Dust and Dusters in a House of Fragile Ornaments
A brisk sketch from Mrs. P. T. Barnum on dust as a daily foe in a well appointed home. The narrator laments dust on cherished objects and the feather duster, scolding Bella for endless breakages and proposing cloth dusting to spare fragile bric a brac. The piece blends humor with household anxieties about wear, care, and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Kismet
Thas
Minton
Paul
Florence
Kells
Hebe
Warner
P. T. Barnum
Premiums Offered by the Limekiln Club Article
The Limekiln Club plans awards for the State Fair including a wheelbarrow for the largest melon, fifty cents for the biggest possum, a grindstone prize for the best ten dogs owned by a colored family, and a dozen roosting fowls prize. A photograph prize and frescoing board reward are hinted, with competition open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benl-Coop
Jerrett Free Press
Mount Auburh Cemetery
Boston
Charlotte Cus
Prankish Duel Plot Tricked Chicago Clerk Murt Lee
A Chicago Express Company clerk known as Murt Lee was the target of a long running caper by fellow boarders at Garden City Hotel. They staged a fake duel with a nephew look alike and a supposed betrothed niece, using letters from a fictitious Ludington to lure Lee into a mock confrontation. Lee fired at his staged opponent, then learned it was a joke and joined the crowd for drinks at the Garden City Hotel bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Lee
Murt Lee
Chicago
United States Express Company
Garden City
Murt
Lee
Ludington
General Ludington
Richmond
Saratoga
Long Branch
New York
Gore
William Ryan
J. P. Harrison
E C Donnelan
M J Lee
Pauysoo A Laidington
Jackon
Bowman
Payson A Lvninaton
Duncan A Cameron
Harvey T. Henry
Miss Ludington
Ed Daly
Grenmills
Saratoga Springs
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Ruined Cities of Central America and Population Theories
The article reviews historical theories about Native American origins from biblical and mythic sources. It critiques claims of Hebrew, Welsh, or Israelite ties and weighs three main hypotheses autochthonism, single-blood links to Asia, and migration via Behring Strait or Pacific routes, favoring cautious, evidence-based inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
North American Review
America
Lescarbot
Nosh
Solomon
Noah
Orrio
Lord Kingsborough
Tower of Refuge
Babel
Fuerites
Guatemala
Ives
Central
Mexico
Agassiz
Asia
Behring Strait
Pacific
Railway extension eyed to connect San Diego with Santa Fe line
San Francisco reports a plan to spend 250000 to build an eastward railroad from San Diego by January next making San Diego the western terminus of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe broad gauge. The line would run near Colton and avoid the San Gorgonio Pass into Arizona heading along the thirty fifth parallel to connect with Guaymas, Mexico. Frank Kimball of National Rancho leads local efforts with about 120 acres donated in San Diego and a $30000 fund raised for rights of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
San Diego
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Colton
Southern Pacific
Arizona
San Gorgonio Pass
Guaymas
Mexico
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company
California
Frank Kimball
National Rancho
W. Y. Herald
Travel Requirement for Plowing One Acre Described
An OCR fragment notes a travel requirement surpassing eleven and a half units of height for plowing one acre. The text is incomplete, but implies a measurement constraint affecting field work and equipment movement.
Gentleman of La Porte and the stranger tale
Bret Harte recounts a trek into La Porte where a lone settler survives three months on biscuits and bacon. The tale blends frontier humor with a mysterious visitor who reveals himself as J Trott of Kentucky and earns respect after a dramatic prank on a hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte
Henry Symes
Bill Parker
Njins
Parker
Billy
Bill
J. Trott
Kentucky
Chapparei
Bret Harte
Belgravia
Dual-Section Cake Tin Promises Quick Batter Split
A historical note describes a long cake tin divided in the middle to bake two cake varieties at once. One half holds a plain batter, the other half receives spices, raisins, and extras to taste. The method aims to save time in mixing and baking for small families and basket lunches.
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O" ¢Iew Dispatch
Ee Moline
Burlington Hawkeyes
Limekiln Club
Italy
Othschild
Paris
Herpell
Warenendie
Syed Za
Moline National Bank
Moline, Ill
Ween
W Wheelock
Porter Skinner
O. F. Heeenway
H A Barnard
J M Christy
James C Starr
Wright
Hemenway
L E Hemenway
Hiram Darling
Chester
Casper Witzthum
First National Bank
Moline, Inl
J M Gould
Chas Atkinson
Gillmore
Directore
J M M. Gould
John Deere
Samuel Bowles
O H Deere
Dimoock
Geof Vinton
Jonathan Huntoon
J.T Browning
H A. Barnard
Morris Rosenfield
James Bhaw
London
Guttenberg
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Bremen
Moline Savings Bank
Legislature of
Illinois
Span
Joan Good
Jobo Good
F Hemenway
A Broddard
Neleun Chester
Wheelock
H W Candee
TF. Grantz
J. M Christy
Main Street
Rodman Avenue
Charteret Savings Bank
Rock Inland County
Perry St
Davenport
NEW Drug Store
Cc. E. Smith
Mystock
E. T. Rigby
Cutter’n Store
Col
Second and
Brady Streets
Iowa
N. P. Bergstrom
City Undertaker
Alec Meco
New
Motine
W. H. Devore
Port Byron
Ceneral Banking Business
Anchor
National
Inman
Mitchell & Lynde
Bankers
Rock Island
Ill
Milwaukee
Wis
National Bank of Commerce
Union Bank
Philadelphia
Allen
Copp & Neabit
St. Louis
Scharfenberg’s
Moline, Iil
Baas
H. G. Scharfenberg
P. O
Gus. Lindwall
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