Forming Pod Peculiarities of the Peanut Plant
A detailed 19th century overview explains the peanut Arachis hypogaea with its multiple names, growth habit, and the unique forming pod that buries into the soil. It describes botanical features, cultivation in various states, harvesting methods, white and red varieties, and the nuts oil content and uses in soap and confectionery.
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Africa
Brazil
Spain
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
California
China
Fronze Republic faces arable land shift and export drop
A fragment notes economic strain as a republic grapples with limited local consumption and a large export decline. It mentions last year’s 709,000 bushels exported and widespread pastureland being converted to farm use. The text attributes growth to shifting land use and warns of broader agricultural transformation amid uncertain demand.
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Frente Republic
The Doctor and His Patient in a Liverine Experiment
A doctor conducts a humorous experiment on Aunt Hardy Giddings by substituting his own medicine for Swipes’ liverine. She faithfully takes the placebo style remedy, finds no relief, and longs to return to her familiar liverine as the doctor watches. The tale exposes credulity and the limits of clinical deception in medicine.
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Enery
Hardy Giddings
Una
Mra Giddings
Huldy
Boston
Three Kinds of Ropes Walking in Circuits and Careers
The author outlines three legitimate rope walking forms in the circus: the high rope near the clouds, the law rope close to the ground, and the nearly obsolete ascension rope. He notes wire walking as a related skill not fully recognized, highlighting its ease relative to rope. An anecdote about Blondin’s assistant ends with the unexpected career rise after leaving rope work.
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J I. Blondin
Lippincott’s
Customs of English Society in Boston Transcript
Edith Abell muses on English aristocracy and society as practiced by its women, noting shifting rules and contradictory morals. She questions what binds the old and new wealthy, from aristocrats to cab proprietors, amid a flourishing yet elusive social code.
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Lord Shrewsbury
Edith Abell
Boston Transcript
Utilization of Old Ties Taggers' Iron From Waste Cans
A scientific article describes a new American industry turning waste sheet metal from tin cans into taggers iron. The process heats and tempers scrap metal, rolls and anneals it to produce smooth flat sheet iron used for batons and similar objects.
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Europe
Whch
Ehipient
Scientific
Saaerican
Born Tired Beggars and the Mendicant Ills Explored
A New York Journal of Commerce examination exposes mendicants who seek relief after illness or misfortune, then linger in dependency. It recounts a case of a self-styled artist faking injury to obtain funds, and condemns those who live off charity without effort, urging the hard workers to critique such loafing.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Fifty Years of Sanitary Work in England
Capt. Douglas Calton reviews fifty years of sanitation in England under Queen Victoria. Early conditions were dire with primitive methods and depredations by parochial administration. The window tax reduced ventilation. water and sewage systems were sparse, mostly in large towns. The first vital statistics in 1833 guided reforms. Poor Law reports spurred measures. Death rates fell from 22.07 to 19.62 per thousand, with urban gains and slower rural improvement.
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England
Douglas Calton
Poor Law Commissioners
England and
Wales
Popular Science Monthly
The Culture of Grapes in Chautauqua County
Correspon dence New York Times describes how grapes began in Portland town near the lake shore, led by Brockton, with 3,000 acres of vines and Brockton wine cellars. It notes Concord as the main variety, Niagra as favored for delicate flavor, and extensive bagging to protect bunches. Harvest is a busy family exercise with workers gathering fruit for western markets.
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Chautauqua County
New Y York
Fat Brockton
Portland
Andaay
Rauroad
Buffalo
Erie
Brockton
Lake Shore
Malaga
Chicago
Western
New York Times
Restaurants for Business Women And Luncheon Habits Rise In NYC
A New York Tribun report notes that women oriented restaurants have grown in New York City business districts and downtown for businesswomen. Luncheon trends shift from parcel lunches to hot meals, with typewriter, shop, and factory workers spending varying amounts at lunch counters.
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New York City
Fourteenth Street
New York
Delmonico's Supper and Cosmopolitan Dining Habits
A New York Tribune excerpt describes Delmonico's as a renowned resort for epicures and millionaires where patrons spend lavishly on out of season dishes and wine. It notes the restaurant’s cosmopolitan appeal, the wide menu, and how young men use supper to impress dates, while waiters’ formal attire intimidates first-time visitors.
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Delmonico's
Delmonico
Epicures
New York
New York Tribune
Prince of Wales Visits Sister in Berlin Ball Unearths Regency Pageant
A seventeen year old Prince of Wales visits his sister in Berlin where the regent hosts a state party at the palace. The prince dances vigorously with tall guests, his appearance described as boyish, and a Secretary of the Legation struggles to manage the event amid festive bustle.
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Wales
Prince of Wales
Berlin
Lord
Lady Bloomfield
Lim Oorpescrag
Minon
Robert
Legation
Ivory Soap touted for purity and healing quirks
An 1888 advertisement extols Ivory Soap as nearly pure and non irritating. It claims healing effects arise from purity, warns against colored or perfumed soaps, and contrasts counterfeits lacking Ivory’s claimed qualities.
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Prockr & Gumbie
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Poiats
Wade
People’s Co-operative Store, Limited
Johnson & Siegfried
Johnson's Exchange
Warren, Pa
Nelson Greenlund
Epecta
Designa
Exchange Block
Warren Pa
Nelson
Greenland
Foon TS
Chas. G. Offerle & Co
Liberty St
Wcarry
Hyacinth Glassez
Floral Designe
Liberty Street
Library Hall
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