Centennial items and Philadelphia Exposition notes
The piece surveys Centennial preparations and crowd estimates at Philadelphia with references to lodging costs, admission price debates, and suggestions for accessibility. It notes 1000 police on the grounds, a British first-class ironclad exhibition, and calls for reduced admission to attract workers and the poor. It includes a long anecdote about Mr Throop’s mishaps in a farmyard en route to a city celebration.
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Turkey
Hiotelskin
Philadelphia
Jess
Detroit Wree
Agricultural Department
Chicago
Journal
Tate
Knights Templar
Academy of Music and Horticultural Hall
Throop Returns to City. Chooses Silence on Work
Insurance agent Throop, long absent from the city, has returned to Summer Street home but will not resume business next week and will not receive visitors except intimate friends. He visited his Uncle George on the Danville road and attempted a nocturnal return, stumbling into a ditch and recalling a child’s prayer as he navigated the dark farmyard.
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Niles
Mr. Throop
George
Throop
Burlington Hauk-Eve
Panzres
Taxoor
Summer Street
Danville
Throup
Bog Tea From Ancient Peat Used as Candies and Ornaments
Fragments describe bog wood and ancient plant remains forming bog wax and other products. The article notes these ancient grounds yielding candies, waxlike ornaments, children's trinkets, wheels, and toilet items from prehistoric plant matter.
Iron production milestones in early United States history
The total iron production in the United States reached 64,000 tons in 1810 and surged to 2,680,070 tons by 1872, marking rapid industrial growth.
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United States
Centennial Exhibition Opens in Philadelphia With Grand Ceremonies
The Chicago Tribune notes the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia marks a century of American progress. It outlines early organizing acts from 1870 to 1878, costs totaling about 8.6 million, and the roles of state, city, and federal bodies plus a Woman's National Centennial Organization leading toward a wide, educational public display.
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Pale
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Congress
J. R. Hawley
Centennial Board of Finance
Aliat
Secretary of the Treasury
Woman's National Centennial Organization
Mars. E. D. Gillespie
State of
United States Commission
Board of Finance
Vienna
London
Paris
Peale
Chicago Tribune
Bee attack drives attorney into cistern in Liberty
O S Searle of Butler Gearle lawyers in Liberty was attacked by bees while tending an apiary near a hive. Escaping into a nearby cistern, he remained submerged for about 15 minutes to ward off stings before crawling out and treating the injuries.
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O. S
Butler ‘& Gearle
Liberty
Searle
Kéeji
Ammenia
Mystery of Hidden Cistern Adventure Leaves City Ajar
An underground cistern adventure ends suddenly when a servant girl witnesses a disappearance through an upper window. The incident spreads as news, while Mr. Searle dries clothes and recovers from stings before retiring to private life and appointing an assistant to manage his bees.
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Searle
Faith of the Shakers and their angelic life
W C Jfonella in Atlantic June surveys Shaker faith community in Shirley and Harvard Massachusetts noting celibacy charity labor and a belief in Christ Jesus and Christ Ann as guiding figures. He notes rejection of miraculous birth, acceptance of a Swedenborgian afterlife, and reverence for spiritual communication, hymns, and wild naive music.
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Christ Jesus
Christ Ann
Ann Lee
Stanley
Christ
Shirley
Harvard
Massachusetts
Rochester
New York
Ohio
W. C. Jfonella
Atlantic
The Economical Family and the Paper Hanging Folly
A satirical look at frugal households handling wall paper themselves. The family works in chorus as a man measures with his eye and a woman trims borders while children wrestle the paste. Misalignment, mischief, and comic chaos follow as the sheet clings to walls and bodies. The wife and children assist in a flurry, producing a humorous domestic scene. The piece ends with a vignette of a mother urging a kiss from a rushing son as a footman dutifully obliges.
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Economical Amily
Danbery Cies
Oddities and Wit From Norwich Bulletin Readers
A jumble of humorous clips and anecdotes from Norwich and other places. Quips on editors, manners, travel mishaps, and a deadly bridge escape with a mix of eccentric observations. Notable lines include a bulb dealer named in a directory, a London echo verse from 1831, and a dramatic near-train accident retold with a wry moral.
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Foxp
Mamma
Freddie
Footman
John
Norwich
Conn
Jane
Richmond
Southern Pacific Railway
Norwich Bulletin
Mark
Sunday Times
L’acanini
St. Louis
Danbury
Merrill
Jaitha
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