Indiana Patents Granted Week Ending April 15 1854
A list of Indiana residents granted patents includes Milo J. Chase Richmond music desk for pianos Wallace H. Dodge Mishawaka cornice and button fastener Zachary T. Sweeny and Joseph I. Irwin Columbus fence post John B. Witty Indianapolis connection of railway switch rods Marion W. McCann Posey cultivator Vincent D. Urso Evansville pop-corn package Chas Alfred Blume Union City stump puller Howard Campbell Richmond recleaning attachment for thrashers or separators Jas Du Shane South Bend wrench John Gilgour Columbus nut lock Wm R Lampton Terre Haute safety brace for car seats Thomas J Lindsay Lafayette check row corn planter Geo W Richwine Muncie show window ventilator Wilber F Cornelius Muncie mop and brush holder Henry G Sterne Indianapolis fire escape.
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Indiana
Os. H. Hunter
F. Street
Washington
D.C
Milo J. Chase
Richmond
Music Desk
Wallace H. Dodge
Mishawaka
Cornice
Zachary T. Sweeny
Joseph I. Irwin
Columbus
John B. Witty
Indianapolis
Marion W. McCann
Posey
Vincent D. Urso
Evansville
Chas
Alfred Blume
Union City
Howard Campbell
Jas. du Shane
South Bend
John Gilgour
Wm. R. Lampton
Terre Haute
Thomas J. Lindsay
Lafayette
Geo. W. Richwine
Muncie
Wilber F. Cornelius
Henry G. Sterne
Western Ramblings From Las Vegas to Durango
Special Correspondence describes exploration of cliff dwellings in southwest Colorado near Durango, detailing large multi story Moqui towns, stucco walls, and artifacts. Observations compare ruins to old world works, discuss dates from Coronado or Olermin, and note Pueblo and Durango trade, railroads, mining, and growing Pueblo Colorado.
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Las Vegas
la Junta
Denver
Pueblo
Grand Veto Pass
Durango
Nile
Euphrates
Colorado
United States
Rio de
America
Pittsburg
Temperance Revival Grows Strong in Richmond Ind
Six week temperance revival led by evangelist James M. Dunn draws packed houses nightly in Richmond. About 5000 pledges secured and 24 liquor license petitions faced as remonstrances mount. A temperance convention is set for the 22nd to plan concerted action against saloons.
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Richmond
Ind
James M. Dunn
Watermelon yield method from Rural New Yorker described
A correspondent details an unusual watermelon growing system. Holes ten feet apart filled with manure, then a low flat hill with planted seeds. After vines sprout a one foot straw mulch covers the surface. The straw suppresses weeds and keeps melons clean as they mature.
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New Yorker
Woodpeckers protect trees by seeking insects in orchards
The woodpeckers, though they drill into trees, target insects and often save trees that would be harmed without their aid. No bird is more valuable in an orchard, and their visits signal insect depredations under bark. They only strike trees while searching for food.
Customer objects to typed letters in personal correspondence
A firm using a typewriter for its personal correspondence received a letter from an irate customer. The customer demanded not to print letters sent to him, arguing he can read and does not want to be insulted by reflections on his education.
Plan for Controlling Spring Floods Through Many Small Dams
A Canada correspondent proposes replacing a single large reservoir with a network of detaining works on small streams. Builders would place two foot banks at every four inch discharge point to hold back surplus water, creating hundreds of thousands of tiny dams at five to ten dollars each, per Scientific American.
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Canada
Cosf
Scientific America
Weeds, soil fertility, and farm values in 19th century notes
A survey discusses how persistent weeds rob soil fertility and raise eradication costs, noting weeds feed on grasses and seed heavily. It compares farm and real estate values in the United States, mentions railroad and mining assets, references a dew theory, promotes Ayer’s Hair Vigor, and concludes with farming guidance on grape vines and berries plus a playful grandfather anecdote.
Conversation Insight Says Humor Elevates Social Ease over Knowledge
A quoted aphorism by Sir William Tenple argues that in conversation humor matters more than wit, ease trumps knowledge, many avoid learning or thinking they need it, and most seek pleasure above all.
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Sir William Tenple
Piow Boots and Shoes Sold at Miles & Crowder's
Piow Boots priced at 1.50 dollars and Piow Shoes at 1.10 1.15 and 1.25 dollars sold at Miles and Crowder's Womens Goat and Kid Button Shoes offered at 1.00 dollar at Miles and Crowder's.
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Miles & Crower
Miles & Crowder’s
Piow
Young and old in Midble mood by a taint of Eilie
Fragmentary lines describe a scene with ages and a bold mood around a figure named Eilie. The readable text hints at emotional tension and social context without clear events or outcomes.
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Eilie
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Bhrpore
the Times
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Masonic Bornpine
Washington and
Main Streets
Philadelphia
Ayer
Pueblo, Colo
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W. U. Pacn
Page & Bro
Franklin St
Pritts
Hayes
Mexia
Texas
Francis GB
Warnowe
Illania
Dr.j.c. Ayer &Co
Lowell, Miass
All Drugaisis
Wilders
Ali
SON Or CO
M. Young
Greenwich
N. York
Lonsdale
Drap de Londres
al Psee
Rye
Main Street
Terre Haute, Ind
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