Trains Lose and Found Items Narrated by The Lost Property Clerk
A New York Herald piece profiles Charlie a railroad lost property clerk known for cataloging items found on trains. He recounts daily finds from Aug 17 and Aug 27 including umbrellas rings coats and whisky bottles. The article notes most valuable items are redeemed and umbrellas are most common. It also reflects on forgetfulness amid marriage preoccupations and everyday traveler habits.
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Ares
Aps
Oer
Tegen
Charlie
New York Herald
Fashion's Rules on Fifth Avenue Sunday Silence
A New York Herald piece描描 describes Fifth Avenue Sundays as deserted yet atmospheric with fashionably aloof elites absent from the streets. The article notes shuttered curtains, empty sidewalks, and few servants or children, comparing the scene to a silent cemetery amid luxury.
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Fifth Avenue
Brunswick
Central Park
New York Herald
Teachers in Germany and their lasting influence
The Educational Review emphasizes the teacher’s enduring role in Germany's education system. It traces the position back to the Reformation and highlights figures like Luther, Erasmus, Melancthon, Trotzendorf, and Pestalozzi for shaping reforms, curricula, and educational policy through three centuries.
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Germany
Luther
Erasmus
Melancthon
Melancthon, of Trotzendorf
Wolf and
Sturm
Rauch
Comenius
Pestalozzi
A Cheap Dinner in Venice’s Street of the Smiths
The account recalls a thrifty Venice meal in the Street of the Smiths where a penny buys smoking polenta, another buys fried fish, and a third buys wine. Workers dine frugally yet stomachs are fed as crowds form after the day’s labor.
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Venice
Smiths
How Man and Nature Use Gases
Man and nature employ the same elementary gases, yet with different purposes. Both rely on oxygen for combustion, but nature uses it for construction while man does not. Hydrogen fuels combustion for man as it does for nature, yet man lacks nitrogen’s full constructive use. Nitrogen concentrates energy for man, while nature also uses it to build vital structures, a capability humans have not achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longman’s Magazine
Shakespearean Anachronisms Highlighted by Belford’s Monthly
Belford’s Monthly notes numerous anachronisms in Shakespeare’s works. It cites cannon in John’s era, printing under Henry I, clocks in Julius Caesar, Hector quoting Aristotle, Coriolanus mentioning cats and Alexander, a billiard table in Cleopatra’s palace, Bohemia’s sea coast, and Delphos as an island.
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Shakespeare
John
Henry I
Julius Orsar
Hector
Aristotle
Coriolanus
Alexander
Cleopatra's Palace
Bohemia
Delphos
Belford’s Monthly
Cultured fruit varieties evolve from wild originals
The Chicago Tribune notes how careful cultivation turns the small black sloe into the juicy gage plum and the crab apple into fine pippins. It mentions wild Indian cantaloupe ranging from plum to lemon size and often tasting sipid or bitter.
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India
Chicago Tribune
Cougar Attack Vanquished by Horse in Oregon Tale
A man recounts a dramatic encounter near Perhama Crook County where a cougar leapt at his horse. The horse trampled the beast after the stag hound bayed. The rider escaped, the dog died, and the cougar lay dead at the horse’s feet. The rider kept the skin as a memento. The horse suffered scratches but soon would be usable again.
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J. P. Jones
Perhama
Crook County
Portland Oregonian
Monster Owl Exhibit Captures Gigantic Bird in Catskills
Henry E. McKenzie of Port Ewen shot near Green Brown's Station and, with Edward Davis, captured a giant owl. The bird measured five foot wings, stood two feet high with an 18 inch head and horned crest. Taken to Port Ewen for exhibition, the creature drew crowds unfamiliar with such size, per Pine Hill Sentinel.
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Catskills
Henry E. McKenzie
Port
Ewen
U. and D
Olive Branch
Brown's
McKenzie
Edward Davis
Olive
British America
Port Ewen
Central Park
Pine Hill
Mint marks for U S coins by mint location reported
The notice lists mint marks for coins from several mints: Charlotte N G uses C, Dahlonega uses D, New Orleans uses QO, Carson City uses CC, San Francisco uses 8, and all other marks apply to all coins in general.
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Charlotte
N. G
Dahlonega
New Orleans
Carson City
San Francisco
Wyoming’s Rich Mineral Beds Noted by Geologist
A western geologist, after careful observation, reports abundant rich beds of gold copper coal cement marble aluminium and silicate clay in Wyoming in large quantities.
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Wyoming
Royalist Ladies Debating Dress Funds for Stowe Visit
The Comite and Comtesse de Paris invite royalist ladies for a three day stay at Stowe but debates arise over bringing six formal dresses. The piece notes several namelinked nobles in debt, including a Duc d Orlean association and a duchess unable to clear £500 bills. London Truth describes the social strains and financial gambles behind royalist circles.
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Comite
Comtesse de Paris
Stowe
France
Duc d’Orleans
Duchess d’Uzes
London
English View of Marion Harland As a Prolific American Woman
An English journal profiles Marion Harland noting her prominence in literature, cookery writing, and public lecturing. The piece praises her diverse talents, residence in New Jersey, roses, poultry yard, family role, and enduring productivity at sixty through health and discipline.
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Marienne
Marion Harland
New Jersey
A Little Hero Screams Amid Schoolhouse Fire
Rochester Special reports a fire at a rural school where Miss Porter and four year old John Johnson perished. Brothers Melvin and Charles Chambers aged 14 and 16 guided 22 children to safety, lifting them through a window after a door to the shed blocked escape. The boys suffered severe burns, while two girls fainted during rescue.
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Porter
Melvin
Charles Chambers
John Johnson
Chambers
Rochester
The Quality of Meats Increasing Export Demands
The Philadelphia Times notes meat quality declining for domestic buyers as export demand grows. Beef, especially top cuts, fetches high prices while Western shippers compete with London butchers in their own markets due to cheap freights and new ammonia refrigeration technology.
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England
London
Philadelphia Times
British India gains and growth under British rule
The article traces British expansion in India from 1842 to 1856 reaching 856000 square miles, then 927887 square miles by later years. It notes India’s vast size and population relative to the United States, and cautions about retention amid native discontent and northern pressure.
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Great Britain
India
British India
United States
Mississippi River
Texas
Window Screen Transparency Made at Home
A village resident describes making a see through window screen by upcycling an old wire frame, painting it to match the house, stretching organdie, adding cut chintz flowers, and varnishing after weights dried the design.
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Jack Frost
Philadelphia Times
Like Mother's Cooking and the Family Cookoff
A witty note from St. Louis Republic questions the idea that a mother’s cooking outshines all others. It suggests men compare wives to their mothers, then passes the bias to the next generation, while wondering if appetite influences this view rather than real decline in skill.
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St. Lou's Republic
Wire protection mixtures for underwater and underground cables
The New York Sun reports that preserving wire ropes beneath water or the earth’s surface uses a mixture of 85 parts slaked lime and 50 to 60 parts tar, boiled and applied hot. For dry lying cables, a thick graphite-tallow mix and another blend of linseed oil and vegetable tar have also shown success.
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New York Sun
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