Puzzling Classics, School Spelling, and Star Lore
The piece surveys Hesiodic farming rules from The Works and Days and notes their astronomical hints about planting and harvest. It mentions Arcturus and Orion as cues for viticulture and seafaring, then shifts to a Lockport schools spelling contest where many teachers misspell common words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeus
Arcturus
Sirius
Orion
Siri
Roxy
Bootes
Centleman's
Lockport
Rensselaer
Boston Journal
The Master Passion and the Free Passes for Plays
A London newspaper recounts a social debate on the strongest human passion. An editor notes a shipwreck survivor seeking an order for a play as the ultimate example of commerce defeating virtue and self respect in pursuit of fame or reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
London
Prairie Rose Varieties for Hardy Climbing Gardens
The article lists prairie rose varieties suited to Michigan and western states gardens. It highlights Queen of the Prairie and Baltimore Belle for hardiness and bloom, notes a Baltimore origin cross by Feast, and mentions Annie Maria Gem of the Prairie Queen of the Prairies and Triumphant with descriptions of color, size, thorniness, fragrance, and foliage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Elias
Baltimore
Annie Maria
Poor Quarters of Paris Become Wart Center of Population
Theodore Child describes Paris slums along the right bank from Charonne to Belleville as a crown of height with around two thirds of the city’s people. He notes dense homes, narrow streets, and vast labor energy fueling wealth, while residents remain lively and witty amid poverty and crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
Charonne
Menilmontant
Hellville
la Villette
la Chapelle
Clignancourt
Montmartre
Les Epinettes
Ballenodles
Dhowe
Hiusemnana
Theodore Child
Harper's
George M Pullman News Chronicle Hero and Industrialist
George M Pullman rose from a country shop apprentice to a railroad sleeping car innovator and founder of the Pullman town in Illinois He built his first sleeper during the Civil War era, expanded into a major company, and created a model town with strict rules sparking early worker tensions and the Debs era labor strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
Chicago
Albion
Wlth
Pike's Peak
Oll Woodruff
Chicago and Alton Railway Company
Lincoln
Springfield
Alton Row
Pullman Company
Ira
Hall Bog
Wages rise and city growth spark mixed views
The article notes wage adjustments earlier in the year and describes Mr Pullman’s urban and island residences, his wealth from building ventures, and a shift in New York living patterns with smaller, narrow rooms. It intertwines anecdotes on gambling superstition, historical numers, and various social observations across cities and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Sanger
JY. Sanger
Ottawa
Tia
Plaster Quality and Patent Remedies Advised
The notice urges buyers to insist on genuine plasters like Avicoce's Postots Puiastea and Atteoce’s Porous Plastex, warning against cheap imitations sold by druggists. It mentions replacement products such as Bansoreta's Pitts and Mathilagen Dex08 with boasts of superiority and cautions about substitutions, then abruptly lists unrelated names and addresses in Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avicoce
Bansoreta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dora Ii
Cioodale
Harper's Weekly
W. K. Jones
204 Street
Portland, Or
Portland
Sopereier
Png
Fortland Academy
Ploventh Street
Merial
Koch Chemical Cn
Geets & Kewne
Stitutes
Hardy
Paris
George M. Pullman
Millonaire
Brocton
Chautauqua County
N. C
George
Hade
Castle Rest
New York
New York Sun
Jack McDonald
America
Carley
Woolf
Morris Park
Heaven
New York Herald
Reformed Geometry
Virginia
Scioto Valley
Clarksburg
Marietta
Cranmer
Shakespeare
Westminster Review
Triste
Lndianapolis Sentinel
Japan
Tribuna
Macqual
Woodside
Hartford Times
Long Island
Lyman Beecher
Lord Salisbury
England
Lord Liverpool
Guildhall
Mr. Gladstone
Powell
Millard
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Trivax
Waluing
Kinnan & Marvin
United States Senate
Northrop & Sturgis Company
Pierce's
Golden Medical Serach
Mra
Miia
Scott Academy
Rwwrwven Norws
J. W. Hill
M. D
P. D. Drawer
Mathilagen
Reindeer
Canada
Underhill
Butt
C. E. Geiger
Maller Express
Third and Morrison
Oregon
Steve Pollan
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
WELY
York, N.Y
L's
Wees
Liebic
Ely
Oswego
N. G. Kellogg
Oswego, Or
Dana, Albee & Walker
E. Water
Cor. Taylor
Risdon Iron Works
Brian Mills
Johnston
Bollera
RE. H. Moore, M. E
Hotel
Hercules Cisont Palner & Ri
Oo Hoten Ial
Hood
Parilla
Det Hood
McCormick
D. B. Martin
Pass
Trafic
Gen, Pass, & Tel Agt
Cincinnati
W. L. Douglas
L-Douglas
Brockton
Otting
Weing
Hercules
Cas
Pacific Cnast
Blue Corner, Morrison and
Second Ste
Supolio
Moore
Palmer & Rey Type Foundry
Ca'alogue
Orecon
Gos
Will
Holden West
Droriota
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