Boston area and region history and social notes
Long column of varied items including income estimates for Mr. Jay Cook, early city acreage figures for Boston, a fatal farm marriage conflict, women’s political petitions, a toy musical top from London, a railroad president’s car offered for General Garfield, a Kentucky domestic violence case, medical notes on law students eye health, an English mild winter, wild flowers near Plymouth, a bayou store owner shooting incident, French glass printing type trials, German immigration to Texas with shelter concerns, Sunset Cox health and work, Hamburg physicians study of Kobelkov born without limbs capable of tasks, and a remarkable mouth powered copyist.
Erie's farmer dies from nail induced Jackjaw set
A farmer near Erie Pennsylvania died after scratching his finger on a nail that became a jackjaw seedling. In Charlottesville Virginia a Hancock and English banner hangs in tatters on a liberty pole to float for four years. Mrs Ada C Leitch of Bloomington Illinois sues nineteen saloon keepers and building owners for 5000 damages over liquor sold to her husband.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Charlottesville
Ada C. Leitch
Bloomington, Ill
Lates Locomotive Order and Fire Damages Reported
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway ordered 144 locomotives at a cost over 1.6 million dollars to be delivered within a year. Elizabeth farms stock was destroyed by an incendiary fire killing 52 Jersey cattle and other stock, estimated at 30 thousand dollars. An incident near Mesilla to Fort Cummings involved an attack on a stagecoach and passengers. Submarine cables show a 10 to 12 year lifespan, with repairs impossible after ten years in deep water due to self weight.
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Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company
Elizabeth
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Jersey
Kentucky Cavaliers Rampage at Somerset Church
Two young Kentucky gentlemen entered a Somerset church a night or two ago. One rode a horse down the aisle to the pulpit and launched a violent, profane denunciation of the minister and congregation before they were ejected.
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Kentucky
Somerset
Minuscule damages in libel suit spark financier aid plot
Nearby headlines note a snow slide in Utah destroying Alta and killing residents, Mississippi’s postwar debt status, a Chicago hotel ape incident, compressed peat fuel use in Britain, and The New York Herald praising U S China treaties as a Hayes era triumph influenced by Grant.
Blossoms in Summer Rest Under Winter Snow
A lyrical scene contrasts summer blooms with winter’s advance. Purple pansies, red tulips, columbine and clematis weave a vivid garden memory before harsh winds hush color. Earth folds them away as snow falls, veiling life in a quiet white shroud.
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Columbine
Paul
The Jewelry Gift That Changed a Life and Fate
A penniless narrator inherits a valuable jewelry set from Aunt Eunice Marston, then sells the earrings and brooch after an inspirational turn, transforming poverty into security for her husband Charlie and their children. The story interleaves a melodramatic widow’s tale with a wartime-like heroism and public notices about disease and safety.
Dice Box Shake Up Sparks New York Democratic Reorganization
The Syracuse Times comments on a proposed public raffle style shake up to decide party leadership in New York Democrats. It envisions Tilden and John Kelly contending in a public setting, with results posted on boards and telegraphed nationwide to focus attention on party principles.
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New York Tribune
New York Democracy
Mr. Tilden
John Kelly
Tammany Hall
Academy of Music
Maine
Texas
Cooper Institute
Tilden
Why a Warm Stable is Cheapest for Dairymen
The article argues that keeping cows warm indoors saves feed and long term costs. It warns against exposing cattle to cold stalls, noting cows expend more food to generate their own heat. Investing in heat like hem lock boards, double walls, base burners, or steam heaters is cheaper than letting cows waste feed. Artificial heat is cheaper than natural heat if cows stay warm.
New States and Tax Rules Sparked by Territorial Growth
The administration of General Garfield may see two or three new states join the Union. Dakota nears statehood but local desire for a separate government on the Northern Pacific line could delay it. Montana's completion of railroad lines may enable statehood within two to three years. Louisiana imposes a poll tax on all male residents over twenty-one to fund public schools, with liens on property and employer liability for nine months of service, minimum one dollar, maximum one dollar fifty.
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NEW York Tribune
Lincoln
Iit
United States
Tribune
Garfield
IS8
Democratic Party
England
Ireland
France
Europe
Wrochester
THE
New York City
Daily Tribune
New York
Charlie
Union
Dakota
Northern Pacific
Yankton
Montana
New Mexico
State of
Louisiana
Editor questions propriety of a girl on a young man's lap
In the Springfield Ohio Tribune question to Emma R. ponders if a engaged girl may sit on a young man’s lap. The editor denies experience and stirs a wry suggestion about ownership and boundaries in relationships. The Chicago Tribune notes the exchange as curious and pointed.
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Emma R
Springfield
Ohio
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Bridge
W.W. Depue
van Wart
Ofice
Depuy
WM. Smith
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WM. M. Smith, JR
Smith & Sor, Physicians and Surgeons
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Hill & Wilson's Drug Store
Main
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McCurdy
J.B. Parker
Heal Estate
MekKim's
Kemper
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Jacobs’ Clothing Store
G. B. Sells
D. Clark
Joan Darfell
Clark & Darnell
McCurdy’s Block
Samesmarr
J. L. Prior
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Price & Shisslor
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Moyer
DR. J. Glenn
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Sigin
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East Main St
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Jay Cook
Boston
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Sunset Cox
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Hamburg
Kobelkov
Kobelkow
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Patent Steam Cooker
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A. Cahn & Bro’s
Mammoth Clothing Store
Main Street
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Miami Commercial College
Dayton
Robert Young
LL. D
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Wecean
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Library of Universal Knowledge
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L. F. Ross
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Messila
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Alta
Mississippi
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Great Britain
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Grant
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Harper's Magazine
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Morocco
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Hudson
Charlie Burnett
Robert
Roy
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Chare
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Eunice Marston
Ormolu & Co
Amy
Young Eero
Charley McKenna
Charles McKenna
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Syracuse Times
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