Townsend attacks Columbus and a long beard record tale
The column mocks George Alfred Townsend's attack on Columbus's private character and notes Philip Hensen of Corinth with a world’s longest beard. It covers rail plans for Damascus, UK telegraph losses, California prunes, a 480 New York publications total, and various curiosities from pores to wax, plus big real estate and transit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Alfred Townsend
Gath
Columbus
Spain
Philip Hensen
Corinth
Miss
Tensen
Newsman
Philadelphia
Chestnut
Fourth Street
America
Wall Street
New York City
Simple Village Love and Foundling Nurse
The tale follows Minette a lively foundling nurse in a hospital who brightens all with song and kindness. Her voice draws a benefactor and suitor Dr Octave while she stays loyal to the hospital and its children after losing her foster parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Minette
Beinette
Hebe
Mrs
Louis
Foundling Hospital
Lunette
Octave
Christine Nilsson
Jenny Lind
Minnie Hauk
New York
Clara Louise Kellogg
Clara
Keliopf
Jeanne Arc
Flowers and school grounds teaching children in beauty
The article argues school grounds should educate through neatness, shade, belts of evergreens, borders of hardy shrubs, and perennial flowers. It recommends sunward front beds, vines over walls, and bulbs to create daily lessons linking nature with lifelong learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Curious shirt stitching figures and dressmaking notes
A column outlines a detailed shirt stitch count totaling twenty thousand six hundred twenty, breaking down collar work, button holes, hemming, and sleeves. It also discusses English amateur dressmakers, notable women who rose from modest beginnings, and Mexican duenna customs with a playful bead-card courtship tradition.
Fashion Notes and Insects in a Bustling Era Wardrobe
A long read blends 19th century fashion cues with textile trends and color emphases. Velvet trims lace and ribbons appear in outerwear and gowns while new silhouettes like divided skirts and reform dresses gain favor alongside practical guides for stinging insects and first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ake
Failla Francaise
Fueture
Sarah
Bullfights in Madrid Stir Debate and Niagara River Plans
The article recalls a grand Madrid bullfight with three bulls killed amid royal spectators including the king and queen. It contrasts the bulls doomed for entertainment with the horses’ fate. It also notes Buffalo businessmen seeking $100,000 for Niagara River power plans, similar to Schaffhausen turbine systems, and quips about a burglary scene and ancient healing superstitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Chandler Moulton
Cosmopolitan
Madrid
Roatan - Colosseum
Yrastha
Isabella
Niagara River
Buffalo
Schaffhausen
Rhine
New, York World
Reform of released convicts in society debate
A fragment shows Col Jerger questioning a man about subscribing a small sum for a Society to reform newly released convicts. The dialogue hints at a long twenty year effort with little visible reform and raises questions about effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerger
Siftioes
Indian Baby Life Described by Overland Monthly
Description of Apache babies strapped in deerskin baskets as they travel with squaws and ponies. A misbehaving pony causes a chaotic ride with dogs barking, a fall, and a mother hurriedly freeing the infant. Readers observe the scene with amused concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Monthly
Confederate War Ring Owned by Dr Reeder of Arkansas
Dr L Reeder of Pleasant Plain Arkansas owns a rare Confederate war ring weighing 8 pennyweights. The heavy 22 carat gold piece features a bloodstone seal, a furled flag, a helmet, eagle shield, seven secession giants, and epaulets and major general motifs. The ring is valued by collectors but not for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Reeder
Pleasant Plain
Arkansas
Reeder
Little Rock (Ark
How Camphor Is Made In Japan From Wood Chips To Crystals
A traditional Japanese method uses felled trees cut into chips placed in water and heated to release camphor in a multi tub system. Steam rises from the tub bottom, oil and camphor form and travel through bamboo connections to a two chamber last tub where camphor crystallizes on straw and is packed for market. Oil is used for illumination and other purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Fall of the Alamo told by Crompton eyewitness
Col. R L Crompton, living witness from Roxbury, recalls joining Travis at San Antonio. He describes fierce street fighting, wall by wall house to house combat, Milam and Bowie deaths, Travis’s last stand, and the Texans’ final slaughter as Santa Anna overruns the Alamo with around 160 Americans opposed by about 1600 Mexicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Crompton
Roxbury
Mass
Massachusetts
Lexington
Kentucky
Texas
Travis
San Antonio de Bexar
Star
Vereminda
Milam
San Antonio
Santa Anna
Maverick
Alamo
Houston
Lman
The
Col. Bowie
Davy Crockett
Microscopic bubbles in minerals and other 19th century curiosities
The article reports estimates of air and liquid bubbles in quartz, notes photographs of lightning for the Royal Meteorological Society, mentions gelatine as a batter adulterant, and cites Dr. Riegler’s photo of a bullet in flight. It also covers meteoric iron in lignite beds in Austria and typhoid germ transmission by water, plus a Paris museum rebuilding method and observations on spider parental care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Meteorological Society
London
Bt. James Gazette
Riegler
Perth
Upper
Austria
Museum of the Arts and Trades
Paris
Boxing the ears and injuries in a medical view
Dr. Samuel Sexton discusses fifty one ear injuries from blows including boxing and assaults in males and females. The report notes recurring cases from husbands teachers parents and lovers with varied outcomes from inflammation deafness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sexton
Ht Hassuper
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Staten Island
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Colorado
Utah
Indiana Field
Chicago
Potomac Flats
Washington
Hains
Capitol
Botanical Gardens
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Monument Park
White Lot
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Manitoba
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Hostor
Woodbine
Ida Whipple
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Norway
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Nels Knutson
Gen. Jackson
Jack Jensen
Washing Georgeson
Judge Brown
Little Brown Jogson
Blowyourfog Hornson
Blowyourhorn Fogson
Nyson
Johnny
Dane
Lile
Arma Team
England
Picayune
Shakespeare
Antolyeus
Cyprus
Dry Goods Chronicle
Sarah Bernhardt
Adelaide Neilson
Duennas
Mexico
Ards
Indy
Soldman
Biale de Confianza
Troy Times
SPORT
King
Alonzo Littlewaite
Tlonor Smong
PhiladelphiCall
Arthur
William
Chicago National
George M
Frank A
Fred H
Buffalo News
Earth
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