Oxford Liquor 819 Licenses In A City Of 35000
A Drixx Map of Oxford England shows 819 liquor outlets for 35 000 residents with strong patronage and widespread temperance. The piece notes unbiased reporting by a true newspaper, and cites diverse notices from Grasshopper Jane visiting Milwaukee to Devil’s Lake Dakota’s rapid growth with hotels banks and two papers. It mentions a Jersey judge’s swift, humanizing handling of a knuckles incident at a racecourse and rapid post-arrest processing.
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Oxford
England
Tne
Milwaukee Sentinel
Jane
Devil’s Lake
Dakota
Creelsburg
Devil's Lake
Saratoga
Arkansas Editor Quits Amid Journalistic Turmoil
An Arkansas editor announces they are quitting journalism with no regret, declaring they have not received due patronage and will throw up the sponge. They deny accusations of theft, insist no remorse accompanies the exit, and urge debtors to settle while creditors wait.
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Arkansas
Mystery Cash In Collar Package From Fishkill
Mr Van Wyes of Fishkill NY hands a package believed to be collars to a Poughkeepsie laundry. A friend told the laundryman the contents. The laundryman opened the box and found $400 in greenbacks plus a bank deposit slip. He deposited the money and notified Van Wryck, who sent the collars the following day.
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van Wyes
Fishkill
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie National Bank
Blaine book sales spark grand edition speculation
In Pennsylvania, subscriptions for Blaine's Twenty Years in Congress soar as book agents face inflated figures. A township of two thousand could yield an edition near a million copies, with estimates suggesting 500000 might suffice initially. Meanwhile, Boston pirates are traced to a well-furnished riverbank den with rugs, curtains, oil paintings, and a marble-top table.
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Pennsylvania
Blaine
Congress
Indianapolis Journal
Boston
Massachusetts Bay
Noted Weapons and Games at Juvenile Gathering
The scene described mentions two revolvers, pipes, and several novels of the Red Handed Dick order. Six beardless boys play poker quietly at another table. Four double cots line the walls and carriage robes cover the floor. the boys were taken to jail.
Catalogues for Eastern girls colleges spark abuse fears
The piece notes that some Eastern girls colleges stopped issuing pupil catalogs to prevent addresses from being misused by nefarious suitors. It claims rivals offer lower tuition to lure girls away, causing distress to parents and colleges. The essay also abruptly shifts to a portrait of Mr. Hastings of Pleasure Bay, lauding his Irish heritage, lifestyle, and hospitality.
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Anthony Comstock
Pittsburg
Hastixnecs
Pleasure Bay
New York Herald
Earl of
Hastings
North of Ireland
Charles Lever
Long Branch
The Effect of Affectation in Society
A meditation on how affectation of wealth knowledge and status influences behavior. People defer to shoddy claims and perceive a shine as gold until proven false, aided by a lack of moral courage to challenge sham and by credulous praise of superficial doctors and ministers.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Safe Place for a Pipe on Lake George Island
E D Baker, a York State editor, left a clay pipe in a tree hollow on a Lake George island after a fishing day with friends. Thirty years later he recalled the pipe, found it easily, and later visits preserved it in good condition.
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E. D. Baker
York State
Lake George
Mr. B
Neighbor's Wife Kiss Dream Ends in Brutal Clash
A Stratrorp, Con., woman dreamed her husband kissed a neighbor's wife and woke to strike him, breaking his nose. The report notes a volatile marital dispute with domestic violence as the consequence.
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Stratrorp
Principles of Effective Schooling and Teaching Missives
A collection of instructional passages on classroom management, recitation lengths, attendance, and teacher conduct from historic education literature. It warns against satirical derision, excessive apparatus, and overlong lessons, advocating balanced use of hands on work, careful praise, and focus on genuine learning.
Cinderella and the enduring charm of fairy tales
The article muse reflects on Cinderella as a timeless tale shaping young minds. It contrasts fairy fiction with real-life family dynamics, noting Cinderella's overlooked position, the magical transformation, the ball, and the glass slipper that leads to the prince.
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Chaucer
Shakespeare
Cinderela
Cinderella
Ginferella
The Boy Who Found Fortune in Peters Attic Box
An old merchant placed a boy wanted sign in a shop window. Crawford Mills, hired to tidy a 25 year old attic box, finds a hidden fortune among scraps and nails. The boy’s orderly work leads to a successful career and Peters Mills & Co. becomes a thriving firm.
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Mr. Peters
John Simmons
Charley Jones
Crawford Mills
Crawford
Peters
Table Etiquette To Start The Day In Cheerful Tone
A Household advice piece stresses cheerful talk at meals to aid digestion and mood. It warns against asking about personal ailments at breakfast, noting such questions spread discomfort and fatigue. A GOAT-HERDER in Colorado recounted a sudden river flood that drowned 200 of 700 goats, with the herder surviving by clinging to a tree for a day.
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Mammi
Colorado
Leapomiz Hosts Large Massachusetts Female Teachers
Leapomiz Col entertained a large group of Massachusetts female teachers, showcasing social hospitality and local engagement. The event highlighted community ties and uplifted professional connections among educators from the region.
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Leapomiz
Col
Massachusetts
Agricultural Advice From The Farming World
Agricultural notes stress tile-draining to deepen root growth and assure drought resilience. It praises Paris Green use against pests, urges neat farmyards, details corn and bean cultivation, sheep pasturing, and careful seed potatoes selecting seed eyes, avoiding whole-tuber planting to boost vigor and disease resistance.
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G. Bourinot
Ottawa
Canada
Creery
Bedford
Corax
J. A. McMasters
Miami Co
Joseph Harris
Rochester
N.Y
Ireland
United States
General potato crop of the country Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune notes the nation faces the broad state of its potato crop. Strong yield prospects and fluctuations in supply are discussed, with emphasis on growing regions and market implications for farmers and consumers.
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Chicago Tribune
Household Dishes and Leftover Ideas in One Page
Practical kitchen notes offer recipes for corn starch pudding with peach or orange garnish, a cold chicken reuse method baked with ham and crumbs, salmon layered with bread crumbs and milk, red raspberry pudding baked in coffee cups, and veal loaf shaped with salt pork, crackers and butter then baked two hours for lunch or supper.
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Seine
Information Wanted and a Soldier's Hobby Tale
A humorous vignette traces the phrase Information Wanted as a sign of the era and recounts a train encounter with a voracious info seeker who exhausts sources and walks eight miles to Red Buttes. Gen Sherman quips on choosing a hobby to talk about politics and a Massachusetts widow wears mourning with bangs of her late husband’s hair.
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Mermory’s Hall
Red Buttes
Bill Nye
Towerk
Gen. Grant
Gen. Sherman
San Francisco
Massachusetts
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