Fearful Mile High Coasting Down the Spondulix
A cyclist recalls riding a 62 inch University roadster from the Spondulix mine in Colorado down a steep, smooth ore road. After a brake failure, he clings to the saddle and reaches high speed, narrowly passing a mine team and later stopping in front of Dr. Cameron’s house. He records the ride as covering seven miles in around six and a half minutes.
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Colorado
Svandalix
Ooe
Ena
Dr. Cameron
Doctor's
Lens
Chicago Tribune
Theodore Tilton
Sun
Joaquin Miller
Daily
Newespaper
Henry DD. McDaniel
George Alfred Townsend
New York
Siraphie
American & Church
Dr. Smith
United States
Washington
Representative Holman
Dearborn
Iowa
Indimaplix Journal
Keppler
Europe
No. Times
Gentlemanly Burglars Session Recital At Mr Ervine’s Club
A reminiscence recalls two steel burglars who entered Mr J A M Ervine’s residence while he slept. They spoke with Mr Ervine, patted him gently, and stole small items while sparing the children. No local police were present. The tale shifts to musings on success, opportunity, and doing first tasks well, with parallels to ancient scripture and a long essay on personal striving.
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J. AM. Ervine
Franklin, McVeagh & Co
Oncelane
Mrs. Ervine
Shea
Ervine
Erues
Carlyle
Paul
Damascus
Arabia
The Skein We Wind Theme Lost in Frayed Memory
A fragmented meditation on work and life, weaving imagery of skeins, ropes, and threads. It reflects on effort, patience, and the human need to find meaning through labor, ending with a sense of fragile continuity and renewal.
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Banat
Fashionable Summer Silks and Accessories in 19th Century Style
The article describes spring and summer fashion with red and green silk pompon trimmings on walking casons, new zephyr plaids for lawn-tennis wear, olive and cranberry-red color blends, pale amber and pearl bead outlines on Grecian robes, and violet-hued stockings. It notes gloves, raw silks, pongees, and velvets for various outer garments, plus hats, lace, and ribbon details, reflecting a rich palette and materials of the period.
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Paris
V. Evening Post
Jersey
The Origin of Postage Stamps in History
A compact look at the early ideas and adoption of postage stamps. It notes Rowling Hill as an early proponent around 1839 to 1840 in England, mentions Thurn and Taxis in German cities, and covers the rise of the U S stamps starting in 1847 with the five and ten cent issues bearing Franklin and Washington. It traces rates to 1851 and mentions subsequent stamp designs and carriers stamps.
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Rowling Hill
England
Thurn and Taxis
Apne
E. A. Mitchell
New Haven
United States
Franklin
Washington
Ne Theer
Carriers
Humorous scraps from old clippings spark playful quips
A collage of wry snippets from newspapers and letters lampoons sailors, sextons, fashion, and etiquette. Jests about shipowners, iron vessels, odd epitaphs, and misquoted lines mingle with jokes on intoxication, railway wrists, and misattributed editorials. The tone recalls period humor columns and city notices.
Temperance Tale of Two Boys and a Saloon
Eben E Besford warns youths in Youths Temperance Banner about two Imys who abandon home advice for city temptations. A lemonade visit leads to a saloon, alcohol, and ruin with one stabbed in a drunken brawl and the other dying of delirium tremens, a caution on daily boys entering ruin.
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Arave
Joba
Philip
Pehaw
John
Fether
Yrat
Eben E. Besford
Temperance Banner
Uncle Bill Thea and Now
When I was a drunkard I owned one old cow and no barn. After taking the pledge I built a barn, bought five cows, three fine horses, and rode in a carriage. I paid off three hundred dollars in debt, cleared land, and gained deeds. My sons, teetotallers, live on the new property. My doctor’s bills ceased after the pledge.
Temperance movement and liquor laws in early reports
A Canadian Parliament commission is to probe liquor traffic and its links to pauperism disease and crime. Chicago reports over five thousand members join the Temperance Society in the League of the Cross pledging under Father Hayes. Whitehall New York recounts a liquor sale conviction with large fines and potential jail time. The Chicago News notes a caricaturist linked to a prominent landing. The Observer cites John Stuart Mill on individual liberty versus public good.
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Chicago
Temperance
Scessieett
League of the Cross
Father Hayes
J. A Wittery
Whitehall
N.Y
Eidwant
Chicago News
the Observer
John Stuart Moose Lepine
Cts
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