PONY FOR FORTY CENTS New York swindle exposed in liquor story
A New Yorker recounts an old con where a swindler buys a liquor store brand connoisseur style, claims to find hidden casks behind a cellar brick, then sells them at inflated prices to gullible patrons, with the tale framed as a cautionary fable about clever frauds in a Knickerbocker district.
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New York Recorder
New York
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Megiddo
Esdravlon
Harak
Gideon
Josiah
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Europe
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America
Persia
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Sas
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Earta
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Ciedr
Dellaudi
Aico Ivalie
England
United States
China
India
Arabia
Egypt
Ceylon
Siam
Armageddon Sermon and the Armies of Heaven in Historic Revival
A revival-era sermon by Nev. T. DeWitt Tal mage frames Armageddon as a global clash between good and evil. HeEnumerates regiments from angels to infidels and describes ecclesiastical and elemental forces marching to a prophesied final battle.
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Nev. T. DeWitt Talmage
Lo Ospesk
Euphrates
Guiiu
Gesell Patala
Isig
England
Alziers
Wallachia
Evers
William FE
Cladstone
Prac
Wreat Armaseddont
Per- Wition
Especiatoy
Heaven
Meloto
Chier
Gosthys
Fan Abuddan
Anibhe
Schita Lowe
Artian
Sita
Sennacheri
Michael
Archangel
David
Paul
Gamalian College
Mt. Zion
Paradise
Hagar
Lot
Joshua
Mary
Jacob
Jabbok
Peter
Christ
Daniel
Gabriel
Earth
Christendom
Francis Navier
Nerxes
Martin Luther
George Whitefield
John Knox
Charnoex
Carey
Congregational Church
Doctor Kirk
Scotland
Norway
Hibrides
Caracas
Mt. Sinai
Emanuel
Fishermen Protest Gains at Harbor Rally
A tense crowd gathered at the harbor as local fishers voiced concerns over fishing quotas and maintenance delays. Officials from the Coast Guard and Fisheries Department attended, promising a review of the policy and a public forum next month.
Varied 19th Century Observations and Social Notes
A miscellany of facts and anecdotes covers New York’s building boom, a hotel scam in Pennsylvania, rankings of crusists, London smoke under wind, and profiles of Danish poets and naturalists. Also noted are San Francisco painting contracts for unions, Andree’s lecture tour plans, Copenhagen literary fame, and a Metropolitan Street Railway order granting women equal seating rights. The Florida sleeping ice method is described as a simple cooling aid for hot nights.
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Grant Aten
Microscaple and Natural History Society
Hiassiimere
Sarrer
Tim Board of Education of
San Francisco
Pole
Andree
United States
Voterr Hexnes Hernon
Dracn- Mann
Denmark
Copenhagen
ViReeram
Metropolitan Street Hailway Co
New York City
Florida
Boly
Ah Ken the Wise Founding Chinatown Pioneer in New York
Ah Ken arrived in 1858 amid little welcome and grew into a leading Chinese trader on Mott Street. He established a tobacco stand then a store, guiding other immigrants as Chinatown formed. His thrift and steady manners helped Chinese residents gain respect and become valued laundry workers and merchants.
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Ah Ken
Celestial Kingdom
Mott Street
Ark Row
Connecticut
Jersey
China
An Ken
Chinatown
Ah Ren
Ahven
Alott Street
Columbus
Ah Wen
N.Y. Sun
A Murderer’s Last Meal at Sing Sing
The condemned at Sing Sing inmates live in separate cells with limited labor and daily exercise. They receive special rations and may order meals, with hospital kitchen preparation and abundant fruit, roast beef, ham and eggs, mutton stew, lamb, eggs, ash, pudding, good coffee and tea, until an appeal decision.
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Sing Sing
A Fatal Admission
A reader in a Cincinnati Enquirer clipping recalls a man denouncing life insurance as cheap, while a sales rep touts policies at scandalously low rates and offers leaflets. The scene ends with the earnest man fleeing, illustrating distrust in the industry.
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W Ionehing
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indian Troops to Soudan cost and arrivals
Chicago Journal notes the cost of sending Indian troops to the Soudan at about 750000 dollars. By now 3725 Indian troops have arrived at Suakim with 21 horses 168 mules and three months of provisions. No further troops are planned before mid September.
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Soudan
Suakim
India
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Agricultural Hints for Building Fine Country Roads
A. B. Dunning argues Pennsylvania should use existing taxes and materials to develop a statewide road system. He outlines three divisions of roads—state, county, and township—funded by state appropriations, county taxes, and township taxes, with enforcement of the Flynn Bill to create a connected, economical network.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Flynn
Fionn
Segular
A. B. Dunning
Cheap Windmill How To Build A Garden Wind Turbine
A farmer explains a simple windmill construction using six by six scantling for the upright and a crank system with a pipe as the wind-facing shaft. A small side vane prevents damage in storms and the apparatus has operated for over a year without trouble since its addition.
Roman Road Construction Under Telford Plan
Roman roads followed the Telford plan with a heavy block substratum, a gravel cap, and a central crown for drainage. Water trenches ran along each side and no trees or shrubs could grow within ten paces. Local populations were responsible for keeping the roads clear.
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Telford
Milk Quality Guidelines for Michigan Cheeses
A Michigan cheese factory urges patrons to avoid contaminated milk streams. It warns that filth cannot be strained from milk and that odors from stables and dirty yards can taint it. Milk stored in a warm can spoils within hours, and even decent milk should test four percent butter fat to yield full cream cheese.
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Michigan Cheese Factory
Fragmented quotes from periodicals on courtship and marriage
A collection of era snippets discusses a woman's view on a near engagement before marriage and social expectations. It moves through satirical lines about health cures and gender roles, reflecting evolving attitudes toward courtship and female agency.
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Texas Sifter
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Wister
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Athinta, Ga
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