Sandstone hardening method gains surface strength
Manfred Lewin experiments near Saxonia with silicate of alumina in sandstone pores to form aluminium silicate, enabling marble-like polish and tinting. A Montreal Lacrosse club team and an Indian contingent plan to tour England, Scotland, Ireland, and Paris to play Thames Hare and Hounds. Reports from England discuss an assault case on Miss Dickinson in an English carriage, contrasting American and English car safety and societal norms.
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Manfred Lewin
Saxonia
Montreal Lacrosse Club
Caughnawaga
England
Thames Hare and Hounds Club
London
Lord Ranalegh
Scotland
Ireland
Paris
France
Valentine Baker
Prince of Wales
Miss Dickinson
Dickinson
Tug Baker
Economic Value of the Sunflower
The native tropical American sunflower grows up to twenty feet tall and thrives globally. It yields cattle and poultry feed seeds, an oil rivaling olive oil, and bread in tropical America. One acre can produce about fifty bushels of seed and a gallon of oil per bushel. Leaves feed cattle. stalks yield potash when burned. Munich drinkers average five quarts of beer daily.
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America
Europe
India
Ministers seek Moody and Sankey visit for Washington meetings
A Washington gathering of ministers and others discussed inviting Moody and Sankey to hold meetings in the city. A committee was appointed to present the proposal to churches and arrange for a suitable meeting building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Messrs. Moody and Sankey
Maj. C. D. Comstock
War Department
Capt. Eads
Mississippi
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Johnson
New York
Indiana News Roundup from Indianapolis Journal and Others
Indianapolis furnishes four hundred tons of hog hair for Glasgow market. May Frame, twelve, orphan, injured rekindling a coal oil fire. believed fatal. Coal shaft being sunk near Dana in Vermillion county. Rochester Odd Fellows to dedicate new hall August 12. Vermont—poor harvest, farm prices, prisons, and public notices sweep through Indiana briefs with multiple city and county items.
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Indianapolis
Glasgow
Scotland
The
Indianapolis Journal
May Frame
William Burns
West
Washington Street
James Kaufman
Holt Township
Vermillion County
Dana
Rochester
Odd Fellows of
Fulton County
Indiana
Greene County
Floyd County
Jeffersonville
Vincennes
Morgan County
Michigan City
Connersville
Observations on College Charms and Rivalries
Gath writes from Saratoga to the Philadelphia Times comparing appearances and bearing of Columbia College and Princeton students. He notes Columbia’s New York breeding style and stock exchange vibe while describing Princeton as Scotch and North Irish influenced. The piece closes with a humorous aside about Mrs. Gaskins of North Carolina weighing six hundred forty pounds and a stocking holding a bushel of corn.
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Gath
Saratoga
Philadelphia Times
Columbia College
Princeton
New York
Stock Exchange
Princeton College
Elcho Shield Origins and Monumental Artistry
The Elcho Shield was created in 1862 for England Scotland and later Ireland. It stands forty eight inches high, twenty six wide, embossed solid silver with British历史 scenes. The piece costs about ten thousand dollars and is displayed on Wimbledon Common. MaAzzini’s embalmed body is described in a separate note, the corpse seated in a temple near Genoa with a bluish gray flesh tone and life like features.
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Lord Elcho
England
Scotland
Ireland
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Wimbledon Common
Elizabeth
MaAzzini
Campo Santo
Genoa
Republican Critique of Ohio School Policy Sparks Canvass
A Pittsburg paper denounces the Democratic platform in Ohio over school funding and church state separation. It lauds secular education funded by taxpayers and attacks the Republican stance as insulting to voters and sectarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Ohio
Purcell
Allegheny Evening Mail Attacks Republican Corruption
The Allegheny Evening Mail denounces corruption in government and urges Republicans to face rascality in Interior and War Departments. It argues exposing wrongdoing warns the public and helps apply remedies despite party backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Evening Mail
the Mail
Aail
Is there any Reason why the Republican Party Should Continue to Live
The Cincinnati Commercial argues the Republican party lacks a mission after ten years of power. It cites corruption and abuses in office from the President down, with negligence, nepotism, and absenteeism. It contends reform has not arrived and blundering financial legislation keeps hard times.
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St. Louis
Frank P. Blair
Pennsylvania
Prohibitionists
Republian
Massachusetts
Bigler
Pennsylvania Democracy
Washington
Saint Louis
Tuhe
Ways and Means
New York Sun
Victoria
Bess Grant
Alexis
Grant
Longstreet
Radical Party
Guerilla Mosby
Gettysburg
John Lee CarRol Lu
Maryland
Carroll
Carrollton
THE
Cincinnati Gazette
Delano
Marsh
Dovenass
Great Radical Party
Douglass
Langston
New York Graphic
Morton
Gen. Grant
Cincinnati Commercial
Republican Party
United States
Republican Insincerity and Catholic Officers Question
A political column argues the Republican alarm over Catholic power is a sham. It questions why Republicans appoint Catholic generals if they fear Catholic influence and urges voters to scrutinize the election and vote for what they believe is right.
Plague of Caterpillars Prompt Excommunication Decree
A 1670 Auvergne tale says a bishop ordered a court appearance for caterpillars under threat of excommunication to leave France. An English traveler notes the original document is in Clermont library. Washington is praised for intellect but a boy can outrun him with a three cent stamp.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Coosawatte
Mary J. Conn
Philadelphia
Union Pacific Railroad
Mississippi
Brainerd
James Carson
Briggs & Carson
Salt Lake City
Oakland
Cal
Huntington
W Va
Ohio River
Rush City
Minn
John Alldoriff
Auvergne
Clermont
George Washington
Local Printer Emphasizes Prompt Quality and Low Rates
The firm touts unmatched facilities for printing on short notice in plain and ornamental styles. It invites customers to view samples and learn prices for Auction Bills Letter of Bill Heads Circulars Business Cards Visiting Cards and Wedding Cards.
Fragmented Yarns of Birds and Beliefs Across a Stormy Page
A collage of verse and prose fragments from a 19th century paper blends cheerful songs of birds with somber reflections on death and memory. It includes a Marian-like exhortation, comic quips about editors, warnings about lies, and a Detroit Free Press lampoon on American bigness, all sourced from diverse columns and notices.
Walking Trotting Horses Discussed By Prairie Farmer Writer
A Prairie Farmer writer laments that agricultural fair premiums favor trotting and running horses, not walking. He argues farmers need muscular, heavy walking horses to pull plows and cultivate fields, noting fast horses prove poor for heavy work and suggesting walking oxen as a premium option.
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Prairie Farmer
Socies
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Va Anton de Palter
Eeern
Tripp
South Side Public Square
Palmer
Sam Wanton
Arthur J. Palmer
Estes Il’ Smuth, M. D
J. W. Breckinridge
Lebanon
Pedigo
Attorney At Law
National Protective Commercial and Collecting Bureau
de Newsbll
Onico
LC. Grown & Bro
Wardware
Lehanon
West Site
Public Square
J “L, Pierce, E
West Side Public Square
Coombs
New Creck
Lebanon St
Ind
Wash Griffin
Boone
Suare
Blair & Gilkun’s
James Coombs
Wmes Fane
Notary Public
Atkinson's Grocery
Abbott & Hamiltus
Attorneys At Law
Othee
Patriot Building
Sofrpil BR. Tre RE
Leland WH. Stanford
Tucker & Stanford
Court House
T. C. Bickley's
Erocery Store
C.navf
S. Buchan
Nave
Boon
Sil
Les & Terhune
Orrick
Jackson
Ber
Sten W, Riets
F.M. Davis
Kise & Davis
Recorder’s
Porter
Physicians and Surgeons
Wilive
Arkitsod’s Grocery
West Side
Lebanon, Indiana
DPD
Leon Landon
Ofer
Main and
Lebanon Streets
Sulqygaborad Bikers
T. H. Mamtin
Main St
John M. Scott
Boone County
J. M. Scott
Cleveland
Black Hills
California
Presipent
Wuairr
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Cornell
Auburn Advertiser
University
Dublin
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Col. Bodine
Hold Hengland
Munich
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Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
Mears’ Station
Michigan
Charles Mears
Chicago
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Kansas
Sterling Organ Company
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William Spence
Spence
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M. D
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Seelye
Woman’s Union African Mission
Calcutta
Misa Seelye
Duncan, Sherman & Co
Wall Street
Celia Burleigh
Cincinnati
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Kansas City
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
the Commercial Warehouse Company
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Secret Service
New York City
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Tennessee
George E. Picket
Norfolk
Messrs. Mason
William Henderson
Montreal
Arins & Bardwell Manufacturing Company
Northampton
Mass
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Lafayette Lane
Congress
Joe Lane
Plimsoll
Geneva
Switzerland
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Guild Hall
Belgrade
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Foreign Office
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Count Androssy
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Porte
Servia
Presse
Turkey
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Briansk
Orel
London Times’ Financial
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Levant Herald
Lafayette
Simpson
Evansville
South
Battle Ground Institute
Lawrence County
Western Spy
R. W. Thompson
Bedford
Logansport
Taas Myers
Martinsville
Union
Lamb’s Bottom
William Anderson
William Or
Morgan
Anderson
Columbia and
Lepaxon Sr
Christ
Penuils and Scissors
Adelaide Proctor
Hepzikiah
Tenhiyson
Detroit Tribune
Hamerica
Trish
Elcho
Detroit Free Press
Elizabeth Street
John
Biddy
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