Reminiscences of a Sailor and a Duel in War Time
Fragmented diary style narrative recounts sea voyage with German officer Hans Hegel, the writer's adventures through Skye and Scottish islands, a Newfoundland dog Neptune, romantic travel with a new friend, and a life saving duel tale set during European conflict.
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Tania
Bofora L
Garman
Hans Hegel
Hegel
Marrellona
Joant
Skye
Thas Bland
Hon Ore Atrondale
Amorous Scraps and Feisty Edits from a Bygone Paper
A fragmented collage from a local paper blends sharp editorials with absurd dialogue and social satire. It includes a gun-toting altercation, flippant remarks about political lying, charity quilts of neckties, and a Vermontish courtroom of jokes, all reflecting a patchwork of humor and commentary.
Farm and Hodrehold Cookery From The Past
A quirky collection of household recipes describing preparation of harried dishes. Instructions cover making strainers for cornbread and corn cakes, tomato preparations, and a custard filled center for a stuffed pancake like treat. Details emphasize boiling, peeling, and simmering with onions and butter for family meals.
Scalding fowls and markets notes in Poultry World
Agricultural notes discuss scalding as the quickest clean method for preparing fowls for home use while market buyers demand appearance. The column covers butter quality, Duke of Atholl’s tree planting, sunflowers for poultry yards, teat leakage remedies, salt use in dairy herds, coop construction, and general farm exhibition tips. It cites the Rochester Democrat and Country Gentleman as sources and includes practical farming advice and urban-rural exchange.
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Rejgard
New Yorke
Nyelr
Rochester
N. Y
Duke
Dunkeld
Turk’ Island
Syracuse
Tork
Island
Syracme
Ee Town Agricultural Report
Harate
Wali
Thona
Young Spartanburg writer outlines political views
A Spartanburg writer proclaims that moneyed powers must be checked to prevent centralized tyranny and calls for incentives to factories while warning against change. He cites Thomas Jefferson and notes the government spent 10 000 on a tomb relic, with reports on vandalism and relic hunters in Charlottesville.
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Spartenburg
8. C
Thomas Jefferson
Unite States
Charlottesville
Potato Crop Woes Hit Orange and Sullivan Counties
Fragments report widespread potato bag losses across Orange and Sullivan counties with Sullivan especially damaged by field destruction. A local farmer from Framont, Sullivan County, mourns losses as birds raid a potato patch, causing concern over seasonal yields.
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Orange
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Father Delveaux
Framont
The New York Mail and Express On Italian Decor Items
A Broadway dealer notes a rise in plaster decor sales including busts plaques and vases. Items are mass produced by newly arrived Italian emigrants at low cost and sold in bulk. Women paint gild and bronze them. buyers can spruce rooms cheaply and support young workers.
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New York Mail and Express
Six Grimlies in a Heap at the Balt Lake Clash
The narrator recounts a perilous high canyon hunt near Glant Paate, firing on two enormous bears at fifty yards, then spotting four more bears on a granite knob. After a fierce, lengthy confrontation, all six bears lie dead in the gulch, estimated to weigh over 7,000 pounds combined. An eagle, ravens, and distant mountain echoes complete the scene.
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Balt Lake
Glant Paate
Amy Rocky Knob
A Temperance Lesson in a Barroom Fable
A Boston Transcript piece recounts a barroom scene where a friend of temperance stops a man from drinking by arguing beer harms health. A lengthy exchange ends with the man misquoting and the bar glass shattering, prompting a quip about ninety five percent water. The tale uses humor to warn readers about alcohol.
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Boston Transcript
Phlebeer-bibber
Thia
MacGalan’s perilous 1872 Khiva expedition amid war reporting
In the year before the Franco German war MacGalan traveled southern Russia to study elite government circles and joined the Russian adventure to Khiva. He endured extreme cold and dangers, befriended officers, earned St. Stanislaus, and reported on events from Khiva to the Khan’s court, meeting notable figures and witnessing a perilous trek across deserts and battles.
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Tia
France
Germany
Flarce Ghirghia
Khala Ata
Raywonan
Garin
St. Petersburg
Hinsne
Michalan
MadCiahan
Kauffman
Cam
Paraonal Piel
St. Stanislaua
MacCahan
Oxos
Bhiv
Liv
Averet
Thin Khan's
Signin
Romain
Las Ran
Skolwlet
Uoto
David
Jonnathon
Queer Figures at Long Branch Description and Odds
The piece outlines eccentric residents at Long Branch including the Marquis de Louville a flamboyant Westerner with long black hair and theatrical attire. It notes his cottage rent and staff, and contrasts him with a collector in Rochwatar Heypi Harvey Wake Botd while mentioning a Connecticut saver Tad. It ends with a brief sketch of Lt Grealy at ninety and his diminished sight.
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Long Branch
Marquis de Louville
West End
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Sony
Amr
Stok Sorane Maer
Gorton Mabion
Bom Pacern
Geordie
Aminitiz
Canton
Old Dho
Soho Square
Peter Thad
Aus
Scot
Tners
Nee
Newfoundland
Neptune
Pappy
Peer Neptimo'a
Cassell’ Magazine
Itman
Dally
Pennsylvania
Kentucky State Journal
Fenelon
Louis XIV
House of Sons
Army
Navy
Borren Frovra
Jarda
J. W. Sanborn
Missouri
New England
Pamons
Les
Germantown Telegraph
Ration
Harvey Wake
Colebrook
Conn
Tina
Horii
Winsted
Witchester
Atmon | Knowles
Morodius
Grealy
Dirk
Kut Han
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