Advertising Rates and Curiosities From 1883
Reading through the Oxford Eagle items, the piece blends ad rates with a wide array of scattered notes. It cites Morriages, obituaries, and legal ads, then drifts to random updates on Henry Irving, a Fairfield factory, Selma phosphate finds, and various international and local curiosities.
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Henry Irving
America
Fairfield
East Tennessee
Savannah
Selma
Alabama
Political Mania Flows From The Washington Star
A garbled wire service item notes Rep Mahone and Governor Greneman in a Democratic tilt. It mentions a Portland man with $4.08 cash and $93.05 liabilities and implies a failed case. Lynch law alarm rises in Southvale Pennsylvania as women with clothes lines confront Mayor Jacob Noble and John Audley.
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Ker
Portland
Detroit
Sootvale
Pennsylvania
Jacob Noble
John O. Audley
Tragic Local Tales Reach Across Cities And Counties
A jittery newspaper summary reports a Minneapolis couple facing scandal over supporting children with a proposed murder plot. It notes Miss Leslie Ayre, linked to American aristocracy, drawing attention in Paris society. Portemouth bail posts threaten vengeance phrases, while a Washington gathering witnesses a black attendee singing. In Brownsville a pair of sixteen year olds die by suicide linked to a forbidden union, their bodies found in the Yeora River and buried together after a tearful search.
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Yeora
Louis Fernandez
Carmen Lira
Fort Worth
Tex
Women Should Be Technically Trained Says Dr Crosby
Dr Crosby argues that the male dominated technical discipline harms women guiding them toward vanity and indolence. He claims such training weakens physical constitution and diminishes responsibility, making marriage costly and unsuitable. Simplicity, frugality and industry are urged as better household foundations.
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Crosby
Frost prophecy and orchard dispute in Cleveland area
An old farmer storms the Signal Office in Cleveland over a failed frost prediction for Sept 21. He complains a Scot’s forecast harmed him by 800 bushels and seeks relief, while the officer explains occasional error and offers a plan to limit further losses.
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Bix
Cleveland
New Jersey Finds Hint at Ancient Mound Builder Tools
Dr. Charles Abbott reports in Science that a mound builder's pipe recently found in New Jersey is a complete working implement, unlike the pipe bowl found in nearby regions. He notes copper spears and arrow heads in the area, compares handiwork across tribes, and confidently expects more artificial mounds in New Jersey.
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Charles
Atlantic Seaboard
Ohio Valley
Abbott
New Jersey
Diver's View of Light and Depths Near Forty Feet
A diver explains how light fades with depth and how electric illumination changes underwater visibility. He notes in southern waters visibility reaches sixty to seventy feet and recounts candle relighting experiments at greater depths with varying pressures.
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Trewern
Miasigsippi Bridge
Wanabe
New York Emerges As 1884 Presidential Battleground
The piece argues New York will decide the 1884 race with heavy money and corporate pressure. It notes Blaine cannot carry Conkling’s state and Grant’s third term bias, while Cleveland Tilden and He are strong Democrats. The article warns Western exclusion and a potential Republican sweep of the state.
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New York
Indiana
Blaine
Arthur
Clevland
Tilden
Tolerance the Falrast Flower of Civization
Luther's controversies with English and Swiss reformers are described as acrimonious yet he believed himself right and refused to concede independence of judgment and conscience to fellow reformers. The passage notes intolerance as part of his stance alongside belief in witchcraft and Melanchthon.
Fragmentary Text Reflects On Religion And Unity
A garbled excerpt discusses tolerance and unity within Protestant history, mentioning Luther and German unification themes. It hints at Aga, Aptasteniism, and religious currents, but the readable lines are fragmentary and lack clear events or names.
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Ae Tomander
Anne Ags
Two-Legged Snake Report Surfaces Near Wallkill Valley
Mr Richard Decker found a remarkable specimen in his oak field described as a snake with two attached leglike feet. The creature measured about seven feet with pink elastic legs, each bearing 63 small claws, and was preserved in alcohol for shipment to the National Museum in Washington.
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Richard Decker
Wallkill Valley
National Museum
Washington
Embarrassed Tailor Causes Railway Dispatch Mixup
A North ern Pacific Railroad dispatch orders all staff to appear in only pants and shirt for uniform fittings. A tailor on the road interprets this and boards a train with a tape measure prompting a station agent to demand an explanation from a suited clerk and a tall brother who accompanies her.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Sta
Barstow Will Advocates Plain Funeral Costs
George F. Barstow of San Francisco left an estate valued at 880000 and directed in his will that his funeral be frugal. He advocated a plain redwood coffin with minimal ornament, cheap shroud, no flowers, and no carriage beyond an everyday vehicle for his burial.
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George F. Barstow
San Francisco
The Female Husband Debunked in Wartime Rhetoric
A heated op ed ridicules the notion of women acting as husbands arguing it would destabilize family and social order. It imagines absurd scenes of gender role reversal to underscore opposition and calls for early opposition to the idea.
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