Railroads extend Dallas terminus linking with M. R. T.
Dallas bonds and securities of the Dallas & Wichita railroad are reported sold to Jay Gould Thomas Scott representing Texas Pacific and Missouri Kansas and Texas. Dallas becomes the terminus of the M. R. T. connecting with Denison Pacific extension and forming a competing route with Texas Central.
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St. Louis
Dallas
Tex
Jay Gould
Thomas Scott
Texas Pacific
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Dallas & Wichita Railroad
Denison & Pacific
Texas Central Railroad
Reverend Thayer Praises Shilohs Consumptive Cure
The Rev George H Thayer an elderly local minister testifies he and his wife owe their lives to Shilohs Consumptive Care. He notes it provides relief for lung diseases with perfect satisfaction. Bourbon Indiana May 15 78. Sold by J W McNutt Co and Drs Ormsby Leger.
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M. E. Church
Shiloh
Matchett & France
Bourbon
Ind
J. W. McNutt & Co
Letter Seeks 39000 for Alaska Revenue Steamer
The House received a Treasury letter requesting a 39000 appropriation to maintain a revenue steamer for Alaska duties. Debate on removing John Owen’s disabililities continued with strong objections to labeling rebels and insurrection. The committee failed to advance most bills, approving two pension measures before adjourning.
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Washindrox
Secretary of the Treasury
Alaska
John Owen
Virginia
Conger
Gooda
Goode
Young
Ellis
Wood
Yeas
Finley
Warner
Sparks
Bayne
Coffroth
Sparke
Rourke
Pension
House
Etiquette and Style for Letter Writing in 19th Century Text
The article outlines proper letter writing practice including acknowledging receipt of replies, structure for long letters with balanced margins, and etiquette such as avoiding half sheets. It notes economy in business letters with a top card, enclosing postage for beneficial replies, and avoiding erasures, interruptions, and postscripts. It also advises never sealing a letter of introduction or recommendation.
Weather, morals, and misprints in a quirky era
A collection of pithy lines on public life, religion, fashion, and society from a bygone period. Witty jabs address the president’s secretary, California Christianity, fashion inflations, climate lore, a cat on a wall, a $500 theft, and a wife in divorce court.
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Josh Billings
Foreign Notes and Miscellany Amid Global Reports
A column of brief items from around the world dated February 6 to 7 notes the Canton of Appenzell voting to reestablish capital punishment, reforms in provincial gazettes, railway board disputes in Quisno, and government debates on defense and finance. It includes church remarks from Meath, a Paris budget for subterranean telegraphs, and casualty tallies from Kabul with executions and sentencing details.
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Loxpon
Paris
Diaprich
Escury
Gersmain Glazelle
Vremya
St. Patersburg
Bismarck
Russia
Germany
Telegraphic Sparks Reports On Crops And Crimes Across Regions
Brazil anticipates good crops of cotton and coffee while Donnelly murder cases see five more arrests. A hurricane devastates the Philippine Islands with twenty five vessels wrecked and forty six drowned. The senate committees back Burnside’s bill to fund education from public land sales and patent office receipts nationwide.
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Brazil
Madrid
Philippine Islands
Senate
Burnside
Patent Office
General States and Territories
District of Columbis
Fragmentary quirky snippets from a period page
A collage of garbled phrases and miswritten lines references figures like Senator David Davis and a te a company name, interspersed with stray sailor and social chatter. The readable parts suggest a noisy, miscellaneous column with no clear event or narrative.
Catoago Westy News and the Owen Joxerion Ome
The notice announces a year subscription for one dollar including postage. It lists both publications and implies a mail order or back issue offer for readers.
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Catoago Westy News
Owen Joxerion
Teach Your Children the Nobility of Labor and Virtue
Teach children the value of hard work and honest living. Parents should explain the reason behind labor, temperance, punctuality, and honesty, guiding sons and daughters to be orderly, dependable, and respectful. Open dialogue builds trust and safeguards against vice.
A Word to Students on punctuality and study habits
The piece urges students to be punctual and thorough, stressing that success in life starts in youth. It warns against idleness and truancy, praises courtesy to teachers, and links early virtues to future trust, reputation, and wealth through diligent study and perseverance.
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Samart
Moonlight and Plant Growth Affects Seedlings and Rest
The article argues that moonlight influences plant growth. Brighter light speeds early growth, while darkness enables rest and vigor essential for later development. Seeds sown in the old moon phase purportedly rest in darkness and later sprout under the new moon or dark nights.
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Moore
U S State Department in Washington Explored by New York Paper
A New York Stadzeitung correspondent visits the Washington State Department to explain its location in the new south wing, its four bureaus and duties. It notes the secretary's role, the assistant secretaries' divisions for major nations, consular reports, and archival work. It highlights the department’s expanded postwar staff and key figures like Evarts and historic statesmen.
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N. Y. Stadzeitung
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Los Angeles
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Bureau of Accounts
Bureau For Archives
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J. Q. Adams
Webster
Clay
Everett
Marey
Cass
Seward
Catarrh Remedy Promises Quick Cure with Nasal Injector
An advertisement touts SNTLOH'S CATARRH REMEDY as a speedy cure for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache. A nasal injector is offered free with each bottle. The price and seller details list J. W. McNutt & Co. as wholesale and retail druggists with locations in Degas Utak and nearby areas.
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Sntloh
J. W. McNutt & Co
Ormaby
Degas
Utak
Fragments of a 12th century jewelry sale pitch
An OCR fragment describes a dealer advertising a sale of bankrupt and other jewelry and watches at deep discounts. It claims large inventories from March 1 and cites selling five dollars of goods for one hundred dollars, offering postpaid delivery and listing various items to entice regular buyers.
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Smith & Crane
West 28Th Street
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Chisage
Duran
TayAthe
Jane
Artsleto
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