Miscellaneous 19th Century News Snippets and Notes
A collage of short items notes cloud speeds around 89 miles per hour, voyages of Royal Berks volunteers to the front with sovereigns gifted by Colonel Boxall, Ruskin executors declining a full biography but planning diary selections, rural free delivery valued by a California ranch foreman, and Milne-Astor episode wrap with Sir Berkeley Milne's Navy funeral nomination as a royal gesture.
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Milne-Astor
Sir Berkeley
Milne
Admiralty
Asj
As Navy
Coburg
Centennial of John Marshall seat marked by legal groups
February 14 1901 marks the centennial of John Marshall’s Supreme Court seat. The event is led by the District of Columbia Bar Association with aid from the American Bar Association and ex Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh delivering the oration. Mrs Laura A Alderman owns South Dakota’s largest orchard near Harley Turner County comprising 150 acres with 8000 trees, two acres of plums, 1000 currant bushes, 1000 gooseberries, 500 grape vines and three acres of strawberries.
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John Marshall
Virginia
United States
Supreme Bench
Bar Association of the
District of Columbia
American ‘Bar _Association
Wayne MacVeagh
Laura A. Alderman
South Dakota
W. N. Irwin
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Hariey
Turner County
Bicycle Boom Defies Fad Predictions in Industry Note
A trade journal estimates American output of bicycles last year at about eight hundred fifty thousand wheels with over a hundred thousand for home use. The piece notes bicycles are no longer novelty and mocks those who called wheeling a temporary fad while predicting motion to motorcycles and automobiles.
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Jersey City
Ferry
Christ
Christ’s Garden
Martin, Luthers
St. Pauls
J Wycliffes
Latimers
Samuel Rutherfords
General de Peyster Denies Earth Movement Theories
Gen John Watts de Peyster a Civil War veteran aged 79 now turns to astronomy He has translated a Berlin professor Schoepffer lecture arguing that Kepler Newton Copernicus and followers erred in claiming the earth moves around the sun or rotates on its axis
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John Watts de Peyster
Berlin
Schoepffer
Kepler
Newton
Copernicus
Influence of a Remarkable Indian Girl in 1871 Hampton Journey
A fragmented 1871 account describes an Indian girl carried to Hampton, who steals a watermelon then offers it to a sun god as propitiation. In recent years she has served as a United States field nation among her tribe, traveling by bogey with wash tub and wringer to teach squaws basic domestic skills.
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Hampton
States
Hushema Yacigaane
Talmage Sermon on the Garden of the Church and its Flowers
The sermon likens the church to a garden planted by Christ with choice flowers and fruits. It praises martyrs and giants of faith, contrasts temperaments, and centers on the cross as the bloom of the garden, urging reverence for the church as Christ's cultivated space.
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Montgomery
Milton
Dante
Wordsworth
Pollok
Cowper
Spenser
Nahor
Heshbon
God
Job
Charlemagne
Henry IV
Montpellier
Shenstone
Pazel
Christ
Walter Scott
Abbotsford
Jesus
Klas
Christ’s
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Glek
Now Is the Day of Salvation in a Remote Sermon
A preacher urges listeners to seek Christ now as souls cling to sin like a sinking ship. He tells of a girl who cried Save me next and compares postponed salvation to missing the lifeboat, challenging hearers to pledge deliverance today.
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Shenstone
Christ
Jesus
Ballooning flies ride airships in bubbles of air
European zoologists I M Aldrich and L A Turley note some flies form tiny balloons from exuded bubbles to ride the sky. They claim flies steer these bubbles in any direction by body sway, and speculate one captured insect may have been placed intentionally for feeding on its journey.
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I. M. Aldrich
L. A. Turley
New York Herald
Detroits 200th Anniversary Monument Planned on River Island
Detroit prepares to mark two centuries since its founding with a tall monument on a Detroit River island. The 220 foot structure will feature statuary around a courtyard and a marble colonnade spanning 900 feet with 800 foot wings. The city traces its history to 1610 under French control and later British and American transfer.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Ite
Detroit River
Origin of the Word Deadhead Noted by Frederick Stanley
Frederick Stanley notes a Naples museum display of theater tickets carved in bone ivory and metal. He cites the pigeon loft as the theater gallery name and mentions ivory skulls aged by street admission rights, suggesting a possible derivation of the term deadhead.
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Frederick Stanley
Naples
Pompeii
100th Anniversary of John Brown Birthplace
The centennial celebration of John Brown’s birth is proposed in Torrington Connecticut. The birthplace house, built around 1776, has lately housed a family of African descent and shows little alteration, preserving an old New England homestead with historic character.
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John: Brown
John ‘Brown
Torrington
New - England
Silver coinage debate in 1896 Congress sparks McKinley praise
Congressman Richardson cites speeches supporting silver in currency, highlighting William McKinley as the key Republican proponent. He rails against gold standard politics and warns against imperial ambition, urging voters to back Bryan and liberty over McKinley and imperial tyranny.
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Congress
Paan
Hayes
Richardson
Indianapolis
Dick Bland
William’. J. Bryan
William McKinley
United States
American Congress
Wiliam
Meinley
Clay
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Alison
Rutherford B.hayes
Webster Davis Praised For South Africa Stand
The Peoria Journal extends confidence in Webster Davis praising his defection from his old party to champion Boer liberty. It asserts American interest remains in the South African fight, insists Davis made no error, and hails his choice as a wise, glorious act that elevates his memory among liberty loving men.
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Peoria Journal
Webster Davis
The
Journal
South Africa
Davis
Egypt
United States
de Wet
Botha
Bryan
Loyalist letter criticizing McKinley in Senate speech
Captain Patrick O'Farrell of Washington writes to Senator after a Senate address condemning the administration's Filipino policy. He declares himself a Republican abolitionist and Civil War veteran who supported McKinley on the stump, urging the senator to publish his speech for the factual critique.
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Patrick O'Farrell
Washington
Senate
Jefferson
Lincoln
McKinley
Politicians Need Reform, Not the People
A Florida Agriculturist critique argues reform should target politicians not citizens. It condemns professional office holders for seeking voter favor, shifting positions for advantage, and wielding corrupting influence over democracy. The piece urges curtailing political power to preserve democracy.
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Poltician
Florida Agriculturist
Travel Salesmen Debate Trusts In Omaha Row
The Omaha World-Herald and Omaha Bee clash over traveling men and trusts citing city census claims and broader national concerns. The Nonconformist notes newspapers defend trusts while Philadelphia platform leaders face criticism.
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the World-Herald
Omaha
Omaha Bee
The
Bee
Philadelphia
Big Abd ‘Little, Ig
Republicans Fearful Of Maine Vote Outcome
The Omaha Bee notes Bryanites claim Republicans fear Maine results more than victory. It recalls 1896 Maine plurality of 45,777 and says a greatly reduced margin now would signal looming disaster for Republicans, who dread Bryanite triumphalism and regret their past greed for votes.
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Maine
North Carolina
Omaha Bee
Congress Extends month s pay for Capitol staff
A fragment notes Congress voting an extra month’s pay for Capitol employees. It accuses workers of serving their masters and mentions an $80,000 vote for pay not earned, with a Republican committee member pressing for use in campaign purposes and questioning foreign influence.
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Congress
Capitol
Unquestioned Prosperity in Sugar Refineries Explored
The piece argues that while sugar magnates enjoy McKinley era profits and rising sugar prices, refinery workers gain none of the benefits. It frames political support for McKinley as aligned with big business and critiques labor neglect, warning workers their voices must soon emerge or face future hardship.
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Congress
Haina
The
Sugar Trust
McKinley
San Juan
William
Germany
Teddy
Bryan
Cost of Imperialism War Tax Critique
A letter from Yarm and Factory in Binghamton New York denounces the Philippine war as a money making scheme. It questions why Americans justify funding the conflict and accuses Congress and officials of profiting from it.
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San Francisco
Grosvenor
Ohio
McKinley
Wwe
Yarm and Factory
Binghamton, N.Y
Tramps Arrested After Benton Harbor Incident
A June report from Benton Harbor Michigan details 48 men labeled tramps arrested by local officers after crossing into St. Joseph. They were confined for two days without bread or water, escaped in part, and faced harsh conditions in the jail.
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Benton” Harbor
Mich
St. Joseph
Speech fragments hint at campaign on liberty and empire
Fragmentary remarks attribute a preoccupation with liberty at home and abroad to a speaker named Bridis. The text recalls imperialism, mastery, and political rhetoric, with unclear quotation markers and partial phrases.
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the Advocate
Kansas
Thomas .C. ‘Platt
New York
Charles Hliot ‘Norton
John Ruskin
California
Talmage’s
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Berty
M’kinley
the Traveling Man
Bridis
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