Diverse Tales From A Far Spread Era In One Page
A sprawling fragment from a late 19th century issue covers police and crime notes, economic reports, natural curiosities, and frontier lore. It mentions Britain’s alleged 6000 felons at large, wealth in Alborla Sa, a Philadelphia will dispute over pet cat heirs, Berlin telecommunication espionage, and census land use. It also reports California railroad progress, Andes railway breakthroughs, and cultural anecdotes about the Apache and frontier trade.
First to Greet Columbus Poem in St Nicholas
The poem celebrates Columbus and the scarlet thorn as emblematic, recalling past peril and triumph. Emma H. Nason’s verse, printed in St Nicholas, links national festivity to a thorn crowned emblem and the historic greeting of new lands.
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Columbus
Eail
Acariet
San Salvador
Emma H. Nason
St. Nicholas
MISS ROSE'S RUSE ON A STEAMBOAT JOURNEY
A narrator recalls a southern river trip before the war. Miss Rose, a young, vivacious passenger, consoles and protects Jonas the boat boy after he is injured by a whipped blow. She plans to take Jonas home to Mammy, defying the captain if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
San
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Afobile
Mistis
Miss Oliver
Jonas
Miss Rose
Mara Tom
Mara Robert
Mlalis
Misa Oliver
Mamma's Landing
Imino
Seatuy
Jonny
Mammy
Jonna
Fin
Mamata
Jonat
Stoep
Olivers
A Tale Of Escape And A Malay Execution Method
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a young woman’s escape plan and farewell on a riverboat, with Jonas forced into service and a Southern plantation life scene. The piece then shifts to a New York Sun report describing Sultan of Kedah’s execution ritual using a lance through the shoulder and heart, followed by Islamic rites and family purification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance of Justice
Sword of Justice
Hla Honart
Juton Claluc
New York Sun
Reading Company's Atlantic City Fast Train Claim
Officials claim Reading Company's flyer train on its Atlantic City branch is the fastest scheduled in America if not the world. The service covers 65.5 miles from station to Atlantic City with 60 minutes allotted, despite a grade crossing delay. The 70 minute schedule to Atlantic City is said to outpace the Empire State Express over this distance, with the train carrying 280 passengers and departing one minute late but making up time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Company
Atlantic City
America
Aighn's Point
Jerecy Ral
Rdeex
Empire State Express
New York Central Railroad
Prevent Wrinkles Through Mind and Skin Care
The article notes varied tips to prevent wrinkles, advising relaxed living, cool water for the face, and tonics to tension. It stresses that wrinkles reflect mind and mood as well as physiology and urges braced, vigorous skin and good digestion to delay aging.
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New York World
Fashionable secrets and Navajo prairie dog lore
A blend of society gossip on private secretaries and fashion notes from well dressed women. The piece contrasts old and new roles in households with hints of jealousy and titles, followed by fashion trends in jewelry, fabrics, sleeves, and outerwear. It closes with a curious Navajo tale of catching prairie dogs and a dramatic animal encounter.
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Swintoun
Afc
Murray
Levi BP. Morton
Mies Hint
Jan
Hunt
Garfield
St. Louis Republic
Fragmented dialogue from a Nova clipping
A fragmentary exchange quotes Ian Qanadary and an old gentleman discussing a small boy near a corner. The text references Edhl and uncertain behavior, with questions about appearance and fear and a vague mention of licking up or hiding. The readable content is highly incomplete.
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Ian Qanadary
Edhl
A POPULOUS DISTRICT IN NEW YORK CITY
The article surveys a square mile bounded by Fourteenth Street Second Avenue Houston Street the Bowery Catharine Street Cherry Street Jackson Street and Avenue D in Manhattan. It hosts over 350000 residents more than several major states and numerous cities, with diverse immigrant communities and languages. It notes the district's self contained life and limited external information, then shifts to brief notes about Harvard youth multilingualism and a description of Jivaro head shrinking practices in Ecuador.
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Fourteenth A Street
Second Avenue
Houston
Bowery
St. Louis
Boston
Baltimore
San Francisco
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Albany
Richmond
Atlanta
Troy
Denver
United States
Vermont
Rhode Island
Delaware
District of Columbia
North Dakota
South Dakota
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Washington
Oregon
New Bronatick
Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboine
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
New York City
Nowspapers of
New York
Broadway
Broad Way
Denvy
New England
Thore
Castle Garden
Quay
Tere
Outaldo Warf
Jenn
New York Sun
Napo
Fletcher
Sidder
Charles St. Knight
Ecuador
United States National Museum
St. Louis Republic
Aged Man at Nineteen Unearthed in Salem Stone
A Salem tombstone in Charter Street Burying Ground reveals Nathan Mather died October 17 1688 aged nineteen, later identified as brother of Cotton Mather by the Essex Institute genealogy. The find ties to Nathaniel Mather born July 6 1669, son of Inevenes Mather, linking him to notable New England figures.
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Salem
Charter Street
Nathan Mather
Nathanial Hawthorne
Etang
Essex Institute
Household Cookery and Odd Customs From Newspapers
A mixed set of housewife guidance and curious Sumatra ritual describes preserving strawberries with sugar, curing fur rugs with powder and wax, cleaning currants with flour, and several fruit pies. Also notes a Batak marriage custom where large ear earrings are forged through a public ritual, inserting a forged spiral through an incision and wheel-reeling the ornament into place.
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Boston
Sumatra
Scientific scraps and curiosities from around the world
The clipped report covers Caterpillars in Australia, a land engine in England with 540 rpm, Canada's mineral show, Pasteur's epilepsy research, exhaustive walking, coal’s dynamic force, balloons, psychology, skin scales, a 10 000-stick match machine, Pike's Peak telephony, Andean rail lines, a California naturalist with tens of thousands of insects, migratory birds crossing ancient Mediterranean routes, egg white healing for burns, Edigon’s Albert Medal, and oceanic zone divisions. A mosaic of scientific tidbits and discoveries.
Eye Cinder Ruse Baffles Fort Wayne Doctor
Dr I r W St Clair of Fort Wayne Indiana recounts a tale from years ago where a cinder in his eye prompted him to rub both eyes after an engineer advised rubbing the good eye. The cinder moved from the afflicted eye to the inner corner then slipped to the cheek, baffling the doctor.
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I.r W. St. Clair
Fort Wayne
Ind
Low
St. Louie Republic
Peculiar Little Animal Called Bassirit Sighted
An old trapper brought from the mountains peculiar small animals about the size of a raccoon with slender bodies and brown hair. They spit and growl when provoked, with sharp teeth, and are named bassirit, described as between a cat and a weasel. About twenty released in warehouses and stables in the city.
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Betwen
Sin Francisco
Vivacious Chat Between Arthur and Madge in New York Herald
In a playful exchange from the New York Herald, Arthur asks if Madge enjoys hearing the popping of a thorn toy plate. Madge replies enthusiasm, saying she loves anything that pops. The dialogue captures a lighthearted, flirtatious tone.
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Arthur
Thorn
Madge
New York Herald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Britain
Alborla Sa
Webster
Napoleon
Philadelphia
Fim
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Colle
Cansus Ia
Colton
San Bernardino County
San Francisco Chronicle
Postminster
California
Los Angeles
San Bernardino Range
Glacier
the Railroad Gazette
South America
Republica
Nvr
Atlanio
Pacific
Argentine
Chili
Andes
Liberto Httle
Plains
Trond Orfoot
Custer
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Indiana
Prentys Bear
Magnetia
Columbia
Lesth
Jay
M. 1. Saffold
Sultan
Keddah
Malay Peninsula
Leon
New York Mercury
Mall and Express
Milan
New York Post
Clarke
Outragos
Ieliolrope
Milliona
Bolte
Morocco
Stockinga
Jake
Navajo
Dog
Tusa
Svitca
Rocky Mountain News
New ‘ York
Harvard
Twelyo
Boston Journal
Gaischlaa
Peter
Denmark
Anmor
Bnt
Chicago
Nerald
India
Calcutta
Orlesa
Washington Star
New York Tribune
Milas
Mr. Sin
Stolias
Sonal
New York Journal
Australia
England
Watr
M. Pasteur
Rogora
Mr. Glainhér
Pike's Peak
Colorado
C. W. Dann
Mediterranean
Albert
British Society of Arts
Rowland Will
Prince Consort
Ocean
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