Fragmented 19th Century Tidbits Across Topics
The jumble notes science, demography, politics and culture from 19th century trivia. Mentions brain cell counts, sheep fleece weight, Judie’s Paris stage return, submarine cables, Kansas City factories, and mosquito development. Also covers Legions of Honor, New Orleans plans, phonograph weddings, salt barrels, letter X frequency, and more diverse items.
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Judie
Paris
Kansas City
French Legion of Honor
New Orleans
Binghamton
N. Y
Michigan
War Time Drink Tale of Florence Sherman Story
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Billy Florence's anecdote from 1862 about a stormy night at Cairo where Florence offered whisky to a rain weary Union officer who later proved to be General William T. Sherman in disguise. Sherman returned years later with a jug of Jersey cider to ease Florence's thirst in Lebanon New Hampshire, revealing the ruse.
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Billy Florence
Chicago
Florence
Cairo
Ill
Ohio
Paducah
Lebanon
N. H
Jersey
Mr. Florence
Sherman
William T. Sherman
Gen. Sherman
Concord
Confederate Exiles Defend Admiral Wood’s Record
Florence South Carolina writer W F Clayton recalls John Taylor Wood famed Confederate Navy officer. He cites Wood's actions at Drewry's Bluff the Rappahannock river and the Underwriter New Bern raid and notes many veterans sought refuge abroad not from hate but necessity. He argues they remained Americans at heart.
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W. F. Clayton
Florence
S. C
John Taylor Wood
South Africa
Robert Wood
Merrimac
Monitor
Drewry’s Bluff
United States
Richmond
Rappahanock River
Newbern
N. C
New England
Sator’s Creek
Wood
J. Taylor Wood
Canada
New York
South
Confederate States Navy
John R. Tucker
Patrick Henry
Hampton Roads
Charleston
Spain
Peru
Chili
Callao
Valparaiso
Philippines
Bullocks
Georgia
Liverpool
A. N. Mason
Washington
Lincoln Shot Stuns Morgan Guerrillas Group
A veteran recounts a Morgan’s guerrillas group near Kentucky learning of Lincoln’s assassination. The forager brings news Abe Lincoln was dead, prompting the young leader to groan and wonder what would become of the South now.
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McClurg
Stephen Mallory
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln
Morgan
John Hunt Morgan
Lee
Kentucky
Abe Lincoln
South
Widow of Gen Banks Danced With Prince of Wales
Mrs Mary Palmer Banks widow of Gen N P Banks died recently. She worked fifteen years in a cotton factory starting at age twelve where Gen Banks first met her. As Gen Banks wife she danced with the prince of Wales in 1861. Congress granted her a $1200 yearly pension after his 1894 death.
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Vermont
Frederick Holbrook
Edward C. Smith
Queensland
Australia
Joe Wheeler
Congress
Alabama
London
Edward VII
Gov. Wells
Utah
San Francisco
Llandysmith
England
Republic of Hawaii
Tripoli
Henry C. Bates
St. Johnsbury
Philippines
Manila
Lasserre
France
China
Turkey
Priscilla Whitson
Knoxville
Tenn
Lord Fauntleroy
Telluric Observatory
Zurich
Argery
Plan-Couthey
Canton
Valais
Mary Palmer Banks
Gen. N. P. Banks
Gen. Banks
Massachusetts
Prince of Wales
Mra. Banks
St. Louis Grove-Democrat
Renowned fur dresser Hofer serves European royalty in Chicago
George Hofer, a German fur skin dresser at 1249 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, handles valuable skins from Africa Asia Europe South America and the United States. He dressed skins for three Russian czars Queen Victoria and King Edward and made Wanamaker’s daughter's sable sea otter cloak costing 4600 dollars. Hofer came to America before Haymarket riots in 1886 and has earned a medal from Emperor William for service to the empire.
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George Hofer
Ashland Avenue
Chicago
South Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
United States
Alaska
Australia
Hofer
Haymarket
New York
Hamburg
America
Waringkin
Germany
Preylau
Prussia
Konigsberg
John Wanamaker
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Austria
France
West Side
Schweyer
Lincoln Park
Andreas Hofer
Gravelotte
William
Old-Time Puzzle Reproduces Napoleon Portrait Trio
The engraving from Atkinson's Casket shows Napoleon Bonaparte, Empress Marie Louise, and the King of Rome with a reader to locate them. It recounts Napoleon’s violet omen and how supporters used violet badges and the question Aimez vous la violette to identify loyalists.
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Atkinson
Philadelphia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Maria Louise
Rome
Bonaparte
France
Elba
Napoleon
Violet
Louise
Valuable Baby Health Cues and Chicory Cultivation Report
A guide for new mothers outlines signs of healthy and sick babies through crying, feeding, and sleep behavior. The article also details chicory farming practices from soil needs to harvest, including root varieties, manuring, crop rotation, sowing, and processing for the factory.
My work, however small, is God's special call to me
Antoinette Van Hoesen quotes a line about personal vocation from Harper's Bazaar, emphasizing individual duty and divine purpose in daily labor.
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Antoinette van Hoesen
Harper’s Bazar
Making Poultry Pay Learn the Business and Work Hard
Learn the poultry business with choice of breed and careful keeping of fowls. Success depends on the poultryman and steady effort. start small, gain experience, and gradually expand as knowledge grows. Begin with a few breeds, do any kind of work, and increase yearly. Publish Farm and Fireside guidance.
Atchison Woman Pies Champion World Baker
Mrs. Annie Frazier of Atchison Kansas bakes about 700 pies and many doughnuts daily from home. Over ten years she built a vast pie and doughnut business starting from a modest weekly return and now earns fame and fortune as a leading piebaker.
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Annie Frazier
Atchison, Kan
Cleaning a Musty Cellar With Sulphur Fumes and Whitewash
When a cellar reeks or musty odors appear the remedy is to seal doors and windows mix strong sulphur to produce dense fumes. After an hour or two air is stirred and the walls and ceiling are whitewashed with two coats of good whitewash to disinfect and refresh the space.
HOTBED POULTRY HOUSE FOR WINTER CHICKS
A compact hotbed style house by Mrs J Wilson of Iowa enables raising winter chicks efficiently. It uses a six by two and a half foot box placed over a manure bed with earth and straw, tarred roof, sliding front window, and a carpet covering to retain warmth.
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Orange Judd Farmer
How to Boil Vegetables
Instructions note that starchy vegetables like potatoes should be boiled at a continuous high temperature to avoid water soaking and loss of flavor.
Thatched Cottages Disappearing In England
An English correspondent notes the gradual loss of thatched cottages in England as slate roofs replace thatch where possible. When cottages burn or collapse the new roofs are typically slate, and many thatched homes with timber beams are destroyed by fire, making suppression unlikely once fire takes hold.
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England
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Defiance Express
Weehrly
Chas. J. Thompson
Latty Bldg
Court ST
Defiance
Northwestern Telephones
General Sherman
General Banks
Emperor Napoleon
Western States
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Maurice G. Rains
United States Department of Agriculture
Chickory
St. Louis Republic
Brunswick
Magdeburg
Schlesische
Orange Judd
Efiance County
Mareh
Hicksville
Sherwood
Boxwell Examinations
T. B.C
Sagesman
B. J. Gruner
W. Es County Board of Examiners
DR. G. D. Edgar
Crosby House
J. G. Lever
M. D
Clinton Street
Clinton
4Th and
6Th Street
Barmerg
the Defiance Milling Co
O D. Loveridge
Kansas
Hotbed Poultry House
KH &K
Weenhead
Sria
Loscoco
Hale Lake
Detroit & Mackinaw R. A
Wisters Crosses
Isaac Berringer
Saginaw
Mics
Henry
C. Kuhn
Lewis
R. W. Wortman
THE
York
TRI Weekly
Tribune
National Family Newspair
Imoo
Gem
Daily Tribune
Sanon
Soni Pousr, Try
Minsel’s
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