Bits of Old Facts Range From Obelisks to Rings
A collage of antiquarian notes covers 1790 census figures, ancient obelisks, glass cutting methods, church capacities in Europe, and courtship ring customs. It surveys rulers, architecture, and social signals in a rapid pamphlet style.
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United States
Prince Rupert
Cracoxe
France
Italy
Turfinn Shetisk
Ger
Helsi i
New York
Europe
Notre Dame
Paris
Pisa
St. Stephen’s
Vienna
St. Dominic's
Bologna
St. Peter's
Cathedral of
St. Mark’s
Venice
Spurgeon’s
Tabernacle
Jonah and the Whale’s Belly in Dr Boyd Verse
A two hundred year old description by Dr Zachary Boyd portrays Jonah in the whale as a cramped figure within a dark chamber. The verse mocks biblical journeys noting no light or heat while detailing the Golgotha like confinement and prisoners aboard Noah’s Ark in a stern moral frame.
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Jonah
Zachary Boyd
Glasgow
Ita University
Noah
An Episcopalian Horse and a Baptist Bishop's Tale
An old Virginia Baptist parson, famed preacher Broadus, visits a plantation where a servant explains barn rules for visiting clergy. The humor centers on whether a horse belongs in the old or new barn, noting the preacher is Baptist while his horse is Episcopalian.
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Broadus
Virginia
Darky
Wales
Methodis
Baptis
Bob
The Trade Winds Explain Earth Rotation and Winds
The article explains how the earth's rotation creates atmospheric movement. It notes varying surface speeds from the equator to the poles and that north or south air flow carries different rotational velocities, producing easterly or westerly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renee Cake
Children Explain Thunder Myths In Playful Inquiry
A four year old explains lightning as red water from clouds and thunder as noise quaking underground. His father comforts him during a storm by noting distance and timing between flash and sound, sparking the boy to wonder what makes thunder speak after the light.
Tide Harnessing Device Claimed by Philadelphia Engineer
A Philadelphia engineer claims to have invented a machine to utilize tidal power. Past plans were impractical except under special conditions. If successful in an open channel, the device could convert substantial tidal energy into usable force and place the inventor among great benefactors.
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Philadelphia
Tmerson
The Possibilities of American Wheat and Miscellany
A miscellany of notes on American wheat potential citing 470 million acres as available for cultivation and a reflection on superstition, luck, and a line from Tennyson. Also mentions St Louis parks totaling over 2,100 acres and Forest Park as the largest, with Tower Grove cited as notable. Scattered anecdotes on family, manners, and church behavior conclude the piece.
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United States
St. Louis
Forest Park
Tower Grove Park
Benny Shaw
A Cross Baby and Hop Bitters Advertisement
A travel note jokes that nothing helps a bachelor sleep like a night at a married friend's house as a crying baby keeps him awake. It quips that all cross babies cry until Hop Bitters makes them well and smiling, addressing a young man.
Hospitality and virtue over wealth in a village tale
Read like a fragment of 19th century prose, the passage contrasts hosting simple dignity with lavish expense. It urges travelers to seek wisdom and truth over fuelled display, while noting the value of modest hospitality and moral focus beyond material comforts. It closes with medical ad copy on detoxifying blood.
The Family Doctor On Tea And Health Remedies
The article discusses diluting impurities with pure water and air, urges moderate tea use, and lists conditions for tea consumption. It advises rest for headaches, proper sleeping posture, and using wet compresses or Turkish bath methods for sore throats, emphasizing practical home remedies and caution against overuse.
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Dr. Letherby
London
Dar
Beards and fashion ethics with old time musings
A mused essay critiques male beard fashion versus female coiffure, noting diverse beard styles in Phrenological Journal prints and Michigan portraits. It argues beard wearers should embrace the style as a blessing, cites historical figures, and touches on local deed sale notices and odd miscellany including ants and explorers.
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Phrenological Journal
Fifth
Michigan
Different Perspectives on Value and Effort in Society
A Richmond State article contrasts how value emerges from writing, branding, and craftsmanship versus plain labor. It cites Vanderbilt, currency symbols, and everyday trades to illustrate differing judgments of worth from genius to business to labor.
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Vanderbilt
United Sites
Richmond State
Population of France and social classes reshaped
The article estimates France's population near 37 million with 25 million country inhabitants and 2 million visitors. It breaks down by profession and status into stockholders, government pensioners, traders, professionals, laborers, and farmers, noting millions in mining, manufacturing, and agriculture.
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France
Frave
Hutle
Punilere
Prine
Geneva Lake youths plan charity sale of kisses
Readers of Peek's Sun note a Geneva Lake charity effort by young ladies at local residences to raise funds with a kiss sale. The column jokes that Hag of the Herald wonders about editor tickets, and laments that Hag chose heaven after hearing salvation was free.
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Geneva Lake
Heg
The
Herald
Hag
Peek
New Advertisements From The New York Tribune
The Tribune announces increased labor and expense to maintain its high circulation and serve as a voice of conscience. It pledges to provide balanced discussion and uplifted thought, offering subscriptions for The Weekly Tribune and the Messenger at $3.00 yearly, or The Semi Weekly Tribune and the Messenger at $0.00 yearly with postage paid.
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Colum
Dozwar
Tribune
Messenger
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Apert
Suracatee
Ture
Tennyson
Maxton
W. Emerson
Lapriige
Leadville
Chicago Journal
Ricur
Lindsey
Bartié
Thomas Rhodes
Lucius M. Wheeler
Nouglis Putnam
Andrew Bumgardner
Bumpardner
E.W. Johnson
Theorth
Abigail Stewart
Andrew
Esther Bumgardner
Tim
B. Warden
Woop
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Aerdic
Wilson M. Patterson
Charlesg
Ess
Athens County Common Pleas
Jedge
Ron
China
America
Turkey
Ander Ried
Age Novien
Harveed University
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Court of Common Pleas
Atherty
Ohio
Athens
Sutte
Pab- Waterloo
Adlion
Dollar Weekly Dispatch
Myers & Brickell
Publishers Dispatch
Bouustors
Brailroads
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati and
Indianapolis Railway
Delaware
Berton Boston Vial Hoowne Tun
Buffalo
Ente R. RR
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Elynira
Elmire
Lehigh V.rr & Ar
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Manch Chonk
Bethlehem
Philsdelp
Oar
Ieee
Boston
Daily
Dahir
Sbonday
Runday
Ee Pa
Ragertewees
Columbaa
Springfield
E.B. Thom
A. J. Smith
Asano
New York Tribune
Hocking Valley
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Three Express
Winchester
Lancaster
Logan
Mearthur
Viton Az
Poniera
Gallipolis
Bay Arti
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Salina
Parkersborg
Hedbn
Nelsonville Pomeroy
Vinton
Zanesville
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Ft. Wayne
Chicago
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TeSys
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Defiance
Toledory
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Muskingum
Golumbus
Toledo
Y. H. Harrison
Tickes Arent
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Gig
Mississippi
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Great West
Atta
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Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
California
Txas
East
Walnut Street
Fourth Street
Grand Hotel
Mill Street
H.8
Christopher
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C. W. Parib
Cinccinnati
C. 4
Core
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WW. Peabody
Abd Ara
Farnlah
Ueketa
Christophe
Chililootha
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