Harvest-Home in Massachusetts Dawn
A poetic scene from August depicts a golden clothed figure crossing sunlit fields at dawn. The narrator describes her golden bodice and crown as harvest imagery fills the meadow path and farm life pauses to honor her as the day ends and the moon rises.
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Boston Pilot
The 75 mph dash to save the road and the money
A railroad engineer recalls a dramatic midnight sprint to reach C- by 12 o clock to save the F and C Railroad. Amid heavy grades and a dangerous water pressure, Roberts the president’s emissary concealed $500000 embezzled funds. the engineer drives the Taunton engine to a successful finish and recovers the money.
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F. and C
Comany
Taunton
Bere
Abdvich
Aldrich
Atrai
Roberts
Harry
Lisawide
Canada
Marriage of Mrs Patterson in Dublin Castle 1825
In 1825 Mrs. Robert Patterson and her sister Elizabeth visited Ireland. In Dublin she renewed ties with the Marquis of Wellesley who pursued her with attentions. It was announced the Lord Lieutenant would wed Mrs. Patterson, dubbed the American Grace. The wedding occurred October 29 1825 at Dublin Castle.
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Phoenix Park
Mary Caton
Marchioness of
Wellesley
Dublin Castle
George the Fourth
Ambrose
Lord Chesterfield
Marquis of
Dublof
Marquis of Wellesly
Europe
Trish Court
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Charles Carroll
Charleston
South Carolina
England
Carrollton
Eugene L. Didier
Harper’s Magazine
Robert Patterson
Elizabeth
Ireland
Dublin
Marquis of Wellesley
Sackville Street
Colonel Shaw
Mr. Johnston
Increase in Florida Orange Crop Signals Early Harvest
The article notes an early Florida orange crop with picking starting in late September, about thirty days earlier than last year. It traces the rise of Florida oranges from rare samples to a major commercial product, cites early growers, and records crop increases from 1873 through 1878, highlighting Florida's outpacing of West Indian and Mediterranean rivals in quality and market share.
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Dr. Anderson
St. Augustine
Mrs. Mitchell
Jacksonville
Hart
Palatka
Dummit
Indian River
Gulf Coast
Charleston
Savannah
Avana
Florida
Quiet dressing a fashionable myth in fashion journals
The New Haven Register mocks the idea that women dress quietly noting the noisy reality of shoes, corsets, wash bowls, and slammed doors. It questions how mirrors endure the bustle and admits uncertainty about quiet dressing.
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New Haven Register
Preacher Advises Country Sermons In Simple Style
Rev. Dr. Woods of Andover urges young preachers to win attention with plain speech. He warns that city preaching needs attire, while country preaching should rely on a strong sermon in a nut shell.
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Dr. Woods
Andover
Bentemen
Paris Nobles Turn Business Partners in Society Trade
Paris society sees aristocrats embrace commerce from wedding plate loans to resale dress brokering. Dukes and counts market favors and marriages while Countess de Benouville rents Champs Elysees flats. A sensational mass agency and broker networks harvest society assets as Paris wealth migrates to trade.
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Paris
New York
England
Germany
France
Italy
Cincinnati
Chicago
Champagne
Bordeaux
Bourgogne
Americas
Temple
Duke Pozzo di Borgo
Gennevilliers
Marquis de Chabrol
de Chabrol
Monsieur Prudhomme
Baron de Foy
London
Vienna
Saint Cloud
Countess de Benouville
Champs Elysees
Biron de Morlange
Marchioness de Latour Trebeigue
Abraham
Israel
How Mineral Deposits Are Formed
The article discusses two theories of ore formation, favoring surface leaching over deep interior sources. It explains that metallic salts likely originate near the surface via circulating, heated groundwater that dissolves metals and redeposits them as temperature and pressure change. It concludes a Laurentian age suffices to explain current widespread dispersion.
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Newberry
Nutmegs Grow On Tall Fragrant Trees In Tropics
Nutmegs grow on trees over twenty feet high with pale yellow fragrant flowers. The fruit is peach sized. ripe fruit reveals the seed nut with mace covering. Trees thrive on Asia islands and tropical America, bearing fruit year round for 70 to 80 years. The Dutch once controlled trade and burned vast piles to raise prices, but the nutmeg pigeon spread nuts worldwide, restoring supply.
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Asia
America
Jamaca
Banda Islands
Indian Islands
Some Feats in Swimming from a Sea to Thames and Channel
A 19th century survey tracks swims from the Orestes escape to Liverpool to Runcorn, then Webb’s English Channel crossing. It notes Agnes Beckwith and Emily Parker on Thames feats, Davil on Dover Ramsgate, and a whale-tank endurance at Westminster Aquarium. Webb later eclipsed all prior records with long floats and channel crossing.
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Chamber
Her Majesty
Orestes
Spain
Mersey
Liverpool
Runcorn
Webb
Irish Sea
English Channel
Dover
French
Calais
Agnes Beexwith
Beeckwith
Thames
London Bridge
Greenwich
Emily Parker
Agnes Beckwith
Blackwell
Davil
Ramsgate
London
Westminster Aquarium
McNotony
Burke and His Horse in The Archives of Comparative Medicine
A legend recounts how Sir Burke, retired at Beaconsfield, faced rumor of madness after his son’s death. A trusted visitor, seeking truth, finds the old thinker lucid, caressing a cherished horse that pauses to nuzzle his chest, conveying shared loss.
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G. M. Loring
Comparative Medicine
Mr. Burke
Beaconsfield
London
Burke
My. Burke
Wedding Breakfast Romance Ends With Sleepy Groom
A Paris wedding ends in alarm as the bridegroom disappears after a lavish reception. He is found asleep on a Champs Elysees bench by two policemen at two in the morning and later reconciles with his bride after giving a confused account of his night.
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Paris
Washington
Mairie
Bois de Boulogne
Chalet de Suresnes
Champs Elysees
Bernhardt to Wear $15,900 Paris Dresses for U S Visit
Sarah Bernhardt is having 27 light stage dresses and 20 general use dresses made in Paris totaling $15,900. The top garment will be a $2,000 white satin ball dress.
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