Squash and Love Clash in Squire Hapgood Tale
In Ballou's Magazine style fiction from a New England town, Squire Hapgood loves his Hubbard squash and his daughter Maggie. Hiram Hardy woos Maggie while Hapgood obsesses over the giant fruit. A scheme ensues to win Maggie and the prize, culminating in the squash’s theft and a dramatic barn corner reveal. Hapgood’s squash dominates the fair, Maggie wed to Hiram much later.
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Hiram
Harry
Squire Slapgood
Deacon Sykes
Squire Hapgood
Squire
Maggie
Honor Bright
Sam
Maggie Hapgood
Maggie Hardy
Sanda Wos
Ballou's
Hendricks Eyes Indiana Victory in Campaign
In an interview with the Courier-Journal, Mr. Hendricks urges Democrats to keep Indiana in the fold this fall, opposing a Republican October win as a presidential swindle. He says he will not seek office and will devote time to his profession after the campaign. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer sells on claims of restoring color and improving scalp health with medical endorsements and global use. A Western theatrical manager is shown approving flashy posters for a forthcoming play.
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WV. Y. Sun
Hendricks
Courier-Journal
Indiana
Anders
Hall
Vegetable Kingdom
Massachusetts
A. H. Fretageot & Co
Rejected Oath Refused by Protestant Deputies in Hungary 1729
In the Hungarian Diet of 1729 two Protestant Deputies refused the oath that mentioned the Virgin Mary. They were excluded from deliberations and faced contumacy charges until Charles VI. granted dispensation to omit the Virgin clause.
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Charles VI
Piles at Portsmouth Stand Test of Time and Durability
Creosoted timbers driven forty two years ago at Portsmouth, England, remain sound both above and below water. They outlive sixteen other piles of the same timber, exposed to time and marine conditions, proving long lasting durability.
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Portsmouth
England
Political cracks and campaign quips across papers
A collage of satirical lines from the New York Tribune and New York Times mocks parties and figures. Garfield is praised as a storied speaker while Hancock carries debate, with jokes about credit, politics, and a lightning struck November. Longstreet’s stance on Hancock is noted.
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Calaveras Grove
Gen
Garfield
New York Times
Gallaet
Hancock
Great West
Longstreet
Cemetery Heights
Seedy drinker questions saloon motto in Detroit scene
A shabby customer in a Larned Street saloon sips four beers and asks if the bar has a motto. The bartender replies that most places have one, but the man says he has no need, since people only care about what they drink and their heads. He pays with his last cent.
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Dot
Detroit Free Press
Tea growing in Georgia shows promise with 16000 plants
A Scotchman cited as Jackson, formerly a China tea cultivator, runs a Georgia plantation with 16 000 plants. Tea samples shown to New York merchants impressed them though not very strong. Some plants were set before the war and neglected, yet now grow well. Le Duc, the U.S. commissioner of agriculture, endorses the venture enthusiastically.
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Jackson
China
Georgia
New York
United States Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington
le Duc
Compassion and sympathy in youth and life
The passage urges compassion as an enduring virtue not to be ashamed of, urging grace in youth, to resist selfish indulgence, consider distress of human life, and avoid cruelty or exploiting pain in amusements. It emphasizes thinking of the lonely cottage, dying parent, and weeping orphan.
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Tex
California Wheat Shipments Worth Billions Cited
The article notes that $3,000,000 is needed to prepare California wheat for shipment and $15,000,000 more to take it to market. The crop’s value to farmers totals about $43,000,000, with the state once deemed unlikely to grow grain by Daniel Webster.
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California
Daniel Webster
Resignation of Waupaca Congregational Pastor
The Rev. F. C. Haddock resigns from the pastorate at the Congregational church in Waupaca Michigan, citing “a cause which it is as well to say nothing about at present.”
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F. C. Haddock
Congregational Church
Waupaca, Mich
Parson Rounds Out Parish Duties in New England
A New England parish clergyman serves as bell ringer organist reader and winter woodcutter while also managing parish duties and duties of daily life reflecting a self sufficient ministerial image in small town life.
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New England
Editors Temperament Shapes Journalism’s Rise and Fall
The piece argues journalism attracts a rare temperament and stamina. It notes the public misunderstanding of the craft, the lure of youth and vigor, and the enduring toil of reporters who rarely gain fame but maintain cheerful resolve and professional dignity unto death.
Charcoal and Its Uses in Health and Hygiene
Charcoal laid on a burn provides immediate relief and superficial burns seem to heal after an hour. It absorbs odors from tainted meat and decomposed pelts, purifies foul water, and acts as a disinfectant. Its porous interior rapidly absorbs gases, and charcoal aids wound healing, cures proud flesh, and serves as a safe deodorizer. A teaspoonful in water can relieve headache, bloating, and stomach pain.
Rochester Board Allows Women to Teach About Alcohol in Schools
In Rochester the Board of Education permits women to explain in public schools the scientific truth about alcohol and morals. Sixteen weekly classes are held in school buildings. The Review defends the approach if educators stick to scientific truth and avoid abstinence rhetoric, urging temperate and wise use.
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Rochester
Board of Education
English vacation dentist balks at care in Switzerland
An Englishman traveling in Switzerland joins a party with a French lady and her daughter. After a lakeside visit the young woman suffers toothache and the group travels 12 miles to a dentist who uses laudanum. It turns out the Englishman is the dentist, who says he has not practiced for six weeks and is on vacation.
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Switzerland
New England Women and Their Cakes Through Time
Mrs Swisshelm notes that long before mastodons New England women baked cake and would keep at it after the last tramp sounds. She adds that for years husbands still teased their wives for trying a new cake, asking why they cling to one recipe.
Recognizing Hayward's Legal Milestone in a Busy Practice
A remark on how a lawyer views a single suit within a large practice. The case may seem minor to the attorney yet signify life changing outcomes for the client, touching on liberty and property and marking an epoch in the client’s career.
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