Persimmon Lore From Early Frost Enlivens Pinehurst Outlook
The Pinehurst Outlook recounts how persimmons mature after frost, noting the native Diospyros virginiana grows from North Carolina to New York and Rhode Island. It describes fruiting cues, taste change after frost, use of popular drinks, wood applications, and mentions a Japanese persimmon Diospyros kaki with larger sweeter fruits now in nurseries.
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Pinehurst
Perth
North Carolina
New York State
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
McKenzies Farm
Man
Poreum
Japan
The Duelists Disease and the Paris Figaro Sketch
A physician at a duel, Dr Penn, declares a sudden tachypodia attack in Mr X. stopped by seconds after first shot. The rival fled, the doctor’s report ends the duel and preserves honor.
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Penn
Paris Figaro
Pean
Old New Orleans Nuns Ward Colored Orphans in Legacy Church
An order of Negro nuns operates from 717 Orleans Street in the French Quarter New Orleans. The group, founded more than fifty years ago, cares for colored orphans the elderly and trains young women in the community. The nuns are a familiar sight along Orleans Bourbon Charres and Tonty streets continuing a historic mission in the Crescent City.
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New Orleans
Orleans Street
Orleans
Bourbon
Charres
Crescent City
Eminent churchmen, a New Orleans archiepiscopal order and colored orphans
The St. Louis Republic notes a novitiate in New Orleans run by eminent archbishops and a colored sisterhood. It shelters 135 orphans, supports 60 elderly colored in dependents, and trained young colored girls for parish work across Louisiana possibly the South. The convent once solicited alms door to door, yet remained largely unseen beyond the city.
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Blane
Odin
Perche
Leroy
Janssens
New Orleans
Louisana
Cable
Orphan Asylum
Order
United States
St. Louis Republic
Process of Making Condensed Milk Described in Philadelphia Record
The article explains a milk concentration method using cooling, stirring, freezing, and centrifugation to reduce 100 gallons to about 15 gallons of condensed product. It notes the final mix with heavy cream yields 36-10 percent milk fat and claims indefinite shelf life due to destruction of fermentation organisms.
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Philadelphia
Love as a guide to mercy and shared humanity
The passage urges choosing the best in others and practicing forgiving, placing ourselves in others positions, and loving what is lovable. By loving others we invite love in return, turning life from pain into pleasure and making Earth resemble heaven. It echoes a message of Christian charity and reciprocity.
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Earth
Heaven
The Pipe’s Antiquity Across Regions
In Asia Africa and America pipes date from prehistoric times and in Europe from Roman times or earlier. Dr. Petrie notes bronze pipes found in Irish tumuli show ancient smoking practice.
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Asia
Africa
America
Europe
Petrie
One Exception Satirical Remark in Somerville Journal
A quote from the Somerville Journal notes humor in watching a man with a toothache, observed in a mirror. The remark underscores a playfultake on pain and perception within a local paper column.
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Mass
Condensing Milk by Freezing Process Popular in Cattaraugus
A freezing method to preserve milk indefinitely is tested in Cattaraugus New York. Milk is first placed in a vacuum chamber to remove dissolved gases and air bubbles, reducing volume by about ten percent. Fat is separated, cream added back, and fat-free milk is cooled through copper pipes with circulating ice water.
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Cattaraugus
N. Y
Cattle Used To Smuggle Opium Across Border
A North Dakota opium smuggling scheme was uncovered after cattle were driven across the border with nostrils stuffed with opium in foil. United States secret service traced the scheme, noting cattle fetched double value, with an estimated profit of 25000 dollars before discovery. The smugglers escaped.
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H. A. Fanning
Seattle
Wash
United States Secret Service
North Dakota
Secret Service
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Etiquette Rules in the Queen’s Presence
Etiquette dictates no one may sit until the queen invites them to sit and in open air men must stay three paces from her. The queen should not be addressed unless she speaks first, and people may not speak to one another in her presence.
A Boston Suggestion Sparks Cultural Comment
A Boston Globe excerpt notes a Turkish woman restricted to whispers around her husband’s relatives and suggests that a touch of Turkish influence might amuse some American wives, reflecting cultural stereotypes of the era.
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Boston Globe
Illuminative incident on Wall Street transit crowds
A vivid scene on Wall Street shows two men boarding a car and crowding into a vacant seat while ignoring others. One is a young man in striking clothes with a diamond pin and red tie, the other an older, well dressed man with a wrinkled face, signaling wealth and social tension as their conversation unfolds.
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Wall Street
Millionaires Fight for Change on Bus. Lesson in Success
A New York Sun item describes two young capitalists on a crowded bus debating a $30,000,000 deal while pennies and a nickel eventually decide their fare. The scene ends with the conductor accepting 9 cents as the pair retreat into their newspapers. The piece follows with quick observations on success, and a series of short vignettes about discipline, police, and Maine culture.
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Metropolitan
New York Sun
Exercise strengthens faculty through regular use and practice
Regular practice improves mental faculties by building flexibility and resilience. Consistent exertion enhances memory, attention, and problem solving, making the mind sharper and more adaptable over time.
Getting Her Money's Worth in a Seance Tale
A Washington Poet anecdote recalls a woman attending a spiritualist seance who paid to hear a message. The medium mentions Uncle Jimmy, which prompts the woman to claim him, only for the escort to reveal the name was not real. She quips she paid her money for something.
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Uncle Jimmy
Jimmy
Washington
Morning Song from Pall Mall Gazette Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment from Pall Mall Gazette reflects spring imagery and longing. The speaker pleads for entry into a garden of flowers and memories, contrasting love and rest with the fleeting season. The verse evokes April and May, awakening nature, and a yearning to dream away memorial hours.
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Cardnecet
Artae
Vasanis
Pall Mall Gazette
Helena Gunboat Details and Armament
The Helena is a 13 knot gunboat with 1,600 horsepower and a displacement of 1,392 tons. It cost $280,000 and carries eight 4 inch rapid fire guns plus ten guns of lesser caliber.
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Massachusetts
Raleigh
Helena
Island of Engel Floated 50 Miles in 1810 Danube Tale
A May 1810 Danube note recounts Engel island near Pichment beginning to float and drifted about 50 miles before stopping. Also cited are a heavy fourteenth century knight’s armor and razor sharp Mexican flint knives used to trim hair.
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Danube
Engel
Pichment
Bed bugs linked to carry bacilli of consumption
Dr. Harold Bryn asserts bed bugs can carry and transmit the bacilli responsible for consumption. The claim ties insect bites to tuberculosis infection potential, prompting calls for further study into insect transmission pathways.
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Harold Bryn
Longbow Strings Worth Five Times Their Weight in Gold
The article notes that Longbow strings were made from plaited silk and carried a value equal to five times their weight in gold, reflecting their precious material and high cost.
Townsend Lodge Regular Meetings Schedule and Officers
Townsend Lodge Ne meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturday evenings at Masonic Hall Broadway Townson Seteorsing brethren invited attend W G Whaley Recorder M Gurnett Financer etc Meets every 2nd Saturday in Masonic Hall Visiting members invited Mrs Marrie McConmice W WM Miss Moire Mayoere Secretary Townsend Montana
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L. T. North Star
Romia
N. G
Averiis
Townsend Lodge
Masonic Hall
Broadway
Townsond
A. E. Pool
Whaley
M. Gurnett
Order
Marrie McConmice
W. WM
Moire Mayoere
Townsend, Montana
Church Schedule and Services Across Towns
Sunday School every Sunday at 230 pm in Townsend and 100 pm in Frenshing. Thursday prayer service. Preaching on 1st Sunday Radershburg Qed and 4th Sunday Heaver Creek, 3rd Sunday Winston Y P Society Friday eve. Geo B Kise, Pastor. Public services at Townsend Preaching lot Sundays 1 am. Sodal School 10 am. Tuesday prayer meeting. Toston preaching lot Sundays 5 pm. Jeep Creek 8 pm. Lavinia Chapel 2nd and 4th Sundays evening. Crow Creek 3rd Sunday evening. All invited.
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Frenshing
Townsend
Radershburg
Heaver Creek
Winston. Y. P.ciety
Sodlaw
Toston
Jeep Creek
Lavinia Chapel
Crow Creek
W.T. Goulder
Paster
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Concord
Concerd
Boston
Pattleship
Texas
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Arsenal
New York Commercial Advertiser
Maine Products
Camden
Connecticut
Maine
Lewiston Journal
Nero
Somerville Journal
Lodge Directory
U. W.W
Methodist Episcopal Church
Geo. B. Kise, Paster
Chaurch
ST Andard
Montana
The
Northwest
Daily and
Samay
Alipos
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