Hen hatches goslings and market notes on silk and cider
Miss T C Laygey of Bolton Kentucky hatched four goslings from three goose eggs. A remark on cotton goods costs. Thomas Wardle, English silk maker, warns Chinese conditions may shift silk industry. Groree W Cuariy of Pine Meadow Connecticut tried for selling cider without a license, defended by on site drinking. fined $1 and costs.
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T. C. Laygey
Bolton
Thomas Wardle
India
England
Groree W. Cuariy
Pine Meadow
Conn
George
Carver claims orange vanishes when rifle hits center
Dr. W F Carver, noted rifle shot, asserts that a center hit empties an orange from sight as the ball shatters it into infinitesimal pieces. He invites readers to test the claim themselves and see the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Carver
Lyons man shoots swans. buys wild bird at sale
Cuarxes Ross of Lyons Indiana shot at three swans in Bee Hunter Prairie’s marsh. He killed two and crippled the third then captured the wounded swan and drove it home. A local man bought the bird for 35 dollars as townsfolk watched the episode.
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Cuarxes Ross
Lyons
Ind
Bee Hunter Prairie
Ross
Obscure superstitions and curious ads in historical columns
A row of odd notes on obea h water and curses, Gladstone’s eyes, topieco blindness in London hospitals, and a potpourri of Victorian anecdotes. It also surveys a frugal workman dinner in Borpdravux, an English advertising stunt with watch prizes, and global farm land comparisons.
American agriculuralists and a dramatic governor delay
The piece contrasts vast American farming scales with French peasant landholding. It notes a death-row murderer with influential friends seeking a governor’s respite. The sheriff, favoring capital punishment yet compassionate, keeps the prisoner in suspense as time to decide stretches out.
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Fashington
Curious facts about U S newspaper type and a Paris tragedy
A compilation notes U S newspapers used 6 589 878 pounds of type with New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and Iowa producing half. It tallies daily and weekly print, ducks and geese in Nevada, and a French tragedy about a groom’s suicide.
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United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Atlantic
Pacific
French Frivolities at the Club and Opera
The New York Graphic sketches light moments in Parisian life with a club member confessing bad luck at lotteries and a joke about drawing a bead on an orange. It notes two artists off the opera discussing jaundice and a ball scene where Monistrollas awkwardly asks if the lady desires anything as his crush hat sits on the same chair.
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Guibollard
Flo
Mademoiselle
New York Graphic
New Year's Day at the Hayes White House 1881
On New Year's Day 1881 Washington saw the Hayes White House crowded with visitors during the last reception of President and Mrs. Hayes. The blue parlor featured elegant dressers and flowers while ministers, diplomats, and Cabinet officials arrived. President Garfield’s looming cabinet selections and early talks about appointments were noted, with anecdotes about figures like Judge Clifford and Robert Lincoln shaping expectations.
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Washington
Hayes
Farquhar
Engineer Corps
Miss Mills
San Francisco
Col. Casey
Webb Hayes
Agnes Devens
Maria Herron
Cincinnati
Fannie Hayes
Evarts
Diplomatic Corps
Foreign Legations
Edward Thornton
British Legation
United States
Army
Navy
Sherman
Admiral Porter
Cols, Bacon and McCook
Croneval
Adjt
Deam
McKeever
Angeles
Nickerson
Marey
Meigs
van Vieit
McPeeley
Cron
J. Barnes
Crane
Baxter
Brown
Wricht
Gren. Parke
Col
Casey
Hazen
Gen. Grant
Senator Conkling
Grant
Garfield
Wilson
Allison
Robert Lincoln
Gen. Garfield
Ma. Gincoin
Clifford
the Supreme Court
National Hotel
White House
Oho
Senate
Stong
Windom
David Davis
Savoir Faire in Women Sets the Tone of Dress and Social Grace
The piece argues black and yellow define the season for women, praising black lace and refined gowns as essential to savoir faire. It critiques flaunting wealth, notes Bluebloods as vulnerable to ridicule, and mentions Mme Patterson-Bonaparte as an odd, unpopular figure who lived modestly in a boarding house while pursuing studies and business.
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Tonee
Mme. Patterson-Bonaparte
Neto York Star
United States domain through the Gadsden Purchase
The article traces U S territorial growth from the Atlantic to the Pacific via purchases and treaties. It covers the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Florida 1819, Oregon 1844, Mexican cessions after 1848, Alaska 1867, and details the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 including its route from El Paso to California and its 45,535 square mile area.
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United States
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Georgia
Louisiana
France
Oregon
California
Texas
Arizona
Alaska
Florida
Spain
Alabama
Mississippi
Republic of
Mexico
Great Britaan
Nevada
Anyong
Utah
New Mexico
Russia
Gadsden
James Gadsden
Rio Grande del Norte
el Paso
Colorado
Lower
Gila River
Carnival of Nice Described as Fantastical Masked Spectacle
The author paints the Nice carnival as a vast open air pantomime with fifty to sixty thousand revelers in masks and dominoes, King Carnival towering thirty feet above the crowd, and a riot of colors, costumes, and confetti. The scene includes grotesque and beautiful masks, performers, and even children cunningly disguised, creating a dreamlike, feverish pageant lasting hours in the sun.
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Nice
Carnival
Troy
Plebs
King and Iis
Pearl Oysters and a Curious Friend Advertisement
A long description of Gulf of California pearl fisheries notes divers using weights and armor diving to great depths, then ships dried oysters to China. It includes a casual account of mother of pearl formation and a curious tale of a proposed “Want a Friend” advertisement from Atlantic Monthly, detailing the odd candidate profile and social expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of California
Gulf
China
Christian Union
A Dog Goned Insinuation In Texas Lore
A quoted exchange centers on a dog alleged to have hydrophobia. Jim Webster claims the dog drinks water as a sign, while Uncle Mose questions the symptom. The dialogue reflects dialect and social dynamics within the Texas Sistings narrative.
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Uncle Mose
Jim Webster
Texas
Pursuit or possession of an object brings joy
Bill Arp recalls a youthful debate on whether pleasure lies in pursuing or possessing. He shares a tale from a court scene where he argued the pursuit while others, including a flirtatious maiden, favored possession. He admits losing the case yet cherishes those counting days and youthful ardor.
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Shakspeare
Cardinal Wolsey
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Old Love Letters and the Baneful Warmth of Memory
The piece compares old love letters to stale soup and notes their lingering ache when read after passion fades. It likens warmed soup to memory and warns that restraint in using lawful things prevents crossing into forbidden acts, reflecting a moral stance from Lewiston Journal.
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Lewistorn
Ame
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Tutre
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Blackie
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Tnr
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Belgium
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Portugal
Scotland
Holland
Bel
Dalrymple
Paris
Duck Lake
Pyramid Branch
Truckee
Pyramid Lake
Ben. Perley Poore
Gadsden Purchase
N. B
Atlantic Monthly
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