Largest Alabama plantation contrasts with Dakota land sale
The Register notes Roberts and Salters Union Springs plantation as the state’s largest cotton holding at 900 acres with 25 miles of ditches and 800 workers, producing 900 bales of cotton and 95,000 bushels of corn. It compares Dakota land disposals last year to Belgium and Denmark, asserting Dakota settlement has barely begun and most land went to actual settlers.
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Alabama
Messrs. Roberts & Salters
Union Springs
Dakota
Belgium
Denmark
Greece
Switzerland
Marshall Township
Butler County
Pennsylvania
Marshall Farm
Bartley
Farmers burn corn for fuel in Nebraska
Nebraska farmers say burning corn for fuel is cheaper than buying coal. They estimate soft coal costs about 22 cents a bushel while corn sells for around 12 cents. Experiments show two bushels of corn produce more heat than one bushel of coal.
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Nebraska
Khedive’s Jewels Return After Debt Paid
The Khedive of Egypt sent a chest of jewels to Paris to fetch cash but was paid off by a debtor settling all dues. Feeling flush, he hurried to reclaim the jewels, now en route back to Egypt. A London Liberal MP’s son probed Stratford laborer with political questions, met with a blunt reply: he’s off buying drain pipes. Opponents of the new franchise bill relish the moment.
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England
Stratford-on-Avon
Baltimore eccentric dies after decades of delusions of millions
Spencer Hicu, a longtime Baltimore figure known for haunting city halls and courts, has died. Born in England in 1806, he believed himself heir to vast riches despite repeated denials. He received an annual 3200 pound pension from the Duke of Norfolk, the reason for which remained unknown. The report also notes Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill Valley railroad boasting multiple large bridges, including the 1409 foot Manayunk span and a 700 foot Union Canal Read ing bridge, plus an 800 foot tunnel near Phenixville carved from solid rock.
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Spencer Hicu
Baltimore
England
Duke of Norfalk
New Schuylkill Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania
Manayunk
Reading
Phenixville
E. A. Holbrook
Salt Lake
Seattle
Secretary of State Prize Declines in New Era
Tur New York Sun argues the Secretary of State no longer holds cabinet prestige in the U S noting Treasury Interior and Post Office now outrank it. It predicts the Interior may become the great department once debt and tariffs vanish. A Tokyo Island woman seeks a husband in Boston advertising. She has 250 proposals by letter and plans interviews with fifteen suitors.
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New York Sun
Europe
Post Office
Treasury
Interior
Tur Tiong Island
Loston
Jetter
Cruel Hearts and Rail Pass Woes Rise Across Papers
A long critique links circulating romances, envy, and a Long Island woman’s cruel schemes to social pressure. It also lambasts railroad pass privileges, rate discrimination, and a Pennsylvania school district siting on valuable oil-lands amid escalating offers.
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Long Island
A Humorist's Fate and Old Crosses at St Peter's
A postcard style note describes the Church of St Peter with ancient tombstones and seven rusty crosses marking wives of a man who killed them by tickling their feet. Nemesis sundered him via his eighth wife after she exposed his scheme. The tale recalls a brutal Salzburg punishment and notes 10,000 Dutch windmills and sugarcane growers’ monopoly in Holland.
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St. Peter
Rupert
Bret Harte
Salzburg
Holen- Salzburg
San Francisco Chronicle
Holland
Conqueror of Braddock a French hero long dead
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph recounts Daniel Hyacinth Mary Leonard de Beaujeu the French commander at Fort Duquesne who led a small force to defeat Braddock. Born 1711 in Montreal he rose from captain to commandant, tested native alliance, fell at the Monongahela, and was buried at Fort Duquesne. His grave site remains unknown today.
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France
Moses
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Beaujeu
England
America
Daniel Hyacinth
Mary Leonard de Beaujeu
Dauphiny
Daniel
Montreal
Quebec
Detroit
Fort Duquesne
Monongahela
Chevalier de la Perade
Fr. Lambing
Third Avenue
Hudson
Athanase
Lorette
Pontiac
Dumas
Lraddock
Washington
Lieut. de Corqueville
Ensiga de
Breen & Edwards
Water Street
Penn
Heaujeu
Napoleon Iil
Tours
Canada
Freaks of Great Men Diet Oddities in Byron Life
The piece cites Lord Byron's eccentric diet as recounted by Moore in Life of Lord Byron. Byron avoided meat fish and wine at times, favored potatoes with vinegar, and teased Moore about beefsteak. It notes his fear of obesity and links diet to Banting rules, while comparing to ancient habits and other famous eccentric eaters.
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Moore
Lord Byron
Samuel Nogers
Byron
Curius
Pythagoras
General Butler and the Silver Spoons Origin Tale
General Butler recounts seizing Confederate property in New Orleans in July 1862. He claims spoons and silver from General Twiggs’ mansion were used at his headquarters and later turned over to the quartermaster. He cites vouchers. swords connected to Twiggs moved to Washington, later restored to Twiggs’ daughter after Butler referred questions to the Government.
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General Butler
New Orleans
United States
General Twiggs
Georgia
Quartermaster’s Department
Twiggs
Congress
Butler
Washington
Annapolis Academy
West Point
Treasury
California Gold Camps of Forty Nines Echoes of a Lawless Era
The era's camps are depicted as bustling, violent, and vibrant with miners from many regions. Gold yield figures hint at vast, unreported wealth, while saloons, gambling, and harsh prices reveal a rough, self governing world. Some pioneers later turned to farming after mining faded.
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Fortgnine
Leif
Europe
Asia
North America
Bret Harte
Love and a Missing Sugar Plum In a Flirtation Tale
A clever American man woos a lady with bright talk and flirtation. He writes a playful note starting with Does my pretty one ever think of her absent sugar plum. The next suitor arrives while she plans absence, and she never reads more of the long letter. The bouncer reminds him he’s the man.
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America
Ngersoll
Svarts
New York Mirror
A Southern Ball in Virginia Mountain Dream Setting
A Washington Springs letter recounts a real old fashioned Southern ball on a Virginia farm. Guests from distant towns arrived by carriage and rail, with two connected house halves, a stout tobacco box, and a busy aunt presiding in the kitchen. The event featured dress, ice cream, and a dawn departure, leaving the host’s household to recount the memorable night.
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Virginia Mountain District
Washington Springs
Virginia
New York Leening Post
South
L A. m
Smith Valley
Virginia Mountains
The Drama Under Difficulties draws crowds to Shin tomi theater
The wonderful drama Taka da Idzumo remains beloved as crowds fill the Shin tomi theater daily. Hundreds of men and women from all classes sit from morning to evening watching the performance outdoors and inside the crowded audience.
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Takada Idzumo
Londoner Entertained by Ocean of Oysters and Clams
A Londoner visiting America is tricked by New Yorkers into a feast of colossal oysters and giant clams. Two waiters reveal a plate of twelve "Long Tox" oysters from Old Point Comfort, each over thirteen inches long, followed by oversized northwest coast clams. Laughter erupts as the chair is pushed back and the prank's punchline lands with the reveal of a 250 pound clam shell filled with lobster salad. The Englishman, a good sport, eventually joins the joke and laughs with the crowd.
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London
America
Old Point Comfort
Philadelphia Simes
Africa under European rule presses toward continental vastness
Demorest's Magazine notes the era's global push by Britain Germany France and others to open Africa to civilization and trade. It highlights coastal gains rising imperial reach from the Cape to the Sahara and plans for Congo commerce with Belgium led expeditions into the interior.
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Africa
Great Britain
Egypt
South Africa
Western Africa
Sahara
Cape of Good Hope
England
Germany
Sahara Desert
France
Portugal
Republic of Liberia
Congo
Belgium
Lieut
Becker
Abgeria
Tunnis
Tripoli
Morocco
Turope
Demorest
Early toothlessness warned by Dr Evans in Paris
Dr Evans, famed American dentist in Paris, claims that crowded or overfed children will develop early toothlessness. He advises treating a fretful infant like a young colt and turning it out to grass as the remedy.
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Evans
Paris
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Hriyogoku
Iwasaki Yataro
Iwasaka
Jaan Mcail
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