Deer Slaughter by Lemhi Indians Reported Across Region
The Register notes Lemhi Indians slaughter deer by wholesale for hides, forming miles of circle routes toward a center to kill nearly every deer within the area. Authorities are urged to stop the slaughter. The piece also recalls Rev. Robert Breck’s 1733 remark on heathens and salvation. Miss Dudley of Canton, famed for rolls, fried ham, and baked goose, leaves for Birmingham to open a restaurant.
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Ipano
Jackson
Miss Dudley
Canton
Birmingham
Diamonds and dutiful divas in volatile tales from travel
A traveler laments Flume Hungary streets filled with fluttering petticoats while scant women appear, and Ernest Scuinaine-HutsKkane faces marital rumors on Long Island amidst a mix of celebrity gossip. The piece shifts to vast diamond wealth with tonnage values, global cuts, and India as a rival field. It notes Washington’s library plan, German parliament size, and Munich Royal Library, plus remarks by Governor Curtin on arrogance and foreign court manners.
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Flume
Hungary
Rom
Ernest Scuinaine-HutsKkane
Victoria Morosini
Long Island
Italy
Congressional Library
Washington
Smithmeyer
Royal Library
Munich
British Museum
Widespread Chloroform Plot Links To Maxwell Murder
Narrative pieces recall Maxwell's chloroform use in the Preller murder, with storied claims from a St. Louis druggist about future inquiries and revenue tied to the case. Other items recount Hartford court testimony on snared partridges and a Tours lioness roaming a printing works, prompting spectacle and caution.
Mr. Clay as a Pugilist in Kentucky Politics
The Argonaut recounts how young Henry Clay learned fighting skills from boyhood brawls and notes Kentucky statesmen prized fisticuffs. It details a hotel room confrontation with James C. Sprigg, where Clay recalls Sprigg’s method and delivers repeated blows until Sprigg falls, framing Clay’s past as both comic and tragic in its violence.
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Mr. Clay
Kentucky
James C. Sprigg
Congress
Messrs
Clay
Sprige
Mr. Sprigg
A Story of Real Life Leaves and a Boy’s Earnest Offer
A small boy sweeps leaves on his sidewalk when a kind passerby praises his duty and promises a reward. The boy eagerly accepts, saying he wants 10 cents down and a nickel upon completion, and jokes about not selling trust or credit to anyone nearby, glancing at a stray cat.
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Detroit Free Press
Explosions of Natural Gas and Safety Fears
A historical overview warns that widespread natural gas drilling could cause massive explosions and upheaval across the Ohio Kentucky Indiana region. It contrasts sensational fears with practical experiments showing gas-filled structures are not explosive, citing Gentleman's Magazine and lectures on hydrocarbon gas behavior. It also includes a biographical sketch of kindness and frugality attributed to a public figure noted for generosity to servants and strict income discipline.
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China
Foo Chang
Unite States
Toledo
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Lake Erie
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Gentlemen’s Magazine
Gentleman’s Magazine
Peddlers of Corea Trade and Court Embroidery
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt describes Corean peddlers selling copper bowls trained sparrows and bundles of hair, with queues and palace hair, fine inlaid metalwork, coins on silk cords, and embroidered wedding attire. It notes court garments showing cranes, tigers, clouds, and waves, and the bridegroom’s official chair and leopard skin.
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Corea
China
Mear
Japan
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Sumner’s Poverty and Independent Living
The article outlines Charles Sumner’s frugal yet principled financial life. He lived within his Senate pay and minor royalties, occasionally lecturing to supplement income. Later, he gained modest wealth from inherited fortunes, yet remained self reliant and never indebted beyond his means.
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Mr. Sumner
Senate
Pleasures of the Chase in the Old Tale of Hunters
A humorous essay on hunting instincts from pale cave days to modern times. It warns of dangers of boys with guns, accidental shootings, and the goofy habits of amateur hunters. The piece ends with a quip about truth crushed by amateurs and a signature line.
Toddy and Toddy Drawers Rope Walkers Peril
In All the Year Round a vivid scene explains the toddy harvest from cocoanut palms. Workers ascend by five ropes, swapping between trees to collect sap in chatty pots. If the upper rope breaks, survival chances vanish, giving rise to the proverb that the mainstay is gone.
Pussy's Mysterious Fate in a Boston Burlesque
A Boston paper fragment tells of a cat vanished from a city household where an Irish cook and an English maid work. The English girl allegedly ate the cat, provoking fears of expulsion by the cook who vows to leave if the animal is harmed. The item closes with a Cicero quote about friendship.
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Lowisa
Boston Budner
Eels Through History From Rome To New Jersey Coasts
Eels have long fascinated observers from Pliny to medieval monks. The piece details eel anatomy with Breeding, methods of catching, and famed large congers up to six feet, including lobbing, eel pots, and spear fishing along New Jersey and Long Island mud flats.
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Pliny
Qucullus
Henry II
England
East Indies
New Jersey
Long Island
Cheese Market in Alkmaar Through the Weigh House Scene
A vivid sketch of Alkmaar’s cheese market shows crowds of carts and street porters in colored hats transporting cheese from farms to the weigh house. Porters carry loads on hand crafted stretchers, weights are set on large old scales, and buyers’ barques await to haul the cheese away. The piece notes reform resistance in public weighing practices.
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Alkmaar
SWORDSMAN Jean Louis Fights Thirteen Opponents in Madrid
A dramatic 1813 clash in Madrid where Jean Louis master at arms of the Thirty-second Regiment defeats thirteen adversaries in a single combat staged before an army. He defeats Giacomo Ferrari and other foes, ending the duel after ten thousand spectators applaud.
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Jean Louis
Madrid
Miadrid
Giacomo Ferrari
Flo
Giacomo
52D
Wholesale Slaughter of Deer By Lembhi Indians
Idaho newspapers report the Lembhi Indians drive deer in a circling hunt toward a ravine and kill nearly every animal that enters the circle. Authorities are urged to halt the slaughter.
Queer Human Nature in a Detroit Political Tale
Senator Sawyer recalls public life’s rough toll amid a Vermont flagman's odd wages. The tale contrasts campaigning sacrifices with a laconic boatman who values thirty seven and a half cents over nightly wakefulness, illustrating human nature under strain.
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Senator Sawyer
Detroit
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Flagza
Detroit Free Press
Best Trade for a Young Man Advice from The Advocate
A Christian Advocate question and answer outlines six traits for a young man choosing a trade. It favors trades essential to humanity or with steady demand, aligned with natural aptitude, not seasonal, capable of enabling self employment, compatible with health, and not demeaning or dirty. It cites Paley on lasting human satisfaction through engagement.
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Christain
Advocate
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Germany
Russia
St. Louis
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Preller
Southern Hotel
Tarri
Hartford
Conn
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Hewith
Daniel
Tours
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la Petite France
Redenbach
M. Redenbach
Sam Ward
Arnold Burges Johnson
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Sumner
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New York
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Cicero
Idaho
Chicago
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Tar Great
Paley
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