Lafayette and Fulton era memories told by Thurlow Weed
The interview with Thurlow Weed recalls meeting Lafayette in 1824 with vivid descriptions of the general’s size and majesty. Weed also recounts traveling by steamship and the first rail train from Albany to Schenectady, plus the Clermont’s 1807 debut and early New York City life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Kent
Fayette
Wds
Lafayette
Nick Fish
Kington
Schenectady
Sam
Sybody
Weed
Fulton
Catskill
York
Catskill Landing
City Hall
Broadway
Bridewell
Canal
Wal Street
North River
Practical household tips from the Young Scientist
A collection of domestic howtos on dust control, waterproof coatings for leather and textiles, starch preparation, hanging pictures with silver wire, and keeping closets dry with quicklime. Advice covers broom care, broom storage, watch cleaning, and general upkeep for home goods and appliances.
Turnip Greasers and the Spider Invention Tale
A New Yorker exhibits an invention on a smoking Hudson River car. An old farmer recalls a failed fortune from greased rags and turnips used as a gadget, noting the idea failed when people simply spat on the spider. Wall Street News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River Road
Vermont
Wall Street
Seavill Remedies Promised To Purify Blood Quickly
An old notice touts Seavill sarsaparilla and Stillingia as blood purifiers restoring health to the body. Claims include curing scrofula syphilitic disorders kidney weakness erispelas malaria nervous debility and diseases of blood liver kidneys stomach skin. Also mentions Bakers Pain Panacea and Dr Roycer s Worm Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seavill
Standard trotter definition and racing odds in breeding
The standard trotter covers a mile in 2 30. Under 600 of US raised horses reach this mark. About one in 2383 can trot in 2 50. Breeding fast horses is a lottery and those who train trotters rarely reap rewards, notes Scientific American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tasmons Coke
Scientific American
Beet Loot Paper Becomes County's Messeneen
A fragment notes a local paper in the county and mentions the Messeneen and beets. The readable lines are cryptic with no clear event or named entities beyond place and items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pew Neem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thurlow Weed
Steen Lafayetta
Indianapola
Jemma
Carter
PiInkuam
Lydia Ekham
Lynn
Mass
Joseph Little
Lata
Baker
Man
Beast
Dr. Roycer
Power Press
Job Printing Department
Athens
Ohio
C. E.M. Jennings
Chas .Fp.shutt
Probate Judge's Office
Washington St
Bugcgis
Phaeton
Athens Carriage Works
Laird X Josten
Troy
Richmond Mower
Rouse Reaper
Champion
REI Arin Aed
Rock Bottom
Laird & Josten
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway
Accom
Cincinnati, Morrow
Wilmington
Sabina
Washington
Circleville
Lancaster
Junction City
New Lexington
Zanesville, Dresden
Resden Junction
Dresdenm Junction
Wheelingiic
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington City
Philademine
New York
Boston
P.n “Oo
Morrow
Columbus
Philadelphia
Leaye
Dresden Junction
Dresden
Zanesville
Junction
City
SOTA
Cincinnati
P.m
Acomnanotases
Xenia
Springfield
Dayton
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Union Depot
Louisville
Indiananapolis
Northwest
Vw. L. O' Brien
Gen
D. W. Caldwell
C. C. Farquhar
Zanesville, Ohio
Warren House
Bet
D. E. Bowers
Rob’tair
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