Various 19th Century Notes and Notable Facts
A miscellany of brief items covers a Galveston artesian well, fines for jeering a lad, a Mary Burton England marriage, mining heat challenges in Comstock, Suez canal cuttings and tunnels, early US Allegheny Portage tunnel, Iceland’s press, Missouri sheep decline, US outflow of $70 million, Wall Street kings, immigrant wealth to New York in 1892, and Polish armed pistols linked to George Washington artifacts.
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Galveston
Rank
Mary Burton
England
United States
Pennsylvania
Iceland
China
Miniouri
Wall Street
Commissioner of Immigration
New York
George Washington
Koscisko
Edward Thomas
Jenna
The Most Interesting Thing in America Mule Story
An English traveler in New York says the most interesting sight in the United States was a mule used in mine tramways. He notes the mule’s head-down response under low tunnels, contrasts it with a horse, and recalls a saying about a man with a gun. The item accompanies several ads and notices on laxatives, tonics, and cures.
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New York
London
United States
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
George M. Arnold
Virginia
Washington Theatre Collapse Kills Clerks and Wounds Hundreds
A government office theatre on 10th Street NW collapsed at 9 50 AM during cellar work for an electric light plant. The disaster left 475 clerks mostly employed in the Record and Pensions Office with dozens dead and many dozens more injured as rescue teams cleared wreckage and hospitals treated the wounded. The incident closed streets and triggered urgent military and naval aid as morgues and hospitals struggled to cope.
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Ford
Abraham T Lincoln
the Army
10Th Street
Pennsylvanian Avenue
Cauke
Tenth Street
Washington
District of Columbia
Col
Corbin
Army
Schofield
War Department
Rascuers
Calvary
Fort Myer
Arsenal
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Medical
Navy Yard
Fourth
United States Artilery
Washington Barracks
Pension Office
Keer
Meeting raises funds amid tragedy and hospital reports
At a citizens meeting Friday afternoon five and a half thousand dollars were subscribed. President Oleysland, tied up by official duties, could not preside but sent his hundred dollar check while Secretary Thurber contributed his. City clerks in departments join in, and the total dead reaches twenty four with fifty two injured. Hospitals report all patients doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Grant
George Allen
Wisconsin
BE. G. Shull
Kanaas
William M. Schever
Maryland
H. 8
Wood
PT. B. Williams
J. E
Chapin
South Carolina
McAuley
Virginia
A. L. Ames
Town
L. ©. Calvert
J. Dewy
New York
Louis Dusapy
George W. Davis
Missouri
H. B. Esterling
Fort Scott
Kns
Washington Fry
Gustin
Ohio
James H. Howard
F. Hathaway
J. N. Hammer
Tenn
George Handy
Thomas Hynes
J. G. Johns
W. Kugler
New Jer
Clifton Lowe
Towa
William J. Ture
District of Columbia
E. Leger
Mississippi
Frank Metcalfe
Massachusetts
G. M. McLaughlin
Tennessee
J. P. McCormick
M. McLaughlin
R. M. Petrick
Pody
G. I. Pryce
Texas
P. K
Clinois
William M. Smith
Oleysland
Thurber
In Space Ag
Ne City
The Power and Pitfalls of Left Handed Men in Ehud Tale
A sermon on Ehud the left handed deliverer from Judges. The preacher extols left handedness as a metaphor for humble gifts used to defeat sin and oppressive powers. He warns against worldly elevation and highlights enduring faith, perseverance, and practical effort in serving God.
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Ferag
Ehad
Israel
Benjaratn
Eglon
Ehud
Fest
Patsco
Hyion
Epon
Ehudhi
Kingdom of Christ
ButTl
Thera
Blane
Shinar
Babel
Sycamore
Bolshagzar
Babylon
Death in the summer house sermon tale and visions
A dense, discursive sermon explores death as a recurring, inevitable visitor from summer to winter. It contrasts grief in a healthy home with the sudden intrusion of mortality, urging courage, faith, and memorials over despair while weaving biblical imagery, personal vignettes, and calls to comfort the living.
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Kylon
Jesus
Father
Smother
Nick
Hengsl
Vietory
Red Sea
Sanilac
Peddler Returns Rebuff to Country Lady in Springfield Homestead
A peddler tries to sell pencils tape shoe laces paper envelopes and needles to a wary country lady who answers no at every turn. The exchange turns playful as the peddler jokes about her remaining noes.
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Springfield Homestead
Queer Japanese Animals in Myth and Legend
The Philadelphia Press notes beliefs about a 600 year old crane needing only water for sustenance and describes a legendary dragon with the head of a camel horns of a deer eyes of a demon ears of an ox body of a serpent scales of a fish and claws and wings of an eagle as part of Japanese myth.
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Philadelphia Press
The Care of Windows and Maintenance of Glass
A reader recommends a home method for cleaning windows using common alcohol and whiting. The dampened cloth dipped in whiting polishes glass as effectively as soap and water, leaving windows shining and longer lasting, even in cold weather. The excerpt closes by noting that words become tangible when clothed in language.
Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake
A warning against baking powders sold with gifts or at lower prices than the Royal. Alum, lime, or sulphuric acid may be present, making food unwholesome. Declining substitutes and choosing the Royal offers protection from alum.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Comstock
Suez Canal
America
Lottie Gibson
Ward
New York Sun
Austria
Boston
Pittsburg
Congo
Dru Shelbyvill
Beecham
Lls. Beechaim
Mr. Toueph Godfrey
Abella
Ko Comptia Hectitaive
Lett Et CO
Ford Opera House
Washington City
Record and Pensions Office
Corps of Surgeons
Simpsons
Washington Star
Unite States
DR. Talmage
Brooklyn Divine
Andrew Fairchild
Paltorsburg
Mich
Syracuse
N. Y
Junor J. B. Hr
Superior Court
Walker County
Georgia
M. H. Worr
Paul Wlk
Makpatrick
Johnson City
Teressa
Swirr Steering ComPany
Santa
Silefeans
Smith & CO
B.M. Woolley
Whitehall Street
Atlanta
Huate
South
Couch & Lugester
Senola
Warren Street
Hamilton Place
Heston
Atlas Tack Corporation
Wanknoters
Eins Lromn
P. Lovell Arme Boston
Een Orme O. Bees
Thomson
Man'fdby
Judson L. Thomson Mfg. CO
Waltham, Mass
Homes For the
Alabama
South Carolla
T. J. Felder
Atlanta, Ga
Tess
Abe
Iat Nk
Cancer Corea
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