Farflung notes on oil fields and public manners
The article surveys new Wyoming oil fields with large projected output and mineral content, discusses a Bible used in Confederate ritual, and regional observations from Ontario to Alabama. It notes Beechers in Indianapolis, buffalo declines, and various curiosities about nomenclatural etiquette and postal tips, mixed with industrial details about Krupp and New York elevated railroads.
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Wyoming
Biliga
Montana
Montgomery
Ala
American Bible Society
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Howell Cobb
Provisional Congress
New York
Fire at a Birth in Lawsonville Ky Farm Tale
A fragmented notice from Lawsonville Kentucky describes Thoms Temaine Saripes and a prized cow producing multiple calves in four years. It hints at a bright future for the child with sparse, unclear details and mentions progress and local context in a rural farming scene.
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Lawsonville
Thoms Temaine
Seneca
A Tale of Cassia and Herbert Amid War and Family
In a southern estate tale Cassia falls for Herbert Rives despite her father Colonel Bauvare’s disapproval. The lovers defy guardians, secretly meet by day and night, plan elopement, and marry with help from a minister. Years later Herbert vows to restore the estates and reunite with Cassia.
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Bauvare
Wailam
Cassia
Mason Herbert Rives
Camis
Milly
Rives
Herbert
Eeees Dees
Bn Bat
Man
Beauty
Serkher
Reilly
Sal
Coronel
Penga
Shakespeare
Vist
Jover
Soching
Cassis
Cate
Selim
Herbert Rives
Cassin
Papa
Howl
Mamma
Pops
Julia
Harner's Weekly
The Artful Turtle Fishes Like a Master Angler
An Arkansas traveler notes the turtle’s cunning hunting as a top predator. A ninety pound specimen held three bass in its stomach, showing the turtle sits still and lures prey with a worm-like appendage on its tongue. The account explains the turtle’s appetite dictates patient ambush and a soup valued by epicures.
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Epicures
Budget of Fun Fragments Parade Through Town
Readable scraps show a lively rural social scene with jokes about war memories, a calf weighing contest, Scottish dialect banter, parish quarrels, and prairie chicken hunting tales. The snippets mingle humor, local character, and small-town boasts in a collage-like column.
Proportions of eye colors in Italy and other curiosities
Popular Science notes eye color estimates for Italy with percentages for black chestnut blue and gray. It cites Dr Burney on tea and digestion, and reports Europe’s tallest and shortest people by nation. It then covers codfish growth, sudden deaths from anxiety, 173 tornadoes in 1834, and a wax life-size human body model at the Berlin Royal Academy under study by medical and artistic experts.
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Italy
Burney
London
Europe
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Austria
France
British Islands
Germany
Russia
French Academy of Sciences
United States
Mons
Faye
Peestar
Herlin Royal Academy
Foney
Man Fights Wolf To Free Woman In Aweful Struggle
In London laws the tale of fourteen wolf-biters sent to Paris for trestneot by Pasteur is recounted. A peasant, unknown background, enters bravely and confronts the beast to shield a woman. He grasps the wolf by the neck to prevent bites until help arrives, displaying calm, resolute bearing.
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MacPherson
Noah
Arki
MacDonald
Campbell
Selkirk
Mane
Haldane
Acta of Parliament
Fife
Janet
London
Renane
Paris
M. Pasteur
Coscuman
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Nam San
Bean Country
Hazen
Henry Ward Beecher
NM. A. Hyde
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Ministerial Association
Antona Genta
Misa Teresa Tallert
Lost River
D. T
Wiss Tallert
Alfred Krupp
Gar
Essen
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Emen
Neuweid
Sayn
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Ranss
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la Croixs
Des Moines
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Pepa
Hives
En- Aymion
Pony
Pres
Lloyds
Great Britain
Great Western Company
Arden
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Toman
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York
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Shiloh
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Ae Ward
Tom
Ray
Hoth
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A MacPherson
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