Reasoning Out a Metropolis in Early America
A summary of Ernvest Ingersoll’s essay in St. Nicholas on population distribution in 1800 and the westward expansion of the United States. It traces coastal towns’ size, early inland limits, and the drive to clear land, build roads, and move goods, noting costs of pack horse transport and the 1804 Philadelphia to Pittsburgh stage line as signs of gradual civilization.
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St. Nicholas
New York
Ernvest Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Montreal
Quebec
Maine
Old Salem
Boston
Newport
New London
New Haven
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
New Orleans
Alleghanies
Chicago
Oswego
Buffalo
Detroit
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New England
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Valley of the Hudson
Newburg
Kingston
Albany
Europe
Far West
Erie
Pennsylvania Mountains
American Paper In England
The New York Tribune notes that England uses American paper in public offices and credits it as superior quality with decrees stamped over eagle watermarks. It asserts Britain would seize any good thing and would extradite quality stationery on request, a practice already in effect for some time.
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England
Great Britain
Sam
New York Tribune
Maine custard pie festival honors timeless pie duel
In a Maine town a custard pie association grew from a farm match nearly a generation ago. It now hosts an annual festival featuring custard pie as the centerpiece, washed down with cider and a nod to the famed earlier duel.
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Maine
Snow Eating Snow Habit Havoc in Klondike Tales
A Cleveland Plain Dealer account recounts a Klondike miner tale of the snow habit, a deadly craving for melted snow believed mineral enriched. The miner describes debility, changing voice, and eventual death from snow consumption, with miners near Copper River noting mineral laden melts and possible gold dust traces.
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Klondike
Point Barrow
Copper River
Flo
Copper
Dawson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Notable Qualities Like Good Nature and Truth
A fragment notes that esteem and praise come from good nature, sound sense, truth, and good breeding, highlighting the enduring value of virtuous behavior.
Two Durham bulls for sale or trade in Townsend Montana
Two full blooded Durham bulls aged four and six years are for sale or trade. Apply to Tim McCarthy in Townsend Montana. Also a dental notice offers dyspepsia cure with Dodge’s Dyspepsia Tablets at Matthew’s Pharmacy. An experienced person is sought to manage a private pond fish business with fishing, catching and marketing duties. apply at the ranch on Warm Spring Creek or mail to Toston Montana.
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Durham
Warm Spring Creek
Toston, Mont
What is Shiloh Grand Old Remedy for Cough and Consumption
An old world remedy called Shiloh claims to cure coughs colds and incipient consumption with world wide use for fifty years. If not satisfied money back. Price 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00. Matthew's Pharmacy advertises Dodge's Quick Kure for la grippe colds and headaches and Dodges Dyspepsia Tablets for digestive troubles. Matthew's Pharmacy.
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Dodge
Matthew
Shiloh
Matthews’ Phar
Matthew's Pharmacy
Dodge’s
Matthew S Pharmacy
Young Mothers Sore Feet Find Relief with Dodge's Foot Consort
Sore feet relief promised by Dodge's Foot Consort promoted by Mat thew's Pharmacy as a cure in a brief local notice aimed at mothers seeking comfort from foot pain.
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Dodge
Matthew
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