Whisky distilleries bolster Louisville industry boom
The Register reports sixteen whisky distilleries operating in Louisville have been reinforced by a new highwines factory, the first of its kind in the district. A Chinaman named Ho Hr was buried at Wheeling with lavish posthumous rites, money and rice scattered, a fan and coins placed in the coffin. Rev James Beecher, brother of Henry Ward Beecher, long secluded in Ulster county, is said to have so isolated himself that his brother, Rev Thomas K. Beecher, placed him in an insane asylum in Middleton, New York.
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Louisville
Highwines
Ho Hr
Wheeling
W. Va
James Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Ulster County
N. Y
Thomas K. Beecher
Elmira
Middleton
Dallas hunter spends fortune on duck hunt
J L Surey of Dallas forgot his currency while duck hunting and used paper as wadding. He fired away about $50 of his wad before realizing the loss, yet still bagged thirty seven ducks at a cost of about $125 each.
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J. L. Surey
Dallas
Texas
Tragic death after horse fright near Nebraska City
A 14 year old girl died shortly after a frightful incident as dogs attacked a horse en route to school near Nebraska City. Her brother steadied the horse, she collapsed and died within an hour at home. The report notes the accident followed a panicked escape and severe distress.
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Tuenr
Nebraska City
Novel suit over telegram mix up cripples Texas sheep herd
A Dallas suit seeks 20000 dollars against Western Union by Mr. Coile of Throckmorton County owner of a large sheep ranch. A telegram ordering his herdsman to meet at Buffalo Springs with horses and Shep caused a 250 mile roundup of sheep. The flock was ruined and the owner sues for damages. Washington gossip notes Col Tom Ochiltree’s German vote story and a promised “German” favor at the capital.
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Dallas
Tex
Western Union Telegraph Company
Coile
Throckmorton
Buffalo Springs
Shep
Washington
Tom Ochiltree
Congress
Texas
George Washington
George
Col. Ochiltree
Missing Picture Returns After 23 Years In Chicago Dead Letter Office
The blue velvet framed portrait sent to Miss Fannie Hubbard care of Eber Hubbard Chicago was found in the dead letter office after 23 years. A clerk misread Eber as Ebenezer and notified Mr. Hubbard, who said his daughter had married and that the package should be forwarded. The portrait was mailed to the intended recipient, completing a decades old mystery. The item is linked by a critic noting a wave of religious figures in Chicago turning heretical, including Collier Cheney Swing Thomas and now Rev Wilcox of the Disciples.
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Fannie Hubbard
Eber Hubbard
Chicago
Mochler
Eber
Robert Laird Collier
Methodists
Unitarians
Cheney
Protestant Episcopal Church
Prof
Swing
Presbyterian Church
Patton
Thomas
Mr. Wilcox
Christian Church of the Disciples
Cheney, Swing
Thurlow Weed Autograph Letters Now A Private Treasury
The late Thurlow Weed left a premier private collection of autograph letters. It includes letters from every U S president since Madison, Revolutionary heroes like Lafayette and Steuben, Benedict Arnold, and many political leaders of the last fifty years. Royalty and most British leaders are represented, some received directly during the Revolution and afterward. Weed prized the collection and kept a special room of shelves for it, locating any letter before his sight failed.
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Thurlow Weed
United States
Republic
Madison
Mr. Weed
Lafayette
Baron Steuben
Benedict Arnold
Weed
Great Britain
Proper sweeping technique to protect carpets and brooms
Household guidance urges light sweeping to avoid wear on carpets. Do not scrub. dampen the broom and sweep upright to keep dust from cracks. Worn brooms ruin edges. keep the longest side against the carpet for longevity. a straight broom lasts longer.
Speaking Ships at Sea Flag Signaling Details
The account describes sea flag signaling system aboard a vessel. On hearing Sail QO the eighteen signal flags are hoisted with the ensign aloft. When a nearby ship sees the ensign it lowers its flag. then four pennant flags identify the vessel name. Other flags spelling letters denote B L D C from Bombay B M for Amsterdam W F W seventy six days out. We then exchange coded reports and confirm with W J W. The passage notes that nearly any message can be conveyed by flag signals.
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Bombay
Amsterdam
Ventilated Corn Cribs Improve Drying and Storage
Agricultural instructions describe using ventilated cribs to dry corn faster. Build slat flues or four boards nailed together with holes on all sides and an open bottom extending through the crib top. This creates upward drafts that carry moisture away and lower temperature, with low cost and effective results.
Effects of Draining on Soil and Farming
Drainage removes surplus water to prevent ponding and should drain within twenty four hours. It stops soil poisons from stagnation, carries down ammonia for plant food, deepens soil for deeper roots, and enriches subsoil. It reduces drought impact, raises soil temperature up to ten degrees, and speeds crop maturity by ten to fourteen days. Uniform conditions let farming become more certain, enabling work in wet or dry seasons and reducing weather risk, per Prairie Farmer.
Fattening Cattle Guidelines from Ontario College Reports
The Ontario Agricultural College notes say cattle eat in proportion to weight and that early stall feeding boosts winter progress by about 30 percent. Do not abruptly change diet. provide ample water and salt, regulate temperature, and keep fattening under 3 years. A daily grain guide is one pound per hundred pounds of weight, with careful exercise, plan, and consistent supervision.
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Experimental Department
Ontario Agricultural College
Cattlemen Set Minimum Price For Fattening Stock
In six months of fattening finish the market aims to secure profits and avoids selling store cattle of proper stamp below 44 cents per pound live weight to ensure a good return.
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Costa
Domestic recipes from old newspaper column
A compendium of kitchen tips and quick dishes. It covers picxtop grapes preserved in vinegar, baked quince with skins on, tomato sauce with beef stock and peppersauce, celery soured with milk and veal stock, buckwheat cakes with yeast, frep cappage cabbage prep, and a rich fowl stuffing with oysters, bread crumbs, butter, parsley, lemon, peppers, and egg.
Actors Who Save Money and Hidden Bankers in NY
A New York Times style column notes how many actresses and performers quietly stash earnings in savings banks across the city. It cites Miss Jeffreys-Lewis Charlotta Evelyn and others, sometimes using multiple banks to accrue interest while away from the stage. It also mentions a comic tale of a actor converting season savings into postage stamps, and an actress sewing savings into her corset. The piece ends with circus elephants used as makeshift savings chests, their tusks sawed off to permit hollowed-out savings receptacles guarded by keepers.
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New York
Miss Jeffreys-Lewis
Charlotta Evelyn
Sultan
Tippoo
Saib
Netos
Mexican Senator's Sheep Sale Leads to Gambling Debt
A Mexican state senator and successful stock raiser sold his sheep for capital, then gambled away the proceeds before returning home, ultimately incurring a debt of twenty thousand dollars. The tale is framed as an exchange illustrating Mexican character and behavior.
Dutiful Son Confesses Guilt. Father Pays Off Big Debt
A son confessed his guilt to his elderly father who disciplined him with a severe thrashing. He then traveled to the town and settled a $20,000 obligation, paying the amount in full.
Symmeses Concentric Spheres and Polar Openings Theory
The text explains John Cleves Symmess theory of concentric hollow spheres open at the poles and gravity as pressure of an impalpable elastic matter. It highlights his memoirs, supporting arguments, and visions of traversing the icy circle to claim unknown lands and potential civilizations.
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John Cleves Symmes
Captain Symmes
Ohio
Symmes
Nares
Arctic
I Don’t Care for Any Tea Party Prank Tale
The Nantucket Inquirer recalls a shy young groom who, during courting, was invited to a tea at his sweetheart’s pious uncle. When asked to bless the gathering, he blurted out in embarrassment I don’t care for any. The moment becomes a noted town anecdote.
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Nantucket Inquirer
Imposter Exposed As John the Baptist Booster
A man in Laramie claims to be John the Baptist and travels streets with light hair and chin whiskers. He is stout and looks like a farmer, prompting a reader warning that he is not who he says. The Boomerang notes we researched and John the Baptist is dead. A Castleton Vermont pupil cried after learning a sister named Mary, actually a favorite horse, had died.
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Laramie
John the Baptist
State Normal School
Castleton
Mary
Xreuger
Sister Mary
Negro Superstition in Birds Haunts Lynchburg Reader
Mary W. Early writes from Lynchburg Virginia to the Philadelphia Press outlining widespread negro superstition. She cites bird omens foretelling death, the combings of hair causing headaches, conjurer fears, and moon guided farming and funeral beliefs, noting sincere religious feeling alongside ignorance and visions in the community.
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Mary W. Early
Lynchburg
Philadelphia
Peter
Dreyfus disowns debts as son seeks aid through circular
M Dreyfus of Paris declares in leading papers he will not be liable for his son Maxime's debts. Maxime replies with a circular begging friends for help, describing dire misery and soliciting contributions or gifts in kind. A recently compiled statistic notes chloroform death rate at one per thousand.
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M. Dreyfus
Paris
Maxime
M. Maxime Dreyfus
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