Savage double murder shocks Conosa county readers
A long letter from Wa. Fragen reports a brutal murder in Cortina valley near the Coast Range. Two young men, John McCausland and Brack McCautland, were killed by a man named Van using a Henry rifle after a sheep dispute with William Williams. The killer fled, and the bodies were found by a passerby. The coroner and deputies buried the victims. no motive is known. The writer notes bad weather but hopes for an abundant harvest.
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Conosa
Car
Editove Herald
Conner
Woltien
Pierson
Cortiinia
Coast Range
Sevacula
John W. Ad Brack McCautland
Nesneeth
Van
Aselat
Milles Square
Williame
Williams
Henry Rnfe
Williamea
Wight
Nathaniel Parker Willis as a 19th century literary business
The article profiles Nathaniel Parker Willis, praising his early promise and skill in crafting readable verse and prose. It notes his keen observation, witty phrasing, and public harmony, while criticizing his turn to commodified writing driven by market demand and social popularity. It mentions his role as poet and organizer for fashionable society and his famous phrases like the upper ten thousand and Fifth Avenue.
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Marper's Magazine
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Yale
Ile
The Self Cultivation Lifts Agricultural Power Across Centuries
The piece argues that soil cultivation increases productive power, noting 11th century wheat yields and a 1999 Hawsted example. It credits improved culture for Britain's half century gain supporting 7 million more people and cites rising US Atlantic State yields, with New England corn reaching 35 to 60 80 and 100 bushels per acre through better tillage.
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Atlantic
Union
New England
Appleton
Fragmented Voices in a Dull Era of Trade and Morality
A garbled scene on Fourth Street shows an insurance agent arguing over a shopkeeper’s insured stock while a jumble of dialogues explores duty marriage and moral tracts. Vivid vignettes feature Joblink's family life, a theater of manners, and dark humor from a bookbinder and butcher, all conveyed in a fragmented, period voice.
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Fourth Street
Jook
Joblink
Take the Paper and Pay Your Bill Promptly
An old neighbor dies while reading the latest news as a newspaper adage extols the benefits of subscriptions. The tale contrasts two men one who reads and shares the paper and another who does not, linking regular payment with peace and health.
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Stead
Punter
Ray
Pesce
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