Amana Communists and Their Quiet Peacable Colony
Amana in Iowa shows a highly organized religious communist society with strict morals and arranged social life. The seven villages, led by historic instruments, maintain communal kitchens and no marriage socializing, while marriage itself is solemn and forbidding, with divorce absent and worship heavy. The piece also notes the 1842 German migration, the Ebenezers’ leadership, and the austere, puritanical lifestyle of residents. A separate note describes an improved oven thermometer patent from Camilla Juliet and James Q. Robinson of Wanging Rock Ohio, using a metal strip and an indexed dial to show oven heat.
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Towa
Davenport
Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Amarna
United States
Germany
Christian Metz
Buffalo
Ebenezer
Amana
Barbara Sleyneman
Barbara
George Landmann
Porbak
Philadelphia Times
Camilla Juliet
James Q. Robinson
Wanging Rock
Scientific American
Remarkable Irish Bull Fame Sir Boyle Roche’s Wit
A London Spectator piece recalls Sir Boyle Roche of Fermoy, MP for Tralee and later baronet, famed for Irish House of Commons quips. The letter purportedly from 1808 mixes humor, rebellion fears, and vivid siege images, ending with a brisk note from Roche to his confidant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle Roche
de la Russes
Fermoy
Tralee
Dublin
Drogheda
P.S
London Spectator
Kluger Wins Bet Then Loses Engagement in Leipsic
The actor Kluger, famed for playing Gessler in William Tell, attended a tavern with Courland students and faced a bet over returning by 8. He paid the champagne to keep his engagement, but the theatre scene led to a pause and reconciliation with Tell. He returned by 8 but lost his Leipsic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kluger
Gessler
Leipsic Theatre
Courland
Tell
Klager
New York Telegram
Imagination's Power on Health and Odd Local Tales
A column collections note how imagination influences physical welfare, citing a test where inducing illness altered health. It recounts a humorous tale of a five dollar debt over burned wood and kerosene, and a Fairfield river turtle legend marked by locals across decades from 1847 to 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Fairfield
John R. Joy
Benton Brown
Lewiston Journal
Dutch Sailor Dares Nipsic Crew with Headstand Feat
In Montevideo harbor the Dutch crew on a nearby warship challenged the American Nipsic by performing a headstand on the main truck and twirling their legs. Captain Jack Peterson of the Nipsic then attempted the stunt, toppled into the water, and mocked the Dutch with a defiant shout. The spectators’ cheer echoed through the ships and city.
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Montevideo
Uncle Sam
Royal Yard
Nipsic
Jack Peterson
Nipsie
Dack
San Francisco Examiner
Shipbuilding methods and curious notices from archives
The article describes modern ship hull construction with a curved rib system, angle iron forming the backbone, and precise bending guided by serive boards. It also recounts quirky guide notices in trains and Vesuvius tours, a Boston family anecdote about affection, and Johnny Moody eclipsing a pie-eating champion with twelve pies in twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner’s Magazine
B. F. Pike
Cash
Johnnie Moody
Johnnie
Cape Elizabeth Sentinel
Queen of Saxony Educates Women as Muses in 17th Century
The Queen of Saxony fostered women’s education and created a corps of Alleimerinigen nurses. In 1667 she summoned Dresden women to council, ending year with 1200 ready for service. They staffed hospitals including the Queen’s hospital and a convalescent home on the Elbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxony
Dresden
Humes Teady
Drealen
Albertinerinnen
Queen's Hospital
Ethe
Tree stump preserves ancient fisherman chart find
A Portland correspondent reports a carved half pint flask found within a spruce stump removed from a roadbed in construction. The bottle, sealed and without writing, shows the tree wrapped around it as it grew, suggesting it was concealed at the roots or a fissure long ago, possibly containing an early fisherman’s chart.
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Lewiston Journal
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin
MY Lady’s Slipper
Cinderella
Theobert Fidol
Diane
Ron
Sir Boyle Roche
Tio
Americas
Americus
Boston
Calais
Paris
Mountesuvius
Vesuvius
South End
Jeliad
Jesus
Boston Advertiser
Boy and
Pres
Ang
Bale Butte
Sciatic
Charles A. Vogeler
Sallimore, Ma
Huber
W. R. Emerson & Bro
Baltimore St
Baltimore
Hrexess
Kes
Salvation Oil
Pudy Lange
Great Tobacco
Ail Druggleth
Zeo
Denny & Cox, Faston
Kinnamon & Shields
T. Li
Sungton’s
Sapp's
Greensborough
Denton
N. Todd
the Davis
Chester Iver
Emma A. Ford
Chestertown
Ralphs, Bonkers
Quaker Neck
Eastern Neck
Queanstown
Chester River
Queenstown
Pier 7
Light St
B.S. Ford
Centreville
Dy Uily
Grey's Inn
Fight St. Wharf
George Warfield
Tee
Vate
DAVIS
THE
Davis S. M. Company
Watertown, N. Y
T. W. Sme
Ridgely, Md
Druggist & Practical Watchmaker
Union Squareny
Dallas
St Louis
Torres GA
F. L. Thomas
Hurlock’s
Hiram Windsor
Hurlock's
John E. Sard
Danbridge
John Covey
Allison Elliott
Athel
George Thomas
Greensboro
John Creamer
Princess Anne
Benjamin Fooks
Oxford
Wheeler & Wilson
Royal St
South Bend
Wes
DrExTiTosx, Maryland
IKEST
Maryland Steamboat CO
Third Haven
Joppa
Ida
Easton
Double Mills
Travere
Cambridge
Oyster Shell Point
Medford's
Dover Bridge
Two Johns
Potter's
Soward L
Ensign, Prent
M. Fixx
Ely
ELY Brothers
Oltice
Warren St
New York City
MVES
Cusum
C. E. Hires
Philadelphia
Epps’s
Wagner
Praor
Maryland
Eastern Shore House
Baltimore City
J.S. Johnson & CO
South St
Baltimore, Md
Prancis Kelly & CO
Market St
Wilmington
DEL
Bolton Bros
Albany Greese, &c
E. Pratt
Baltim Morr
Manylann
James H. Coulbourn
Coulbourn & Moyer
Wholesale Commission
North Front St
Relces
P. W. Downes
Denton National Bank
Luther H. Gadd
Caroline County
Richard T. Carter
Denton, Md
H. T. Nuttle & Bro
Andersontown
Tonsorial
Richard Nichols
Suavixa Parroy
J. H. van Gesel
H. L. Meredith
Ridgely
Aly
Thomas A
Span
Frederick Fountain
R. J. Baker and Company
South Carolina
Chestertown, MD
T. W. Fisher
Harry W. Temple
T. WW. Fisher &Co
G General Commission Merchants
Charles St
Hurst, Purnell & Co
W. K. Carson & Co
Fisher, Caulk & Co
Manufacturer’s National Bank
J. W. Kerr
George W. Raughley
K. DB
Emory
Neavitt
Emory & Neavitt, —General
South Street
Drurgiats
Piliscux&Co
Asthina
Park Eec
Henry Irwin
T. Pliny
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