Hermit and sister evicted from ruined frame on F Street
Washington cor Cleveland reports that John F Birch a hermit and his sister were removed from a long neglected ruin on a vacant F Street lot near the Patent Office and Ford's Theater after the property sold for 10000 to seven heirs. The scene drew sympathy as the pair cried and questioned the value of their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Birch
F Street
Lincoln
Billy Birch
Birch
Washington Cor
Cleveland
Prominent Texan Colonel Tom Ochiltree Noted in Washington
From the Modern Age account Ochiltree stands as a notable figure in Washington, claimed for his wide travels and daring exploits. The piece mocks his self importance, recounting his claims of European access, Asia and Africa adventures, and humorous incidents including declining a Prince of Wales invitation and a singing faux pas in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Tom Ochiltree
Texas
Europe
Asia
America
Hellespont
Leander
Prince of Wales
Paris
Victoria
John Brown
Nody
Coss
Tad
Geologist Son Predicts Coal Riches in Dad’s Land
The speaker recalls his son Dan forges into geology, identifying coal on the family hill and urging his father to profit. A stranger buys land for 800 dollars, yielding a huge coal fortune that eludes them as the father laments lost opportunities and mocks the idea of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddecashun
Dan'l
Pretty girl on a train spurs a violent threat to Meridian
A lone girl aboard a Vicksburg to Meridian train draws attention from five men. A Philadelphia saddlery drummer sits beside her, then helps her telegraph her father for aid. The telegram warns to bring a shotgun as the girl is described as dreadfully annoyed and murderous, causing a tense scene on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Vicksburg
Philadelphia
Jackson
Papa
Sue
Meridan
Cincinnati Enquirer
Achromatic microscope praised in Holmes Harvard talk
In an Harvard Medical School address, Oliver Wendell Holmes extolled the achromatic microscope as opening a new era in medical science and beyond. He cited striking magnification of skin and grand comparisons to pyramids and steeples, illustrating its immense power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard Medical School
Boston
Oritian
Commodus
Umbrella Debate Sparks Barroom Fracas
A Philadelphia saloon owner rages at a reporter over repeated umbrella inquiries. He laments the flood of callers calling the same umbrella. He vows not to advertise another umbrella as long as he lives. The scene captures a comic yet sharp city vignette of daily curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Philadelphia Times
Boston statue proposal on Wendell Phillips shelved
The plan to erect a Wendell Phillips statue in Boston was dropped in deference to Mrs. Phillips. The piece recalls Phillips’s critical views on memorial statuary in Boston and nationwide. He mocked the City Hall Quincy statue as a dancing master, Greenough’s Franklin as a weak soul, Webster as a mass of iron, Everett’s figure as energetic, Grace Mann’s effigy as waking suddenly, and Sommequan’s likeness as a heavy prize fighter or Irish porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Boston
Curious assorted quips and quotes from a Philadelphia page
A collage of social witticisms and anecdotes from Philadelphia context. Jests on marriage, politics, and manners abound, including a Pennsylvania justice’s marriage tally, a donkey teaching gag, and witty lines from clubs and papers.
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Defiance County Express
Frank
Culley, Edftor
Clinton and
First Streets
Washington
Guy
England
Geady
San Francisco Post
Birdie
Birdie McHempin
Mollie Squeers
Austin Avenue
Texas Siftings
Him
Nellie
Pennsylvania
West
Clara Morris
Detroit Times
Barnum
Forepaugh
Webster
Johnson
Met
Goshen
Christendom
Choice Family
First Hands
Defiance
KroTz & Morse
Clinton Street
Cor. Clinton
Fon
H. Gherke
Warren & Grant Its
Warren
Grant
Edward
Amelia
Delacroix
Joe
Mr. Doubter
Paradise
Louise Michel
Clermont
Pendleton
Manchester
Derbyshire
Scarlet
Maid Marian
Little John
Britannia
Colin Clout
Autolycus
Pei An
Sisson
Sisson & Son
Ees. Co. I. Hoop & Co
N. C. Sanborn
Merrimack St
Lowell
Mass
Warran
Hood
Messrs. Hood & Co
Pennys
Lowell Weekly Journal
Egiste
OOD CO
Mase
J. E. Searles
New York
Wm. P. Corbit
George St. M
New Haven
Conn
George St. E Church
Nowven
Athlophoros CO
Wall ST
Calvert
Ayer
Churchill
J. W. Wortley
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Blackwell's Bull
Blackwells Bull Durham
Wide Awake
Spence Bros. & GO
Cincinnati
The
Demorest
Monthly Magazine
W. Jennings Demorest
Defrance County Express
Model One
Clothing House
Model One Price Clothing House
Mr. Yager
L. Hatry & CO
Sam
Russell
Ohio
Sa Athian Ss
Baltimore
R. Brown
Defiance, Ohio
ISNA
Nesa
Ciuerertoed
United States
Munn & CO
Scientific American
France
Germany
Mann & CO
Broadway
DR. Ground
Summit Street
Toledo
S@-Sena
J. Cheney
Adams Street
Toledo Ohio
G. W. Bechel
Loose’s Extract
the Great
Loose
J. M. Loose & Co
Monroe, Mich
Farrand
Williams & Co
Swift & Dodds
James B Davis & Co
Detroit
Milwaukee Av
Chicego
Hlle
R. Brown, Baker
Fourth and
Clinton Ofs Defiance, Ohio
Lonsdale
DIN VR
M. H. Davis
B. A
Tonepo
S. H. Frank & Co.s
Summit ST
Wilton
Axminsters
Moquettes
Hrussels
James Boss
Lyecworon
Mier
Democrat
Staral
Caramore
Juanes Bowe
Keystone von Case
Keystone
Switzer
Belfast
Spetial
Harrowsss
Clinton St
Switzer & Kehnast
TOR
A. L. Schlientz
Brien & Connolly
O'Brien & Connolly
Slyons&healy State
Monroe
Chicago
R. Pengelly
M. D
Walnut Street
Kalamazoo
Colby & Scott, Deflanec, Oy
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