christ
Seach
Inarora
Nome
Togo
Wil
Molfern
Telfer
Alu
Prac
Shiv
Vanderlilt
Fenelon
Onida
Gina
Confederate Army Yard
John Riskin
Raiplivh
Jerjes
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