Fearful man Dawley fears his own fear in deadly blaze
A narrator recalls Andrew Dawley a solitary man who feared fear itself after a life of routine and no friends. During a hotel fire Dawley lies in his room asleep until firemen rescue him only to find he dies from sudden terror and heart failure. The tale links his dream of a red figure and a lurking dread to the fatal event.
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Han
Busters
Andrew l Dawley
MacMahon
Oye
Atul 1
Ahd
Anid
Ingiele
Shie
Tie
Junge
Mel
Tanid
Dawley
Duwley
Thawley
Andbog
Fie
San Francisco
Squirrel Runs the Sewing Machine on East 59th Street
A New York Times note describes a clever marketing stunt where a sewing machine is powered by a squirrel in a cage. The animal spins the machine via a wheel linked by a leather band, always facing away from the street when in motion and peering out after finishing each run.
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East 59Th Street
New York
Sys
New York Times
Iver the Man. Do you think he would keep tally add right
A fragment from Philadelphia Bulletin hints at a church scene and family discipline. The dialogue suggests trust in a man named Iver for reliable counting or tallying, framed by a long church prayer and private family setting.
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Iver
Bure
Philadelphia Bulletin
Wood ashes as a crop aid and their varied value
A detailed look at wood ashes for farming outlines potash content across tree species, moisture effects, and the economic balance with lime and phosphoric acid. It warns buyers to consider wood type, shipment humidity, and ash quality, noting hickory and pear ashes yield higher potash while heavy lime content raises cost. It also contrasts ashes with coal and stone lime, advising caution on price and use in manure mixes.
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Ray
Lme
Philadelphia
Sheep Wisdom Across Ages in Fading Phrase
A fragmentary remark discusses how experience with sheep leads to belief that success hinges on good sheep husbandry and careful flocks management, noting old sayings and the craft of shepherding described in terse terms.
Reducing Home Food Waste Through Animal Feed Practices
A New York Tribune Farmer columnist argues that up to one third of household food is wasted and offers practical rural methods to reuse scraps. Parings and tops feed pigs or cows, table scraps support chickens for eggs, and local waste collectors recycle leftovers, reducing waste and aiding the poor in small towns.
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C. G. Groffin
New York Tribune Farmer
Red Clover Benefits and A Library Controversy in Muncie
Red clover is praised as a balanced food rich in lime and nitrogen and valued for milk production, pasture, hog feed, and fertilizer. In Muncie Indiana a public library dispute over the entrance lettering using ancient Roman U resembles the town's debate over tradition versus modernization.
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Muncie
Ind
Andrey Carnegie
Muncie Public Library
United States
One Hundred Years Ago Highlights in U S History
A report recalls secession threats by Western states over the Mississippi River closure at New Orleans. It notes a New York banquet for Thomas Paine and land sales in Virginia Maryland and Ohio, with Jefferson era militia law and Ohio state organization proclaimed by Gov Titin.
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Mississippi River
New Orleans
New York
Thomas Paine
Kanawha
Virginia
George Washington
Maryland
Jefferson
United States
State
Ohio
Edward Titin
Advertising for prison fees in Washington DC
John Lee a negrn was advertised for aniv at Washington DC for prison fees and other expenses per law. The United States House refused to require hat removal, citing personal rights. Bida advertised for weekly mails Monroe to Teenosseh in Michigan territory. Robbers attacked the mail stage Princeton to Trenton NJ, but were driven off by armed guard. A commission by the New York Lieutenant Governor investigated the disappearance of William Morgan believed murdered by Masons.
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John Lee
Washington
D. C
United States
House of Representatives
Monroe
Teenosseh
Michigan Territory
Princeton
Trenton
N. J
New York
William Morgan
Forty Years Ago In War News From The Confederacy
Forty years ago reports detailed Confederate actions including urging the halt of cotton and tobacco cultivation in the South, Michigan soldiers arriving in Washington in irons, merchants losing passports due to conscription, Washington DC described under terror, theft of Gen Buford’s 800, and Lieut Grab wounded in a hotel. Militin Milton Tenn saw a Confederate defeat by Col Hall’s Ohio unit with 40 killed, 150 wounded, 150 captured. Washington churches abandoned as hospitals due to 6000 empty beds. War Department ordered officers resigning or court martial to be enrolled as privates.
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Confederate Senate
Michigan
Woahbington
Irons
Europe
Washington
Do.c
Buford
Grab
Vermont
Chicago
John Morgan
Joseph Wheeler
Milton, Tenn
Hall
Ohio
Confederate War Department
Thirty Years Ago In Brief On Washington Politics
Thirty years ago reports note John G Whittler traveling to Boston to aid Bumner against censure. A Senate dispute over ex Governor Rutherford B Hayes appointment as Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati unfolds with Grant and Sherman figures. Congress appropriated 15000 for pneumatic tube experiments, deemed fraud by Washington papers. George McDonald faces implications in the Bank of Manda forgery case in New York. Two hundred NY YMCA members offered 200 each for rail fare to San Francisco, rejected as too low.
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Sheen
H T
Tan
T. M. Mandrake
John G. Whittler
Boston
Bumner
John Sherman
Grant
Senate
Rutherford B. Thayes
Ohilo ‘Ae
United States
Cincinnati
Congress
Washington News
Papera
George Mcdonald
Government moves against land fence intruders headlined
Twenty years ago Secretary Teller directed the land office to pursue John McKit trick and other men accused of fencing government grazing land. Vanderbilt’s gala costume ball in Annerley set a new record at News with Cornelius Vanderbilt and Louis Vig Abrams among attendees. A long distance telephone link between New York City and Cleveland was established for the first time, signaling new experiments in telecommunication.
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Teller
Landuftice
John McKittrick
W. K. Vanderbilt
Annerley
News
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Louis Vig Abrams
Hewitt
King Lear
Hei Chews
Louis XV
W. KR. Vanderbilt
New York City
Cleveland
Ten Years Ago Interview Plots Future of Party
An interview with ex President Benjawin Warrison discusses his defeat and urges public officials to stay on the right path. He predicts internal shifts within the party and comments on a major Irish themed bill endorsed at a large New York rally led by Bourke Cocerani the chief orator amid noisy crowding and unsettled factions.
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Benjawin Warrison
Fur Ceetion
UN Publicais
Bert Will
Gigdatone
New York
Bourke
Cocerani
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