Notown and Berlin Notes Feature Oddities Across Regions
A collage of brief items notes Notown Vermont near five towns convergence with no tax collector, Berlin transit habits with women boarding on platforms, and a French report of 28,000 blind people aided by free training schools making brooms and brushes as pearls fetch high prices along the Gulf coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comte de Paris
Cannes
Boston
Picayune
N.o, Herald
Brooklyn
Eagle
Notown
Vermont
Stockbridge
Sherbane
Mendon
Chittenden
Pittsfield
Berlin
France
Gulf of Mexico
Robert T. Lincoln
President Lincoln
General Grant
Chicago
James Q. Smith
Tennessee
Kentucky
Gallatin
Tenn
Selma
Ala
Hong
Saeman
Abbeville
Dtn
Texas
N.Y. Tribune
Tus
Christian Intelligencer
Tove
N. ¥. Herald
Ranch hand drinks feats and odd milk habit in town
The Gridley Herald notes a local ranch hand known for extreme drinking. He reportedly swallowed a lion of beer in minutes, then matched with further gallons in short spans. He and his coworkers also describe his odd milk drinking habit, while a tangential tip about beeswax and salt is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gridley
Cal) Herald
Across the Farm and Household Tips Wide Spread
A collection of practical notes from the farm and home section. It covers fall apple prospects in the Eastern States, quick egg frothing with salt, kerosene jam repair with plaster, avoiding excess conversation on cold nights, tea roll recipes, the value of wood ashes for pasture top-dressing, and proper tea-kettle cleaning to prevent disease from sediment. The roundup preserves variety and practical advice from multiple sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
N. J. Post
Feeding for Milk and Animal Welfare Reflections
A long column discusses feeding as a key driver of milk quality and yield, arguing that high quality feed, proper management, and selective breeding together shape milking traits. It notes risks of overfeeding, confinement, and fattening, with examples of cows bred for milk over years and trials from Darwin and American writers. Also included are anecdotes on animal behavior from monkeys and apes, illustrating grief, social response, and problem solving, with a detailed account of a capuchin monkey testing reasoning by hiding and retrieving an apple.
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Wayne County
W. Va
Hatton
Justice of the Peace
Mr. Darwin
Brehm
North Africa
Paddy
Cetehy
Laysin
Cetehs
Gradie Greta i
Care of Poultry Delivers Quiet Farm Profit
In an old Nebraska Mariner column, a farmer extols poultry care as a dependable income. He recalls winter yields from Plymouth Rocks, notes hens sold for high per-dozen prices, and describes a cost efficient hen house with a hay bale shelter and hay mow fireless warmth that kept birds comfortable and productive.
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Crater
Plymouth
Nebraska Mariner
How to Teach a Colt to Back
Instruction on teaching a colt to back using a bit and voice with patient repetition. Begin in front, press the bit gently, say back, reward progress, and gradually introduce the wagon and seat backing.
A Horse's Fear Vance and the Night Ride
A detailed reminiscence tells how a slow lazy horse named A Horse's Fear helped a rider in a dark two mile road. The horse suddenly reared and charged a visible terror, carrying the rider to safety. The narrator reflects on the horse's courage and humanity under fear in a solitary plantation night.
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Vance
Troy
Sid
General Scott's Narrow Escape Recited From Chippewa Morning
The account recounts General Scott at Chippewa in 1814 or 1861 era confusion with an attempted betrayal. It notes a dramatic morning when a messenger delivered a note from a Parliament wife requesting a sentinel, the breakfast scene, and a sudden warning as Indians and redcoats closed in, prompting a rapid retreat.
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General Scott
Thurlow Weed
Europe
Weel
Iteraia
Geneva
Chippewa
Rial
Street's Creek
Nagbornely
Waayue
Quebec
Bra
Riall
Ter Denny
Dworld
Haly
Stere
Worth
Watts
Lent Chesterfield
Reminiscence of a Civil War Escape and a Trust Betrayal
A Confederate officer recounts retreat across a bridge after a dangerous escape. He recalls near capture, the mystery of a hostess who may have betrayed them, and the tense hours in a mansion hospital. He questions motives, reflects on shame, and notes a lifelong caution about trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Ripley
Towson
Chippens
Bany
Rhorning
A French Comey Trial Reveals Matrimonial Plot
A Paris court hears a sensational case involving Mme de Pointies and Baron Armanderie in a scheme to marry off Mile Olea for wealth. The plan, involving forged bills and a staged elopement, collapses as arrests follow. Madame’s revolver shot draws a small fine. Barons and accomplices face imprisonment and fines. In Nashville, Carson defeats the favorite, rewarding a local reporter who owned the race ticket.
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France
Prihunat Madane
Mile
Olea
Indy
Poneienen
de Pointies
Maryluis
M. de Lestiuigres
Toulouse
Pongignens
Oneother Pollanan
Armanderie Warhevat
Mile Olea
Qha
Anil
Marseilles
Sinenrel
Poncignon Ani
Maron
Eld
Trelind
Dake Yaisshsston
Signourel
Mime de Pointtes
Banatons
Simonne
Olga
Enourel
Ud Arber
Nashville
Carson
Nashville World
Army Officer's Testimony on Mant's Remedy in 1863
An Army officer living in South Boston, formerly a captain and now with Walworth Manufacturing, writes from Cambridgeport about his wife suffering back pain and weakness. After using Mant's Remedy purchased at Lowell's drug store, she improves and sleeps better. he notes praise from relatives and friends and endorses Hunt's Remedy as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aegis Carrarx Josxie L. Harpex
No. Ae Fourth Street
South
Boston
Mass
Walworth Manufact Company
South Boston
Cambridgeport
Lowell
Hunt
Sidney
Made a Man of His. Kidney Cure Remarkable Claim
A Massachusetts man claims kidney disease relief after taking Muant’s Remedy from A P Gilnt Boston. He says one bottle cured back pain weakness and gave new vigor, urging others with kidney and liver diseases to try the remedy as a sure cure.
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Waxxien
Anetin Street
Osmuridgeport
Mass
A. P. Gilnt
Tremont Stree
Boston
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Beale & CO
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