Temperance tale and a 200-year-old spinning wheel
Neat Dow of Portland Seizes malt bitters and alcohol after complaint at a druggist. In Senator Carpenter home Washington a spinning wheel used by Carpenters for 200 years appears in use by Mrs. Carpenter's family. Miss Lilian Carpenter, a vocalist, performs Marguerite’s spinning wheel song from Faust.
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Neat Dow
Portland
Senator Carpenter
Wisconsin
Washington
Mrs. Carpenter
Lilian Carpenter
Marguerite
Faust
Prices Rise As Monopolies Grip Daily Essentials
With gas coal and ice expensive and other necessities climbing, some citizens see the need for government action to regulate prices. The piece argues monopolies wielding essential goods warrant public inquiry and possible legal intervention.
Poodle powered motor drives four sewing machines in Paris
At the applied science exhibition in Paris, M. Richard displayed a motor turned by a poodle in a revolving cage. The dog operated four sewing machines, a feat noted by Scientific American.
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Paris
M. Richard
Scientific American
Prodigal Boston Forger Ezra Winslow Found in Buenos Ayres
The report is confirmed that Rev Ezra D Winslow a Boston forger lives in Buenos Ayres under the alias Daniel Warren Lowe. He recently married a 16 year old Miss Clark while already married in Boston and joined a Protestant church becoming Sunday school superintendent before his identity was revealed and he was expelled.
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Ezra D. Winslow
Boston
Buenos Ayres
Daniel Warren Lowe
Clark
Opening of the enlarged Welland canal upsets New York fears
The New York journals fear the enlarged Welland canal will allow ships of 1500 to 2000 tons to pass from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It could enable Chicago goods to load directly for Liverpool and will likely divert vast Western traffic from the Erie canal. The plan also proposes removing tolls on the Erie canal.
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New York
Welland Canal
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Chicago
Liverpool
Erie Canal
Devil worship in England cited in demonology critique
M. D. Conway in Demonology notes two modified devil worship practices still active in England as examples of superstition guiding unscientific minds. He recalls a Hampshire mother who says she makes her children bow their heads when the devil's name is mentioned, believing it safer.
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M. D. Conway
England
Hampshire
Fashionable Colors Inspire Summer Style
The piece extols vibrant summer dress, noting women appear younger in hats of gold red and yellow and robes dashes of color. It predicts lively hues will attract suitors and promote marriage, seen as boosting national prosperity and greatness.
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Republic
Miss Hinman Sues for Promise of Marriage in Saybrook
Miss Hinman sues Mr. Harrison for 10000 alleging broken promise of marriage in Saybrook Connecticut. She testifies she is 21 and he 63. she loved him despite age gap, shocked by his age when a wig revealed gray hair. She fainted then reconciled, but he grew cool.
Groton Man Claims Invention Cuts Furnace Fuel Use
A Groton New York resident says he invented a smoke-burner using a peculiar fan that draws smoke and gases from the chamber and returns them under the grate, admitting fresh air to complete combustion and saving 15 to 25 percent of fuel, claimed as the ninety ninth such device.
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Groton
N. Y
Paris Public Property Valued At 1.052 Billion Francs
The city owns 760 public buildings including the Hotel de Ville valued at 27.5 million francs and 20 mayoral residences each about 2.6 million francs. The portfolio also includes 76 churches. Total estimated value equals 1 billion 52 million francs (about $210.4 million).
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Paris
Hotel de Ville
Plunder in Historic Church Assets Noted in Ledger
The document lists values for major religious properties including St Roach at 16,500,000 and St Germaine l Auxerrois at 12,000,000 with additional estimates for the Madeleine at 11,500,000 and St Sulpice at 9,000,000. The figures reflect a historic accounting of church assets and related estates.
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St. Roach
St. Germaine l’Auxerrois
the Madeleine
St. Sulpice
Hayes says second half of term free from troubles
President Hayes reflects on his administration noting misapprehensions early on but overall harmony and approval. He says a nationwide revival of hopeful views has benefited the country in the past year and that people may be better off for optimistic outlooks.
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Hayes
Promise to a vacancy fails after river tragedy
A Washington correspondent reports a man promised the first vacancy in the Post Office Department races to obtain a job after seeing a dead clerk dragged ashore. He rushes to the Postmaster General but learns the spot was filled an hour earlier by the man who saw John Jones fall into the river.
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Washington
Louisville Courier-Journal
Post Office
John Jones
Life Insurance Boom Expands New York Firms
The thirty three New York life insurance companies report assets up by 10 685 610 in the past year with half reserved for policies and a surplus 5 205 209 higher than a year ago after paying losses of 31 661 509 and returning 13 479 613 in dividends. Lapsed and surrendered policies have fallen from over 21 000 000 in 1876 to 12 000 000 in 1879, while the fund held for family relief exceeds 411 000 000 and supports over 600 000 families.
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State of
New York
Light as remedy in nervous and contagious diseases
The article recalls Dr. Richardson of England arguing that darkening sick rooms deprives patients of a vital force. He says daytime light speeds blood flow and heart action, reducing suffering and infection by exposing rooms to light, noting experiments showing light neutralizes certain organic poisons that spread disease.
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Richardson
Freshmen Hat Clash Spurs Campus Fracas at Wooster
At Wooster University Ohio a Freshmen versus Preps fight over straw hats led to a street parade of torn headwear. The skirmish ended with seven captured hats mounted on poles and both sides wearing pieces of the straw hats during campus exercises.
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Wooster University
Ohio
College President Ends Clash On Battlefield
The President of the college arrived at the scene and separated the combatants as the action unfolded at a furious pace. This intervention halted further confrontation and restored order on the campus area.
Nebraska News A mosaic of prairie notes from Dawson to Tecumseh
Nebraskan items report new settlers in Dawson county and a Niobrara valley cattle estimate. Buffalo county weighs toll bridge on the Platte at Kearney. Genoa and Pawnee school figures listed. Wolves’ bounty tallies in Pawnee. Mirage near Central City and a Tecumseh exodus of Exodusters. A Chicago Union branch planned and state treasury bond totals cited.
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Dawson County
Trere
Niobrara Valley
Lixcoun
Tas County
Buffalo County
Platte
Kearney
Crry
Courier
Hendrick B. Wright
Pennsylvania
Crete
Tar
Genoa
Pawnee Reservation
Sim Lincoln
Pawnee County
Central City
Eicurrrn
Tecumseh
Tecumseh Journal
C. E. Strone
Chicago Newspaper Union
Omaha Republican
State of
Nebraska
The Fence and Maelstrom Tale of Lippiatt and Maronette
A surreal tale follows Lippiatt a French bohemian tailor who sits on a fence outside Maronette's gloomy house. He pursues love across dark nights storms and a feat where he tames a maelstrom to win marriage. In a twist another suitor Goudenay rises as destinies collide.
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Charlemagne
Charles II
England
Oliver Cromwell
Lippiatt
Maronette
Goudenay
Advice to Young Men on Prosperity and Family
A preacher warns that prosperity may be near for these States and urges young men to consider marriage and building families rather than pursuing wealth. He cautions against neglecting God for riches and advises young women to focus beyond silks and parties.
Correct Thing for the Dining Room from Late Papers
The article notes evolving tableware styles with every cup and saucer differing in ornamentation for coffee sets and similar for fruit sets. Individual silver and porcelain accessories grow in popularity including quaint designs like owls dogs toads and Venetian glass pitchers. Ice bowls hold raw oysters artistically shaped and mossy bases.
Woman laments science robs tears of poetry
A New York World item complains that tear analysis by scientists drains emotion from crying. The letter grumbles that identifying phosphate of lime and sodium chloride in tears destroys poetry and mourns lost romance while demanding the old sentiment return.
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Beauty
New York World
Robbie’s Verse and the Sick Boy in Sunday School
A Pennsylvania Sunday school class with 7 to 9 year olds studies love verses. Robbie, the last pupil, quotes Song of Solomon 2 5 Stay me with flagons comfort me with apples for I am sick of love. The anecdote appears in Harper’s Magazine.
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Robbie
Pennsylvania
Switzerland of America
Solomon
Harper’s Magazine
Rose-Culture Profits Grow From Five Gen Jacqueminot Plants
A Massachusetts florist planted five Gen Jacqueminot roses in a 13 by 100 greenhouse in 1871. First crop sold at 4 cents each, next year at one and two dollars per dozen. In February this year he harvested 1052 roses selling to Boston florists for 25 to 50 cents each, netting 440.50, bringing the total from the five plants over 500 dollars. A second crop is now coming in.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Photographing on Leather A Patented Method
Herr Lewisohn of Stuttgart patents a leather photography method. A copal varnish coat is dried, then a second coat of albumen and white lead forms a ground for the silver bath. The thin uniform lead layer creates the sensitive surface and can be tuned by practice.
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Herr Lewisohn
Stuttgard
Lightning Ends Infamous Incendiary, Providence Brings Judgment
A Southern paper recalls a criminal killed by lightning calling it divine punishment and an eternal penitentiary of scripture. The piece frames the storm as providential justice meted out to the firebug.
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Providence
Broad Snapshots From Around Town And Beyond
Snippets report a rich mix of society notes and tidbits. Senator McDonald’s marriage prospects spark gossip while Peter Adams a centenarian passes away in Texas. A bronze statue for Prescott is planned on Bunker Hill and pineapples fruitfully grow in Florida. Deer migrations in Louisiana raise hunting concerns and a Cambridge professor attracts attention in silk. Triplets born in Ontario are lively, while a White Rock infant dies smothered by blankets. The Trinity rector denies communion to members over a letter requesting a meeting, Canarsie workers unearth Indian remains, and language quirks reveal job market slang. Petrolia drills a salt vein, ex-Queen of Naples trains in Paris, and a Tennyson anecdote closes with humor. Raisin grape fever spreads in California as Kane faces a bribery claim, with a San Francisco lobbyist left unnamed.
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Bismarck
Jumes Verne
Senator McDonald
Peter Adams
Houston County
Texas
Jere Brack
St. Johns
Indian River
Florida
Bunker Hill
Col
Wiliam Prescott
Louisiana
Cambridge
Johnny
Texeztroy
Marlborough Township
Onttario
White Rock
Trinity Church
Newtown
Canarsie
Long Island
Petrolia
Ontario
Naples
Hippodrome
Paris
Madeleine
Tennyson
California
Fresno County
United States
Kane
San Francisco
Consolation for the Bald in a Lecture on Alopecia
Prof. Fournier argues baldness is not ridiculous or malformed and gives the head an expression of wisdom, experience, and venerability. He says it adapts well to certain heads that a wig would deform and resembles the classic head of sculpture as praised by Aischylus.
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Fournier
Aischylus
Evening Prayers Attendance Rules Compared
Harvard drops evening service due to low student quorum amid asthma and illness. Worcester Free Institute mandates five minutes before six evening prayers with strict attendance records and punctuality for all students.
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Harvard
Worcester Free Institute
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