On the Railway Bridge The Startling Adventure Revealed
A jealous husband receives a fatal letter about Lucy Ames and Arthur Wesley. On a decaying railway bridge the narrator is trapped by a plank and feared crushed. Arthur Wesley rescues him as Lucy’s secret lessons explain the later near-miss and marriage follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Worthington
Lucy Ames
Arthur Wesley
Lucy
Edward
Tsay
Miss Ames
Worthington
Lacey
A Conscientious Man at Pacific Bank Meeting
Ex Governor P H Burnett announced he would not seek re election due to health limits and asked to be paid half his salary Others overruled and paid full salary He returned half to the bank and gave a cordial farewell to staff as he left Also note Dr Brandreth died at seventy one per the Syracuse Herald obituary remark in the Chronicle
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Devery
Saint
Arthur Wesley
Mr. Worthington
Teven
Mr. Ames
Forest Station
Lang Ames
Lucy
Miss Ames
Sud
Lucey
Lex
Wesley
Locomotive Firemen’s Magazine
Pacific Bank
P. H. Burnett
Burnett
San Francisco Chronicle
Women Learn Household Mastery After Cook Falls Ill
In Philadelphia Times prose a family lax on domestic skills faces upheaval when their cook is incapacitated by rheumatism. Sophia Serena and Maria Magenta learn to manage kitchen duties, lighting fires, and meals, transforming from dependent staff to independent household managers with ambitions of marriage and equality.
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Cook
Alon
Sophia Serena
Maria Magenta
Materfamilias
Sophia Seren
Philadelphia Times
Farm snippets offer tips on fruit, poultry, and crops
The clippings advise early sowing for blackberries and raspberries, pricing for hens, and fattening old sheep before slaughter. It notes the demand for heavy horses, cautions about farming profit, and gives onions soil and planting guidance. It cites The Agricultural Gazette and Iowa State Register.
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The
Agricultural Gazette
England
Great Britain
Keokuk Gate City
Cincinnati
Wit and Wisdom Jokes From Timeworn Columns
A compilation of light quips from various papers highlighting humor about editors hens cooks and social foibles. Vignettes include a Boston Transcript jab at editors and hens, a New Haven Register tease about a home life, and a Philadelphia Bulletin joke about a deaf Baltimore milkman and his customer’s ear trumpet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
Boston Transcript
Yonkers Gazelle
New Haven Register
Atlantia
Mail
Smut poisoning in animals discussed with remedies and warnings
A farmer expert notes that smut poisoning in animals is fatal, with rapid paralysis and drooling. an early remedy uses hypo-sulphite of soda and alcohol in water, with stomach pumping if still in the stomach. Prevention hinges on burning removed smut, while the piece also critiques farmers relying on unqualified help and warns of widespread corn smut this year. The report closes with a remark contrasting land value and beer consumption by workers.
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William Horn
V. S
Country Gentleman
Trichinosis in Pork Raises Public Health Alarm
The February Veterinarian notes scant knowledge on trichinosis prevalence in name-fed pork and the difficulty of distinguishing trichinosis in humans from other illnesses. It warns the disease may be more common than thought and urges government or legislative steps for greater safety, while acknowledging the gap between advice and action. Tax trade marks on Frazer Axle Grease appear in the ad.
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Pere Combertines
Scientific American
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An old physician touts a free mailed recipe for a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints. Endorsed by testimonials from patients and a Maryland druggist the ad asserts universal relief and urges readers to request the formula in German French or English.
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Eas
W. W. Sherar
Powers’ Block
Lochester, M. Y
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WIT and Wisdom
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Los Pinos
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Will
Louise
Lorne
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Looeezer
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Rte
Eae AG
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Reppina
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Piso
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Yostetters
Indianapolis
Pro Central Dank
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F. J. Pond
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Kane Co
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M. A. Proctor
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Bixtakeiren
Victor
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Hageratown, A
Stanley
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Congo
America
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Gaya
Tone
Thai
Addiens Rmit
Eas CO
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Staci
Coz Ames
Ashley
Washington CO
Ill
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Caerie
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WM. Scdonald
Wm. McDonald
United States
M. BE
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Boston, Mass
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Saltville
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Cleveland
Ghicaqg, IL
Wilbur
Boston
Lord, Stoutenburg & CO
Wabash Av
Ole Agen
M. Ryopas
D. D
St. Mark's
Lish Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Lents
M ‘Ontents
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Fifth Street
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GUIDE
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Inckle
Canal
Wabash Avenue
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R. Valentine
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True &Co
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Jdr
H. Hallett&Co
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Porand
Dairymaid
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Te Creek, Mich
Ely
Flas
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Nichols, Shepard & O0o
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