Legacy of a Detroit Baby Hearse and Death Traditions
A Detroit narrative recounts a baby's hearse display and mournful rites, detailing the hearse, its white horses, cost, and flowers. It reflects on infant mortality, religious solace, and family grief through a diarist's observations of Elmwood Mount Elliott and nearby cemeteries.
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Detroit Free Press
Mabel
Babee
Death
Paradise
Detroit
Elmwood
Mount Elliott
Wiedersehen
Arthur
Kate Russel
Woodmere
Mt. Elliot
Mable
David
First Female California Lawyer Wins Acquittal on Technical Point
Mrs Laura de Force Gordon, California’s first female lawyer, defended a man charged with murder and won acquittal on a technical point. She wore black with a rose at her throat and received repeated applause.
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Laura de Force Gordon
California
Scribal hoarder floods riverfront with 1836 half dollars
Riverhead residents found many 1836 dated half dollars in circulation, bright as new. They were released by a Sag Harbor resident, a former physician, who hoarded 1500 coins during the 1836 panic and ignored the interest he lost.
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Abby C. M’keever
Indianapolis
Hetty Harris
Williams County
Hetty
Mary
Frank Wiseman
John Ferris
Frank
John
Merry
Fancy
Aunt Mary
Riverhead
Sag Harbor
Englishman Attacked by Monster on Bonin Island
Mr Beale, an Englishman, spied an eight legged sea creature crawling toward the gulf on a Bonin island. The animal clung to his arm with powerful suckers and deadly beak as it resisted removal. The Captain finally freed him by slicing away parts of the creature with a boat knife.
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Mr. Beale
Bonin Islands
Gulf
Garfield's Arguments in Rochester Editorials
A Rochester man boasts he can live forty days on beer while a Cleveland man allegedly drinks ten glasses of beer with board costs for six months. The piece frames labor gains and merchant profits as arguments for Garfield amid ongoing economic debate.
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Rochester
Cleveland
The Watch Bluff That Taught a Jeweler a Lesson
A Hartford jeweler recalls a shabby farmer who came in during the war seeking a watch. The man chose a $175 gold American watch despite rough clothes, counted out a purse of gold, and paid without hesitation. The tale ends with the lesson that clothes do not reveal a man’s wealth.
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Hartford
Main Street
Mothers cradle daughters into duty says Beecher
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher argues that many young housekeepers fail after a short trial because indulgent mothers withhold responsibility. Daily home lessons beyond school are essential to train daughters as capable, cheerful home makers who improve marriage and family happiness.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Husban
Sailor in Yorkville Court Claims Fun Ahead After Discharge
An elderly sailor appeared before Justice Wandell in the Yorkville Police Court and after a playful exchange about liquor he was discharged. The article notes the man’s joke about “fun ahead” as he leaves. A Russian inventor then claims a substitute to the wheel and propeller using blade motion.
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New York Sun
Wandell
Yorkville
Thomas
Compressed-air locomotive tested for road travel in England
A light and comparatively inexpensive compressed-air locomotive has been successfully tried on ordinary roads in England, signaling a potential new method of road transport.
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England
Causes that Lead to Loss of Appetite Remedies
A Philadelphia Times piece explains that loss of appetite appears with fevers and from debility or worry. It notes factors including alcohol, tobacco, opium, lack of outdoor exercise, irregular meals, and late eating break the appetite, while regular meals and earned appetite help restore it.
Limiting Vision and the Paradox of Seeing
A Philadelphia Ledger commentary cites Bunsen on sight and imagination. It argues eyes limit vision and warns against relying on airy theories while neglecting present facts and practical realities in politics and discovery.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Bunsen
Bloomfield
Clergy Turn Against Habitual Wine Use in England
In England a notable shift among Established Church clergy toward temperance in alcohol usage is seen. Once wine was deemed essential in a clergyman’s daily diet, now many oppose habitual consumption.
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England
Indianapolis News
Gough
Church of England
Rome Schools Grow Yet Struggle to Meet Demand
The Rome public schools receive 200000 dollars in funding though a decade ago none existed. Citizens now attend eagerly but facilities are insufficient for the rising population. A note on marriage trouble follows the line about local schooling. The Hartford Sunday Journal notes the line about ease of being agreeable despite efforts.
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Milton Carter
Columbia
Tenn
John Holcombe
John
Holcombe
Milton
Rome
Hartford Sunday Journal
Hackensack Republican
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