The Old Oaken Bucket Origin Story Retold
An 1800s New York tale recounts how Woodworth and fellow printers while in a Chestnut and Chambers streets office drank at Mallory in Franklin street. The best liquor sparked a claim for eau de vie, but they recalled a spring water draught from an old oaken bucket. The memory inspired and produced the famed song within half an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodworth
Chestnut and
Chambers Streets
New York
Mallory
Franklin Street
St. John's Hall
Self Sacrificing Odd Tale Of Lemon Pranks And Advice
A humorous tale recounts a Saturday evening scene where two lovers share lemonade after a church visit. A mischievous brother Ben secretly squeezes lemons, prompting a playful exchange about lemon juice in each glass. The piece then shifts to moral reflections advising self reliance, avoiding favors, and enduring hardship, ending with a note on fruit consumption and medical insight from a Medical Journal.
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Charles
Ben
Jemon
Charlie
Charley
Bon
Call for Reform in the United States Government
Delegates call urgent reform of the federal administration. They condemn Republican policies, demand sound currency, reduced taxation, public economy, civil service reform, and an end to wasteful federal excess. They urge a peaceful change of system, administration, and parties to secure honest governance and full civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Democratic Party of the
United States
Democratic Party
High Seas
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Republic
House of Representatives
the Treasury
Navy
England
Republican Party
Scientific American advertisement 1876 subscription offer
The notice promotes Scientific American as a weekly, illustrated publication for manufacturers, mechanics, inventors, and educated readers. It extols its 30-year record, breadth of technical content, and value for homes, shops, and schools with a yearly price of 3.20 and club discounts. It also advertises Munn & Co as patent solicitors with services and pamphlets.
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THE
Scientific American
United States
Messrs. Munn & Co
Munn & CO
Park Row
N.Y
Cor.f and
7Th Sts
Washington, D. C
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the Register
Medical Journal
LHE
A. TI
Fauntleroy
Julian Dale Owen
New Harmony
Ind
Main Street
Peter Heckman
Jacob Breith
Peter Weber
West Main” Street
Jossph West
Louis Prados
Jos
Whst & CO
Commission Merchants
Poydras and
Magazine Streets
Sepll Y
New Orleans, CA
Duckworth
Damron
J. K. Duckworth
Main and
Third Streets
Mount Vernon
Indiana
John Walz
Boot & Shoe
U.S. Patent Office
FE. A. Drimann
Washington, D.C
Thrall & Mumford
Phenix
Cleveland Rubber Paint Company
Williams
George L. Williams
Third Avenue
High Street
Evansville
WM. M.nolton
M.D. Daniel Neal
M.D. Holton & Weal
Extwlicians
New Warmony
RS. Holton and
Nal
Main
Church Streets
E. F. Owen & Co
Holton & Neal
S. & W. Hartman
Ald. R. Hugo
Sriman
Mumford’s
N. C
Yarmouth
California
Thrall & Mumford's
Democratic National Platform
Sam
W. F. Gray, Jeweler
W. F.gray
William M. Bennett
Union Hall
Voice Media
Old Government
Java
Maricaibo
Laguayra
Golden Rio
Green Coffees
In Islove
My 16 Thrall & Mumford
Arentsa
Particuiirs
Addrass J. Worts CO
St. Louis
Moe
Carlton
Washington Street
Chicago
Ill
York
Givato
Dorath
Ahauld
Phils
Book of Secrets
Wigatouts
Louis, Mo
Urap
Detcilon
Titrall & Mumeford
Janky
R. Detchon
Tor Sale
Tirall & Mumford
Janliy
Ware
C. H. Ford, Jeweler
Bay
Postoffice
C. J. Ford
J.W. Miller
New Harmony, Indiana
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & CO
Practical Chemisls
Lowell, Mass
J. Bryan
Clinton Medical and Surgical Institute
East Fifteenth St
Bright
Bryan
M.D
Nsve & Co
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