Massachusetts Census Shows 15 Percent Growth Since 1870
The state census indicates Massachusetts population up about fifteen percent since 1870 with cities leading gains though Salem and Newburyport trail. German experiments reveal freezing potatoes preserves composition. frozen tubers remain usable for distillation or cattle feed after water removal. Brews nest soup is costly due to scarce ingredient. Chinese nests fetch forty to sixty dollars per pound as workers harvest moss from cliffs.
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Massachusetts
Salem
Newburyport
Germany
China
European Trade Figures and Technological Notes From July Data
The issue reports July imports at 41 286 391 and exports at 41 495 177 with seven month totals of 316 104 793 imports and 322 838 872 exports, alongside observations on railway friction enabling movement and a French stenographic typewriter variant. It also details Italian cardinal incomes, noting specific sums for Patrizi Amat de Pietro Sacconi and others.
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Bureau of Statistics
Inventor proposes rear vent for locomotive smoke
Me W. M. Gale of Cincinnati claims a patent for a simple tube running from the smokestack over train cars to the rear to pull in smoke and cinders and release them behind the train. The idea aims to shield passengers and reduce smoke damage, potentially saving railroads and earning the patentee a fortune.
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Me.w. G. Gale
Cincinnati
Panama War Declared and Navy Alerts for Isthmus
A telegram from Captain Edward Simpson aboard the U S steamer Omaha reports Panama has declared war on Colombia prompting the Navy Department to order Rear Admiral Mullany to ready all forces for potential action at the isthmus to protect American interests.
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Navy Department
Edward Simpson
United States
Omaha
Panama
Columbia
Department
Mullany
North Atlantic
Gooffah boats of Mesopotamia and fashion notes
A Mesopotamian boat called the gooffah is a large round wicker vessel coated with asphalt allowing two to ten tons of load. It is paddled by one or two oarsmen and can drift in calm rivers with minimal keel. The piece also catalogs fashion tips about lace usage, elderly caps, and a humorous slice of society notes including a raspberries incident on a steamboat.
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Reynoldsville Herald
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Chester
Johnston
England
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Harrisonville
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Lawrence
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Parisians Shocked By Seyyid of Zanzibar Portrait
The Seyyid, a Mohamadan ruler from Zanzibar, refuses to adopt Western ways such as drinking or smoking and resists behind the scenes access at the Grand Opera. He upholds his faith and declines questionable European social norms, prompting Parisian astonishment. In Vermont a boy is fined three dollars for tying a tin can to a dog's tail, illustrating differing social controls.
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Paaris
Zanzibar
Europe
Paris
Vermont
The Un Fair Sex and Odd Narratives in Public Life
A miscellany of humorous vignettes and sharp social observations. Jokes on etiquette and editors, a skeptical farmer in Connecticut, a man losing a train ticket, and a minister visiting a cemetery where a parishioner points to graves including "the old woman, all blowed out."
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Bacon Falls
Conn
Evanston
Tom
Bill
Mary
Chinese Time-keepers and Inventions Described
The article notes Chinese reliance on water clocks using stacked pots with a marked index, describes past brass and current wooden water-pots, and mentions native time methods like the clepsydra, incense-stick, and sun-dial. It also cites a claim about four breath-holding lifters lifting a fifth person, with magnetism and mesmerism discussed as possible causes.
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Bridgman
China
A Country Haying Tale and Black Hills Notes
The piece recounts a summer haying misadventure sharing farmyard antics with lively details about Aunt Sarah Pettibone and a grasshopper in a sunbaked barn. It also reports Prof. Janney's Black Hills exploration noting gold in grasses and Indian claims, plus political briefs from North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas with turnout and policy notes.
Clermont Courier Ad Rates And Terms
Legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional. Ten lines. Annual reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines 6.00 per year.
The Yellow-Hammer's Nest in Elm Crest
A rural poem recounts a yellow hammer building a nest in an elm. A lock of a child's white hair and a golden strand are placed beside the nest, and the brood are reared. Later, the male returns to find the nest with both hair and hair’s baby lost, making the nest dearer still.
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Yellow-Hammer
Quips and Quirks From A Wary World Weary Minds
A collage of witticisms and satirical snippets contrasts sharp humor with delicate musings. It weighs Pilgrimage as remedy for fastidiousness, jokes about bakers and loaves, handkerchief flirtations, and a sly dig at serious vanity with a veteran tone.
Tiger on Train Traps Watchman in Wild Car Voyage
In St. Albans the Ogdensburg road tale tells of a tiger breaking its cage in a moving car that also carried a zebra. The sleeping watchman awoke to a crouching cat near him as a keeper rushed to subdue the animal with a rawhide, saving the man from danger.
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Louisiana
Ogdensburg
St. Albans
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