Montreal heir tale reveals Mormon, murder, and postal tricks
In 1852 a Montreal aristocrat’s son renounced his faith and joined Mormons traveling to Florence Nebraska and Salt Lake City. He later returns to Canada with a new wife, hauls wood near Omaha, and is named heir after a wealthy aunt’s will triggers an $80,000 legacy via a coded codicil. His sisters, doubtful of their father’s death, pursue the matter across Utah and Nebraska. The piece also digresses into U.S. postal cards rules and counterfeit penalties.
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Montreal
Florence
Nebraska
C. W.thomas
Salt Lake City
the Saints
Canada
Thomas
Utah
States
Omaha
N. Y. World
Tea Culture in Japan and China Revealed by State Dispatch
A Secretary of State communication published by Congress details Japan and China tea culture. It notes Japan exported over fifteen million pounds of tea in the year to May 31, 1872, mostly to the United States, the seed-born plant reaching maturity in three years, and describes the refining process for American markets which alters flavor and color. It cites opinions of Mr. Shepard on reducing or altering refiring, and mentions high-quality Japanese tea produced for priests at $5–$6 a pound, not exported, with China use of indigo and Prussian blue in coloring gunpowder tea.
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Congress
Japan
China
Europe
United States
Shepard
America
Corea
Holland
England
India
C. Muratori
London
Castile
Mink Ag
London Milk Journal
Postal Card Issued By U S Post Office Department
The Third Assistant Postmaster General E W Barber announces the May first start date for issuing postal cards under the June act. The card measures five and one eighth by three inches, cream color, brown printing, monogram U S P O D, with address lines on the front and a plain back for messages. Cards sell for one cent and can be used for short communications including orders, invitations, notices, and receipts.
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E. W. Barber
Liberty
U.S
United States Postal Card
Fire and Lights Offer Roaring Offer at Mixed Meeting
At a church gathering Brother Newton led a spirited appeal for donations to fund fire and lights while joking about free salvation and water. He mocked churchgoers, mixed humor with sermons, and urged offerings as the choir sang and passengers in the gallery prepared to contribute.
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Newton
Uhank
New Hlaven
Brudder Newton
Black Swan
Color changing dress dye via starch method proposed
A Scientific American note describes a German professor's plan to tint a white Giaphanonus dress using colored starch. Mix fuchsia dye with glycerine and water, blend with finely powdered starch, apply to fabric, dry, then press with a warm iron. Cautions warn dye fastness in damp weather and potential zebra-like streaks if rain occurs.
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Scientific American
Indiana Teacher Fined for Spanking in Red Schoolhouse
A Springfield Massachusetts Republican excerpt reports Indiana teacher Mr Thurston faced a costly moral clash over corporal punishment. He taught in Warren township at forty dollars monthly, spanked a pupil with a timber causing a fine laden case. After three appeals he settled, quitting teaching for farming once spring arrives.
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Ohio
Indiana
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Louisville
Thurston
Warren Township
Springfield
Mass
Grain Stocks Piling at Lake Ports Await Straits Opening
Miers notes a vast grain surplus waiting export as straits open. At Chicago port 73 vessels carry 1,769,100 bushels of corn while 9 ships hold 233,000 bushels of wheat ready for shipment.
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Chicago
Trollope's Australian book draws colonial character critique
The Pall Mall Gazette comments that the colonial man approaches uninteresting nature, noting a remark about Mr Trollope's new Australian work. The snippet also hints at a question about timing or pricing in Koie Nkea, leaving the broader context unclear.
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Tax Pall Mall Gazette
Trollope
Modern canoe design as outlined by Baden-Powell and Norton
A summary of Baden-Powell's Nautilus canoe concept including dimensions, materials, and features such as light white cedar construction, decked hull, two masts with sailing rigs, and buoyant compartments. The piece notes the craft's weight about sixty pounds, its portability, paddle operation, and steering methods, followed by a brief anecdote about Squire's glass window incident.
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Macgregor
Jordan
England
Baden-Paywell
A. Baden-Powell
New Bedford
C. L. Norton
A Sentimental Indian and Moon Myths Across Cultures
A Virginia City reader narrates a Bannack Indian incident with a slain cow herd, detailing a dramatic exchange and the Indian’s bid for death after insult. The piece shifts to a survey of moon lore, recounting myths from Byron to Pythagoras, Shakespeare, and German folk tales about the moon as home, punishment, or paradise.
Diffcult Operation Spoils Death Aide Becomes Alarm
A Chicago man attempted suicide by opium and was revived after a physician failed to declare him dead. An assistant poured hot coffee into his stomach twice to revive him. An Indianapolis woman also suffered a similar attack with laudanum and galvanic treatment. The piece mocks such tricks and notes changing times favor self harm.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Fate of an Umbrella Fiend in St Louis Streets
A Globe waiter mocks a chaos caused by a pedestrian with an umbrella at Fifth and Vine. The umbrella injures a boy, a lady’s hair, a tall officer’s stomach, and tilts a man’s mouth while bystanders are swept into a comic, ballooning melee ending with a fruit stand wrecked.
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St. Louis Globe
Fifth and Vine
Pin Money and Wives in American Life
In a Larper's Bazar excerpt the author contrasts cowry-shells and wampum with gold and silver to joke about money standards, then argues pin-money as the finest money. It praises American husbands' generosity while noting wives’ private funds are rare and often controlled. The piece lampoons thrift and social norms with playful satire.
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Bengal
Rocky Mountains
America
Larper
Rumors of Sir Samuel Baker murders arise again
The Herald notes renewed rumors that explorer Sir Samuel Baker and his wife, said to accompany him, were killed by interior Africans. It discounts the claim, recalling multiple prior reports of Baker's disappearance and suggesting a hoped meeting with Livingstone to resolve the Nile question.
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Sir Samuel Baker
Africa
Dr. Livingstone
Upper Nile
Nile
Baker
Albert Lake
Livingstone
Lualaba
Ujiji
Unyanyembe
Zanzibar
Herald
Oyster imports from Mexico cheaper than New York route
A San Francisco paper notes oysters can be imported from Mexico at a lower rate than from New York. The coast from Guaymas to Acapulco yields large, fine oysters. They can be loaded onto Mexican steamers at Mazatlan for under $16 per ton, with freight to San Francisco not exceeding $10.
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San Francisco
California
Mexico
New York
Guaymas
Acapulco
Mazatlan
Adirondack discovery marks New York state water source
Surveyor Mr. Verranck Colvin reports the highest water in New York and the true source of the Tucsen River lies in a lake within a chasm between two peaks on the south side of Mount Marcy, located four thousand two hundred ninety three miles above sea level.
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Verranck Colvin
Adirondack
New York State
Tucsen River
Mount Marcy
Household tips and home remedies from old columns
A collection of practical cures and do it yourself notes. Advice covers preserving meat with charcoal, making soap and cleaners, hair and dental care, moth prevention, and folk remedies for illnesses, with steps for preparing lye soap and pickle jars, plus guidance on fruit and poultry handling.
Horse radish culture yields best profits with crown up
Horse radish is a highly profitable market crop when crown up rather than run to depth. It prefers deep damp soil, rich compost, and well-drained flats such as low tracts with open ditches. Roots must grow upward to avoid forking, requiring careful planting a foot deep to produce straight market pieces.
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Aone
Forney
Great Master steamship to haul coal from Cape Breton to Europe
Cape Breton reports the steamship Great Master after refitting will carry fifteen thousand tons of coal from Cow Bay to Europe on her return voyage. A major Cape Breton shipper has contracted to load within fifteen days, while critics note the coal trade echoes historic ventures as money in the current English market. A humorous aside recalls a curious lamp box scene and a plug for Dav is Pain Killer in other columns.
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Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Great Mastern
Cow Bay
C. B
Europe
Great Eastern
Newcastle
Lord ‘Timothy
Dexter
West Indies
England
V.V. Herald
Paw Kitner
Davis
Pen picture of a frail girl and medical remedies
A dramatic sketch depicts a sick teen once vibrant at school, now pale with consumption. The narrative urges care and introduces remedies including Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It also advertises insurance figures from New York Life and promotes Parker's Pine Cure.
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Fee
Shep
Antuur's Illustrated Hox Maca May Number Contents
The May issue features frontispiece Old Storiestead Sleeping Babe and illustrations of The Straits of Magellan A Visit to Friends Meeting Iceland Cruel Nursery Lessons The Coming Schoolmasters She Capercaille Going with the Angels A Day Lost The Wolf and the Lamb The Deacon's Household Alice and Whohe Cary and their Friends Crooked Places Hetty Henderson's Mra Necessity of Sleeps Out Club Insubordination or The Shoemaker's Daughter. Households departments filled with useful matter. Perma $2.80 per year or $1.40 for six months. clubs receive a reduction. Free steel engraving with each subscription to U.S. Autumn & Sox, Philadelphia.
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Straits of Magellan
Iceland
Deacon
Alice
Cary
Hetty Henderson
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