Reader Notes on 19th Century Education and Society
A collage of 19th century observations: London school board growth from none to 410 schools serving 426000 children by 1891. debates on road versus rail freight costs. sunflower cultivation expansion in Russia and California oil prospects. German population growth and urban policing scales. English prison reform views. Dutch city shapes Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague and social fortunes. portrayal of Indian delegations in Washington seeking aid and friction at the Indian Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Junging
San Joaquin Valley
Commenta
San Francisco Chronicle
California
Volland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hague
Stotterdam
England
Germany
France
Washington
Indian Bureau
Leech Lake
Minn
Indiavus
Noble
When Daylight Dies Poem Excerpt by Bernard Emery
Poem fragment from Terpsichore contemplates fading daylight and returning summer skies. It describes shadows, a bluebird, and hopeful dawns as light wanes and night appears, reflecting on time and nature.
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Bernard Emery
Terpsichore
That Cat. A Magnolia Creek Love Triangle Drama
The tale centers on Janie Brownlow and Mark Peters rivaling over a cat and a failing marriage. Neighboring homesteads, their quarrel, a dog named Rover, a fiery chimney incident, and a dramatic rescue weave a rural melodrama of love, temper, and eventual reconciliation amid persistent gossip.
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Magnolia Creek
Janie Brownlow
Mark Peters
Brownlow
Peters
Janie
Mark
Brown- Jow
Jife
Junto
Cata
Thomas
Rover
Wonderful Wells and the Great Dakota Irrigation Boom
A vivid account describes hundreds of high pressure artesian wells in South Dakota and neighboring North Dakota. The piece cites jumps in irrigation potential, yields of 5000 gallons per minute, acreage watered by various depth wells, and the idea that a vast crystalline water basin underlies the James River region. It notes irrigation laws from 1891 and debates about water sources for rivers like the Missouri and Yellow. An accompanying anecdote contrasts burglary’s risk with its elusive rewards, ending with a cautionary memory from New York Sun.
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Jim River
Dakars
Sanborn
Miner
McCook
Woonsocket
Turon
Springsfield
Tyndall
Huron
Great Basin
Melville Township
Isaac
Enid
James River
Huphos County
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Cascadea
Great Falls
Montana
Pet's Magazine
Stringed Instruments Through the Violin's Enduring Craft
Public Opinion notes the violin's long dominance among stringed instruments. It traces sourcing from Southern Tyrol forests to Cremona, detailing wood types used by Brescian and Cremona makers and the preservation of classic form through centuries.
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Tyrol
Gardo
Mincio
Mantua
Como
Milan
Lake Maggiore
Ticino
Cremona
Life Among Birds and Longevity in Species
German biologist Weismann notes our knowledge of birds is incomplete given many ornithologists and societies. Small songbirds live eight to eighteen years while ravens near a century in captivity. fowls ten to twenty. wild geese over a hundred and swans around 300. The long lifespans tie to low fertility. St Kilda gannets yield twenty thousand young and many eggs yearly though each bird lays one egg annually and matures in four years, not diminishing numbers.
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Weismann
St. Kilda
Scotland
Scientific American
Bear of Fact and of Fiction Across Story and Reality
A New York Tribune note contrasts fiction’s and reality’s bears, noting the black bear as a fighting image in tales. It recalls legends of Indian conflicts and tribes, including a warrior with a clown necklace and fears of Suva the panther and Ucar’s realm.
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Suva
Ucar
Meg
Brain
New York Tribune
Poisonous honey and wax from poisonous flowers
The Boston Transcript notes plants in parts of South America produce honey and wax colored bluish green and highly poisonous. Bees feeding on these flowers can contaminate honey and wax, sometimes mistaken for indigestion. No poisonous honey is produced in the United States, though nectar from certain trees can darken honey.
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South Armerica
United States
Boston
Scientific Scraps Of 19th Century Innovations And Findings
A compilation of varied scientific notes covers electric tanning, long-lived wild geese, banana flour color, wood pavements germ risk, a new mouth examination instrument for horses, cheap aluminium for actinic photography, microbe counts in contaminated areas, paper rails and paper wheels, French use of melinite explosive, deep sea life zones, movable ballast pendulums to smooth ship rolling, Gulf Stream volume calculations, Kansi timber in Australia, large English church organs with hydraulic and electric wind power, pneumatic actions in organs, zinc chloride log preservation via the Paster process, and green timber treatment.
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Luigi Manfredi
Naples
Italy
Berlin
Gulf Stream
Cape Florida
Australia
Yosemite
England
Spd
Austria
Ladies Department and Women's Office Trends Evident in 19th Century Press
The excerpt surveys women's work and roles, noting a proposed office-in-home concept with furnishings and a New York insurance company staffing women agents in Western cities. It covers knighthood for women in Britain, women expanding into crafts like woodcarving and household management teaching, a tiger incident involving Miss Lucinda Gore in India, veiling fashion, gourd decoration trends, and a Berlin women’s hotel model, reflecting varied female pursuits and social ideas of the era.
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Newields
London Spectator
Lucinda Q. Goto
Lackharabad
India
Miss Gore
New York
First Portrait of Guiteau Described by Jail Guard
Captain Coleman recalls how Guiteau’s first likeness was created from verbally given details. A single enterprising artist drew a near likeness after guards and counsel provided descriptions, producing a descriptive memory-based portrait. The text also mentions pygmy hogs at London Zoo and California naphalum deposits.
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Guiteau
Garfield
Coleman
Guitean
Simmediata
Vie Aseussil
Washington Post
Coventry Riot Over Tithe Tax Sparks Street Turmoil
A Coventry riot over the Church of England tithe tax ends with seized goods and mobs in the market. An auctioneer from Birmingham faces eggs and cabbage stalks as officers fail to control the crowd while farmers reclaim seized items. Nearby reports note Mayo Indians rising in Mexico with killings and state troop deployments.
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Coventry
England
Ehialy
Church of England
Birmingham
Tol
Guaymas
Mexico
Naofoan
San Tgnacio
Mayo River
Alamos
Ban Pedro
Neoton
Ban Ignacio
Torres
Conjuncan Tie
Magas
Los Pilares
Chicohullo
Yaqui
Deepest Salt Mine Near Spearenberg Berlin Germany
Reported near Spearenberg twenty miles from Berlin Germany the deepest salt mine in the world has reached 4194 feet with 3000 feet of pure rock salt. Government oversight began in 1869 to measure the salt vein thickness and the unknown saline layer beneath.
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Spearenberg
Berlin
Germany
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Joan PY. Sjolander
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Mark Petera
Sam
Junie
Jono
Biaino
Wineter
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Ife
Mack
Ehe
Satan
Sly
New York City
the Mattery
Olso
New York Telegram
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Trish Point Ince
Salta
Eton
China
Binel
Morocco
Leisure Stour
Myre
Spinks
Doge
Xanium
South Dakota
Farina
North Dakota
Eis
New York Sun
New Yorkity Insurance Company
Cites
Royal Order of
Victoria and Albert
Imperial Order of the Crown of India
Detroit Prep Press
Chicago Herald
Rebecca
New Orleans Picayune
Victoria Stift
London Zoological Gardens
Chicago
Calhfornia
House of Representatives
Lester
Buller
Scott
W. A. Stone
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Stone
Atkinson
Wergenlaul
Norway
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Bergen
Indiana
Indianapolis
Aaron Wirth
Jaya County
Serinagar
Cashmere
Sitka
Vermont
Bing
Lake
Tomiaga
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