Advice for Erecting Homes on Rural Properties
Practical rules for affordable country housing stressing planning with a skilled architect, site selection, drainage, and south facing layouts. Guidance covers materials wood preferred, cellar drainage, room adjacencies, lighting, stair design, and avoiding exterior follies while prioritizing ventilation and neat interior conveniences. includes cautionary note about using an architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesson
Alumber
Sheratonk
Ate
Gila Monster Fights Two-Year-Old Alligator at Fish Commission
A rare encounter at a Washington DC Fish Commission building pits a newly arrived Gila monster against a Florida alligator. The 14 inch Gila bites the alligator’s forepaw after contact with its tail. The alligator, suffering venom effects, struggles fiercely before keepers separate them and restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Florida
Snowshoe Thompson and His Legendary Mountain Leaps
Alpine County Cal. winter sport figure Snowshoe Thompson famed for extreme snowshoe jumps near Silver Mountain. Reports cite a 180 foot leap behind Genoa and multiple fifty to sixty foot clear jumps, highlighted by neighbors and postmaster Merrill as reliable witnesses.
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Thompson
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Silver Mountain
Alpine County
Cal
Snowaboe Thompson
W. P. Merrill
Woodfords
Genoa
Mr. Mer- Hill
Virginia City
Nev
True Girls and Their Duty to Truth and Perseverance
A Victorian call for girls to cultivate truth as their guiding duty and to practice patience gentleness earnestness and perseverance. It argues faithfulness to promises, the value of industry, and steady moral growth from childhood, citing Hamlet and Dickens while urging lifelong usefulness in home and society.
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London
Polonius
Laertes
Charles Dickens
Eliot
Charlee Kingaley
National embroidery on display at Corcoran mansion
A grand contemporaneous tapestry assembled from across the states hangs in the LaFayette Square mansion drawing room. Gold silk canvas, plush lining, and a red yellow silk cord frame the piece while contributors include the wives of Vilna Teller Van Wyck and Vance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dream in a Scarce Market In a Domestic Exchange
A housewife and maid debate a dream about gifts as a playful domestic scene unfolds. The maid reports dreaming the master gave her a shawl and the missus a bonnet for her birthday, prompting a skeptical housewife reaction about dreams.
Sailors Relate Superstitions Tied to Sea Birds
An old captain and reporter discuss marine superstitions about birds. Albatross, sparrows, gulls, ravens and kites are linked to weather, winds and voyage outcomes, with beliefs on omens, luck and signs of land or storms.
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Feathered Trive
Teall and
Express
Beilors
Bea
Jack
English Channel
Inside the White House Guards Protecting the President
A Tribune cor respondent details White House security tests and the public’s perception of access. The piece recounts an officer climbing over a back gate to test guards, only to be challenged by watchmen and ushers near the President’s study. It notes the four guards standing between the President and any threat and recalls structural anxieties during a Cleveland administration reception. A dramatic line captures public behavior at events and a woman’s quip about happiness and position.
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Tribune
Arthur
Washington
White House
Presidential
Guiteau
Army
Cleveland
What pretty children you lend to the minister
In strict chronological order, a fragment from Paul Herald references a proud mother of three, noting money paid to a new minister. It mentions partner names like Gear and a phrase about pretty children, implying a social or literary snippet without full context.
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Paul
Dangers of a city missing persons and river lies
A NYPD detective discusses disappearances in New York and a tale of a young man lured by a poor woman into a riverfront dwelling. He escapes when a hidden grip under a bed is broken by a loaded cane, prompting police involvement and a cautious warning about unseen dangers in the city streets. The piece ends with a separate anecdote about a volunteer political worker in Virginia.
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New York City
Bottes
Dana
Wallack
Thirteenth Street
Avenue A
Potter's Field
New York
Stresta
Broadway
Fragmentary legal notice from Lawrence city proceedings
Incomplete OCR text shows a justice of the peace named La Steere presiding a February meeting in Lawrence city. The fragment lacks clear action, party names, or dates beyond the month.
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Lawrences
Douglas Kan
the &H
Said
Mate Atteat - Atry la Steere
Suit Notices and Property Sale Mentioned in Legal Filing
The document lists Mark Wealey Eliza James Rice Birdie Hamitten and heirs of lowet Laah Saule as parties in a lawsuit with a response due by February. It references a court action including a sale of desert land lot 08 31m b 11 in La City of Law Toe and notes Bolon T. Wl as attorney for the plaintiff.
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Mark Wealey
Eliza James Rice
Birdie
Hamitten
Iiss
Ello
Iors i. Smith
City of
Law
Bolon T
Publication Notice in Douglas County Court Partition
Notice to Jennie M. Huessy Charles J. Sneey Lydia Athearn Snean F. Athearn Levi Athearn Annie E. Athearn James B. Athearn Frederick G. Athearn Leigh A. Bowes. Edward B. Dean files to partition real estate across multiple lots in Lawrence Topeka and county areas, with specific shares and property descriptions. Respond by pleading or demurring within the court's deadline.
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Jennie M. Huessy
Charles J. Sneey
Lydia Athearn
Snean F. Athearn
Levi
Athearn
Annie E. Athearn
James B. Athearn
Frederick G. Athearn
Leigh A. Bowes
Douglas County
State of
Kansas
Edward B. Dean
Jennie M. Hi Aisth
Hasevy
Eine Ant Lydia Athearn
Susan F. Athearn
Thearn
Annie E. Athear
James Athearn
Frederick
Lawrence
Kanaag
van Buren Street
Jackson Street
Topeka
Shawnee County
State of Kansas
Wien
Riley
Rani Gifteen
Dana
Anderson
Seccion No
Tange No
Ny Fe Bier
Ger Ely Aty
James “Erndry
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Pye
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