Proverbial rebukes and old style dress lore in a 19th century column
A Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph excerpt muses on medieval rebukes such as handing a cake to a boaster a whalebone to a truthless man and a whet stone on the pillory. It also reviews the Delineator midwinter number highlighting fashion education and social entertainments while noting Pantaloons Breeches and Trousers origins. It closes with a local advert for Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup.
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St. Valentine
Delineator
Butterick Publishing Co
Mast Fourteenth Street
New York
Star Showers In History Across Years And Skies
Reports recount historic meteor showers from November 12 1700 to mid 1800s with vivid descriptions by observers in Europe and America. Accounts describe intense displays thick as snow storms over North America and Europe, amid public fright and planetary alignment, noting suspected periodicity and forecasts of future showers in November.
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Addy Uhanaiboldt
America
Vininboldt
Heuplavel
Europe
United States
One Man's Diplomacy Stops a Crying Baby
A man aboard a train quieted a crying two year old by quietly snapping his fingers. The baby calmed and slept as the curious passengers watched, praising the man for his diplomacy. The scene drew smiles and thanks from a nearby woman while others offered nods and mutual recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Recorder
Chatman
Cutter Rigged Yachts and Gracie Heritage in Yachting History
A garbled article recalls cutter rigged yachts and early American and British figures in the sport. It mentions Lord Alfred Paget guiding royal yachts Alexandrian and Dagmar, innovations like the Nuntha and Sunbeam, and notes ties to John Harvey. It also briefly touches plant markings on the brasilian lower crown nicknamed the panning antelope and a curious botanical reference linked to a duke of Wellington era.
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Pearl
Anglesey
Lord Alfred Paget
Lord Alfred
Prince of Wales
Alexandrian
Dagmar
John Harvey
Sunbeam
Lord Isey
Lily Brassey
Amt
IED
Highe
Duke of Wellington
Saul Lis
Minos idler the Sea and underwater mines
The article describes extensive undersea mining near the Decifie coast with long galleries extending under the ocean. It notes a coal ridge at Nunwimoe in British Columbia where the shaft reaches fourteen clumbred feet below bedrock and galleries along the pine totaling about twelve miles.
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Minos
Nunwimoe
Agere
Chimneys in England Before the Twelfth Century Noted
English chimneys did not appear before the twelfth century. Rochester Castle shows early firebacks and narrow shafts with small outlet holes. Castle Hedingham and other sites soon reveal taller circular shafts, later growing into varied forms. By the fifteenth century clustered chimneys emerge, often brick and highly ornamented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Rochester Castle
W. Cordate
Asa
Castle Hedingham
Christ Church
Newcastles
Sherborne Castle
Old Playmates A Plessing Story Of A Celebrated French Sportsman
A tale from La Nouvelle Revue recounts Pinca de Joinville, one of France’s oldest sportsmen, hunting with a party at Chantilly. He loses the deer, meets an elderly peasant who recognizes him as a longtime playmate from sixty years past, and pauses his hunt to reminisce.
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la Nouvelle Revue
France
Pinca de Joinville
Chantilly
DeedAumaly
Louis Phillippe
Adelaide
A Clergyman Defends Names in Parish Christenings
An English clergyman protests to parishioners over a proposed boy’s name. He challenges the idea of naming a child after a female myth figure, citing a local tale where a family pressed for the name Venus, while the boy named Sylvanus was called Anus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romethnes
Dunall
Payne
Nean Hurgan
Morkaliva
Dhue
Tam Gotter
Venus
Clerpyman
Downs
Sylvanus
A Traveler Discovers Himalayan Crop Variations
A traveler reports Himalayan natives cultivate a unique grain with long ears and shiny brown seeds. The description suggests a hardy wheat variety better suited to high altitude seasons and cooler temperatures, contrasting with other regional crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resrion
Mysterious Light Over Aluka Described by Witness
An observer reports a strange sky event near Aluka with a golden glow lasting long into the night. The description mentions a sparkles and varying flashes, a near two to three day span, and dawn-like brightness only briefly, while the rest remains dark.
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Aluka
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