Fires and faked licenses and exotic news from 1882
The Register notes fires from fireworks cost insurers 425000 in the U S and Canada. A Chelsea man sought a marriage license in Boston by misrepresenting ages. England to use a day semaphore for night signaling to prevent red light confusion. Telegraphs face penalties for nontransmission. New England rag imports risk plague from Alexandria rags. A photographer in Strasbourg sold Sorrowing Alsace images before arrest for sedition. George Francis Train entertains children in Madison Square. A Boston girl survives a fire stunt with a tethered wire device. Leprosy fears rise on the Pacific coast with Erickson’s illness. Quarantine calls echo against Hawaii. John Jasper’s Richmond sermons praised yet mocked by rivals.
Value tips for cleaning and home crafts from old tips
Suggestions cover washing and preserving fabrics, removing stains from tableware and marble oilcloth, keeping colored clothes from fading, cleaning light-colored gloves with milk and soap, creating a decorative stand cover from lava canvas, and a cheesecloth bedspread. Also notes on Africa elephant hunters using daily body fumigation with sulfur.
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Castile
Africa
The Much- abused Stomach and Its Work
A Philadelphia Times excerpt explains the stomach as a pear shaped elastic organ, its position near the heart, its walls and glands, digestion as a chemical process with pepsin and acid, and the daily 12 hour regimen. It warns against overwork, emphasizes rest for cure, and advises easily digested foods with caution on fat and strong tea.
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Philadephia Times
How Uncle Jeff Cured a Dude
A Salem Oregon Vidette tale describes a man who funds a young relative’s travel, ending with a drastic transformation. The narrator recounts a drastic physical and social makeover after a mischievous spree, culminating in steady work and a return to normal life. The piece uses colloquial dialect and vivid imagery to illustrate a journey from folly to responsibility.
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Dan
Frisco
Oregon
Salem
Ore
A Mexican Market Place Full of Color and Noise
A bustling Mexican market scene described with piles of cigarros pottery onyx fruits vegetables and many more items. Harsh voices, brisk commerce, bargaining in cents and pesos, friendly thanks and playful banter from locals. An artist endures playful teasing as he sketches amid the busy traders.
That Dreadful Boy Fires and Flames on Fateful Barn
A child sets crackers around a burning barn as flames leap. The boy’s careless act ends in tragedy, with the yard strewn by wreckage and debris the winds carry. It recalls the grievous aftermath described in stark, haunting terms.
Agricultural notes on seeds vines and dairy stock
A Chicago Journal excerpt discusses propagation of the tuxox-eyed daisy by seed, scuppemong vines yielding high grape crops near Fayetteville, and Aberdeen Mississippi's silk prospects. It covers plant setting tips, root care, and the potential for early milking in dairy stock, with guidance on bulls, bulls’ work, and udder development strategies.
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Chicago Journal
Tokay
Fayetteville
N. C
Aberdeen
Miss
Forris
Illinois
Con. F. D. Curris
Ayrshire
Asia
National Live Stock Journal
Inheritance of Milk Produced Tendency Across Descendants
A fragment notes that a female may pass a behavioral tendency to her descendants more when she begins milk production earlier, suggesting persistence of a trait linked to reproductive or physiological timing. The wording indicates a speculative link between lactation onset and hereditary expression.
Household Recipes and Preservation Tips From Early Cookery
A collection of kitchen guidance on keeping dried fruit worm free with sassafras bark, preserving pickles with horseradish, and preparing creamed potatoes, waffles, and various batters. Includes detailed instructions for beer croquetries, strp loar, Einzon cake, and Bakro Fisu with stuffing and roasting steps.
A City for a Thousand Cliff Dwellers near Cosmno
A New York Sun cor respondent tours a canyon fifty miles west of Winslow Arizona near Cosmno. He describes a 2000 foot deep chasm with 200 plus cliff dwelling tiers built in shelved rock. The houses, small doors and preservation suggest a city of thousands and unknown age.
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Winslow
Arizona
Cosmno
New York Sun
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