Controversy Over Sunday Newspapers and State House Costs
The Register notes Dr. Howard Grosby condemning Sunday newspaper advice as trivial on religion. Indiana State House construction faces an estimated total outlay of 1.762 million dollars with 230,792 available under the 2 million limit. In Brattleboro an organ factory dispute ends with workers resigning after being accused of inferior craftsmanship while the proprietor reveals male workers helped craft organs praised as women’s work.
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Congregationalist
Howard Grosby
Indiana
Womn
Brattleboro
A Tough Bear Story in New Brunswick
Awan in New Brunswick faced a bear attack with no weapon. He struck the animal with kerosene, which broke and flowed. The bear hugged him as he lit it with a match, starting a fire. He saved the snout with water in a hat and extinguished the flames, despite near total consumption.
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Awan
New Brunswick
Aston
Early Montgolfier Balloon Flight at Avignon 1782
The first experiment with sir balloons was by Montgolfier the elder in Avignon in November 1782. He released a forty cubic foot canvas parallelepiped heated by internal burning paper in his room. The dwelling still stands with a municipal commemorative inscription and a street window balcony bearing small gilt balloons.
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Montgolfier the Elder
Avignon
Washington monument terrace plans draw 80 percent advance
The Washington monument ideas for a terrace at its base move forward as architect Edward Clark presents two designs a 220 foot square single terrace and a double terrace plaques by Larkin Mead placed on all four sides. Aimed to preserve the shaft’s unbroken look the project faces design objections.
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Washington Monument
Edward Clark
Capitol
Larkin Mead
Seay Experiments Watermelons To Extract Sugar In Rome
Mr W W Seay of Rome Georgia is testing watermelon sugar extraction. His small scale experiments aim to determine if watermelons may hold a substantial average percentage of saccharine matter, suggesting potential for sugar content.
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W. W. Seay
Rome
Prominent Melon Growth Plans In 19th Century Lab Estimates
The article cites optimistic yields from land suited to growth and outlines 34 500 pounds of melons producing 2415 pounds of sugar at seven percent saccharine content valued at 241.50 dollars. It notes a heroic event on the Missouri Pacific track where a girl saved two trains by flagging with her apron and then vanished, with the railroad offering a reward.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Unusual claims on world age and vegetarianism loom large
A self styled Professor Asa T. Green lectured in McKeesport and argued that biblical timelines imply an earth age near one million years since creation and a possible end in 994,114 years. He linked star light, then visible, to these ages while a London Lancet piece is said to defend vegetarianism by noting meat increases nervous tension and raises metabolic pressure beyond actual needs.
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Asa T. Green
McKeesport
London
What Is Plagiarism What is plagiarism
A brief lecture on the trouble of defining plagiarism in practice. It notes that theft is clear when a sermon or poem is word for word copied, but many cases involve unconscious reminiscence or independent creation leading to similar thoughts and expressions.
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Pistol
Chambers
Hermit of Powelton Ina Townsend Dies in Philadelphia Almshouse
Ina Townsend known as the hermit of Powelton died recently in the Philadelphia almshouse. He had long lived in a lime box not more than eight feet square and was forcibly removed when local improvements required the space. His Vermont relatives are described as in comfortable circumstances.
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Ina Townsend
Powelton
Philadelphia
Vermont
Bride Receives Twenty Tons Of Coal Gift In New York Wedding
A New York wedding gifts a twenty ton coal order to the bride, likely from an unsuccessful suitor who felt he owed the family that amount of fuel. The unusual present underscores a dramatic gesture tied to the couple's nuptials.
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New York
Indianapolis Wife Seeks Divorce After Twenty-Eight Months
An Indianapolis woman seeks a divorce after twenty eight months of marriage claiming her husband used their home as a prison and imprisoned her and himself in a regimented life. The unusual plea paints a picture of suffocating control and marital strain prompting legal action.
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Indianapolis
Eaya O
Broad views and practical education urged for rural voters
The Iowa State Register urges smarter leadership among farmers, advocating educated, broad minded farmers in legislatures and clubs to curb partisan manipulation. It argues sheep breeding should match soil types, with local adaptation and market demands guiding breed choice for best efficiency.
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Congress
Iowa State Register
Lincoln
Cotswold
Leicester
New York
Detroit Post
Sheep Breeds Shaped by Soil and Climate Across Regions
The article explains how soil and climate influence sheep types and wool, detailing effects on size, body conformation, and fiber. It cites Spanish Transhumantes, French pasture feeding, and English mutton breeds like Southdown and the black faced Scotch, noting soil-driven differences and historical examples.
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Spain
United States
Loz
France
England
Ellman
Scotland
Norveal
Household Cookery Notes and Recipes
A collection of kitchen guidance from home cooks detailing measures for pastries jams and fried roasts. Instructions include Burris housekeepers recipes such as Porri s cake Quince jelly Sopa biscuit Baxep onions and Crommets with step by step mixing baking and boiling times. Also includes rice cooking method and a curry powder recipe with cautions on flavor development.
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India
Texas wedding plot ends in renewed funds for home
In Texas speculators in matrimonial insurance backed a groom to build a house before marriage. When he faltered the fiancée ended the engagement, friends lent him money to build the house to wed, raising questions if policies will pay. Also an explosion in Harmon Maine injured Mrs. Ca and destroyed her dress. a burned pocket reportedly valued at 1,800 dollars.
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Texas
Harmon
Maine
The Spare Bedroom
A Burdette vignette in which a jester and fellow travelers describe a night in a grim spare room aboard a train. The cramped space, frosty dormer window, drafty sheets, looming headboard scythe, and eerie morning breakfast alarm create a claustrophobic, comic horror mood as they seek shelter at a hotel.
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Imoodern
Endymon
Legend of the Grail Recipe and Lineage Spanning Saints
A Boston Herald account retells the medieval legend of the Holy Grail as a luminous jasper falling from Lucifer, caught by angels, and later linked to Joseph of Arimathea. It traces the cup through Titurel to Amfortas, the Templars, and a dove-renewed Holy Vessel, guarded by pure hands in a forest castle.
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Liucifer
Heaven
Earth
Christ
Joseph
Arimathea
Jerusalem
Titus
Titurel
Amfortas
Templars
Knights of the Grail
Lucifer
God
Boston Herald
Odor Recognition in Animals Described by a Journal Writer
A Journal of Science writer notes that livestock like oxen sheep and goats will browse plants with unfamiliar odors differently in new flora regions. They avoid strange effluvia, yet once odors vanish they may eat the plant. A Paris Zoo bear exposed to prussic acid pushed the source into water until the odor disappeared and the poison lost its force.
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The
Journal of Science
Paris ‘Zoo
Western Missoula Night Scene Described by The Century
In Missoula a twilight panorama shows saloon crowds in rough dress, Indians near a hill camp, soldiers riding out after sunset, and a wandering miner failing to sell his mule. Chinatown workers and saddler’s hesitance feature as Indians peer and wait outside shops, reflecting frontier idle commerce and daily life.
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Montana
Missoula
We Know It Would Rain and Aldrich the Poet
A Mobile Register critique lauds T. B. Aldrich as a true poet whose lines evoke summer rain and lingering impressions. The author reflects on Aldrich’s natural, memorable verse and notes his later shift to prose, pondering why the poet stopped writing poetry.
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T. B. Aldrich
Aldrich
Hhen
Ford
Mobile Registr
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