Diverse Literary Notices From Prominent Figures
The column surveys cultural figures and events, noting Madam Ristori near sixty, Mrs Tyler’s Richmond residence, a Canadian slave ship survivor, and naming customs in Buffalo after western roots. It adds Preston Powers’s marble bust of Garfield cast in Rome, Mrs Lincoln’s presidential letter, Bishop Scott’s outdoor life, Vance's anecdotes and a North Carolina parable about mules and a fiddle.
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Ristori
Tyler
Richmond
Ottawa
Can
Africa
Chicago Journal
Buffalo
N. Y
Montana
Idaho
Wilds
Washington
Senate
House
Chicago Herald
Preston Powers
Hiram Powers
Garfield
Rome
Rufus Hatch
Railroad
Wisconsin
Lincoln
General Preston
Tangton
Wickliffe
United States
WW. Y. Sun
Bishop Scott
Chicago
S.enator Vance
North Carolina
Chicago Times
Humorous Tidbits and Quips From a Busy Era
A collage of jokes and light notices from newspapers, including barbs about enemies, a West Point cadet now in Maine State Prison, a doctor patient quip, a Nantasket hotel keeper and a sea serpent, weather ironies, and playful exchanges between mother daughter and artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Maine
Detrant Re. Press
Nantasket Beach
Marm
Johnny Holcomb
Kate
Mamma
Kit
Eighth Street
Philadelphia Chronicle
Weather Bulletin
Sapaiors
Narristoyyn Herald
Intervate
Mia
New Haven Register
Ethics of Baggage Smashing At The Railway Station
A New York Herald report quotes baggage handlers criticizing travelers who bring oversized trunks. It notes single handlers must lift heavy cases, leading to damage while cautioning against packing live animals and jumbo trunks. The piece mocks owners who load Noahs ark sized luggage and advocates smaller baggage.
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Noah
Propagation by Budding in Trees and Grafting Techniques
The article explains budding as a propagation method to preserve and disseminate prized plant varieties. It covers bud placement on compatible stock, tools, preparation steps, tying methods, and postprocedure care, including when to trim and how to handle annular budding for hard timber. It notes key factors for success: clean bark separation, ripe buds, and proper binding.
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Yagu
Cheap Fertilizers for Farm Use Across the Village
Farmers and villagers trade weekly for letters and papers while planning market loads. The article urges turning horsehair, bones, shavings, and hoof waste into manure, noting rapid decomposition with fresh horse manure and water extraction. Walter’s horn and hoof byproducts are praised as strong plant fertilizer for tomatoes, roses, and houseplants.
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Walter
Secret to fat tenng sheep vows fate and wood diet
A celebrated French agriculturist famed for fattening sheep deflects claims of a secret method. He says there is no secret, only fate and feeding: abundant, varied forage and careful preparation of wood for the animals.
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Seerch
Insurance and contract cases from the Supreme Courts
A survey of rulings on insurance risk, excess consignments, title to personal property, common carriers, street openings, promissory notes, attorney compromises, trust sales, executor duties, and will destruction. Key holdings include risks not voided by unlisted uses, waivers on excess consignments, title transfer limits on over issued stock, carrier liability limits, and enforceability of attorney compromises.
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Goodyear Rubber Co
Foster
Law Times
People’s Ban
Kurtz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Black
Pleas
Whitman
Supreme Court
F Reeder Hand
Thelformer
Schneider
Rich
Gilkey
Supreme Court of Maine
Comstock Miners Endure Extreme Heat And Ice Water Feats
A Comstock miner recounts working in 115 to 120 degree heat where thirst and ice water are constant. He describes cooling stations, massive ice chucks, and the body's temp swinging from 98 degrees to scorching levels before cooling. He notes intense itching when pores reopen and relief only comes with resumed sweating and water intake. Virginia Enterprise reports the account.
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Comstock
Enterprises
Goolin
Sca
Virginia
Enter
Prise
A snake in a bottle tests nerve and patience
A London Field tale recounts the ordeals of removing a snake from a bottle. The narrator details failed attempts with the box and bottle, a near bite, and a frantic final effort that ends with the snake recontained. The lesson: keep calm when handling dangerous reptiles.
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London Field
Hornbill and Toucan Show at the Zoo Exhibit
A vivid account describes hornbill and toucan behavior at the zoo with rapid grape feeding, peculiar stomach-like digestions, and a nesting ritual where the male imprisons the female in a carved clay nest while raising the chicks. The piece notes their large bills, wide distribution, and the exotic local reactions from observers.
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Hornbill
Zoological Socety
Flissecter
Africa
Hindostan
Burmah
London Cor
N. Y. Post
A Curious Love Tie Ends in Court Feud
A love triangle ends in a court verdict as Jiseeee Blank is found guilty of maliciously breaking William H. Andersons windows. After a rejected suit Miss Blank pursued Anderson with letters and threats, leading to multiple window assaults including bricks and a stone through a Chinese laundry.
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Mr. Anderson
Miss Blank
Briggs
Philadelphia Cor. N. Y. Times
Jiseeee Blank
William H. Anderson
Heldia
Anderson
Deere
Sleepwalking Kansas City man disrupts Union Depot scene
A drunk Kansas City man, addressed as William King, sleepwalked at the Union Depot last evening. He acted out driving an imaginary street car, shouting and pulling a bench, while bystanders laughed before a police officer splashed water on him to wake him.
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Kansas City
William King
Union Depot
Aoliceman
St. Louis Republican
Pharmacist ad turns up in city ads with odd German misread
A humorous local notice in yesterday’s papers shows Ho Rehd Der Babers advertising for a pharmacist. A German speaker misreads the term and pushes for a farm assistant, prompting the druggist to invite him to leave an address for a response.
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Erland
Babers
Louisville Courier-Journal
Fowler
Fragmented Reflections on Grief and Motivation
A poetic prose piece reflects on deceit, resilience, and daily habits that guard against defeat. It extols patience and labor as natural outcomes of improving health and social order while contrasting personal neglect with collective strength. The text urges kindness, small acts, and forgiveness to ease partings and preserve friendship.
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Adan Smith
Life’s hard fight and reform advice for ambitious youth
A dense, fragmented passage contrasts striving for success with temperance and hard work. It cites famous figures like Daniel Webster and Garfield, urges burning midnight oil, and praises marriage and prudent counsel. Mixed with dubious medical ads, it blends motivational prose with incomplete data and promotional text.
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Congréss
Fle
Daniel, Webster
Presient
Garfield
Tanper
George Elliot
Chairle
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St. Louis Commercial Gazette
Foreign Mutual Ins. Co
Clews
Kirkman Vs. Philaphia & Reading Railroad Company
City of
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Black's
Leirs
Supreme: Court of Pennsylvania
O. F. B. Association
First National Bank of Springfield
Fridge
Supreme Court of Missouri
Loving Vs. Ashlin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Stuart Vs. Bigler
Mecnanic
Haslett
Gillespie Bros. & Co
Pastroying Will
Lee
Clark’s
Wisdon
Pashiquable Merchant Tailors
Slark’s
Bill Nye Talis
Ima
Areca
Thenwaode
Dell & Hudson Canal
Kennedy
Ik Repedy
Kondout
X.Y
H Schence
Philadelphia
JO Cty
Mason & Hamlin
Alsuch Eaylest
Alen
Hamlin
Mont St
Boston
E York
Wabash Ave
Holmans
NYW
Eguilt
J Holin
An & Co
Arch St
Plano Co
Newain
Williamsburgh
Gonday
Wade
Housany
Industrous Bien
Uginess
Adidress True & Co
Angus Maine
Addruss Stinxon & Co
Portland
Ben Vandels & Co
Barclay Street
Norisk
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AJ Lehman
Am Oign Patents
Washington, D
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Osage
Sestervillp
St Josep
Points
Towa
Archisom
Topeka Dent Neg Gon
Jalaaralsas
New Mexico
Arizona
Yait Road
Albert
Lea
Minneapolis
Kansas
Cujun
Canada
Sin
Potter
Pergeval Lowell
Prete Gen
Gan Iss Agta
Culeuro
Chicaxyo
Benson
Capcine
Bey Bes
Seabury & Johns
Eiier
MEAD
Fort Wan
Pirtsakai
Wapse
Chheage
Dean
Salem
Pittsburgh
Orrville Ata
Shane
Elma Lata
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Grav Lave Viilandge Dawg
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Arte Niles
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Chana Pitt Oang Tins
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Bee Mae Lce
Gen Pap Ag
Bob Dee
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