The Boy Builder and the Lightning Rod Tales
An eleven year old boy named Tom Blowgun builds a ship from scavenged materials after defying a tyrannical school principal. The tale includes his sister Ann, a daring escape from abuse, and a quest to prove himself by constructing a seaworthy schooner. Interwoven are anecdotes about lightning rods and a humorous Uncle Daniel Drew episode.
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Tiger Vim
Downey Cove
HMS Snipoes
Alonzo Siinek
Nell
Thumper
Little Tom
Mr.Thumper
Ninth District Grammar School
Tom Blowgun
Tom
Ann
Procer
Tom and the Livey Ann Ship in Keokuk
The narrator recalls Tom building a ship named the Livey Ann in Iowa. His father, Secretary of the Navy, questions details as Tom rigs the vessel for sea at Keokuk. A Sunday school picnic and rain launch the schooner fictionally into the Gulf of Keokuk with a humorous voyage ending in a bout of seasickness.
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Tom
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Skunk River
Sugar Creek
Gulf of Keokuk
Ann
Linkington Hawkeye
Encouraging an Editor in a Canyon Tale
Narrative excerpt shows a new editor in a Western setting named Sunshine Valley. Bill recalls past editors killed in a clump of bushes and bar room fights, then shifts to a Springfield brain disease case linked to schooling. The piece blends local color with anecdotal odds and ends.
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Bills
Sunshine Valley
Bill
San Francisco Chronicle
Garfield in peril and national resolve amid assassination
The Chicago Tribune notes President Garfield’s critical but hopeful condition after the shooting. It lauds his calm dignity, loyalty to his wife, and readiness to die if required, while scrutinizing the assassination's motives and urging vigilance to protect the Chief Magistrate.
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Garfield
Long Branch
Washington
Dr. Bliss
James A. Garfield
Jackson
Lincoln
Garfeld
United States
South Carolina
Sam
Arthur
Mr. Garfield
Mr. Arthur
Watin
Guiteat
Guileau
M. H
Sherman Defends Hood Johnston Against Davis Amid Controversy
General Sherman spoke at Hartford praising the Army of the Potomac reunion and refuting Jeff Davis. He exposed Davis as falsifying the March to the Sea and the Atlanta removal noncombatants and Columbia fire. Sherman defended Hood and Johnston against Davis claims of disobedience and surrender.
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Army of the Potomac
Hartford
Sherman
Jeff Davis
General Sherman
Davis
Atlanta
Columbia
South
Clare
Hood
Johnston
Texas
Hurmane
Southern Viewpoints On Garfield Assassination Reactions
The Chicago Journal quotes Southern papers condemning the attack on President Garfield and expressing mourning across the region. It cites the St Louis Republican and Richmond Dispatch praising the President and denouncing murder, while Louisville’s Courier-Journal recalls Garfield’s ties to Republicans and calls for unity.
Mills and industry facts across regions and eras
Eight new mills planned for Fall River Massachusetts this year. France England tunnel progresses two miles yearly from both ends. From 1841 to 1880 gold and silver outputs rose sharply. Postal cards total 320 million last year could circle the globe. Georgia cotton mills gain cost advantages. Columbus hosts 1800 white workers. Brockton Massachusetts leads needle production surpassing Europe. Japanese paper belting gains vs leather amid growing machinery use.
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Fall River
Mass
France
England
Fontaine
Georgia Land and Immigration Commissioner
Southern
Atkinson
Georgia
Columbus
Brockton
Europe
Japan
WIT AND WISDOM Gathers Quips From Various Papers
A collage of humorous snippets quotes Lowell, the City Derrick, Philadelphia and Detroit papers with witticisms on oleomargarine time notes infidels ants and theater jokes. It mentions a cyclone remark and a Florida watermelon forecast along with travel trunk lore and Saratoga advertisements.
Incidents of Names and Langauge in a Liberian President Tale
Brother Gardner debates cueincidence of names as he is praised for not being the paston while the Limekiln Club humorously critiques language. Rev. Penstock challenges penalties and the president defends his use of unusual words amid a lively exchange. The piece also references a Detroit Free Press item about a San Francisco undertaker profiting from pauper burials.
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Limekiln Club
Bradder Penstock
Tilkin
Sposa
Detroit Free Press
San Francisco
Practical household hints and farm advice from reading
Newspaper column offers tips on preserving currants and peppers, making luncheon cakes, and preserving corn from birds. It covers carpet protection, clover sowing on stubble, dry lime for cleansing, and a carbolic acid spray method to deter crows and grubs. The piece blends recipes, farming rotations, and pest deterrence in a single domestic advisory page.
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New York
Methods to control curculio in small fruit orchards
A detailed guide from the New York Observer advises regular early morning attacks on curculio using a white muslin sheet and rubber mallet to trap and destroy the insect. Two to three workers per tree, start when fruit sets, continue five to six weeks, and reuse the sheet season after season. Ellwanger Barry and John J. Thomas endorse the practice for plums and other stone fruits.
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Enreulio
Ellwanger & Barry
Rochester
John J. Thomas
Union Springs
N. Y
Missionary to Bachelors Leads Maidens West
A Holyoke woman offers to guide a group of one hundred maidens to the West as a missionary to bachelors. The notice highlights bold social shifts and a whimsical pledge from a single city to recruit women for distant life.
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Holyoke
Mass
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