Herbert Spencer on American civilization and freedom
English thinker Herbert Spencer amid a public interview critiques American political life. He warns that while form remains, substance erodes as professional politicians and media shorten citizens duties, comparing U S democracy to feudal and Japanese systems, and predicting a future still evolving toward a grand civilization.
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Chicago Tribune
Herbert Spencer
J. C. Youmans
New York Times
Spencer
Chicago
Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
Europe
America
Japan
Encer
A Canary Learns Song After Threat of Chloroform
Virginia City Chronicle reports J. Minor Taylor and fellow clerk Chapin kept a five year old canary that had never sung. After Taylor joked about using chloroform to quiet it, the bird suddenly sang all day with a unique tune, becoming the office’s premier singer.
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Virginia City Chronicle
J. Minor Taylor
Bonanza
Mr. Taylor
Chapin
Hlf
Salting Butter By Taste Says Prof Arnold
Facts for Farmers notes Prof Arnold advises salting butter to consumer taste. He says no fixed amount preserves butter. even light salting suffices. Generally one ounce salt to sixteen ounces butter, or lighter for finer flavors, up to one to twenty if taste allows.
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Prof
Arnold
Tobacco growth in North Carolina cited as profitable
A New York Sun writer on North Carolina progress notes tobacco cultivation in the upper counties. He says lands suitable for premium tobacco rose from $1 to $4 or $5 per acre in three years, while a well managed acre yields far more profit than cotton, with potential values and market readiness highlighted.
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North Carolina
New York Sun
Mountain
Insectattracting Barrel Method in Orchard Study
A French horticultural writer describes using a tarred barrel with a light to draw insects. They gather at sunset, strike the tarred inner walls and are trapped, allowing collection. Morning inspections yield several quarts of captured pests ready for destruction.
Women on the Farm at Massachusetts Farmers Club
At a club meeting a member urges women to promote farming by shaping sons’ ambitions toward farming, making home life attractive, and teaching that a farmer’s life is honorable rather than merely rich. Mothers should encourage children to aspire to farm ownership and respect the father as a farmer.
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Magsachnusetts Farmer’ Club
Eee
Volgt Enwike
Proper care for planting young trees
The article outlines farmer friendly steps for planting trees with roots intact, avoiding drying air, digging a wide hole, using good soil but not fresh manure, firming soil around roots, then mulching with leaves or manure and allowing the tree to grow.
Weak Points of a Horse Identified by Standstill Inspection
The article outlines how to assess a horse's health by standing still. It notes signs of trouble include improper leg stance, strained joints, back weakness, eye coloration, ear position, and possible respiratory issues. It cites a Chicago Tribune reference about Mr. A. C. Knopf.
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Chicago Tribune
A. C. Knopf
The
Cook
Local Buyer Plans Clydesdale Farm Expansion in Marshallton
County board of commissioners and a Chicago commission merchant report peeny purchase of a fine Marshallton Ey Ht. farm. Twenty four brood mares are on site and the thoroughbred stallion An other Day has been purchased. The breeder aims to raise premier Scotch draft horses with select feathered legs.
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County Board of Commissioners
Commission
Chicago
Peeny
Marshallton
West
Knopf
Farmers Practical Advice On Corn, Poultry And Manure
A farmer’s guide covers corn tillage and late planting for squash, soil testing for fertilizer needs, and choosing animals with attention to fattening traits. It notes flat cultivation for corn, names Leghorns ham burgas polands houdans and black Spanish, and mentions Paris green as plant pest control. Breeding stock should be examined thoroughly as nutrition affects teeth, while Denmark’s Toland China hogs won a prize. Hen manure differs from stable manure in water and nitrogen content, with similar potash and phosphoric end. a trio of brown Leghorns sold for fifteen dollars.
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Europe
Denmark
Toland
China
Mr. Maddox
Terre Nlante
Ind
B. W. Harvey
Bloomingdale
Ophir Woodworth Pioneer Miner Dies at 66 in San Francisco
Joseph Woodworth, early California Nevada mining figure and Ophir fortune maker, died at his daughter Mrs Broner's home in San Francisco aged about 66. He helped locate the Sierra Nevada mine in 1859 with Judge James Walsh and later held a one sixth share of Ophir with Walsh. He built the Latham house on Folsom street before fortunes collapsed by 1864, leaving him largely penniless.
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San Francisco
Joseph Woodworth
Nevada
Mes
Jane We. Broner
Woodworth
Ophir
John Comstock
Cross Valley
James Walsh
Gold Hill
Grass Valley
Golconda
Sierra Nevada
Judge Walsh
Comstock
Ophir” Woodworth
Latham
Folsom Street
Frank G. Newlands
Sizing up a Civil War Property Claim and a Frenchman
During Shermans March a Rosswell factory valued at about 50 000 was transferred to Phile Roche a French worker to prevent burning. Sherman burned the factory, arrested Roche and Roche sues the United States for 125 000 including 50 000 for the property and 20 000 for arrest.
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General Sherman
Kings
Rosswell
Sherman
Theophile Roche
Roche
United States
Novel Collage of Quips From Various Papers
A patchwork of satirical clippings quotes lines from London Graphic Toledo American Meriden Recorder Louisville Courier-Journal Lowell Citizen New Orleans Picayune Boston Post Boston Globe Glasgow Bulletin and Detroit Free Press. The excerpt collects wry jokes about luck manners employment religion and social habits, featuring multiple regional voices and humorous if dated observations.
A Plump Egg Hatch In Sacramento May Interest Scientists
Six months after Charles Addington of Sacramento found a small canary egg in a banana bunch, his wife kept it in a toy dish. When Addington’s Auburn sister lifted the lid a crocodile hatchling four to five inches emerged. The creature had lived on bird seed inside the dish, illustrating self incubation and suspended animation of scientific note.
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Placer Herald
Charles Addington
Sacramento
W. H. Coker
Auburn
Mr. Addington
Tea Gowns Are Among Ladies of the Ton Says London Journal
A London medical journal notes that among fashionable ladies of the ton the custom has grown for tea gowns. The piece discusses social norms and evolving dress codes in high society.
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London
Tea gown signals corset-free fashion shift
The passage explains that a tea gown offers an elegant alternative to a dressy robe for afternoon wear and even dining at home. It notes the gown often dispenses with corsets and that few wear corsets underneath, encouraging broader adoption as a step away from corseted female attire.
Two Georgians Wed Under Cupid's Banner in Macon
Henry Turner of Atlanta and Miss Annie Harrison, daughter of James Harrison, married secretly after a clash with her father. They secured a license and tied the knot with Justice Freeman officiating at Colonel W L Wylly's office, then prepared to return to Atlanta.
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Macon
Menry Turner
Atlanta
Annie Iarrison
James Harrison
Harrison
Mr. Turner
Twain
Et Aira
W. L. Wylly
Streot
Justice Freeman
Gretna Green
Annie Harrison
Ilenry Turner
Expensive Breakfast for a Goat in Galveston
Thomas McWhirter of San Antonio found his coat in the mud while a bold goat feasted on a pocket wok containing $2,000 in bonds. The chase ended with the goat killed and dissected. the bonds remained safe in another coat pocket.
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Galveston
Thomas McWhirter
San Antonio
McWhirter
Married on Deathbed at His Side in Hospital
Washington Post reports Mr L L A Taylor recently promoted to receiving teller at the National Bank of the Republic lies critically ill with geritonitis at home. With death near, he requested a bedside marriage to his fiancee Miss Mary K Stickney, the ceremony performed by Rev S H Greene of Calvary Baptist Church. Few relatives attended.
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Washington Post
Ll. A. ‘Taylor
National Bank of the Republic
B. F. Bigelow
Mary K. Stickney
S. H. Greene
Calvary Baptist Church
Robbery Report In Maine House Theft At Cape Elizabeth
Freedman Evans kept fifty dollars at his home in Cape Elizabeth. A man entered the kitchen while his wife sat at the table and held her to steal the money. He fled with the cash after overpowering her.
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Cape Elizabeth
Freedman Evans
Mexican Senator’s Gambling Debt and Family Bluff
A Mexican state senator and stock raiser sold his sheep, gambled the proceeds, and incurred 20000 more debt. He confessed to his father, who beat him and paid the 20000. The report also mentions Mme G seeking slippers with a cork sole to fit, and Reuben Simms claiming Virginia’s first tobacco plug.
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City of Mexico
Reuben Simms
Roanoke
Virginia
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