Night at Ophir Works Ends in Threats and Guns
A drunken man sleeping in a shed near the Ophir Company works is seized by workers who threaten to kill him if found near the site after dark. They drag him toward the Masonic Cemetery and place his head at a gun muzzle, demanding his dying wish. A pistol in the man’s boot triggers a scramble, and the assault ends as the group scatters toward town with gunfire echoing.
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Ophir Company
Masonic Cemetery
Nevada Artillery
Amy Eviliaten
Mars
Verbatim reports and stenographers for the presidential campaign
Baltimore newspapers plan to furnish verbatim reports of the candidate's speech at the county fair. Five stenographers were sent by morning train to F. Jenetson to join another crew traveling to the fair grounds while four scribes remained to capture the talk and provide notes for the press.
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Wm.l. Vascey
Baltimore
Vention
Addrees
F. Jenetson
Fair-Grmenvis
Woes of a Husband and a Nighttime Mixup
A husband, Jams Henny, returns from a business trip to a locked home and, in trying the back window, is stopped by a policeman who mistakes him for a burglar. Believing he is at his own house, he quarrels with his wife’s night routine and learns next day that a country cousin named Charlie was visiting, not his wife.
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Falstaff
John
Fatty
Fairgrounds
Baltimore
Yancey
Tis Confreres
N. Y. Mercury
Jams
Henny
Ife
Ileary
Guardian of the Law
John Henry
Charlie
Cincinnati
Deroty-Saerry
Hampden
Conn
Century riddles and farm tips scattered through notes
A fragmented column discusses century year counting with examples from 1800 and 1824, then shifts to farm advice about using poultry offal for winter feed, followed by a Baltimore anecdote about cakes laced with phosphorus harming children and a dying old man. It closes with calendar notes that Christmas falls on Monday and the Fourth of July on Tuesday.
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Boston
Xor
Prairie Palmer
Household Hints From a Rural New Yorker Column
A correspondent recounts a swelling arm cured by stewed pumpkin poultices and notes on choosing silk. It advises soft foreign silks for wear, warns against gum-based hardness, and highlights even weaving. Also details a chicken pie method with pepper, flour, butter gravy and decorative crust before baking a rich pie.
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New York Farmers’ Club
New Yorker
Cmicoxen Pix
The Wheat Yield And Profitable Farming
The article discusses wheat as a world staple and the profitability of its cultivation. It cites Ohio and other states, noting typical yields under various manuring and rotation practices, and highlights rare farms achieving forty to sixty-one bushels per acre. It argues many farms lose money at lower yields and that yields depend on soil fertility and management practices.
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Klippart
Board of Agriculture of
Ohio
Champaign County
Sir Hardin
Caine
Mercer County
Morgan County
Putnam County
Shelby County
Sandusky County
New York
Turning Point Looms for Wheat Farming in West and California
Western States and California face years before a turning point in wheat. The incentive for better crop management is strong as farmers seek comfort through higher yields. A twelve bushel per acre income hardly supports a living. improved culture and ground prep are needed. A low wheat price shields American farmers from foreign competition, and price gains hinge on yield. Doubling yield could match a doubled price, since English rents press farmers and grazing profits rise, making a larger crop feasible as demonstrated by some growers.
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California
Les
Pioneering Claims for Schenck Remedies Cure for Consumption
Advertises Schenck’s Tulmonic and Mandrake Mills preparations as a breakthrough in treating consumption. Promotes cures attributed to Dr Schenck, citing his 40 years of health and a dramatic recovery from near death. Notes availability at his Philadelphia office and mail advice, with medicines sold by druggists.
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Scurxck
Reme Giles
Schenck
Aod
What Shall We Do About Sudden Dizziness and Illness
A historical notice warns of sudden deadly illnesses and lists dizzy spells, head whirls, faint stomach pains, and other symptoms. It touts Braxen Extractay Roots on Cuata as a certain remedy and promotes Procter and Gamble original German soap as a trusted household product, urging readers to examine stamps for authenticity.
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Eriano
B Drugelsts
A. J. White
Pearl Street
New York
Guarant Bitters touted as safer tonic than cocoaine dressing
Fragment from a 19th century paper recounts claims that Buunrrr's Cocoainse is the top but notes it injures the stomach, praising Guarant Bitters as a better tonic. It quotes a Massachusetts lady’s vivid street scene and a Hampden pursuit where a thief is captured after a snowball gunshot scare.
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Weeng
Neeser
Bill
Jolene Wei
Virginia City
Repiorteris
Reneerees
Ako
Procter & GamlNe
Procter & Gambie
United States
Buunrrr
Bunnerr
Massachusetta
New South Wales
Bing
Dow
Uraln
Washington-at
Chicagor
Dv Farwell & Co
Murdoch & Flechier
Bank of Ilinois
Iowa
Aacote' Supply Co
Hon
Ramplenworth
Todienspolie Lad
Poston
Kane
Free Prees
Fredericktown
Grory Descripi'n
Nat’ ci Nromo Co
Paila, Pa
N& CO All Nassau Bt
N.Y
Brencll & Key
Spencer
Washington Street
Beaton
Orrenta Wood-Carying Co
Washington St
Chicago
Stine Beer
Jsook
Bibl Bible and Map House
Dalle
Agente
Bed Family
America
Shiremos
AM Gh. Weg CO
Broadway
Best
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mich
Washbu Ine & CO
Middleboro, M
West Madisonvat
H. Fallers Co
Sreektes
Maas
Fletchemn
Etreet
Washigton-st
Terma
Ofreir
Addrem P.O. Vickery 4
Augusta
Maine
Inotox Axus
New Fork
Lamb Knitter
Great Discount
Acheon Atrect
Sena
Nei Iberrhacde
Yree
Tile Centennial CO
Et Lous, Mo
Rkemnaniec
Chromos
Mutroes
Cle
Llent
J. L. Patten
Williamet
AD Monti
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Puibaine
Mooker
Pincinnati Bot
J'ap Sree Faleines
B.C.A Latridge & Co
Ware
Tors’ Union
Reenwict
Atreet
Jachaon-st
Ila
New York City
Hall
Koh
A. Bpooner
Bostoy
Mans
VOW
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Prairies
Vale
Sioux City
Bt Maul Mailruad
McGregor & Miesauri Hiver Aula
Wiley
Eee Atlantic Hotel
CIC
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Pee Reren
Lasalle Bay
He Business Center
Chamber of A. Meter
Aetveee
Est
Eceses
Ali Chee Oat Gay
Ogi
L. Rewmas
Faroe
Reeddresa
McGurdy & Co
Vanbuskirk
Paney Geode
Iamington
Broome &T
M.linington
Blato
Ly Polk
Eivingstone
Ita Lind
AtVirees
Agescy
Columbian Book CO
ManTromy
Omtaneo
Avercome
Sao Waters & Marae
Mark Twain
Atlas
Nile
AMICA
Uslishing CO
Hawkroso, Cr
Culoaco
Ill
Pssby Co
Mali
Icalior
Ori
U.S
Blue
iBkow
John KN
Market Street
St. & Uls
John RR Fond Cotosband
Lowa Holl Lanny Gowpany
Oxpan Rapins
Calhoun
Tenia Blix Biateec
Ann Khza _yur Young
du Itty Siiman & Co
Hatford
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