Losses of Two Wives and Yorktown Veteran Reminiscence
The Register notes C W Slater of Porums Hes Wu near Panola Crenshaw Alabama reports losing two wives since March. Gen Dane Tyunn is the sole survivor of the First United States artillery regiment that welcomed Lafayette at Yorktown in 1824. A woven baptism occurred at St Charles TI with a lame woman carried by buggy to immersion. Massachusetts Supreme Court rules ringing factory bells at dawn a nuisance, echoing a prior Philadelphia decision about a cathedral bell.
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Dane, Tyunn
United States Artillery
Lafayette
Yorktown
St Charles
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Vanderbilt reigns as champion of federal control of commerce
The Philadelphia Times notes Mr. Vanderbilt as the era's eloquent champion of federal dominance over interstate commerce. The column blends opinions on policy with a parade of brief society items and curiosities. It cites Foster's double suicide in Georgia, Longfellow visitor impressions, and sea captain McMican's 300 transatlantic trips.
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Philadelphia Times
Vanderbilt
Parrot nuisance suit over shop widow in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia widow who runs a shoe store faces a nuisance charge after rival dealers claim her parrot's repeated cries lure customers away. Despite the suit and bond set at 500 dollars, the parrot continues to call customers to buy shoes. The report also notes rapid railway construction progress in India with 1938 miles opened and 38 added in the year.
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Philadelphia
India
Remarkable 1880s rail growth and curious world notes
Between 1880 and 1881 rail expansion continued with 266 additional miles opened and Punjab Northern railway reaching Peaha wur amid other undertakings. A trapper in Greenwood New York boasts 23,000 captured pests in five years, while a New York man wrote a morbid note before dying. The cedar forest at Lebanon shrank to 400 trees prompting Governor General Rustem Pasha to ban tents, fires, and pasturing animals in the district. A Scottish firm faced high cargo charges on corn shipped from the Atlantic, detailing 4577 quarters at 266 27 shillings per quarter and a total gross of £6306 11s 0d.
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Punjab Northern Railway
Peahawur
Lebanon
Rustem Pasha
Europe
Atlantic
Scotland
Fear of Disease and the Courage to Fight Illness
The piece notes that during a plague in Buenos Ayres grave diggers and medical workers escaped mortality due to fearlessness. It argues that fear amplifies danger, that brave people face disease once while cowards die in many ways, and urges sobriety cleanliness and bravery to resist illness.
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Buenos Ayres
The Joy of Work and a Willful Attitude
A reflection on labor. The article contrasts a reluctant worker who endures labor as punishment with a willing worker who takes joy in tasks. The enthusiastic worker finds daily hours pass quickly and feels alive, while the reluctant one drags through a dreary day.
Wood Still Dominates Fuel Use Over Coal Four to One
The Superintendent of the Census Bureau states that despite high coal production, wood remains the main fuel source, with usage at about four parts wood to one part coal.
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Census Bureau
Fame and Craft in Saul Carson's Boston Transcript piece
Saul Carson argues fame comes through persistent painting and poetry coupled with selling work. The poem depicts artists neglecting comfort to pursue mastery, then enduring neighborly praise once wealth follows, noting neighbors’ late admiration after climbing from poverty.
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Saul Carson
Boston Transcript
The Signal Service Work and Weather Forecasting
The article chronicles the United States Signal Service from a small experiment to a major War Department branch. It details Boston station operations, staff, timekeeping, observations, and automatic instruments, plus the nationwide network, storm signals, and future potential to forecast and perhaps influence weather to aid agriculture and shipping.
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Department
Boston
United States Signal Service
War Department
Washington
Hazen
United States
Canada
West Indies
Great Lakes
Court and
Sudbury Streets
Equitable
Newburyport
Martha’s Vineyard
Leibmann
Gen. Hazen
Olympia
British America
Sidney
Newfoundland
Havana
San Diego
Signal Service
Thut
The Conductor as the Embodiment of Self Poised Daring
The essay extols steam railroad conductors as highly alert, perceptive leaders whose quiet exterior masks keen hearing and judgment. It lauds their discipline, calmness under danger, and quick, orderly action. It notes engineers share skill, but conductors stand uniquely vigilant and resourceful.
Fragmented Tale of Incomplete Cengus Methods
A garbled OCR fragment hints at techniques and tools, mentioning cengus and panels, with unclear sequence and purpose. The readable parts show brief references to capture, testing, and multiple iterations, but the overall meaning remains obscured.
Brains and Brass Define the Modern American
The Philadelphia Times argues that success in the modern age requires a blend of brains and brass. Mere intellect fails to engage the world, while boldness without brains backfires. Brass means courage and self-possession applied to action, with brains guiding and backing it. The article lauds a balanced mix as essential for advancement in business, journalism, law, ministry, and social life.
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Pettifoger
Philadelphia Times
Sickness a Disgrace and Health Theories
A short excerpt from Popular Science Monthly argues sickness results from poisons and bad habits. It contends nine of ten ailments are self-curable through reform and avoidance of poisons, noting infants face abnormal health and modern Christian health theories mislead adults.
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Popular Science Monthly
Scotch Proverbs Collage of Wise Sayings
A fragmented Scots language passage presents a series of maxims on pride with words of caution about speech and behavior. It emphasizes personal responsibility, prudent action, restraint, and wisdom in dealings with others, with references to debt, folly, and virtue.
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Wu, Brown
Panola
Crenshaw County
Ala
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Calhoun
Longfellow
Yous
W. McMican
Bothnia
Connecticut
Christian Church
New York
Marco Polo
China
Venice
Patti
Paris
Tumre
Fritz
Greenwood
N. Y
Oaeelo
Dahl
Evrops
Rome
the Signal Service
the Conductor
Philadelphia Ledger
Cen
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Holman’s Pad
Horatan
Hou- Man
Holman
Ms Holman Pad Company
Holman Pad CO
Hroadway
KN. X
Loken
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ivan
Pinkie
Parson Peruaiby
Tiinson CO
Masa
Bangare
Nationa
Popissane Co. Calesgo, IR
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