Odd News Briefs Span Wide World and Local Happenings
A jumble of curiosities and notes reports yellow fever fatalities, camel purchases in Georgia, large New York police costs, a Treasury clerk counting notes, fur marketing in England via Montreal, and shifting rail and railroad interests. Also details on a mushroom village in Pennsylvania, artifacts about Dickens, weather prognostication, and a Canadian arm disinterment tale.
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Georgia
Police Department
New York
Treasury Department
Fun Madson Bay Fur Company
England
Montreal
United States
New York City
Astwere Ciry
Pennsylvania
Dan Manchester
Lowa) Press
Thomas Woodcotk
Canton
Max
Henry Curtis
Bridgeport
Conn
Donny Minter
Brookfield Township
Aton County
Mich
Charlotte
Ont
Miller
Fur
Tu Geographical Society of France
Sahara
Gulf of Gabes
Puebla
Mexico
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Tuenr
Capen
Bangor
Amerie
Tis Portland Argus
Guv. Brown
Frank Pierce
Brown
Hon
A. IL. Stephens
China
Alfred Saville
Shreveport
Nashville
Kentucky
Saville
Kingston
Adelaide
Strathey
Sermon Words Too Grand Some Speak In High Tones
A village parson vows to simplify his preaching after criticism that he uses high sounding language. The tale recalls ministers who drop into long words to impress listeners. A schoolboy is asked to define a square and replies with a formal geometric description. The story warns against overcomplicated language.
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Fring
Enduring Mockery and Obscure Rhetoric in Youth’s Companion Quote
A quotation from Youth's Companion mocks verbose scholarly rhetoric. The speaker declares all inflated propositions will be assimilated with the audience's minds, delivered in a barbed, satirical tone about lucidity and intellectual pretension.
The Bohemian Agent Ring Draws Reporter To Curiosity Shop
A reporter visits a narrow Broadway room displaying a novelty shop and a stock of “agents needed” goods. The itinerant seller touts a powder preventing oil explosions and promotes sales in Jersey, describing a thriving trade with women as top customers.
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Broadway
Duane Street
Duryea
Jersey
Texas and Colorado Saloon Sale Ends in Hidden Treasure
In Kansas City a frame house known as the Texas and Colorado Saloon sold for 700 dollars to a man named Clew. A hidden bag of gold containing 6 000 dollars was found behind wall plaster, prompting questions about ownership and origin. The old owner Louis Mezzadre had stored wealth beneath the house and is said to depart for France.
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Kansas City
Bluff Street
Union Depot
Texas and Colorado
Louis Mezzadre
Clew
Mazzadre
Megzadre
France
How Rich Men Began Life
A list of famed fortunes traces humble starts from dock labor to candy selling, lace shops, and mule drivers. Names include Marshall Roberts, George Law, Alexander Stewart, Daniel Drew, Robert L. and Alexander Stuart, Horace Clagin, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a Danbury boy driven from school, showing wealth often grows from small beginnings through energy and enterprise.
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Marshall
Roberts
George Law
Alexander ‘I
Stewart
Broadway
Daniel Drew
Robert L
Alexander Stuart
Wade
Horace B. Clagin
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Staten Island
New York
Siting Up With Mel A Rural Courtship Tale
A fragment from a rural memory centers on a Sunday night visit to Mel where Johnny and Sue Sanders share a tense playful moment in the parlor. Subtle flirtation and mounting tension reveal social norms, old clocks, and the risk of consequences as a neighborly crowd watches the slow dance of affection.
Regular Eating and Dyspepsia Elaboration
Dr. Tial argues regular meals thrice daily at five hour intervals prevent digestion gaps and decay, avoiding mid meal snacking. He notes the stomach works continuously when meals are frequent, leading to worn out digestion and dyspeptic symptoms, especially in homes with constant nibbling.
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Dr. Tial
Journal of Health
Philadelphia Motel Project Aims for Fireproof Family Hotel
A Philadelphia paper outlines a grand five story square fireproof hotel housing families in en suite rooms around a central courtyard. The complex would seat 2500, cost about three million dollars, and include a park and carriage square to ease street congestion. A citizens meeting is planned to push the project toward realization. Beards cited as defense against bronchitis and a Georgia South Carolina cotton picking match reports 466 and 472 pounds in seven hours with a five gallon prize.
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Philadelphia
America
Lim
Primitive household recipes and farming notes from a 19th century miscellany
A jumble of DIY instructions covers cooking and baking formulas, horse remedies, dyeing bonnet fabrics, leather and rawhide uses, and plant cultivation commentary. The piece mixes practical tips with agricultural essays and stray observations, resembling a periodical’s scattered domestic how-to column.
Coming Demand for Wheat and Market Strategy
A Midland Farmer commentary predicts a strong future demand for wheat as crops are good this season. It notes deficits in UK France Hungary and average yields in Germany, with US shortages of 20 million bushels and last year’s importations. Farmers are urged to withhold wheat to counter speculators and middlemen, urging Granges to unite for profitable prices.
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United Kingdom
France
Hungary
Germany
Department of Agriculture
California
Pacific Coast
Exeland
England
Australia
United Action
Midland
Soil Culture and Root Growth In Horticulture Practice
The article argues that many horticultural practices lack explained reasons and that adapting to circumstances improves results. It cites European science on root growth, recounts grape vines thriving in a heavily traveled turnpike soil, and notes top dressing with rich manure influencing outcomes.
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Europe
Raising Potatoes Through Colorado Beetle Pressures
The Cincinnati Gazette notes 1878 potato supplies will be short and prices higher due to Colorado beetle damage. It praises the early rose variety for its productivity and early harvest, advises planting next year’s crop in February or March, and describes soil preparation and ridges to minimize bug damage.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gazette
Destitution case leads to four month prison sentence
A Lawrence Mass newspaper reports Robert Steel a poor but honest young man of seventeen was sentenced to four months in the house of correction to gain shelter for winter. He had been abandoned by his father and lacked a bed, sheltering in barns until cold drove him to seek prison relief. The judge noted charity might release him if employment offered later.
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Johnny
Tie
York State
Bill Jones
Saunders
Sue Sanders
Lawrence
Mass
Robert Steel
House of Correction
Best Remedy For Various Ailments Promises Quick Healing
An advertised remedy claims to cure cramps stomach pains rheumatic pains bilious colic neuralgia cholera dysentery colds flesh wounds sore throat spinal complaints sprains fevers in children and more. It asserts internal and external efficacy penetrating the body to restore healthy action and remove the cause.
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Curtis & Perkins
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