Farm Journal Notes on Crops and Farming Practices
The article discusses orange county butter quality linked to cleanliness, and farming tips including white clover and blue grass along roadsides, clover preparation for fowl feed, and a potato root study. It cites Dr. Sturtevant on potato root depth and notes historical yield changes in wheat with equipment advances. It provides U.S. farm capital figures and discusses ensilage versus traditional fodder, plus onion storage issues.
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Ohio
London
Practical kitchen recipes and methods from a bygone era
A collection of old fashioned culinary instructions for pastries and entrees. It lists volumes for sugar milk and yeast in bread, oatmeal cakes, mashed turns, ginger snaps, German crisps, melons with preserves, chocolate custard, and a fillet of mutton with stuffing.
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Eason
Greman
Higden
Bank Robbery Transcript Capture Confession Scene
A fragment from a bank robbery report shows a clerk and suspect dialogue. The man claims he knocked down the cashier and implies he is the offender while the clerk requests identification. The damaged text limits full context.
Insects and Spiders Describe a Web of Facts
A reader notes the abundance of spiders and their webs in fields and trees during a dewy September morning. The piece classifies orb weavers and line weavers among sedentary spiders and details wandering types, their mating behaviors, care of young, and natural enemies such as toads, birds, ichneumon wasps, and mud daubing wasps.
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CP Reta
Fairmount Park
Bugder & Bridge
Asbury Park
Sand Reach
Cripps
Spoh
Historic Old Dominion church site linked to Washington visit
A faded account describes a brick Episcopal church in Virginia tied to George Washington, noting its 176 year old structure, original pulpit and baptismal font, surrounding graves, an adjacent family vault, and a 1661 mansion with a ship glass globe. The venue, prized as a summer retreat, retains old-world brickwork and carved walnut banisters.
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Trainton
Weatmalan
Old Dominions
Spa
Co Episcopal
Old Dominion
George Washington
Iwashington
Brooke
Epring
Washington
England
Washingas Purc
Manufacture of Box Killers Described in Richmond Cigarette Plant
A Buffalo Courier correspondent visits a Richmond cigarette factory describing a third floor room of about fifty by twenty with 200 young female workers aging 15 to 20. They roll Old Rip cigarettes, weigh tobacco for each worker, and use silk brushes and linen paper to form surreptitious packs. Wages range from 2.50 to 7 dollars per piece.
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Buffalo Courier
Richmond
Albedy
Endowment Plan for College of Music Sealed by Board
Cincinnati November 20 1882 news item reports RE Springer offers 60000 stock in Pittsburgh Kurt Wayne and Chicago Railroad to endow the College of Music. package includes non dividend paying stock and transfer to St Joseph Orphan Asylum if conditions fail. Board calls stockholders meeting December 19.
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Cincinnati
College of Music
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reem
Ipros
St. Joseph Orphan Asylum
Captainsville
Collee
Springer
Reuben R.springer
Sach
R. R. Springer
Pittsburgh, Kurt Wayne and
Chicago
Narrow Escape From Poison by Wine and Lye Mix
Mrs Speckbaugh of 21 Laurel Street Cincinnati nearly poisoned herself by mistaking lye for wine in a punch. She had prepared a concentrated lye solution in wine bottles, poured a drink, and immediately realized the deadly error after one swallow. She suffered severe burns but is expected to recover.
Grand new Standard Coal and Iron Company forms in Ohio
A Cincinnati Enquirer report quotes W D Lee from Newark announcing the formation of the Standard Coal and Iron Company with 25 million dollars capital and 1800 stockholders. The firm controls extensive coal lands in Hocking Valley, owns iron furnaces, and can build railroads to cut freights if railroad rates are unfair.
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Gath
Cincinnati Enquirer
W. D. Lee
Newark
Ohio
United
Standard, Coal and Iron
Foster
Thomas
Lima
Columbus
Blaine
Hale
Maine
Hocking Valley
Standard Oil Company
Inmates Die After Embankment Collapse at Dayton Labor Site
Bernard Calligan and William Cromley, inmates of Dayton Soldiers' Home, were injured while digging an embankment about thirty feet high. Calligan died soon after hospital admission. Cromley is recovering poorly. Cromley belonged to Company A Tenth Ohio Volunteers. Calligan to Company G Second Ohio Volunteers. Cromley's wife and family live in Cincinnati. Calligan's family resides in Chicago.
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Bernard Calligan
Wm. Cromley
Dayton
Svenue
Akien
Cromley
Qallagan
Crowley
Ohio Volunteers
Cincinnati
Calligan
Second
Chicago
Death of Little Jarvis Seen as Local Tragedy
The Indianapolis Journal reports the death of a four year old boy named Jarvis. Known for his blue eyes curly hair and constant presence on the street he was beloved by many yet his name remained Jarvis to most. Mourners recall his bright curiosity and pockets full of treasures while two kind women helped his mother carry the casket containing the child’s remains.
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United States
Middle States
Indiana
Chicag Tribune
Ales
Jarvis
Poel
Wiliax
Demapeshinis
Beanibeans Lin Pace
Indianapolis
NO FREE PASSES AT BARNUMS SHOW DECLARED
A deacon sought entry passes for Barnum's show and was refused by the manager who said passes go only to editors clergy or those aiding special causes. A printed card quoted biblical verses denying passes and warning that only those with official privilege may enter the winter quarters, else risk animal disturbance and delays.
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Barnum
Ubbg
Jarnum
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Jonahi
Bridgeport
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Sriders
Ohio State News
Ixtyrot
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Merha
Little “Jarvis
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