Insult, revolver fear, and the manners of honor
Col Metcalf recalls how insults once demanded swift redress in frontier days. He recounts a Hugo billiards incident with a desperado facing a Colt and his own resolve to endure slights rather than risk lethal violence. He laments the lasting wish to meet the man again. The piece then argues soft hats cause baldness, favoring silk hats for air circulation, comparing England and the United States with population and hat industry figures.
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Col. Metcalf
Hugo
Pan
Metcalf
New York Tribune
England
United States
New York Herald
Old Clyde swindle nets $3,000 from farmer Samuel Kelsey
Samuel Kelsey of Clyde, one of the town’s wealthiest farmers, was swindled out of 3000 by two unknown men. The pair hired horse and buggy from L Bennett & Son and A C Tower of Lyons, traveled to Kelsey’s farm, and proposed a ten thousand dollar farm sale through a false broker named Crouse from Syracuse. The men switched a ten thousand dollar box with a dummy, deceived Kelsey, and fled on a train after leaving money with a hotelkeeper in Alton. Constable Wadley pursued but the culprits disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Kelsey
Clyde
L. Bennett & Son
A. C. Tower Af
Lyons
Mr. Kelsey
Mr. Crouse
Alton
Seeing the Bishop in a Cornhill Magazine Tale
A village view of confirmations shows how a bishop became an unknown in small towns. A poor woman recalls boarding the bishop’s arrival and mistaking a dancing bear for the holy visitor, marveling at the sight and calling it beautiful.
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Cornhill
Bharch
Nouth
England
Jane
Zee En
A Busy Life of Mr B Shepherd Wall in Washington
In Langham where he boarded the young man known as B Shepherd Wall drew interest for his busy life and ambition to wear fine clothes. An elevator bay quip reveals locals wonder what he does with his days and the answer that he just changes his vices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Shepherd Wall
Washington
Langham
Washington Post
Broker Helps Newsboy In Odd Windfall At Exchange
A broker at the Stock Exchange bought a ragged newsboy a cigar box and filled it with coins and bills. The box quickly filled from Sugar trust and New England crowds as onlookers cheered, and the boy fled with his fortune toward Nassau street. The boy’s identity and fate remain unknown.
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Broad Street
The
Stock Exchange
Dick Halstead
J. W. Bass
Sugar Trust
New England
Nassau Street
New York Times
Knots and Grain in Diamonds Explained
The Pittsburg Dispatch describes knotty diamonds with substances harder than the stone. Polishing such stones is slow work, sometimes taking a year, as the polisher avoids chipping and learns the stone’s grain direction to avoid cutting against it.
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Pittsburg
Love and Bald Heads in Courtship
A humorous note from Christian at Work about Baldheadedness hindering romance. It claims hairless men can do business and hold office, but in love a shiny scalp and even flies on the head destroy a suitor's appeal and threaten a lover's withering effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Boiling Lakes in Sierra Nevada Attract Travelers
A vast boiling lake sits near Hot Spring Valley at the base of Mount Lassen about one hundred miles north of Oroville. The lake covers several acres with unknown depth and shimmers like a giant kettle. Sulphur smells fill the air and the ground around yields sulphur scraps. Travelers warn of dangerously hot waters and near thousand boiling springs along the slope to the mountain.
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Sierra Nevadas
Oroville
Old Lassen
Hot Spring Valley
Mount Lassen
Boon to Smokers A New Pipe and Holder Invention
A Scotch inventor claims a hollow ball with a short tubular stem fits the mouthpiece to route smoke through a tube and a ball surface to prevent saliva from entering the mouthpiece. The device aims to shield the tongue from the bitter bite and reduce nicotine transfer.
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New York
One Day at a Time by Helen Hunt Jackson
Poem reflecting on time and endurance. The speaker stresses living “one day at a time” as a wholesome motto guiding hearts through sorrow and joy, with a focus on the future and purpose.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
The Kellogg Olivia Seance At Boston Alhambra
A Boston Alhambra audience watches Dr Kellogg and his mesmerized subject Olivia in a dramatic seance. Kellogg claims genuine magnetism and exposes fake tricks while a jealous Lord Warner and his observant wife attend. Olivia endures a staged dagger shock before a sudden display of lucidity and music driven trance dancing.
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Parquette
Gallery
Boston Alhambra
Dr. Kellogg
Olivia
Kellogg
Lord Warner
Warner
Molle Olivia
Dramatic stage shock ends in murder and duel aftermath
In a theater scene Lord Warner and Dr Kellogg duel over a staged mesmerism illusion. Olivia appears controlled then reveals truth as Warner shoots Kellogg and dies. Lady Warner attacks Olivia but chaos erupts into a can-can finale as the curtain drops amid tragedy.
Ants Shower In Ansonia In Aerial Insect Display
Ansonia residents reported a two hour ant shower with insects emerging from the ground and flying up to a hundred yards along the street. The airborne swarm caused midairs clashes and left many dead and injured on the pavement and in the air.
How Immigrants Carry Their Money Across Cultures
The piece surveys immigrant groups and their money carrying methods. English store coins in small chain attached cases. Irish use coin bags or sewn-in pockets. Germans wear elaborate belts. French use brass tubes with multiple coins. Italians favor tin tubes worn around the neck. Swedes Norwegians rely on large heirloom pocketbooks. Slavonians Hungarians keep money in long boots with utensils.
Green apples ban enforced by health official
Health Inspector Benjamin declares green apples a public health menace and orders their removal. He and a sanitary officer visited twenty fruit stands capturing nearly as many bushels. Vendors were told not to sell apples with insufficiently black seeds to prove ripeness.
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Jerry City
Benjamin
New York Sun
Cigar Box Destruction Order Provokes Small Dealers
Ottawa correspondence notes the Indian Revenue Department order requiring destruction of cigar boxes after sale. Small dealers argue empties fill shelves to look stocked. Commissioners respond with a blunt option to keep damaged boxes, claiming compliance with the law.
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Ottawa Corr
Toronto Empire
Indian Revenue Department
Miall
Her Golden Locks
A young physician at Emergency Hospital in this city is teased for clipping a patient’s wig during treatment of a severe scalp wound. The patient exclaimed that he was cutting her wig, prompting light humor about the doctor’s mishap.
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Washington Post
Wealthy Men Carry Little Money
A police captain notes that finding a person unconscious or arrested with little cash does not prove poverty. He cites that few carry large sums, and even wealthy individuals may deplete funds, preferring checks and small cash for daily expenses. A banker once claimed his last cent covered a fare, illustrating the point.
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New York Times
Our Argentine Competitors in Wool and Meat Markets
The article notes Argentina’s vast land, cheap labor, and expanding output in wool, mutton, wheat, corn, and flaxseed. It compares sheep and cattle abundance to the United States and Australia, cites rising mutton shipments to Europe, and highlights lower wages for Argentine workers versus American counterparts as settlement accelerates.
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Argentine Republic
United States
Republic
Australia
Europe
Arope
Vampire Bats in Central and South America Debunked
A report disputes sensational vampire bat tales, noting Phyllostoma spectrum inhabits Central and South America. The bat is harmless, feeding briefly on animals or exposed skin, with wounds healing quickly, per traveler Clarke and the St Louis Republic.
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South America
Central American
Hungary
Clarke
Xingu
Pennsylvania
New York State
St Louis Republic
Woman's Wit to the Rescue by Ireland’s Hand
The New York Evening Sun recounts how Ralph Waldo Emerson and his brother fail to herd a frisky calf in a barn yard until an Irish maid intervenes. She places two fingers in the calf’s mouth and calmly guides it into the barn as the two philosophers watch in astonishment.
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Edward
Charles Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
New York Evening Sun
It Cost $15,000 to Fool His Wife
In 1886 at Washington Park Derby Day John Dowling vowed to invest $500 for his wife on Silver Cloud. He instead bet heavily on the favorite, lost, and bought her a $15,000 house to hide the loss, leaving her believing in clairvoyant luck.
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St. Paul
Chicago
John Dowling
Washington Park
Dowling
John
Silver Cloud
Hood and the Hypochondriac tale of a racing doctor chase
A hypochondriac believes he is dying during a ride and flags down his family physician. The doctor on a fast horse speeds ahead, then each drives to outpace the other for miles. The patient cries to stop as he nears the doctor, who retorts that the patient may indeed be dying from his pace.
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Hood
August Vacation Episode
Maud confronts Mr. Hazard during a tense scene about a broken promise. She accuses him of joking with friends about their plans to flee to the mountains in August to catch speckled beauties. The exchange centers on trust and his alleged duplicity.
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Maud
Hazard
Our Hannah Jane and the Favorite Prescription
The text promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the cure for Hannah Jane's illness. It claims a change of doctors and air failed until the medicine provided joy and hope. It asserts the product is available from druggists with a money back guarantee from the manufacturers.
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Hannah Jane
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
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Amsterdam
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