Miscellany of quips and curious notes from 19th century digest
A fast mix of witty lines on weddings weather and education. observations on births marriages and deaths. mentions of Connecticut Valley tobacco plans Massachusetts charters and a weather signal atop Pike's Peak. scattered vignettes include Bluebeard memory, Goose emblem quacks and a Massachusetts man with horses forty years old.
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Wracara
Telegraph
Tym
Mount Washineton
Bluebeard
Mademoiselle
Chicago
Peonie
Pike’s Peak
Connecticut
Oberlin
Ohio
Scaroon Lane
Adirondacks
Massachusetts
Boston
Connecticut Valley
Anu
Maine
Supreme Court
Tus Wine Growers
Parls
Michigan
Dublin
New York
Memoirs Prepared in Advance for Death Notices
A discussion on journalism notes the extensive work behind producing newspapers. It explains how biographies of leading figures are prepared in advance and updated as needed so immediate death notices can be published. The tale of Lord Brougham shows early rumor and editorial response.
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England
Prince of Wales
Lord Brougham
To Purify the Breath Pastilles Recipe
An 1820s style remedy explains a breath purifying paste made from chlorate of lime vanilla sugar gum arabic and water. The lozenges are said to remove tobacco traces and address tooth decay and stomach acidity, suggested for household use by wives for their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adame Celnart Archy
Smoking Etiquette and A Cordial Pastille Recipe
A Harper's Bazar excerpt discusses acceptable presence after indulging in smoking and provides a pastille recipe. It details chlorate of sodium twenty four grains with powdered sugar and umadraganth twenty grains, plus perfumer's oil. The method uses repeated water washes, filtering, then mixing gum and sugar with the liquid and adding perfume last.
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Harper’s Bazar
Civil Service Districts Set For National Exams
A proposed rule by the Civil Service Commission divides the United States into five districts for civil service examinations. Examinations will be held in designated cities, with residency guiding competition and appointment, and a chief examiner coordinating nationwide testing and records.
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Civil Service Commission
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
City
Boston
City of
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Washington
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ilinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Nevada
California
Oregon
New Mexico
St. Louis. Y
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkwanans
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
Savannah
Memphis
Wells
Lnst
Ofice
United States
Othe State Department
Civil Pollie Commission
The Fitzpatrick Pocketbook Case in Stillwater
In Stillwater Minnesota an old simple minded man Hugh Fitzpatrick faced theft charges over a pocketbook containing $40. His lawyer urged a guilty plea to avoid harsher prison time but Fitzpatrick refused to lie claiming innocence. The jury convicted him despite the moral debate and the judge handed a one year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minnesota
Hugh Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Claimant's Long Legal Battle Against the Government
The Nation reports the claimant facing a harsh struggle in a protracted contest over rights and money. Witnesses allege the claimant is Arthur Orton also known as Tom Castro, a former Wapping butcher and Australia resident, fueling a bitter, costly litigation. The claimant has even read the government's letter to crowds at East End theaters to raise funds, drawing applause and support as public sentiment questions aristocratic rules and the Law.
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Arthur Orton
Tom Castor
Wapping
Australia
Home Office
East End
Whalley
Wichborne
Hast-Hind
Tom Castro
Heber
Nice
East-Enders
Sir Roger
Tom
al Alon
Nation
Cholera Remedy Promoted for Years as Sun Mixture
An early health notice extols the Sun Cholera Mixture as a simple, portable treatment for diarrhea and cholera prevention. It lists equal parts tincture of opium, red pepper, rhubarb, peppermint and camphor and prescribes ten to thirty drops, mixed with water, as a remedy.
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New York Sun
Sun
Rhel Co
A Compendium of Household Remedies and Tips
An array of practical cures and instructions cover stains on mahogany with oxalic acid, magnesia for grease, and polishing oils. Recipes for tinctures, head direction for sleep, sarsaparilla tonics, sobriety aids, aquarium glue, and homemade cement for fixtures sit alongside advice on drinking preparations, water quality, and harness oiling and care.
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Inx
Misra
Maxxax Aquarium
Jamaica
Timothy Seed profits from saving grass for seed
The article recounts a farmer saving about five acres for seed rather than cutting for hay. Neighbors doubted the plan, but the farmer nearly doubled potential earnings. Tenions note four tons of hay at $16 per ton would yield $64, while two tons of straw brought $12.50 per ton totaling $25, with additional earnings implied from seed.
Seed vs Hay Profit Calculation From 19th Century Ledger
The text compares profits from seed and hay by computing seed worth twenty four bushels at $3.50 each totaling 84.00, adding 25.00 to reach 109.00, then subtracting 3.00 for thrashing to yield 106.00. It concludes there is 42.00 more profit in the seed than in the hay.
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J.n.mwarris & CG
Cincinnati
of Medicine
Pierce
Piordo
West Seneca
BurraAco
N.Y
America
Jos Ported
Shufeldt & CO
Chicago
Life and legend of Senator Houston the Cherokee chief
Appletons Journal portrays Senator Sam Houston as a complex figure blending savage traits with remarkable talents. The piece recounts his youth abandoning his family to live with the Cherokees as Oolooteka, his later marriage, governorship, resignation, and return to a tribal life before finally seeking work in Texas as a prairies herdsman.
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Senator Houston
Ontosloo
Oolooteka
Tennessee
Hs Young
Texas
Prairies
Appleton
Fire Insurance andads and medicines in early ads
The passage blends multiple advertisements from a historical newspaper page. It touts fire insurance by National Life Insurance Company of the United States with Philadelphia branch, claims three fourths customary rates and agent expansion, mentions composer Joann Strauss praising Mason & Hannin organs, then promotes Allens Lung Bideath for consumption and Vinewar Bitters as a universal restorative, with testimonies from physicians and journalists.
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Tifa
National Life Insurance Company
United States of America
Philadelphia
Jayne Alterative Claims Cure for Numerous Diseases
An advertisement asserts Dr. Jayne's Alterative cleanses the blood and destroys the virus behind widespread ailments. It lists skin diseases scrofula cancerous and tuberculous afflictions as examples and presents the remedy as a prime solution.
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Jayne
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Wonders of the Press
Civil Service Examinations
Truth Court
Timothy Seed
Sam Houston
Jouann Strauss
Mason & Hannin Organ Co
Europe
Galen
Jenner
Walker
Dr. Sage
Olive Street
St. Louis
St. Louis Paapers
Messrs. Dorr
Thatcher & Co
Shallenberger
Goory
Marion Inrland
L. A. Goory
San Joris
York
Elie
Cesar
Colton
Pain
Painu Paini
Perry Davis
Americana
Propsttia
Wyte
Aneem Natori
Leock
Respecta
Visales
menGav Hain
Urey Sancespiesl Canin
Iy Dial
Adhdeiod
Young & GO
Cortlindtest
Nuw York
Credit Mobilier
National
Address National Publishing Co
Louse, Mo
Reisinger
U.S
Reloinger Sash Lock Co
Market Street
Harrisburg
G. Webber & Co
Marlon
All Ruggiste
War
Great Atlantic and Vacuic Tea Co
Fulton St
Church m
Vox
Jones Com’ and Telegraph College
Fifty and
Olive Atreats
Ona
Jonathan Jones
Joan W. Jounon
Stencll & Key
Brexcia
Hanover St
MARSA
Ponaular Dispensary
Quincy, Mich
A. Coulter & Co
Charlotte
St Louis
West
J. Ee
Canosa
Bendleind
Great West
National Publishing CO
St. Loui
Aidrees W. Fe Carpenter
Foxboro
Masa
DR. A. Trask
Wraste
Dig Casey
Annals of Medicine
Dr. Trask
Ransom, Son & Co
Propr'a
Buffalo
Rosa Danis
Clements & CO
Commerce St
Baltimore
Rosspaura
Schencer
Ethorus
Reeys L. Kyrout & Bon
Mason & Hamlin
Fagan & Harlin
Mason & Hamlin Organ CO
NEW Yourk
Bostoon
Phorson
Pittsburgh
Tor
J. H. Johnston
Great Western Ge “Gilt
C. Lange Ascountry
Goouk
Express
Ddrfss
Dodge, M
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Buecelty
J. Walker
Sierra Nevada
Inois
Cumberland
Arkanas
Red
Colorado
Brazos
Rio Grande
Paul
Mobile
Roanoke
James
Orn. J. Walker
McDonald & CO
San Draugtsen
Cor
Washington and
Charlton Sts
Willson
Wilb
Nature
Jil Willson
John St
Edsall
Cziccaao
Wasreng Aor
MCW Anogon
Targers Tea Company
GU Cements
Robert Wells
Veany Street
Mory
A. Loomis
Jeraey City
Rijay
G. Stinson
AN. She
Particus Lava
Je Worth
St. Louis, Mo
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