WILL OF GOVERNOR TILDEN AND LIBRARY PROJECTS
The will for Governor Tilden was made public and outlines family legacies and provisions safeguarding income from special trusts for female heirs. It authorizes creation of a library and free reading room in New Tetanon with funding up to 40000 and potential further sums, and calls for a free library in Yonkers and a national memorial library collection in New Labour Providence. It also details trustees powers to manage estate and set up a formal corporation in Yonkers.
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New York
Tilden
New Tetanon
Yonkers
Leresn
Ruby
Susie Walt Verey
Esto Corporation
Heelys Davestel
Uilsech Investments
Settlement of Detroit by Cadillac in 1701 and founding of fort
In July 1701 Cadillac led a party to the Detroit riverbend and began a new French settlement. He built a stockade fort on the riverbank, laid out about twenty acres, and established a walled town to control the Great Lakes fur trade. Indians were settled nearby and encouraged to intermarry, forming early alliances with the Miamis Pottawatomies Hautons and Ottawas while Cadillac reserved feudal rights over granted lands.
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Curillac
Laks St. Clair
Detroit
Cadillas
Ottawa River
Lake Huron
Grailly
Lake Erie
Agarn
St Lawrence
Ulillac
London
Shawn Nyy
Cadilla
Sithitk
Great Lakes
Louis XIV
Frenchiman
Names for Fame Ludicrous Appellations in Free South Names
A Detroit Free Press piece notes curious and grandiose names given to African American children after emancipation. It cites a South Carolina family with multiple long names such as James Washington Scipio Caesar Alfred Jane Louis Lynch and Ida Celestia Lovely Vene Lovely Vine Susan Matilda Belle Caroline Lyneh, plus several others and a doctor’s anecdote ending with Boozy for short.
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Orangeburg
S. C
James Washington Scipio Caesar
Alfred Jane Louis Lynch
Ida Celestia
Vine Susan Matilda Belle
Caroline Lyneh
Rebeccs
Annabel Victoria Party
Lisa Medorin Lyneh
South Carolina
James Virgil John Drubel
William Philelogus Hunter
Contat
Gilbert Filbert Fillmore Stansel Stanmore
John Lamt
Lorregan Lanninhams Beauregard Cassavanieyn Gbr
Baby at the Table at Trusty Meeting
A whimsical Puck vignette records a chaotic meeting where a baby sits at the table. The chair raps, motions upset batter, objects swapped, and milk and steak are debated. A nurse adjourns as the chair is tied to his chair, the room in uproar over a missing bib.
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Tven
Anil
Attenton
Paul Pastnor
Puck
Snake Inoculation Tale From Mexico Causes Curiosity
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note discusses a sensational claim that Mexicans inoculate against bites by using venom from adlers cobras and rattlesnakes. The report cautions about belief and cites that some Kansas counties have mudstones within their borders.
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Mexico
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kansas
General interest items from the era in brief snippet form
A National Capitol stand advertises Dickens Hawthorne productions while Caledonia shows a giant trout garden bed. A cottage owner overpays for summer rent, Norristown Herald notes. Williams Indians joke circulates with Arizona troop banter. Baring Bros keeps 30 million cash ready for instant use. Plymouth MA dog set on fire by youths leads to penitentiary. An Auburn barber opens a lawyer’s office beside his shop. Oil market notes a temporary stiffening in fish oils amid current weather.
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National Capitol
Hawthorne
Caledonia
Norristown Herald
Bison Williams
Sevveral
United States
Arizona
Buffalo Express
Baring Bros
M. F. Mail
Plymouth
Maass
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Penitentiary
Auburn
N. Y
Springfield
Soston Trancevipt
Market Reports from Coemon St Louis Aug Prices Steady
Aug market wrap lists grain and livestock bids with No 2 red and No 2 yellow wheat. corn, oats, rye, and flaxseed pricing. cattle and hogs steady to firm. Notes include pork, lard, bacon values, butter, eggs, and boxed meats with regional quotes from Kansas City and St Louis.
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Coemon
St. Louis
Ize
Texas
Soo
Peek Ug Ant
Ping
Tee
Hehe
New York
Piotr
Sumeice
Coerokee
Coer
Kansas CiTy
Tye
Tte
Mjc
Gorren
Ike
Kanaas City
Abssaneace Ae Cnisags Chosod
Combination Food for Chicks and Hens
Experiments show a cost efficient feed mix for adults and chicks: six parts ground corn and oats to one part bran middlings and ground meat, plus salt bone and charcoal. Chicks gain rapid weight, ducks benefit, and ample water and greens accompany the diet. oyster shells unnecessary with gravel for grit.
Fragmented 19th Century Advertisements and Epigrams
A garbled collage of old newspaper lines mocks remedies and quips. It mentions goat butter, a claim for a cure for estarrh, Frazer axle grease, Edward Thompson building papers, a pun about an orphan, Giesy's hair products, Hall's Hair Renewers, Ayer's Ague Worm, Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and stray lines about law and street corner types.
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New Laboure Vrovisine
Yale
Hastin Boers
Lyman. George
First National
Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
George Marston
Gaus
Sion
Samuel Merrill
Laws
Tenholm
Boston
Foret
Pires
Milwavker
Wis
Atn
Green Bay
Eaton
Bellevan
Depiery
Woodruits
Pensaukee
Loney
Angiican
Shawany County
Himbeldt
Calmet
Clark
Marathon
Cutting
Paso
Tex
Samuel Field
Dallas
Paso del Norte
Sentinel
Baker
Sulphur Springs Valley
Lawton
Sonora
Settlement OF
Rome
Baby
Market Reports
Robby
Board of Trade
Telegram
Turbaker
Troy Times
National Weekly
Boston Transcript
Albany Argus
Prairie
Farmer
Poland
Chicago Ledger
Tezas
Peares
Waterios
Will
Peakney Bappy
Nimu
G. Jacobs Ol
Carlee
Youeler
Adu
OTTER
Ae Janes
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Emi Page Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
David
Tupar
Buckeye State
Buck Eyes
Edward Thompson
Pat
Giesx
Hitu
Ana Santigate Dines
Etna
World's Spensary Medical Association
Journal
Hall
Ayer
Hood
Lisger
Manller
Lowell
C. L Hood & CO. Apothecaries
Lowell, Mans
Oror
Paris
W. Monee
TH. W. L. Douglas
Perfret
Warrused
Jones
Sinomal Ghamton
Trona Healy
Srave Sr
Hartshorn
Aa Ci
Cockle
Meyer Baus. & Cos Sr
Loui
Atlantic
Smd Tools
Gst & Lyman
West
Ant & Fees
Maror
Pino
Leas Sea
Beeerters Reiler Med
A.W. McCormick & Bun
Secmnast Fete
Boree
Turas College of Law
Lexington
Kimses Petes
Mos
Hardin Seuiese
Sardin
Forumer Az Freie
Diersom
Toe van Newls Bao
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Rade Mart
Slade Ocly BP Alco
Baltimone
Jown Bull
Kent
John Bull
Smith
Main St
Louintille
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