Shingle age and legal verboseness listed in July 1879
A digest of varied items notes a 192 year old shingles story from Yarmouth Massachusetts, a Grant family invitation to Princess Louise, the Garrison monument fund, and a humorously critical survey of legal phrasing in deeds. Also mentioned are Paris street cleaning, quail arrivals, Delaware Maryland peach crop, and a stage fright incident at a college.
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Yarmouth
Mass
General Grant
Louise
Washington
Chicago Inter Ocean
Georgia
William Lloyd Garrison
Confederacy
Richmond
Paris
Pittsburgh
Delaware
Maryland
Great West
France
Absent Harvest Reaper Returns to Silent Field
A poem recalls a sun-browned harvester who stood among bold workers last year and the narrator's hope he would stay. This year the harvest is ripe yet the beloved figure is missed, raising the question of whether he will come again.
Washington’s rare display of emotion over dispatch
Lippincott’s Magazine recalls how Washington, invited to breakfast by Arnold, was thwarted by a chance request to stay near the works. A dispatch arrived at the officer’s quarters, provoking silence then a restrained sob from the General as La Fayette recalls the moment.
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Lippincott’s
Washington
Arnold
la Fayette
Velocipede on Rails Impresses Bristol Official
Waterman Stone, Bristol Railroad superintendent, visited Providence with a railroad velocipede. The two wheeled device, a mix of hand-car and velocipede, carries two and runs smoothly. He says Bristol to Providence takes about an hour and a quarter, and a mile can be traversed in two minutes. Costs are modest but rail authorities may restrict its use on tracks.
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Timothy Baldwin
Milford
Connecticut
Central America
Glen Riddle
Philadelphia
Samuel Riddle & Son
Atlantic
Custer City
McKean County
David Sharp
Vermont
Patagonia
Jane
St. Nicholas
G College
Iere
Mamma
Albany Law Journal
Register
New York City
Steele
John Doe
Richard Roe
Barbour
Providence
R. I
Waterman Stone
Bristol
Tortoises in Bucks County Reveal Ancient Dates
A two year old tortoise found recently bears the number 1600 on its shell in Bucks County. The Oil City Derrick reports the discovery as part of a string of oddly marked tortoises found in the area.
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Bucks County
Oil City
No man ever looked on the dark side of life
A reflective line discusses confronting hardship and adversity with resilience. It hints at the universal challenge of facing gloom and still seeking meaning, urging endurance and inner strength amid difficult times.
Leather Through the Ages in English Trade and Guilds
The piece traces leather’s long craft history from ancient hide use to modern manufacturing. It notes early bark tanning, sixteenth century acts restricting tanning and craft guilds, and 1830 repeal of restraints under George IV, enabling free trade and chemical advances by Seguin and Davy.
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George Fox
England
George IV
Seguin
Humphrey Davy
Mustard Causes Tears at Banquet Among Indians
A banquet for several Native Americans leads to a humorous moment as a brave Indian fears mustard more than death. The chief imitates his pain, crying with mustard tears, then quips that the other man should have died when his father did.
Ring as symbol of authority in ancient kingdoms
The text explains how rings signified royal power in Egypt and Persia, noting Pharaoh’s gifting of a ring to Joseph and Haman’s use of the king’s ring to seal an edict. It adds that modern rings are keepsakes and marriage tokens, relics of that prestige.
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Joseph
Egypt
Haman
Mordecai
Ahasuerus
Detroit Editor Sees Charity Toward Cross-Eyed Man
The Detroit Free Press editor reflects on a woman who allows a cross-eyed man with mutton chop whiskers to ride free in the street car. He suggests the gesture implies either extreme distress or a desire to brighten another's day.
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The
Detroit Free Press
Lincoln Dream Foretold National Turning Point
An Inter Ocean report recounts President Lincoln at breakfast with his son Robert on a Friday before his assassination. He discusses policy with Colfax Hale and Grant, noting a recurring dream before major events and predicting a rapid ship portending a national turning point as Welles confirms it fits his line.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Lincoln
George Shrigley
Leroy
Robert Lincoln
Lee
Colfax
Hale
Spain
Grant
Stanton
General Grant
General Sherman
Johnston
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Welles
The Useful Garden Toad and Its Pest Control
The article extols the common toad as a natural pest destroyer for gardens and homes. It notes toads feed on slugs caterpillars beetles and other insects and that English gardeners buy and release them. Toads can be tame and learn to come when called and help control household pests as well.
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New York Tribune
Watermelon Varieties for Scale Planting and Local Use
Practical Farmer writer advises choosing thick rind large varieties like Mountain Sprout or Cuban Queen for distant markets and large-scale growing. For home use or near markets select red fleshed thin lined types such as Peerless or Mountain Sweet, both praised for flavor. Mountain Sweet described as pale green and mottled, twice as long as thick with mahogany seeds when fresh that fade to brown as they dry.
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Practical Farmer
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Ilanhier Hulletin
J.H. Foster
Proprietor
VPICE
Vance
Georgiana OC. Glenn
van Wert
First Street
Washington and
Jeferson
J.K. Woods
D. D
Washington Street
Sound House
Bridge
Deepuyhysician
Oner DeePuy House
William Smith
Union Block
Pennell’s
Main
Jackson Sts
Attorneys AT Law
HW. Co. Glenn
Emerson Priddy
Gleenw & Priddy
Ttorneys
Orac- Atice
Oftice
McCurdy
G. M. Saltzgaber
L‘ W. van Wert
H. Kemper
Ohio
EB. Wells
Herst's
Ne Courts
John Darnell
J. D. Clark
Clark & Darnell
Atta AT Law
van Wert, O
McCurdys
James M. Barr
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Ira P. Shissler
Price & Shissler, Vlorneys AT Law
Boumbsck
W.d. Beers
Arcaie Brock
Jas. Clark & Ben’s
C. W.strawther
van : Wert
A. Jacobs’ Clothing
Swisher & Galleher, Arbers
J. W Evans
J. W. Penn
Efinn
Court House
van Whrt.o
Swineford & Sons
Grocers
Argdae Bloch
van Wert, Oto
Swineford & Sonb
N Wert
Heistand & Bro
General Blacksmiths
Brown & Billman’s Livery Stable
Jefferson Street
X&ec
Weekly Bulletin
Stone River
Rex Carolus
Captain Kidd
Cincinnati Gazette
Kentucky
Luke P. Blackburn
Bourbon
Richard
J. Milner Fothergill
London
New
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T. J. Cole, M. B
Dr. Cole
Ile
West
R. Cole
Cole
J. Cole
Mi. D. Vv. S
R. Dettmer
Holman
Butteriche
Cood Security
Dr.j.glenn
Reaper
Mac
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A. R. Merrick
Grange
S. W. Fox
A. M. Mullen
FOX & Mullen
Hertle’s Boot and Shoe
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