Widespread Oddities From A Busy Era Of News
General items note frivolities in Florida doctors and watermelons, fashion trivia from New York and Paris, a record price for a short-horn cow, steamship departures, shad fishing at Gloucester, a Kentucky rat catcher perches, and silver bricks misread as lead in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
New York
Switzerland
Christian
Alames
Tne Maharajah
Tess Ugenie
Boston
West
Indian Creek
Montana
Helens
West Point
Philadelphia
Academy Band
Duke of Devonshire
Helker
Grand Duchess of
Oxford
G. Brown
Canada
England
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Paris
Duchess de Mouchy
Princesse Troubetzkoi
Rigutry
Boston Globe
Gloucester
Delaware
Joux Clark
Franklin
San Francisco
Montgomery Street
Bonanza
Flood & O’brien’s Bank
The Lover Found. Boston Girl Weds German Man in Indianapolis
A Boston heiress Miss Carrie M Cochran and her mother chased a tale of love across the country. In Indianapolis they found Charles A Brandenburg, a German educated young man once poor but esteemed. After a lengthy courtship the couple married, witnessed by the bride's mother, as reported by the Indianapolis Journal.
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Toledo Blade
II Dournal R
Boston
Gotnan
Europe
Indianapolis
Bladere
Mary M. Cochran
Miss Cochran
Carlshire
Germany
Cochran
Charles A. Brandenburg
Steinmann
Brandenburg
Charles
America
Indianapolis Journal
Carrie. M. Cochrane
Dr. Day
American Officers in Asia Describe Upton Tour and Shah Requests
Gen Sherman received a letter from Gen Upton and Gen Forsyth touring beyond the seas. Upton reports travel from Bombay to Teheran and ten days with the Shah who inquired about U.S. institutions, arms, and industry. The Shah seeks Gatling guns, breech rifles, and diplomatic ties, asking the officers to initiate contacts with the U.S. government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Emory Upton
Forsyth
Sheridan
Tiflis
Asia
Canasus
Michael
Upton
Bombay
Persian Gulf
Teheran
Persia
Europe
Genton
Shah
United States
Sunis
Batt
Sad boating accident claims three lives near Berkeley
Four Cornell Watch Factory employees Charles H Bolan E L Smith Frank Higgins and Wm F Sherwin sailed a small boat off Berkeley Landing. A sudden gust capsized the craft at about 2 pm leaving Sherwin clinging to the hull until rescue failed. Sherwin drifted and washed ashore at Oakland Point exhausted and traumatized by the deaths of his companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Bolan
E. L. Smith
Frank Higgins
Wm. F. Sherwin
Cornell Watch Factory
Berkeley Landing
Sherwin
Smith
Mare Island
Oakland Point
Leroi
Chicaa
Ikeley
San Francisco Chronicle
Minnesota
Stuart's Bold Cavalry Raid Across Northern Virginia
A 1 200 strong Confederate cavalry brigade under Gen Stuart traverses from Rich mond toward Hanover Court House and New Kent Court House. They strike at the Hanover route and cross the Pamunkey, ambush Federal trains, burn cars, evade McClellan's pursuers, and reach the Chickahominy, marking a strategic feint that unsettles Union forces and foreshadows broader cavalry operations.
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Lee
Richmond
Stuart
Louisa Courthouse
Jackson
Aquia Greek
South Anna
Hanover Court-House
Royall
Far West
Pamunky
Old Church
Tolopatamos
Hanover Courthouse
Start
Hanover Court House Road
New Kent Court-house
Army of the Potomac
White House
Tunstall’s
McCall
McClellan
Talleysville
Chickahominy
Bottom’s Bridge
Forge
Jones's Bridge
Centennial notes and Siamese embassy to the fair
The Siamese government will send an embassy and a large goods exhibit to the Centennial in Philadelphia arriving about July 1. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph notes strong Sunday opening support for the Exposition and an estimated 80 000 articles on display requiring five hours daily for five months to view all. Observers comment on international pavilions with New York and New Jersey houses praised for style while the English and American silver wares show contrasting uses. the Bombay Presidency funds Indian exhibits including carved blackwood and fine filigree silver. A dress exhibit draws attention with prices quoted at 45 000 francs (about 9 000 dollars) causing shopper suspense.
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Tap
Philadelphia
Tne
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Christian Weekly
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Centennial Commission
Elle
Norway
Sweden
Tue Presidency of
Bombay
London
Aracan
Medieval Cookery Fragments Show Teaspoons And Crullers
A collection of home kitchen recipes lists preparations for creams, cakes, and desserts. It details Cooxirs and Puppine puddings, Apple Chartreuse with stuffed apples, Pocketnook Rolls with yeast and lard, Crullers fried in hot fat, and a ham and egg mixture for classic fried ham dishes.
Washington and Cornwallis peach scene retold by a Virginia storyteller
An elderly enslaved man in Yorktown recounts a dramatic encounter with General Washington chasing Cornwallis after a peach eating scene. The tale is praised by the Fredericksburg News as remarkably veracious. The passage then shifts to a medical advertisement for Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, detailing claimed cures for consumption and the doctor’s Philadelphia office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Washington
Cornwallis
Massa
de Creek
Jess
Schenck
Sixth and
Arch Streets
Philadelphia
Complicated disease claimed with Shaker Extract touting cure
A lengthy description of a widespread illness lists symptoms from bad taste to abdominal distress, with final notes on a remedy called SHAKER EXTRACT OF ROOTS sold by A J White of 319 Pearl Street New York. Agents are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J.white
Pearl Street
N.Y
Charter Oak Stove Receives Universal Buyer Praise
A stove dealer with over twenty years in business hails the Charter Oak as the best value and most satisfying stove for buyers. He calls it the cheapest and best store for the money, praising its first class qualities. A separate note declares Dr Shalianberger’s Centennial sale cuts the Ague Pillla price to one dollar, touting its proven chills cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Oak
Shalianberger
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