Cottage offered to city for Poe era site in Central Park
The Fordham Heights two story cottage once home to Edgar Allan Poe was offered to the city if a suitable site could be found in Central Park or new parks. Poe moved there in 1810 and wrote in Godey’s Lady’s Book on “The Literati of New York” provoking sarcasm. An article by Thomas Dunn English helped Poe recover 225 dollars and costs, but by year’s end the family faced distress prompting a public aid appeal. Poe’s wife died in the cottage January 30, 1817.
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Poo
Central park
Fordham Heights
Godey
New York
Thomas Dunn English
Poe
New York Home Journal
ile
Shu
Shi
llusious
queen
Blackwood’s
Memory of A Dog That Recognized Its Owner
A Zoophilist piece recounts two tales of extraordinary canine recognition. In the Eyre story a clergyman’s dog bursts into his room upon return after years, recognizing him by his boots until he is at the door. The second tale shows a returned dog named Dee reuniting with an ex owner after eight years, signaling deep bond with a rapturous scream and leap into his arms.
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Zoophilist
victozs
Mr. Eyre
England
Eyre
London
lome
Dee
Mischievous Princes and Dancing Critics in News Clippings
The piece contrasts American and English dancing styles noting Americans glide while English tap. It laments modern entertainment shifts from hostess songs to operatic recitals and cites the Rothschilds paying for recitation. A Berlin anecdote shows princes crushing a court preacher hat during a prank, the emperor laughing as a new hat is bought.
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Prince of Wales
England
New York
Sir Alfred Rothschild
Mrs. Potter
Philadelphia Times
ann anmsing
Bogel
Eitel Fritz
Estel Fritz
Fritz
Dr. Kozel
Berlin
The Kentucky Rifle Maestros and The Continental Methods
Retelling Jim Cousin’s insights from Creedmoor days, the interview contrasts Kentucky offhand shooting with plainsmen, German schutzen style, and military technique. It covers the heavy squirrel rifle, ramrod gear, stance, trigger use, and eye alignment, noting the evolution to modern sporting rifles and horseback field use.
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Creedmoor
Jim Cousin
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Tie
Carver
schuctzen corps
New York Sun
Funeral Thieves Prey At Services Says Detroit Paper
A Detroit Free Press piece notes thieves often work funerals, entering with clergy or pallbearers. Once inside, they move through the house during services, pick pockets, and rifle chambers while mourners listen. Servants may be duped as undertaker’s men, allowing access to valuables.
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New York
Detroit Free Press
Milford Boys Tame a Surprgu Lynx in Wooded Chase
Norman Barry, Milford school teacher, recalls four young boys who found a lynx in the woods. One boy struck the animal, others restrained it until the teacher fetched help. They captured the beast alive and brought it to the schoolhouse, earning praise from the Susanville Advocate and readers who seek such grit.
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Norman Barry
Milford school
Milford
Calfornia
Susanville
Peculiar Paternity Case Stirs Paris Civil Tribunal
A nobleman, once a captain, policeman, costermonger, and funeral mime, stands accused as a “vendor of paternity” in a Seine civil court. A famous lyric-artist’s son sought to marry a woman eager for his fortune, paying the count to pose as the father. An old police officer exposed the scheme, prompting an inquiry.
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imperial guards
mlert
datme
London Telegraph
Nogannlig Named as Proud Lawn Motto
A brief quote from Bob Burdette describes a country place the new rich call Nogannlig. The bookkeeper notes the name, while an office boy humorously tells him to keep off the grass as the owner displays the term all over the lawn.
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Newrich’s
Bob Burdette
Seeds of Various Weeds Averaged Seed Yields
A study counts seeds per seed vessel across weed species. Averages show sand bar 2,800 seeds, ground cherry 6,000, horse nettle 1,200, cocklebar 2,000, Santa Fe nettle 20,000, jimson weed 300,000, foxtail 14,000, meadow grass 150,000, tumble weed 260,000, and goosefoot about 200,000 seeds per plant per season. The author notes these are averages and real counts vary.
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MARYLAND
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NATHAN DONBRACCO
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CO LD
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Philadelphia
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PAINTERS & GRAINERS
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SHOREY’ S
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Portland
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IILLSBOROUGH, MD
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New York City
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Madison
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New York Mail and Express
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