Old Love Across the Years at the Maple Bar
An elderly grandmother sits by the bars watching two figures, a young girl and a steadfast lover, as memories of a first romance rise with dusk. The poem, quoted from Youth's Companion and signed Margaret E. Sangater, threads time from youth to old age with a prayer for the two who linger in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Sangater
Jezel
Old Jezel
Pard
Jeret
Canal Street
Jez
Tony
Childers
St. Louis
Italy
Glya
Jewel
Thad
Creep
Tam
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meadville
Emerson
Egypt
Mr. Emerson
M . H.R. Greve
Innerpolls
Minn
United States
Celestial City
W. 8. Leach
Night in a New York rag picker den reveals Jezel ledgers
A detective visits Mott Street to observe rag pickers beggars and thieves led by old Jezel who runs a bustling tenement. The report details plunder, payments, papers, and schemes as he tests a stranger while calculating value and directing risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mott Street
Jezel
Boston
Mott Street League of Beggars
Tam Mooch
Old Juzel
Old Jezel
Jeze
The Training of Girls by Rev W Gladden Findings
Rev W Gladden of Springfield Massachusetts circulated questions to mothers on defects in girl training and essential conduct. Publicly shared results show female dress habits and limited outdoor exercise as harmful factors and that impractical dress hampers activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Gladden
Springfield
Mass
Wealth of Nations and Odd Facts Across Nations
A miscellany notes global figures: Russia’s war strength capped at 2,249,000. Connecticut State House spend reaches 2,442,577. London Methodists build 51 chapels since 1861 serving 60,000. Japan taps American grains after coal find. New York City charitable giving totals and hospital labor costs. British yachts and naval manpower costs. a billiards record by Mitchell. estate furniture appraisals for Senator Staton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Connecticut State House
London
Tur Bey
Tunis
Yesso
United States
New York State
New York
Great Brita
Mitchell
Bennett
England
Senator Staton
San Francisco
O’brien
Sharon
Cooking tips and household recipes from 19th century notices
A miscellany of culinary instructions including a Dutch method for cod and salmon, milk skimming timing, a gingerbread style cake mix, iron protection coatings for wet rust, a bread and butter pudding recipe, and observations on earthenware cooking preserving flavor compared with iron vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansan Dusors
Surerton
New Orleans
Col. Indiana Sentinel
Paint
Japan
Stova
Foote
Demand for Heavy Horses Replaces Lighter Draft Work
The Chicago Times notes a shift over fifteen years to breeding heavier horses for size and strength. Demand for heavy draft horses grows while lighter animals decline, aided by rising imports from France Scotland and Belgium. Large horses offer economy in harness and feed and replace oxen in hill country. American farmers increasingly use heavy horses for field work and urban driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Scotland
England
Belgium
Europe
Chicago
Eggs in Winter and Hen Replacement Rules
A reader discusses keeping winter laying hens to produce eggs at low cost. The advice centers on replacing half the breeding hens each season with early pullets to maintain a yard with half pullets and half yearlings, ensuring fresh eggs year round.
How to keep hens productive in winter
Advice from Prairie Farmer on renewing stock each fall with fresh blood, strict cleanliness, constant clean water, and ample feed. Emphasizes regular feeding, variety, warmth and ventilation in hen houses, and a sunny adjoining shed. Warns neglect leads to higher egg costs and unprofitable hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Farmer
Lessons From Small Duty And A Meeting With Emerson
A letter-carrier loses a missive affecting a firm and workers, then is fired. a poor NY mechanic’s unpaid bill leads to suicide, illustrating a proverb about trifles. Emerson anecdote recalls a helpful traveler and a front porch scene of a poor family, linking duty, kindness, and everyday consequences.
Remarkable Cure Report and Product Notices
An assortment of notes references cures and product endorsements. A Toledo patient recovers after Bright's disease with a Kidney and Liver Cure, then a letter to H. H. Warner & Co. describes the treatment. Also mentions Gilt-Edge Butter Maker and Vegetine as remedies with testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuoakes
Prentice
Toledo
Paris
England
Bright
America
H. H. Warner & Co
Hanaua
N. Y
Jonny E. Prence
Sco
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
T. L. Bunting
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Monticello Express
John Blanchard
Monticello
Iowa
Darling
Chatham Square
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
William Home
Victoria Jersey
N. Y. Post
Desf
N. Y. Hieraid
Christian Advocate
American Centaphone Co
Vine
Cincinnati
Ohio
Paren
Webster’s
G4c
Merriam
R.S. Rhodes
Rhod McClure
Kellogg
Jackson St
Rhodem & McClure
Methodist Church Block
Rantet Tox Rissa
Chun Een
W. G. Bryan
Louis
Leach
Newront, Kr
Stevens
Enrlce
J. A. Patrick
H.R. Stevens
Boston, Mass
Yostetter
Emerson’s Anthem Book
J. H W. Tenney
Lyon & Healy
T. Oliver Ditson & CO
C.M. Ditson & Co
J. KE
Michigan Avenue
Ill
R. R. CO
T.W. Tallmadge
Washington, D
N. H. Swayne
Supreme Court
John Sherman
Sec'y
Treasury
W.K. Rogers
A. G. Porter
The
Ewing
Congress
van Schack
Stevenson & Go
Ili
Tarreon Na Li
Rudue
Ign
A. W. Onaak Medicine Co
Arbor
Mich
A. W. Grass, M.D
Chase
Kansas
the Nation
Halist
Albert Griffin
Manhattan
Kiley County
I Tller
M. Propr
Philada
Pas
Honda
Decker Brog
Mathuehek
Estey
Story &Camp
China
Circilara
Agenta
National Publishing Co
J. B, Root
Reckford, Hi
Drs
Siarkey & Palen
Girard St
Rhiladelpha
Lowe & CO
S. Fifth Street
Justephens
Lebanon
C.C.D
Eb. Burnham
W. Madison
OLD
Par and
Brest Business College
Bats Dubuque
Lowa
Marsh
Quincy, Mich
Addr's H. Hallotta Co
Portland
Cray
Samplesworth
Stinson OD
Mide
Addi’s ‘True & Co
Augusta
Ganas
Tilus
Great Western Gun Works
Pittsburgh
Warner
Cates
HLH
Warner& Coa
Rochester
N.Y
OWEN
ELS
Richardson & CO
Propeteters
Burlingtes
Vie
Graefenberg
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Druggie
Cothertie
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