From Over the Sea and Noted World Oddities
A mashup of curiosities from 1893 covering military recruitment, literacy rates, ship propulsion, a Madrid theater theft, Berkshire real estate decline, a sunken Russian monitor found, Australian camel breeding, English inheritance shifts, a Georgia farmer's coffin project, and a 15 year old giant boy in Robertson County Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Miss Gould
London
Dover
Chatham
England
Madrid
Berkshire
Gulf of Finland
Australia
Gloucestershire
Charles Bramel
Robertson County
Isaac Vickery
Norridgewock
Counterfeit Half Dollar Case At New Hampshire Square
Lee Zanders was charged with passing a counterfeit half dollar but was discharged after arguing the 1859 date shows the coin could not be counterfeit. The coin was melted with a candle after the trial. A Boston suburb school incident featured a student responding “Holy Moses” when asked for expressions for Deity. A Milwaukee brewer and law student Horatio Seymour were cited in a brief office chat about study and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Zanders
New Hampshire
Boston
Holy Moses
Milwaukee
Odd steam engine from 1705 near Oldham England
A 1705 steam engine stands near Oldham. An Australian named BR W Wyett uses an attachment for a pool table like a rail system to move balls through inclined tracks from one end to the other. The report notes rabbits in Australia are being turned to profitable byproducts.
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Oldham
England
BR W. Wyett
Austra
Amsterdam
Des
Ain
Desultory Reading From the New York Tribune 1841
A fragmentary item notes family relations among Fenton relatives in War Tennessee with heights and weights. It also recounts Eph Grim of Hammonton Pennsylvania who was robbed by highwaymen, who seized his money and he escaped by dropping his hat and riding off on his bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Adam Fenton
War
Tenn
Archild
Eph Grim
Hammonton
Tunn & CO
Cate Ogue
Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
Main Line Trains Schedule for Cedar Rapids Area
Train timetable shows north and south main lines with numbers 1 through 6, listing arrival and departure times for Mail and Express, passenger and fast trains. Divisions include Decorah Iowa Falls Clinton Davenport and schedules note daily operation with Sundays exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Minneapolis
Go & St. Louis i
Burlington P's
G’r
Atertown
Iowa City
Creees
Clinton Division
Davenport
Daven
C. J. Ives
J. Morton
Esident
G.T
P. A. J. Lomax
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Notable Chicago Physician Promotes Nervous System Treatments
Dr Franklin Mies and Dr Puanxmin Mites, prominent Chicago specialists in brain heart and nerve diseases, tout a program of nerve tonics and cures. They claim Dr Mies Restorative Nervine and Dr Miles remedies cure sleeplessness nervousness dizziness hysteria and heart disease, with a money back guarantee after trial.
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Puanxmin Mites
Chicago
U.S
Phillips Academy
Mass
Williston Semncry
Shemeld Scientifa School
New Traven
Yale College
Conm
Illinois State Dye and Hat Infirmary
Mues
Minzs
Minxs
Luc. &E
Heroe Conburs
Mites’ Mexican
J.P. Bell
Ossawatomie
Kan
The
Graphic
Miami County
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Ind
Miles’ Heart Care Restores Health
L. M. Bosworth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vicksburg
New Orleans
VIA
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mssissippi Valley
Webster City
Dubuque
Mendota
Bloomington
Inter State Farmers’ Institute
Opera House
Stone
Trowbridge
Jackson
Hoard
Wisconsin
Merideth
Indiana
Smith
Michigan
National Cemetery
Beardshear
Iowa Agricultural College
New
Hammond
Governorackson
Jas. Wilson
Hill
Ottumwa
Vicksburg Institute
J. F. Merry
Manchester
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Ryrrion
Franklin Mies
Miles
Es Art
Sre Restores
Perkins Build
Ing
T. W. Sheldon
H. Kelso
D. D
Perkins Block
Ames
Story County Farms
Story County
Nevada
Union National Bank
of Armes
W. M. Greeley
ER. R. Chamberlain
Jeries
Creft
Atlas National Bank
Third National Bank
Valley National Bank
Des Moines
Morris Bros
Sale Stable
West Main Street
Nichols Bros Nnte
Main Street
Depot
Armes
Chicago & Northwestern
R’y
Weer
Sterling Express
Atlantic Express
Denver Limited
Oveland Limited
Overland Limited
Pacific Express
Carroll Express
Seena Express
S. C. & Des M. Pass
Dak & Des M
Chicago Limited
Desa M. & Dak
D. M
GEO
W. Rogers
Canter Bros
Herman
Minnesota
Graham
Holesale
Armers’ Grist
Re. M. Patrick
Wndow Glass
VER
Ha’ Ss
Stephens Medicine CO
4Th St
ST. Louis
Lao
Wits
ALL Cruccists
Workman
J. B. Elliott
Star Barber Shop
T. T. Hatteberg, Propr
Bingham's Hardware Store
W. Ly Douglass
W. T. Douglas
Bigelow & Smith
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