Aging Profits and Limits of Human Activity in the 19th Century
The piece debates age and productivity, arguing that both young and old contribute, with steady, experienced work from those 40 to 60 driving most output. It critiques Dr Beard and Theresa, notes the value of habit and prudence, and surveys legislative moves on liquor and public printing contracts in New York and Illinois.
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Dr. Beard
Mr. Theresa
Beard
Ife
Onra
Browning
Tennyson
America
Union Pacific plans new mortgage to fund September bonds
A Union Pacific stockholder report to the New York Tribune describes funding incoming September bonds with an eight percent mortgage issue and additional subscriptions by major holders to clear floating debt. It cites 12 million gross earnings and 4 million net earnings, with coal and land assets spanning vast rail and mineral holdings in New York and Pennsylvania, plus a vast coal estate.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
New York Tribune
Greas
Omaha Bridge
Asecees
New York
San Francisco
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Pennsylvania
Critique of Greeley Papers and Temperance Push
Acconprra cites the New York Times and New York Зriduns on decline, exposure of Republicans, and tribune versus Greeley. Clergyman Rev Dr Boynton opposes female temperance crusaders, arguing prayer mocks religion and temperance methods are irrational and spasmodic.
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Boynton
Cincinnati
Mr. Boynton
Ohio
Death of Hillard Filmore Former President of U S
Telegraph reports the death of Hillard Filmore at his Buffalo home on a Saturday night at eleven. Born in Cayuga County New York in 1500 he rose from apprentice to lawyer and judge Wood mentored him. He served in New York State Legislature Congress Comptroller and became Vice President then President after Mr Taylor died in 1850. His later years in Buffalo were marked by respect and public regard.
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Col .Co. H. Harlow
C. E. Lippincott
Edward Ratz
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Janary
W. G. Baithache
E. L. Merritt
Illinois State Journal Company
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Springfield Egister
Edw'd. Rummel
E. N. Bates
E. Lippincott
Washington Bushnell
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Hillard Filmore
Buffalo
Mr. Filmore
United States
Cayuga County
New York
Filmore
Congress
Gen. Taylor
Daniel Webster
Webster
Pierce
Europe
State Board of Public Chares
Supreme Court
House
Orendorff
Committee ON Printing
Col. Harlow
Tea quality in New York Graphic exposes adulteration claims
The New York Graphic challenges popular tea beliefs, detailing adulterants like iron filings and logwood used to color tea, and questions the healthful effects. The piece notes concerns about chalking and gypsum whitening, and cites expert warnings on consuming such mixtures.
Exhibition funding plea sparks syndicate scheme call
The Washington Chronicle urges Congress to aid the exhibition and suggests reviving the original plan by General Hawley. It recommends forming nationwide syndicates, five percent commissions, and woman led campaigns with engraved stock. The piece argues money would be wisely spent and a grand national or international exhibition would succeed.
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Washington Chronicle
Hawley
Philadelphia
Female Intemperances in New York Theatres and Society
A New York correspondent reports widespread drinking among theatre actresses and staff to endure exhausting performances and poor ventilation in green rooms. He notes large whisky use nightly among theatre attaches and sewing girls seeking stimulation. He also describes Broadway ladies and Fifth Avenue mistresses drinking with visits to fashionable rooms, sometimes mid social hosting, with a notable scene of a mistress frozen on stairs.
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New York
Utica Herald
Ivis
Come
Fifth Avenue
Free thinking rights clash with public order in New York protest
A Free Thinker demonstration in New York sparks debate on free thought versus social norms. The piece argues thought is free in the United States, but utterance of obscene or profane ideas can be legally restrained to protect peace and moral standards. The law acts to curb thoughts expressed as calls to violent passions.
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Chicago Press
Bradwell
Chicago
Honss
New York
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Kew
Secretary of State
Countieander Tariff
Briscoe
Committee ON Penal Institutions
Senate
House
Col
Ferrell
Woo Grailly
President Van Buren’s muddy Westward stage ride
In 1840 during a West tour President Van Buren rode in a stagecoach. The rough muddy road caused a splash and the coach toppled. The driver Jehu recalled ten Congress members he had seen upset here who swore to vote for national road appropriations. The president asked how this happened and the driver warned him not to veto the bill.
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Congress
United States
Great West
Tigers Crushed by Toda Trap Plan in Coimbatore Jungles
After a long struggle Madras and Col Marshall’s friends clash with tigers using a Toda tribe method. A concealed cattle kad with one entrance and a live bait inside lures the tiger into a boulder downfall. Capt Caulfield reports five of seven recent kills using this approach in the Coimbatore jungles.
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Esus
Pioneer Mail
Capt. Caulfield
Caulfield
Coimbatore
Hve
How to Get a Frugal Breakfast for Two Cents
A Boston correspondent shares a thrifty morning meal using oatmeal beans or peas. He argues meat costs dominate, and by using Scotch or Canada oatmeal with water and salt for half an hour and serving with milk or cream and sugar, a family of six can eat well for about three cents worth of oatmeal three cents of milk and one cent of sugar. The method claims to cut food costs by at least half and notes beans and peas as cheap nutritious alternatives.
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Boston
Canada
Wm. B. Astor
Astor
John Jacob
Wm. B
Astora
Matrimonial Partners Ship and Name Retention
Miss Olympia Brown wed last apting but keeps her own surname. She says she and husband agreed to retain individual names before marriage. Mr Willis declines to change his to Brown, preferring Willis as his familiar name. He runs a grocery business while she preaches to her congregation.
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Olympia Brown
Apting
Willis
Brown
Higginbottom
Noone
John Henry Willis
San J
The Tenement Troubles in New York Slums
New York, March 6, 1874. A vivid portrait of overcrowded tenement housing in the city. Half a million poor residents suffer crowded, poorly lit rooms, with many families sharing single spaces, prompting concerns about crime, health, and the neglect of wealthier elites.
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