Parisian fashions and farming notes blend in late 19th century journal
The article surveys dress trends like jerseys, braids, and trims favored by Parisian ladies, noting materials from light taffetas to black silk and highlighting bottega embroidery and waist styles. It shifts to agriculture discussing fruit shipments, orchard blight remedies, cattle feeding, corn fodder handling, and fertilizer tips for wheat land with practical farming guidance.
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Tader Broser
Tania
Nott
Park de Merlug
Paris
B Luxury and Extravagance At Newport in 1880s
A detailed tour of James Gordon Bennett's Newport entertainment features a 60 by 100 foot dance tent, calcium lighting, twin alcoves for the Germania and Tanner bands, and a pagoda supper table with dignitaries including President Arthur and Lady Commerill. Guests arrive from 10 pm to midnight, with 75 couples in the cotillion, and a high projected cost of up to 10000 dollars.
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James Gordon Bennett
Newport
New York Yacht Club
Namonna
Tander
Germania
Palma
Harry Stevens
A Commerill
Lndies
Arthur
Edmund Commerill
Commerill
Mra
B. Luce
Brewster
Prench Assembly
Vtol Han
United States
Eureka
Southern Methodist
Cleveland Horse Railroad
London
Minnesota
A Woman Can Do Everything Except Climb a Tree
A syndicated Indiana Times column extols women's capabilities, listing numerous feats from saying no and keeping it, to dancing in small shoes, calming a baby, recalling church sermons, and enduring abuse without complaint, while noting one limit they cannot climb a tree.
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Chicago
Twck
Jersay
Wallas
Thorong
Onus
Sho
Imurriaga
Indianapolis
Cadets and charmers at West Point parade like 1885
A lively, if sensational, account of cadet life and the season at West Point. It describes cadets and visiting girls, class rotations, and flirtations, noting uniforms, routines, and social antics around the parade grounds. The piece mixes humor with archival color about the era.
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Giel
New York &UN
Thi
Sidney Smiths
Bobby
Joraca
West Point
Moses
Asa
Wara
Tong
Parale
The Lively Girls of Saratoga
A Saratoga correspondent notes lively bright women during hot weather. The piece humorously links climate and mineral waters to vigor, cites Byron and dony of salts, mentions Nightingale on India and cholera, and notes Maggie Mitchell declining Sunday performances amid theater staffing in New York.
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Saratoga
Byron
L Reilly
Alligator Hunters Use Dynamite to Kill Flood of Gators
In a Lycoming neighborhood tale two young men hunted fifty alligators in a week using a lantern, shotgun, hatchet, and a weapon nicknamed dynamite. They skinned, salted, and packed the hides for shipment to a New York firm. The method and gear described include a lantern strapped to the hunter and a dangerous process that yields loose teeth and risky boat work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lovi
Major Perley Poore forests for premium in 1852
A 19th century note recalls Maj. Bon Perley Poore planting timber on the Massa Felamotts estate after the Agricultural Society offered a 310,000 premium for the first forest timber raised within ten years. The tale includes a March 1852 prize win and other era anecdotes on travel, bequests, and notable figures.
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Bon
Perley Poore
Tudian Hill
Massa
Felamotts
Tha Agricultural Society
Thayard
Delewrre
Iife
Hwan
Hyn
How Stanton was Snubbed in Washington
A Tuscarawas county figure recalls a curious old character known as Blake, four time sheriff, who met Edwin M Stanton in Washington. Blake, insulted by the War Secretary, proclaimed Stanton a snob and left angrily, recounting the scene to The Cleveland Leader. The tale blends local legend with early regional history.
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Vermont
Troy Times
Hiland Hall
Bennington
Ryland Pletcher
Gavendish
Paul Dillingham
Waterbury
Peck
Pepe
Govenor
Treasury
Washington
Trenmury
Dopmrtment Iano
Crackemon
Bnbweqnont
Tin
Lady
Division
Advancinto
Mr. Root
Roots
Two
Indies
Oscott
Root
Fiel No. 1
Ind
Trienila
Taureau
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Blake
Philadelphia
Canal Dover
Fonso
Edewin M. Stanton
Steubenville
Stanton
War Department
Do Stanton
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Smo
Tadios
the Lively Girls
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al A
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Third Avenue Theater
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New York News Paper
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Michigan State University
Henry C. Lewis
Coldwater
Hill
Cole
Kalamazoo College
Taytint Sunday School
Lord Lauderdale
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Paradise Township
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Peon
Charles
Sir John MacDonald
Canada
Glasgow
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