Whittier and the elusive minister in a birthday tale
A Boston Herald retelling recalls Whittier meeting a minister who dramatized verses from the poet’s work, praising Hannah Binding Shoes while the author jokes about sinking through the floor. Other clippings cite seasonal verses and a Brownsvalley reader praising South American Nervine as a health remedy.
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Whittier
Oak Knoll
Danvers
Lucy Larzom
Sue
Hannah Binding
What Will It Cost An Estimate of a Stay at the World’s Fair
The piece explains cost ranges for lodging and meals in Chicago during the World’s Fair. It notes the public comfort bureau can arrange rooms at various prices, from 50 cents a day up, with options for single or double rooms and differing party sizes. Meals are extra, and many travelers choose either room and board locally or separate meals to suit their plans.
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Chicago
Bureau of Public Comfort
Bureau
Acse
Crime Tide and Reform Calls From The Mecanicai Times
The Mecanicai Times laments rising crime from 1850 to 1890 noting an increase from 1 in 3500 to 1 in 7865 of the population. It argues for a remedy to halt this “mad rush of crime” and protect moral and physical health as the republic remains young yet energetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecaicai Times
Republic
Rome
Unique adjustable water pump offers light or heavy stream
The advertisement proclaims the only pump on the market that can be adjusted to throw either a light or heavy stream. It urges buyers to see the modern pump before purchasing and notes six styles of wooden pumps plus both Canadian and American iron pumps. It promises value and asks customers to call.
California Curiosity and High Priced Shoots in Scotland
A Northern California crater and lake are described alongside a London note on record high rents for shooting seasons. The Manchester Guardian cites Sir A Borthwick Invercauld Lord Wimborne Achnaschellach Lord Burton Glenquoich and others paying up to £4500 or more for five weeks or a season at properties like Blackmount Glen muck Bachnagairn and Merton hall.
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Duke of Sutherland
Derrobin
London
Manchester Guardian
A. Borthwick
Invercauld
Lord Wimborne
Achnaschellach
Lord Burton
Glenquoich
Bradley- Martins
Imacaan
Sir Charles Mordaunt
Glenfeshie
Blackmount
Glenmuck
Bachnagairn
Paron Hirsch
Lord Washington
Merton Hall
Westminster Gazette
Peterboro Eyes Iron Works and Local Notices
District notes report Peterboro seeking iron smelting works. Leach drugstore advertises Dr Root’s Red Regulators and Harper’s Arabian Balm as cures and tonics. Journal mentions a Centreton house fire, drownings at Lakefield, a possible Port Hope nail factory, and a ghost story in Cobourg. Dominion Day sports planned for Port Hope.
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Peterboro
Dr. Root
A. Leacn
Chemeng Park
A. Leacu
James Drake
Lakefield
Red Regulators
A. Leach
Jerry Caddigan
Michael P. Costigan
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S. P. Samira
Towanda
Ayer
J.C. Ayer &Co
Lowell, Mass
Atlanta
Ion
Botanic Garden
Edinburgh
Longman’s Magazine
Rebecca Wilkinson
Brownsvalley
Ind
A. Leace
United States
Her Majesty the Queen
G. W. Green
Eureka
Millbrook, Ontario
Bailieboro
M. Parker
Gardiner’s
Jov
T. B. Jenkins
John Steele
AZ Specialty
Millbroox
California
Wm. Score
Centreton
Jas. Brown
Leach’s Drug Store
Harper's
Port Hope
Cobourg
Woolford
W. Strain
R. ‘Deyell
G. McIvor
Rolls &c
R. Parkers & Co
Dyers
Toronto
D. Chambers
Dominion Hotel
Millbrook
Bateson
Webb Halters
Harness Emporium
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Belleville
Cago
Chi Pullman
Woomes
John G
Profe
C. McKinnon
J. A. V. Pres Notaries
Brock. Ont
A. Ward
Brock
Walton
Jend
Iddell
ARM
Solic Bo
Brighton
W.clarke
Bethany F
Arents
P. Watfor
Ory
Rice
Pete
W. Bland. E
Salpion
Onale
West Mounted Clinical Lectures
Eng
Kensing
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