Vast Figures and Global Ties Highlight 19th Century News
A sweeping collage covers health rulings on death certificates, wealth and population disparities in the United States, California gold and quicksilver output, Rothschilds’ American investments, and British emigration policies. It notes European trade moves, ship losses, and curious ads, then shifts to London water needs, Russian emigration, China’s openness, Yangtze trade, and Pekin views on the United States, concluding with a stark soldier-to-citizen ratio comparison between America and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
United States
Jetter Mail
Ficre
San
Wero
Pekin Gazette
Nam
Out In The Woods Maples And The Spink Spank Song
A Columbus Dispatch item describes a woodland scene where maple trees drip and a musical spink spank chime echoes. Children hear a silver tink as waters flow from great trees and through a rustic maple trough, summoning violets with seasons meet.
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Min
Columbus
The Wrong Tooth by William P Brown
A humorous tale recounts a dentist names Doctor Gumwell who pulls the wrong tooth during a dramatic dental procedure. A widowed client sues for damages, then he woos and wins her, proposing marriage as the legal case collapses. a mock coin is created with a tooth as a pendant.
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Afra
Doctor Gumwell
Aingl
Nestor
Gum Well
the Epoch
Equine Freak Delights Local Passersby With Mustached Horse
At the Montgomery avenue and Kearney Street corner a gray horse with a prominent mustache draws attention. The animal, six years old and born in Mexico, works as an express wagon horse for its owner who tends the unusual feature with care though rarely touches it. The horse appears content with its city task and has no ambition for exhibition fame.
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Montgomery Avenue
Kearney Street
Nio
Mexico
San Francisco
Counterfeit PeaceRnn Dollar Threat to Large Notes
A bogus United States Treasury note for $1000 circulates and menaces the money supply. Five notes reportedly passed at a bank while plates exist elsewhere ready to print high denomination currency. The forger Charles J. Smith Ho, once an engraver, created a duplicate plate and printed $208,000 in bonds before being caught by accident.
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United States Treasury
Mving
Charles J. Smith Ho
United States
Here
Curious Headgear and Fashion Fads Across Time
A collage of mid century fashion notes and curiosities. It describes a hat with a crayfish and goldfish motif, a tall jet feathered cap, an instep pad fashion, jewelry trends featuring Lizargé and opals, feats by famous women, and evolving dressmaking tips for stout figures with emphasis on skirts, bodices, and embroidery.
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Lapornucopis
New York Recorder
Fashion Notes from Brooklyn and New York World
Fashion and décor trends span from tea gowns and jackets to embroidery silks and bonnets. Descriptions cover fabrics, colors, trims, and silhouettes, with notes on youth wear, mourning gowns, and the revival of vintage jewelry alongside practical ready made outfits for domestic workers. The piece also recounts Billy Tinker the engineer who spoke to his locomotive, and a tongue in cheek comparison of fish farming to beef in weight gain.
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Enteria
Chicago
Brad
New York
Billy Tinker
Audor- Kon
Tinker
Ho Ling
Eric
New York Journal
Touch Detects Counterfeits and Carnival in Europe
A Treasury officer explains counterfeit detection by touch, noting experienced tellers spot fakes in a mix of genuine bills. The piece references counterfeit teaching, crew safeguards, and the two dollar silver certificate. It also recounts Nice carnival customs, King of Folly, and idolatry in India with temple rites and reforms.
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Treasury Department
Cincinnati Times-Star
Father and Son Debate Excuse for Lateness
A humorous dialogue shows a father scolding a late son over missing his overshoes and marbles. The servant mentions a neighbor, while the father urges choosing a profession that leads to fame, then wealth, ending with the son declaring he'll be a professional baseball player.
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Lato
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE TINNED MEAT AND CLEANING TIPS
A collection of household advice from a 19th century source includes methods to sweeten tainted meat by exposing it to coffee fumes, and to prevent paint from sealing on iron or wood by treating with hot oil. It also covers washing blankets with borax solutions, a simple DIY toilet table appliance using a brick, and several recipes for corn bread pound cake and Lyonnaise potatoes. The notes mention dietary hints, clothing care, and a brief passage on the Colville river forests in Alaska.
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Chicago News
Caaca
Philadelphia Record
Lyonnalac
Scientific scraps and marvels from science pages of old
A compilation notes galvanic corrosion, ozone generation by electricity, eucalyptus clearances near water mains in Santa Barbara, and Prussia considering explosive use shifts. It covers earth motion heat, incandescent lamp economics, Thompson’s electric discharge speed, water quality, plant iron uptake, a magnetic disturbance near Australia, coal dye yields, a new magia mirror in France, gender strength comparisons, Alpine vegetation shifts, earth shape debates, fulgurite glass from lightning, and a dramatic tale of a mother rat destroying her brood after trapping.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Prussia
Meyer Haa
J. J._ Thompson
Uaing
Cossack
Australia
France
Parle
Alps
Valencia
Ireland
Orek
Russia
Washington
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California State Board of Health
California
Rothschilde
United British Waner's Emigration Association
Britain
British North America
Germany
Bolum
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Great Britain
New York Malland Express
Kentucky
Brazil
San Francisco Chronicle
London
Rivera Thames
Lea
China
Chung-King
Anghal
William P. Brown
Droston
Jove
Ladies Department
New York Tribune
Lizargé
Detroit Free Press
Samsons
Louis XV
Theatre Francafa
Mlle
Gauthier
Maurice de Saxe
England
Misa Bettle Thompson
Kerra
Capitola
Europe
Leona Dare
Carrie Wilton
San Franisco Examiner
Brooklyn Citizen
Oo Fashion Notes
Nica
Nice
Prince of Wales
Nicois
Car- Nivel
Belford’s Magazine
India
Cruikshank
Scribner
Colville River
Alaska
Yukon
Arctic Ocean
Inthtade
New York Voice
Brown
Washington Hotel
Thera
Philadelphia
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