The Bicycle Gains Favor With Cowboys And Other Odds Ends
A survey of diverse notes from the era covers shifts like bicycles replacing horses among cowboys, Russia’s peasant land holdings, Turkish Asia Minor road conditions, and police drummers in Paris. It notes mistletoe abundance in Arkansas swamps, a Pittsburg hairdresser’s bold sign, Montana gold prospecting gains, and concerns over Brazil rubber forests. Also mentioned are Spain’s Infanta Ena, frugal populist congressmen, Polk’s tomb relocation funding, and deserter issues between US and Britain with anecdotes about Arbuckle and a past prairie era.
Noted Fragments on Property, Sealing, and Fortunes Across Regions
A Nebraska homestead worth about 2000 sits idle after six years. Great Britain hosts associations insuring elopement and matrimony. A Maine farmer finds a gold watch in an apple tree and suspects the thief. President Thwing cautions young women overindulgence in dancing and candy. Manitoba Assiniboia and BC farms spur calls for more government experiment stations. New York law firm incomes reach around 250000 yearly, with partners' shares high. Top judgeships access 3000 to 8000. At Causbrook Castle a 200 ft deep well shows sound travels to water 182 ft below. Commander Indlow notes pelagic sealing at 60000 skins, valued near 3100000. The San Francisco Argonaut cites New York fortunes from real estate gains and obtaining franchises from the state or city.
Petroleum Growth and Bicycle Popularity in 19th Century News
The New York Sun notes bicycles are common in rural New England towns beside taverns, while the 1893 panic shows manufacturers preparing for renewed demand. The New York Independent cites ongoing stock contractions, urging prompt operation of mills. A Bolles report charts Pennsylvania oil growth, exports rising from 28 million to 700 million gallons by 1891, with oil prices falling from 61 to 6 cents per gallon, extensive pipeline and rail infrastructure, and capital estimates nearing 87 million dollars in wells and 65 million in refining plants plus a broader industry value near 300 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
New England
New York Independent
Pennsylvania
Albert
Bolles
State Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Pennsylvania Wells
Janis
Doaka
Meaning of Pledemy a Health in Anglo-Saxon Times
The piece explains that at banquets in Anglo-Saxon culture the host drinking from a shared cup would request a pledge to protect him while arms were raised. The pledge bearer would thrust the cup towards treachery and guard the drinker from harm, often with a drawn word or protective act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroitoe Press
Love and life in a restless Atlanta note
Fragmentary verse from the Atlanta Constitution discusses love as a home and rest, with muddled phrases about peace pain gain and loss. It hints at life’s comforts and hardships within a relationship, framed in musical, rhythmic lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Reconciliation and Love Heal Long Neighbour Feud
In a Possum Ridge tale, Isaac Burton and Mrs. Martin reconcile after Lindy Burton’s death. Sam Gross urges forgiveness to end the cross‑fence feud that kept the Burton and Martin families apart for thirty years. Mrs. Martin agrees to marry Isaac, uniting farms and ending the dispute asSam helps broker peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Taane Burton
Isaac
Lindy
Tisane
Sam
Ike
Mis’ Burton
Nksuestoe
Deward
Mis’ Martin
Tenae
Martin
Sam Gross
Iko
Mis
Asthfa
Mont
Scriptur
Mrs. Martin
Mrss Martin
Doator
Possum Ridge
Ianae
Mia
Min
Taane
Jane
Tenac
Frank Leslie
Nature house in Cabine Canyon displays ancient rocky dwelling
A San Francisco Call item describes a rock house built into canyon walls in Cabine Canyon Arizona. Prospector known as Mike occupies the cave like dwelling with a 100 foot wall and 25 foot door. The piece links its look to Egyptian architecture and Salt River Valley caves. It also recalls ancient feats leading to parachute invention and early air descent attempts in Egypt and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabine Canyon
Arizona
Mike
Salt River Valley
San Francisco
What He Would Do From A National Pastime and More
A collage of humor from Harper’s Bazar, Chicago Record, Puck, Truth, Life, Judge, and New York Press riffs on loans, jealousies, and social foibles. Jokes mix commentary on money, dating, manners, and everyday oddities with witty exchanges and cartoonish characters across a mosaic of 19th century periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dreaming Moon Visit Draws Dawn of Doubt
A collage of quips from several papers shows odd dream talk and a dog catchers scene. The Washington News hints at the moon dream while the Washington Star recounts a dog story and a Parisian dog Bijon whose French Canadian bride concerns an accent.
The Ethnology of Folk Songs and A War Story
A Muscial Herald essay argues that folk songs reveal deep cultural truth through music not words. It cites how pitch, tempo, and timbre expose feelings, while a Civil War era anecdote shows mercy shaping fate. The piece links ethnology to expressive voice and human condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirs
Musical Herald
Herbert Spencer
History of Looking Glasses and Mirrors Through Time
The article traces mirror history from ancient brass and polished stones to fifteenth century German Arat glass, later Venice mirror manufacture in the early sixteenth century, and notes that by James I's era mirrors were worn by all genders as ornaments on hats girdles or belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
South America
Germany
Venice
James I
Chicago Herald
Politicians' Day accident and world news in brief
The report covers a Politicians Day crowd in Trenton where Claverly the tight rope performer fell mortally. It notes Aston's Nourmahbal striking a roof in the Hudson and beached. Receivers for Jarvis Conklin Mortgage Trust named by Judge Lacombs. Also reports robberies, trials, weather, and global items from New York to Dublin, with executions, shipwrecks, and a large array of incidents across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Trenton
Claverly
Joux Jacon Aston
Nourmahbal
Hudson River
New York
Thas
Lauren Mf. Jarvis
Rolland R. Conklin
Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Company
Bangory Lake
Lir Tar Lutheran Synod
Bellefonte
Penn
W. H. Diver
Newport
Synod
Charch
New York City
Frank Ellison
Henriques
Tettst
Tayax
Auburn
Carnanzing Fitzoznaty
John J. Fitzgerald
McLaughlin
James Pearsall
Russian Skins Cargo Clears San Francisco Dock
The Kotick steamship from Russia delivered a rare Bering Sea catch to Copper Inland rookery privileges owners. Manifests show 93,830 fur skins valued at 15 each, 134 sea otter skins at 100 each, 480 bear skins, and 800 ankles, totaling over 500,000. Captain Tohentkoff notes strict patrol within thirty miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kotick
San Francisco
Cal
Benjukin Company
New York
Tohentkoff
Bering Sea
Captain Tomnasevicz Guilty In Court Martial Exile
Captain Tomnasevicz of the Russian artillery faced a Warsaw court martial for mistreating a sentinel and forging papers. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to exile in Siberia. Upon the verdict, he drew a pistol and killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomnasevicz
Warsaw
Poland
Mn Sentinel
Siberia
Tomasseylos
Oll
Haramax Peex Co and allied firms in New York City
Fragmented late news item notes a Jersey cow herd owned by Philp Rineman struck by a train near Buttonwood Pennsylvania with eleven killed and $1600 loss. It also mentions a court report of Batrrn, cousin of Prince Ferdinand Leopold Palfly, suiciding in Mahwah New Jersey, and a Swiss marriage controversy. A seafaring party capsizes near Coos Bay Oregon with four drowned. Interior Department appropriations for the year ending June 30 1895 estimated at 176,779,184, rising from 180,037,680. Rebellion in the Argentine Republic reported as entirely suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vasaznous
White House
Cleveland
Secnerant Henorst
Naval Service
Port Royal Naval Station
South Carolina
Tnzns
New York
Peter C. Doyle
Buffalo
Port of
John J. Kennedy
Valentine Pieckenstein
Rochester
Trweaty Eighth District
War Department
United States
Cherokee Strip
Grxraan Woreton
Alabama
Tus
Haramax, Peex & Co
Irms
New York City
Philp Rineman
Buttonwood
Penn
Batrrn
Ferdinand Leopold Palfly
Presburg
Hungary
Mahwah
XK. J
Rudolph Ol
Secartany Ssrt
Secretary of the Treasury
Interior Department
Man With Revolver Wounds Wall Street Officials
Cassius Belden, a carriage painter, entered the Chicago Board of Trade gallery at 1145 a.m. and opened a volley of shots. Ammi Bennett, secretary of the Board of Trade Mutual Benefit Association, was seriously wounded, C. W. Roswell was badly injured, and Mrs. W. W. Lewis received a flesh wound. Tom Barrett of Boyden & Co restrained Belden, who was captured after a brief struggle. A mob demanded lynching before police arrived. Belden had recently been released from an insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassius Belden
Chicago Board of Trade
Ammi Bennett
Board of Trade Mutual Benefit Association
C. W. Roswell
Western Union Telegraph Company
W. W. Lewis
Titusville
Penn
Balden
Bennett
Roswell
Sversinos
Ince
Strackswell
Bia
Tom Barrett
Boyden & Co
Fialee
Ios
Asylum
National game notes and shifting lineups in major leagues
A garbled round of baseball observations cites Tre Louisvilles rising fame next season and Pittsburgh players hitting over .300. It mentions New York’s batting strength, uneven pitching, and manager changes with comments on civic incidents and a Phillies profit share. The fragment includes standings and league records amid uncertain names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvilles
Pittsburo
Feld
Cloomnst Nezxaroy
Brooklyn
New York
Exzrux
New Yorks
Tarr
Carrer Comber
Cincinnati
Plockney
Louisville
Nervain
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Indian Territory
Taz
Cross
Ted “Grae Byphia Club
Prominent People Teem With Names From The Era
A jumble of biographical notes lists Frederick L. Amesisdend of Boston as a rich New England figure, W H Pmirrs of Pittsburgh plans a World’s Fair exhibit donation, operatic singer Mur Scaucur keeps eleven parrots in Turip Italy, and Learn Stagroup’s San Francisco estate stipend rose to 810,000 monthly amid Senator Stanford’s estate disputes. Also named are Parry the pork packer Anmoun, and Tucaxna Lad Woortax tied to frontier days. brief sketches reflect wealth, travel, art, and frontier lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Amesisdend
Romery Beart
Boston
New England
Graperoxs
Dinckcraig
Horace
Mr. Eckeln
W. H. Pmirrs
Pittsburg
Mur
Scaucur
Turip
Italy
Europe
Stanford
San Francisco
Parry
Anmoun
Chicago
Trinidad
Col
Kit Carson
Hooke Mountains
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russia
Turkish
Asia Minor
Paris
Arkansas
Gould Railroad
Theophilus Browne
Montana
Department of Agriculture
India
Infanta Enlalis
Spain
Land
London
Princes Louis
Alfonso
Walt Butler
Jons
Capitol
Congressman Butler
James K. Polk
Polk Place
Nashville
Tenn
Polk
Tennessee
Great Britain
Arbuckle
Canadas
Baya
Brooklyn Eagle
Denver
Missouri
Nebraska
Maine
Thwing
Manitoba
Assiniboia
British Columbia
Recorder
Causbrook Castle
Isle of Wight
Indlow
Mohican
Bering Ben
Seal Islands
DY Thomas P. Montfort
Egypt
Green
Fairmount Park
Ite
Fenrsa
Amith
Harper's Bazar
Puck
Frs. Rickarts
Young Spriggs
Josiah Snassafras
Judge
Bella Pontingly
Charlie
Bella
Plaisance
Czar
Dearest
Czarina
Bessemer
Baby
Bobbetter
Johnny
New York Press
Gladys
Eleanor
S. Smithson
Insane Asylum
New York Weekly
Dawson
Rimer
Tate
Edouard
Washington News
Washington Star
Jefferson Avenna Manajon
Bijon
Rnip Bijon
Detroit Free Press
Music
Judge Livingston
Georgia
General Cornwall
Massachusetts
Cogswell
Atlanta
Sie
Portland
Oregon
Saxnor Doyatioz
Coconino County
HR. G. Harris
Bob Dunlap
Jim Baker
Andy Dimond
Tome Persons
Seoon
Gulfport
Kentucky
Ilineis
Michigan
Wiirras Been
Birmingham
Als
Charleston
8. C
James Island
Ashley River
Brunswick
Bhanks
Dublin
Ireland
Gronor McFanpex
Moore's Cross Heads
C. Dubosa
cRadden
Worse
Edgemont
Ohio
Carlo R
Genoa
Santos
Brazil
Argentina
Desterro
Admiral Mallo
Rosario
Atorman Gronor Ronzat Trire
Barcelona
France
Slam
Tur Golden Dragon
Koalgswitter
Aputnal Metro
Rio Janiero
Nictheroy
Coos Bay
Argentine Republic
Wnnatio
Lot
Baltimore
Philadel
Louis
Cloolanats
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