Various Global Notes From A Late-Nineteenth Century Sheet
A miscellany notes European finances education and industry. It mentions France’s borrowing needs and Italian universities, a projected 14 000 miles of railroad in the U S, silver from Brazil, a failed eclipse expedition, and changes to the U S flag’s stars. It also records deaths in Canada and Russia, exotic old age claims, animal imports to manage pests, a Viking ship exhibit idea, railway planning critiques, armor plate experiments, and growth of Farmers Mutual Benefit and Co operative associations across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinois
Farmers’ Mutual Beno
Dry-gorl Chronicle
The Miller and His Mill Poem Fragment
A Maitland Express excerpt presents a lyrical tale of a once happy miller and his mill, noting how fortune fills the till while water flows by. It warns against greed as the miller’s son spreads merriment and music, urging restraint when abundance arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Donald R. McGregor
Maitland Express
A Late Blossoming Love Among Norvalton Folks
Emma Smith a deflated dressmaker in Norvalton sells Aunt Desire's blue Canton china to Old Ma'am Perkins for cash. Asa Hopper returns, buys the set and proposes, revealing he saved for Emma all along. They marry with the Canton china on the wedding table and live happily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Smith
Aunt Desiré
Norvalton
Paris
Madame
New York
Emma
Asa Hopper
Ma'am Perkins
Emin Smith
Desire
China
Canton
Brook Farm
Asa Hoppers
Perkins
Fairfield County
Norvaltov
Mithy
Asa
Biss Smith
Knights of
Mam Perkins
The
Ledger
Sho
New York Tribune
How We Look at Things and Different Viewpoints
A discussion on how people see the same scene through distinct ideas shaped by experience education beliefs and interests. It contrasts an engineer and artist viewing a landscape and includes a memory of a Cambridge family anecdote about a nurse and a boy named Tom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iself
Popular Science Monthly
Lou
Lady Habberton
Kentucky
South Carolina
The Housewife's Guide to Cold Food and Domestic Work
Practical tips on digestion and eating slowly to avoid discomfort, plus notes on knitting carpets in Germany, domestic work habits, and updated undergarment trends. Includes simple recipes for light snacks and traditional home dishes with basic cooking steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Brussels
New Fort
A Hasty Battle Duel Mentioned in Morning Paper
A fragment reports a brief duel described as a quick termination of four del with Mr Baoswax noting a morning newspaper account. The wife questions the existence of any duel and the exchange hints at a sensational misreading in Chicago National skyline.
Hair as Commerce in Remote Villages Aboard the Moa and Greenland Tales
An exploration of hair farming as a recognized trade in Swiss, German, and French villages with buyers from Paris. It covers market values, crop cycles, and the emotional cost for young women, plus anecdotes on waxed markets and high prices for virgin hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eugenie
New Avrilind
Waakefield
New Zealand
Mudegs
Muddle Island
The Logic of Mans in a Class Dialogue
A fragmented text presents a classroom exchange about logic and order. It includes lines about being twentieth in a class and a child questioning how to help when logs are scarce. The snippet hints at language borrowings and misprints in a German titled source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mans
Papa
Biegende
Fashion notes and social guidance from old papers
The column surveys dress trends with jet swallow motifs and butterfly embellishments on evening wear. It reports on dressmakers demanding retailer commissions, merchant boycotts, gender clothing contrasts, and wrappers as daily wear, urging proper grooming and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
The Days of Helen and the Serpent of Old Nile
A historical fashion essay traces beauty standards from ancient times to modern eras. It contrasts labor in antiquity with evolving female comfort and attributes, then outlines 19th or early 20th century dress trends including veils, gowns, and hairstyles reflecting a renaissance of antique styling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzbeth Bislaud
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Thisie-Down
Helen
Cleopatra
Bloc
Kingmahi _thian
Ofrat
Yiven
Desdemona
A Perfectly Tame Grouse Among Street Window Folly
A passerby describes finding a large grouse nearly starved in an urban house suburb. The bird was rescued, fed with water and grape pulp, and slowly nourished to relative health. It shows omnivorous tastes and diminished wild instincts after confinement and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St’s
Senate and House pass key bills amid debates on trusts pensions and fortifications
The Senate worked toward a vote on the Sherman Anti Trust bill but completed only the measure in Committee of the Whole. A joint resolution funded moving a naval magazine from Ellis Island and improving the island, with 75000 allocated. House actions included Wyoming Admission bill passage, river harbor works, and various appropriation measures for the Army Navy and flood relief with multiple nominations confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Specifl
Secretary of the Treasury
Naval Magazine
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Committee On Judiciary
Hawley
Committee On Military Affairs
House
Secretary of War
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
Daniels
Morgan
Galveston
Reagan
Treasury
Swayne
United States
Striping
Stewart
Chandler
Bedlow's Island
Mississippi River Commission
John F. Hartranft
Secretary of Agriculture
Rocky Mountains
Vita Day
Cannon
Committee On Rules
Wyoming
Ann Day
Committee On Territories
House Committee On Elections
McDuffie
Turpin
Alabama
Weddill
Wise
Ilid Wi Joie
Gatlie Hela
Morrill
Henderson
Walker
Fortification
Boutelle
Sherman
David Wilbur
New York
Hinuneral
Alive in Its Coffin A Wake Ends In Fearful Crying
A New Jersey man holds a wake for his deceased child at home when the corpse is said to sit up and cry loudly frightening mourners. The girl aunt fled with the baby, a doctor was called, and the child later suffered convulsions the next day, dulling the initial relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher O'Neil
New Brunswick
N. J
Newsmaking Gleanings From Around the World
Reports note Hawaiian and Chinese exclusion in Samoa, the La Touraine launched in France, Farmers Alliance HQ opened in Washington, and University of Michigan enrollment at 2153 students. Other items cover Palestine Hebrew growth, GAR land purchase, German rifles, a Maryland voting fine proposal, Greek excavations, Michigan peach failures, Rothschilds’ bond deal, emigration limits, Japan debt drop, Tauline defence, and various regional curios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
France
la Touraine
Farmers’_Alliance
Washington
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Palestine
Grand Army of the Republic
Cedar Creek Battle Ground
Virginia
Maryland
Taz American School
Athens
Platea
Michigan
Charkoif
America
Aoa Trig
Benator Voorizes
Kincaid
Taulbee
Lzonos
Tracadie
New Brunswick
Jazsretto
Turkey
Great Britain
Fort
Fao Haa
Venezuela
Peru
Bolivar
National Museum
Caracas
Burlington
Iowa
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Gotte
Italy
Engineering News
Rede Janeiro
Brazil
Africa
Proctor
Army
Air'ess
Mary Goodwin
Sugar Island
Bedine
New Zaland
England
Russia
Europe
Olessa
Vilazo
Monastir
Chicago, Scin‘driaving Auxiliary
Norway
Ocean
Great Lakes
Chicago
Aux-Liary
Sucherize Tom Yeo
Areanzo—Ments
Sweden
San Francisco Chronicle
Canandian Pacific Railway Company
Montreal
Vancouver
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Pittsburg
Penn
Piladelpha Inquirer
Amy Nandolpa
Cambridge
Tom
Ton
Bridget McCarthy
Garo
ijis_valad
Adi
Moa
Greenland
Esquinaux
Equiman Indy
Equiman
Fanny
Ladies' Department
Aynaneela
Peter
Paul
New York Sun
Joose
Neceszary
Baltimore
Tivo Nu Npred
Syomon
Colby
Kan
Council
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