Vast mix of curiosities and notices from distant markets
A New Yorker buys 200 dollars worth of engraving on a claret decanter. Reports on soda vendors, Siamese twins’ daughter divorce in North Carolina, long boil of grain and transport costs, a 22-pound Nova Scotia gold nugget, and New Yorks canine cull. Also coverage of protests, fashion, law, emigration, wheat yields, and a West Virginia political canvass.
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New Yorker
New York
Nathanial Bolejack
North Carolina
Rodney Hobart Finds Fortune and Justice in West
Orphan Rodney Hobart, seeking work, enters a Western town and is hired by hotel keeper Belmain after a phrenology performance. He uncovers Belmain’s bank robbery past, earns pay for farmer Hamil, and, with detectives, exposes the crime. Rodney’s memory secures justice and a better life.
Mrs Blossoms Carpet and a Birthday Surprise
Jenny Blossom laments a shabby second hand Brussels carpet bought with her husband Gilbert. After spirited efforts to replace it, a belated gift from Aunt Serepta brings a crimson and gray carpet, triggering a comic reveal and tears.
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Jenny Blossom
Jenny
Pet
Gilbert Blossom
Gilbert
Mrs. Blossom
Serepta
New Hampshire
Mr. Blosgom
Preventing Flies With Alders Outdoors
A practical tip to deter bothersome flies in summer. Bruise a handful of alder leaves in the hand and rub on face and hat. While riding, rub them over the horse’s head and body. Flies avoid alder neighborhoods. some plant alders near stable doors.
Franz Sigel Sees Limited Hope for Turkish Favor
General Franz Sigel expresses sympathy for the Turks against Russia yet doubts ultimate success for his favored groups. He asserts the three Emperors, whom he calls the three modern Czars, are united and will repeat the partition of Poland should European Turkey remain in the balance.
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Franz Sigel
Poland
Turkey
Ancient World Facts and Legends Mixed in Random List
A scattered compilation lists measurements of Lake Champlain and the sea, ancient wars, Roman history, Plato on Atlantis, Greek athletic diet, a butterfly anecdote, Julius Caesar’s debts and conquests, and Rome’s 48 B C dictatorship, with no clear narrative.
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Lake
Champlain
Siberia
China
Europe
St. Lawrence
Allia
B. C
Brennus
Rome
Stefano Porcari
Plato
Atalantis
Greece
Julius Cesar
Gaul
Pharsalir
Old Engineer Chooses Family Over Fast Train
In Chicago Times Khul an old engineer objects to speeding, saying he will run the fast train Monday but asks who will care for his wife and five children if anything happens. The remark shows engineers weigh dangers and family before speed even after twenty years of service.
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Cincinnati
Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Wales
Our Lady
Albert Edward
Alexandrovna
A. EF
United States
Duke of Edinburgh
Miami
Crown
Rodney
Chicago Times
Khul
Quail Field Foraging Fluster and Rooster Leg Tale
A farmer boy in Ohio watched a small flock of quail forage methodically across a corn field and shot at them, killing one. He found no corn disturbed, only a damaged stalk and scattered insects in the quail crop. In Poughkeepsie a youth and an elderly woman fitted a rooster with a wooden leg, and the bird adapted to the prosthesis with evident satisfaction.
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New Yorker
Astern
Order of Nature
Harris
Haworth
Ohio
Poughkeepsie
Reconciliation Talk Surface in Tilton Beecher Suit
Reports from Brooklyn say a brokered reconciliation between Tilton and Beecher is near. The plan reportedly involves Tilton and Mrs Tilton with Christian motives guiding the talks as Theodore Tilton travels to Europe with his daughters for a few days and returns.
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Philadelphia Ledger
New York
Brooklyn
Tilton
Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Europe
New York thieves block Tweed confession
The Cincinnati Commercial notes reformers believe Tweed could confess and yield millions, but his confederates, described as eminently respectable and important, suppress him and any confession.
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Cincinnati
New York
Boss Tweed
Rascal
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Lan
Wulletin
I. H. Foster
Opera House
E. L. Wilkinson
M.D. Puseraa
Newcomer’s Grocery Store
Georgiana C. Glenn
van Wert
North Side
First Street
Washington and
Jefferson
H. G. Davis
Kepler
J.K. Woods
M. D. Gos
Washington Street
Bridge
Depuy
DePuy House
Calla
C. M’gavren
Geo. W. M'Gavren
H.C. McGavren & Son
Siemen & Gipe
McGavren & Webster’s
William Smith
A. L. Teubner & Co
Maine and
Jackson Sts
B. Steman
Burt’s Bank
Union Block
Main Rt
J.M. Stutsman
Ppeekin's
MckKim
Main
Washington Streets
Heside Nee
East Main Street
Attorneys AT Law
Wells
LAW and Notary Public
Heist’s
Courts of
C. Glenn
A. J. Porter
Glenn & Porter
Me Urdy’s
John Darnell
J. N. Alexander
G. M. Saltzgaber
Alexander & Saltzgaber
James M1. Barr
EY AT Law
van Wert, O
IRA
Shissler
J. LB. Price
Price & Shissler
LAW
McCurdy’s
First National Bank
Beers
Jas. Clark & Son
J.B. Brodnix
J. W. Penn
Main ST
van Weet
Joseph Cassel
van Wert, Ohio
G. C. Graham
South Washington St
American Sewing Machine Company
Madison St
Toledo
Swineford & Sons
Grocers
Arcdae
Wert
Chicago
Buffalo
Moose River
Nova Scotia
Fifth Avenue
Warsaw
Ark
Louisiana
San Francisco
Berlin
Germany
England
Great Britain
Union
S. C
Northeastern
Jefferson Davis
Colonel Young
Young
Southern Historical Society
Richmond
Genesee County
Ezra B. Booth
Jeremiah Eighmy
Eighmy
Red Jacket
Senaca
Booth
Bayard Taylor
Malakoff
Severn
Clyde
Shannon
Britain
Annie Laurie
Nora
Mary
Robert Hobart
Rontley
Rodney Hobart
Hamil
Ben Franklin
Philadelphia
Daniel Webster
Bryant
Black Hawk
Hotten
Hokeae
Te Holton
John Holton
John Hotten
Great Western Hotel
Belmain
St. Louis
Belman
Tam
Cahier
Mr. Belmain
Massachusetts
San Antonio
Hackman
Jesusa Itesendez
San Pedro
Shardien
Theodore Germayne
Mr. Blossom
Blossom
Thrumb List’s
Maria Germayne
Germayne
Germaynes
MRS
C. P. Clark & Son
Pwuunmess
Phillips Patent
O. P. Clark & Son
South Washington Street
van Wert, Oo
Mahandie Eg Mill
Fir
Cor
City Mills
A. R. Strother
G. W. Millenbaugh
West Main St
George
McGuffy
M. H. Tuttle
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