The Chicago of 1825 A Far Cry From Modern Promises
A Chicago Times-Herald reprint recounts an 1825 expedition from Fort Wayne to find the St Peter's source. It paints Chicago as bleak and unimpressive, with barren shores, miserable huts, and a town that failed to live up to optimistic forecasts. The piece notes cannibal legends, 17th century visits, and Fort Dearborn's brief, strategic role amid Indian and British conflicts.
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Chicago
Keating
Lang
Fort Wayne
St. Peter's River
Fort Dearborn
Chicago River
Efficiently Rewarded Joke From New York Post
A countryman uses a huge club to claim a prize from the French Society For the Protection of Animals. He says he saved a wolf from killing his wife, then swings the weapon. The president concedes the man has been sufficiently rewarded.
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French Society For the Protection of Animals
New York Post
Hair grows better in light than in darkness noted
A reader note explains that hair grows more vigorously when exposed to light and sunshine. It cites cases where men sit with one side of the face toward a light source, causing that side to show longer mustache or beard growth than the opposite side.
Smoking Tale From Recollections Of Eminent Men
A London periodical excerpt recounts Edmund Yates and Edmunds about tobacco, noting Gladstone Arnold Ruskin Thackeray and Lord Tennyson figures. It details how Tennyson smoked pipes, Huxley described his long abstinence, and a Brittany inn moment that changed a smoker to favor moderation.
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Edmund Yates
London
Gladstone
Matthew Arnold
Ruskin
Thackeray
Lord Tennyson
Latakia
Connecticut
Professor Huxley
Charles Lamb
Navy
Brittany
A Curious Fact From The Popular Science News
The Popular Science News highlights a striking passage from Gulliver's Travels written around 1726 describing planets and satellites near Mars. It details two satellites with orbital periods of 10 hours and 2144 hours, mirroring the ratio of squares to cubes, and notes the author’s foresight about Mars having a satellite long before such a discovery. The piece suggests imaginative minds may possess prophetic insight.
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Popular Science
Gulliver
Mars
Meals In the Dark Age How Dining Worked
The article explains dining in the dark ages with a porringer for soup and ears for gripping, shared spoons, central meat vessel, fingers used to pick pieces, knives borrowed, and few if any napkins noted, as described in Lippincott's.
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Igettlac
Chinese word mystery stirs Mrs Wickwire in paper misread
Mrs Wickwire scolds the paper after misreading a line about a Chinese war as a new dress fabric. Mr Wickwire dispels the confusion, noting the wartime topic. The scene captures newspaper misreading and domestic irritation.
Marbling Books Edge Finishing Still Mostly Handed
The St Louis Republic describes the marbleizing of book edges as a traditional craft, once limited to luxury volumes but now common on ledgers and blank business books. It details hand dipping, gum water, pigment layers, and drying steps, noting the process remains slow but dependable.
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St.Louis Republic
Speed of wild ducks and geese outperforming descriptions
Observers measured wild ducks at 66 2/3 miles per hour on a three mile course along a western river, with only five seconds difference between fastest and slowest intervals. Wild geese averaged just over 54 miles per hour across telegraphed routes two miles apart. The New York World notes ducks are faster than geese in flight.
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New York World
Benefactor of His Species in a German Notice
Frau von S- known for kindness is approached by a well dressed man claiming a poor family faces eviction over 80 mark arrears. She pays the rent on the spot and asks for the landlord's identity, learning he is the loaning landlord from Wochenblatt.
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Frau von S
Wochenblatt
Most Sensible Woman Impresses Doctor Abernethy
A patient silent and bold removes her shoe and stocking to show a wound to Dr. Abernethy. He surveys the injury and finally remarks that she is the most sensible woman he has met. The scene highlights his rude habit of singling out loquacious women in describing ailments.
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Abernethy
Bio
Diamond misfortune in plumbago shipment at Newburg
It Was Ina Maus of Plumbago and Unfortun ately Was Raised. Shipments of plumbago arrive from Ceylon at Newburg where traces of gold are found. Mr Tillinghast, the superintendent, reports a diamond about 50 carats found in a pile of plumbago but ruined by a 1000 degree furnace heat. The stone cracked, walnut to hazelnut in size, and only chips remain. The rest of the lot is being examined before furnace processing.
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Newburg
Ceylon
Tillinghast
New York Herald
Remarkable Mechlin Pulpit Described in Brooklyn Eagle
A Mechlin cathedral oak pulpit, second finest after Brussels, features life size Christ and woman figures. The grapevine sounding board arches around the carved base showing a riderless horse at Calvary. The design invites personal interpretation by visitors and worshipers alike.
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Mechlin Cathedral
Brussels
Mechlin
Christ
Calvary
Brooklyn Eagle
Onions For Smallpox Disinfectant Claims By Doctor
Dr Barbour of City hospital advises raw onions as a diet during smallpox outbreaks. He says liberal onion use may help prevent infection apart from vaccination. He notes onions in smallpox rooms wither quickly, implying the onion absorbs disease poison.
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Barbour
City Hospital
Maud Makeface Arrested for Voter Intimidation
Indianapolis Journal reports Maud Makeface faced arrest over voter intimidation claims. The piece asserts she threatened to kiss every man who would vote for Johnson, describing the incident as part of a political clash in the local scene.
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Maud Makeface
Johnson
Indianapolis Journal
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Chiegon
Misamis
Mackinaw
Illinois
Mississippi
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Little Turtle
Wells
Chicago Times-Herald
Marbling Books
Lorillard
Limax
George Eliot
Cheynewalk
Irs
Cross
Boston Transcript
Doc
Davenport
Portrand
United States Circuit Court
Ballinger
Charles French
T. E. Gleason
T.E. Gleason
G. C. Rolling
Detroit
Lewis
Baginaw
Mich
Golden Monitor
Offay & Kargan
I. L. Peterson
Jonin
Hadmer
Eury
Dee, Kennedy & Korgan
Jackson
Key
W. E. Sparks
Kannery Kergan
Dru. Kennedy & Rergan
T. EB
Allison
M.D
Drs. Kennedy & Kergan
Shelby Street
Frea
de Kalb Fence Co
High St
de Kalb
J. H. Needles & Son
Atlantic
Iowa
IT. L. Stephens
Stephens Medicine
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