Oldest tree in the world and other curiosities
A miscellany of brief notes. Sugar maples tapped in Brooklyn streets. Cal farmers poison apples on trees to kill birds. Franklin Pierce’s Concord estate becomes a girls school site. Scotland's Highlanders praised and mistreated. A Western editor jokes about hairpins. A Jenni pt couple quarrel over lighting a fire for seven years. Expulsion of a female student for tobacco use stirs debate on women’s education. A Dakota school mar m shoots for breach of promise and salaries. Cairo misses foreign tourists. few Nile travelers. Pneumonia linked to winds and seasons. A California doctor claims eucalyptus juice grows hair. A Norwich coal-heaver comments on soft coal. Ismail in Vienna eyeing return to Egypt via Alexandria. Venezuelan primer portrays Washington and hatchet. Old net fashions inspire a Pompadour craze. Newsboys and sensational lies provoke debate. Rev John Jasper, astronomer, defends sun’s motion. Lemon jelly recipe. The Bo tree of Amarapura, planted 288 B.C., claimed 2,171 years old with royal reverence and pilgrims’ leaves.
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New Orleans Picayune
San Bernardino County
Cal
Franklin Pierce
Concord
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Blakie
Queen's Dominions
Utah
Syracuse
Dakota
Cairo
Nile
New York
California
Norwich
Vienna
Isoail
Ismail
Egypt
Alexandria
Venezuela
George Washington
Philadelphia
Hoston Transcript
John Jasper
Amarapoors
Burmah
B. C
James Emmerson Tennett
Buddha
Ataniclus
Outrage on a Colored Clergyman Pastor and Uncle Mose Clash
A Texas Siftings fragment reports Rev. Melancthon Fish, a colored divine, preaching last Sunday to a covered congregation. He walks home with Uncle Mose, who quips that the crowd is the finest looking body of men he ever saw, prompting a sharp exchange about belonging and lineage and foreshadowing a potential hostile meeting.
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Melancthon Fish
Mose
Austin
Fish
Texas
Practical Household Tips For Food, Fowls, And Desserts
A collection of home science notes covers glove powder use on hands before gloves, hay-and-corn feed blends for poultry, dried animal byproducts sold for poultry conditioning, and methods to color hens’ combs. It also offers a lemon cream dessert recipe, guidelines on hog fatness and meat quality, and a cookie recipe with precise ingredients and baking tips.
How to Raise Calves In Winter According To A Boston Mirror Corresponden
A Boston Mirror correspondent outlines calf rearing from birth. Start with cow, allow suckling, then wean to two daily feedings. Encourage drinking by warm milk and gentle guiding, then provide trough feeding with meal. Use oats and corn meal mix, and replace with warmed skim milk at four weeks. After eight weeks, feed with ample meal alongside sour milk.
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The
Boston Mirror
The Husband's Part in Home Comfort
Advice on married life emphasizing mutual care and cheer. A husband should greet his wife with a cheerful, supportive presence, lifting her burdens when he returns home. The piece cites Governor Jewell as an example and laments selfish behavior that leaves wives to bear troubles alone.
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Jewell
Handwork and Headwork Unite for Mental Growth
An essay argues that skilled handwork trains the mind as much as the mind guides the hand. It cautions that merely busy labor yields poor results and urges integrating manual and intellectual training for children. It warns against slipshod habits and advocates disciplined, accurate practice.
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Codean
Buguircr
How a Woman Gets Out of a Room
A humorous chatty exchange tracks a woman attempting to depart a room, each time pausing to defend what was said or not said while others doubt her, with repeated door attempts and evasive refusals. The scene ends with the door unsettled and no clear exit.
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Likhink
Pioneer Ben Mowrer of Montour Forge Worker and Veteran
Benjamin Mowrer of Montour Pennsylvania helped build Americas first locomotive and manufactured the first miner's pick for anthracite mining. He saw Washington and Lafayette and survived numerous Indian conflicts. Now in his later years he remains hale and works daily at his forge.
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Benjamin Mowrer
Montour
America
Washington
Lafayette
Should Forty Be the Time to Enter Farming
A discussive piece argues that starting farming later in life can yield success if the individual adopts effective methods. It cites Greeley and figures from medicine and acting to show that many prosper after forty, provided they learn, adapt, and avoid clinging to inherited or outdated practices. It warns against arrogance and urges openness to better methods, noting that practice and study improve outcomes more than age.
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Greeley
Mr. Greeley
New York
America
Uusman
Character Reflected in Walk and Demeanor
The piece argues that carriage reveals true character, linking conduct to outward bearing. It contrasts upright, self possessed manners with artificial refinements, noting habits form a second nature influencing how one moves and is read by others, including a soldier’s steadiness.
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Ite
Culture and character through graceful carriage and ethics
Prof Thorwig argues in the Phrenological Journal that true charm and influence arise from cultivated moral sensibilities rather than mere technique. He notes a noble carriage surpasses dance, and calls for shoes and schooling to foster graceful walking and persuasive presence.
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Philadelphia
Prof
Thorwig
Phrenological Journal
Variety of Food for Sheep and Man in Seasonal Diets
A discussion on how nature offers diverse feeds for livestock and people, stressing the need for varied diets as seasons change. It explains that sheep require different foods to develop bone and muscle, and that a single pasture limits production. The piece emphasizes deliberate feeding plans, breed purpose, and careful observation to achieve desired growth and outcomes.
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Henry Lane
Vermont Board of Advicance
Medical Action of Weeetables in Rheumatic Care
The text discusses vegetables as remedies for rheumatic patients at health resorts like Aix and Bains. It notes carrots, onions, cauliflower stalks, turnips, and lettuces for their digestibility and tonic properties, warning about digestion issues from certain parts and cooking methods, and mentions infusions and broths as serving ideas.
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Aix Jes Baines
Savoy
Rovard
Typhoid Fever Stunt Alleged Growth Claim by Colonel Gunn
The Leyington Squatelée quotes Colonel William Gunn of that city recounting a severe typhoid fever at seventeen lasting seven weeks and asserting he grew three and a half inches during recovery. The paper also touts Gunn as a truthful man.
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Leyington
William Gunn
Guua
Look Often at Horses Feet and Legs Warning
Farmers warned to inspect horses feet and legs regularly as disease or wounds in these areas can quickly become dangerous if neglected, stressing vigilance and timely care.
Hop Bitters Praised For Virtues And Sharp Ads
The excerpt notes a trend of wrapping articles with advertisements and highlights Hop Bitters as a plainly stated remedy. It claims broad favorable notices from religious and secular papers and asserts the plant’s virtues are obvious to all observers.
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Hop Birters
Did She Die or Was She Healed by Hop Bitters
A family laments a daughter’s eleven year struggle with kidney rheumatic and nervous ailments. Doctors offered no relief until Hop Bitters was used, then the daughter recovered fully. The parents praise the remedy and urge others to consider it.
Father Is Recovering After Long Illness
A reader reports her father is improving after a lengthy illness. She notes his recovery began after using a remedy referred to as Bop Bit and expresses gratitude for the treatment that helped him regain health despite prior suffering.
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