Diverse 19th Century Facts From United States and Europe
The item surveys long lists: Patrick Datey in Meriden makes a spring garden plow contract with his daughter, Joy Gould faces daily threats, massive telegraph and university statistics, George Fay's Mexico palace plans, Penn library funding, Kansas coal reserves and future profits, top insured Americans, German sickness insurance, a Pennsylvanian railroad chaperon, hypnotism claims, railroad impact on forests, and legislation to curb land settlement and wasteful wood clearance.
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Patrick Datey
Ol-Meriden, Conn
George User
Haunted memories and wedding at Atwood gossip tale
A fragmented 19th century prose piece blends lyric memory with a new marriage scene. Allan Thurman and Amanda wed in Atchison with townspeople watching, a light hearted ceremony preceded by staged pictures, amid a chaotic, humorous backdrop.
Mystery Visitor at Galesbury Hotel Draws Laughs
A Chicago Tribune report recounts Lloyd Stansbury of the Union hotel in Galesbury, Illinois discovering a mysterious man named Allan Thurman from Atwood, Kansas planning to marry a Columbus, Ohio bride after advertising for a husband. The tale follows Thurman’s bold declarations and a comical encounter with Amanda Stunt as she arrives to meet him.
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Amanda
Atwood
Balleterie
Romintice
Allan
A. R. Thain
Stansbury
Atchison
Retchen
Lloyd Stansbury
Union
Galesbury
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Stansbury
Indy
Danno
Allan Thurman
Kan
Ifo
Amanda Stunt
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Thurman
A Cheese Romance and a Letter in a Cheese Card Tale
A high school student hides a letter in cheese cards sent to Europe. A York England girl finds it in October and correspondence follows. She visits Buffalo and Springville with her companion, becoming his guest. A second item reports brassy thefts by youths in France posing as dignitaries to beguile funds from a Laval convent.
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York
England
Au Buffalo
Springville
Buffaloxpress
Nitus
Frince
New York Journal
France
Laval
Atta
Chioa
Nho
Chicago Herald
Duck Shooting in the Wild Duck Wintering Grounds
A Harper's Weekly style description patrols the Mississippi valley and Gulf coast lagoons as wintering ducks, geese, pelicans, cranes, and other waterfowl swarm the lakes. It explains vivid flight, varied species, challenging mud, and how local hunters and enslaved workers rely on the sport for subsistence, with dogs and crews aiding retrieval.
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Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
Enid
Harper's Weekly
Wonderful Lightning Bugs and New Haven Founding
The article notes tropical fireflies emit green light brightest during activity with bluish eyes and recalls Dubois experiments on pyrophorus larvae. It also mentions a 7638 Quidipinc convention in Connecticut where New Haven was named after adopting the Bible as its early constitution.
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America
Dubois
Hay
New Haven
Quidipinc
Conn
Four Princesses and Burtha Highlight Needlework in Rich History
The piece notes the four princesses daughters of Edward the Elder and Burtha wife of Edward the Confessor as famed needle workers. It contrasts their skill with the Danes dark garb, praising feminine refinement and attire changes. It also mentions a White House novelty, the first marriage in the blue room and the first mistress of the historic mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward the Elder
Athelstan
Burtha
Edward the Confessor
Oeedlewoihan
England
Chicago Mail
White House
Mail and Express
Woman Creates Home and Dining Aid for Parisian Workers
A woman known as Miss Atterbury, an American Indy, started a home in Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, Paris, to shelter and support shop girls after work. Milo Guinaud oversees the place, with talks of adding night rooms and a restaurant, funded by donors. The home serves diverse nationalities, offering shelter, advice, and companionship as its popularity grows.
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Atterbury
Indy
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Paris
Milo
Guinaud
Chicaro Tates
Tiny States Toward the Pyrenees and the Liver of Monaco
The article surveys micro republics in Europe from Andorra to Monaco. It details government structures, populations, and historical shifts from Genoese rule to French protection, noting Monacos prince and tax abolition and a brief tale of a royal domain King of Tovalara. It also includes unrelated anecdotes from Chicago Inter Ocean and remarks on a Liverpool post mortem heart rupture.
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Andorra
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Charlemagne
Urgal
San Marino
Italy
Alpina
Aca
Marinus
Interior
Principality
Monaco
Mediterranean
Thia
National Convention of
Paris
Sardinia
Nice
Charles III
Kingdom of Tavalars
Bartoleoni
Tovolara
Paul I
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Liverpool
Getter Esata
Ingenious preservation of roses with salt and spice jars
The article describes a cheeky habit where girls preserve admirers flowers by layering salt and spices in jars. They arrange petals as each bouquet arrives, tasting fragrance as the jar fills, with sentimental buyers peeking in to gauge progress and detect the perfume of new conquests.
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New York World
Fashionable Diamonds Vanish Behind Gold Masks
A richly dressed young woman drew notice at a theater as two $2000 solitaire earrings vanished from view. Reporters note she concealed the gems with gold studs, enabling street wear by day and dazzling display at the playhouse, a trend tied to new fashion masking theft risk.
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Elain
New York Mail and Express
Tie
Mlatdun Lane
Treaty Stone of Limerick Signatures on a Provened Treaty
The Treaty Stone in Limerick is a large unhewn limestone block famed for its role as the signing desk after the city capitulated following two sieges. Sarsfield De Ginkle and English commissioners signed the articles here, later ratified by Wallan HT, but never kept by the Koulish, and Davig notes the ink dried quickly.
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Limerick
Ireland
Sarsfield
de Ginkle
Wallan HT
Koulish
Davig
A Dog That Waters the TWorses
Cyrus Sturtevant of Ware keeps a remarkable dog from Almor Conlon valued at $100, rejected $300, able to ride, hold reins, fetch whips and kerchiefs, identify each horse, water one and lead others. The liver-colored three year old weighs sixty five pounds and is gentle and affectionate.
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Cyrus Sturtevant
Ware
Almor—Conlon
Boston Globe
Poisoned Through the Teeth in MedicalOpinion
Physicians warn that venom from human teeth is a troublesome poison. A doctor cites severe blood poisoning cases from knuckles striking teeth in a fight and notes hands were saved from amputation only through extensive medical care. He suggests many causes may spread this poisonous condition of the teeth.
Origin of a Sign and the Medici Three Balls
A historical note explains how the three golden balls, emblematic of the Medici moneylenders, became a universal sign of pawnbroking. It traces the sign to Lombardy and England and links it to a family tradition of lending, suggesting the emblemible pills once marked their trade.
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Lombardy
England
Medici
Timamy
Odor Molecules and Sensitivity Reach Tiny Scales
The text discusses musk as an infinitesimal molecule and the eye cannot see atoms yet smell detects them. It notes that a drop of thyme oil with sugar and alcohol can perfume twenty-five gallons of water. Mentions long-tried perfume experiments and camphor sensitivity at extremely small weights.
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Haller
Outlandish Claims and Notable Notes From Early Science
A scatter of brief items reports on hearing distance claims about Osh, butterflies in South Africa, and heat from carbonic acid gas. It notes diphtheria’s invasion route, a rabbit rabies experiment, paper mold making, and Australian giant caterpillars. Mentions rainfall links to forests, bone growth effects of phosphorus, and oil’s calming impact on waves. Admiral Clone’s oil quantity, left-handedness theory, and baldness debates are cited. Also covers Indiana amphibians, farmer boys contributing to science, and the outlaw Bill Gregory’s criminal career.
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South Africa
Robert Trimon
Australia
Onif
Sydney
Kisel
St. Petersburg
Russia
Dakota
Yankton
Grafton
Tanga
Clone
O. P. Hay
Indiana
Popular Science Monthly
Penny Advice Echoes in Irish Family Banter
A fragment from the New York Sun recalls a family quip about pennies and dollars. The speaker Pa jokes that if you take care of the pennies the dollars will follow while Unca James teases Bobby about responsibility and money.
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Sike Unca- James
Bobby
New York Sun
Local Diner Scene Sparks Kids’ Scent Memory
A humorous fragment shows a boy near a restaurant window joking about the soup smell. A companion covers his nose claiming not to smell soup yesterday, hinting at appetite and curiosity in a crowded dining setting.
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Jimmy
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Joy Gould
Pinu
Western Union Telegraph Co
United States
Kansas
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Sn Fransisco
George Fay
Guanajuato
Mexico
City
Babylon
University of Pennsylvania
Ane
Leavenworth
David Hostettar
Pittsburg
Hamilton Diston
Philadelphia
George I. Anderson
Chicago
P. Lorillard
New Jersey
Leipsic
Hamburg
Pennnsylvania_railroad
I. F. Bender
New York” Graphic
Independent
Renre
Missouri
Jong
Luther G. G
Theo
Aman
Oman
Washington Therald
Louisiana
East Royal Weavers
Bride
Fashion Notes
John Wesley
Methodigm
Jeremy Taylor
Butler
Coolertilgo
Camartine
Harvard University
Boston
Joseph Cook
James Freeman Clark
Borgh
New York Society
New York Graphic
Pigmy Nations
Europe
Tavolara
Robby
Fiel
Tom
Jini
St “Youn
Boston Courier
New York
Adail Bird
Atlanta Constitution
Atusk
Scientific Sciaps
Felz
G Wag
Eston
Gouinlock
T.—Wesley=Mills
Bill
Gregory
Terre Haute
Mosier
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