Scenes in London as 1790s sights and society unfold
The piece surveys late 18th century London life with Islington Hyde Park and the Mall as social hubs. It notes population density, bridges and ferries, the Thames docks and ships, and the mood around King George III era revels. It recalls grand royal processions, theatrical tableaux of the French Revolution, and public amusements shaping urban culture.
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London
St. Paul's
Hoxton
High Street
Southwark
Blackman Street
Newington Butts
Kennington Common
Thames
Mile End Gate
London Bridge
Johnson
Fleet Street
Charing Cross
Old City
Islington
Hyde Park
Mall
St. James’ Park
George [I
Royal Circus
Wolfe
Quebec
Falls of
Niagara
Montmorenci
Bastille
Astley
Confederation
Champ de Mars
Price
Stoke-Newington
Stanhope
Pitt
Contagion Questioned in Public Phonographs and Barbers
The piece debates disease transmission through common objects and public phonographs. It notes that private usage avoids risk, but a nickel-in-the-slot phonograph exposes many ears to potential contamination, counterpointed with skepticism about hygiene in everyday items. A second item discusses meteor masses, estimating tiny sizes for shooting stars and comparing lamp brightness from meteorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore
Annie Rooney
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
The History and Value of Pepper Through Time
Pepper has long held medical and culinary importance from Hippocrates to the Middle Ages. It was costly enough to be a royal gift. Today black pepper grows in tropical regions from a twelve foot climbing plant with red pea sized fruit that dries to black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hippocrates
Luminous Patents and Odd Graveyard Oddities
A columnist notes new luminous patents for night driving harnesses and match boxes that glow, claims a chariot like Elijah’s return, and reports grave robber scare devices including radiant coffins. The letter describes iron barred coffins buried with rigid caskets extendable by a derrick for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah
Frank G. Carpenter
Great Scheme Creates Militia Bill Debate
A dialogue era piece discusses a bill to compel brass bands to join the militia and march to front if war erupts. Congressman questions law’s outcome while Villager imagines wartime mobilization. The exchange ties into a broader Good News Esther Cane serialization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Bank
A Proper Revenge on an Epoch insult
A man insulted Gurley with a casual dude remark and Gurley resented it. He confronted the offender, noting a look of anger in his own expression as the exchange unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurley
Dolly
A Reasonable Suggestion
A brief note questions the abundance of dialect stories and suggests they save readers from spelling corrections by reducing proofreading effort. The statement critiques style choices while hinting at reader convenience and authorial intent.
Central Africa Cookery and Dishes of Elephant
A colonial food notes overview describes African cooking methods and dishes. Elephants feet and trunk are prepared in heated sand, with meat boiled or roasted in hot sand, using salt and pepper. Terms like nguttin'sengo and moa mbo palm chops illustrate local flavors with cassava, palm oil, squash, bananas, and beans. Whitewash as a disinfectant is tested, killing cholera and typhoid microbes but not all others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Old Teeth and Modern Success Gossip in Briefs
A curious quip from the New York Ledger imagines Little James teasing a minister about his father s new false teeth and the old ones being repurposed. The New York Weekly notes a celebrated author who looks ungifted yet has sold millions. A joke in Chatter asks why a person slept eight hours, replying I was asleep.
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Henry G. Stevens
Port
Stevens
New York Sun
James
Little James
New York Ledger
Levelhead
New York Weekly
American dining tastes and the rare chef
A Cornhill Maz column notes the average American's appetite and lack of refined dining knowledge. It contrasts US appetites with foreign restaurants, suggesting Americans often compare nations unfavorably to monka's and views American gastro nomenclature as scarce among serious chefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monka’s
Bees in Church Spire At Magnolia Iowa Noted For Swarms
A three year swarm in the Gonal church spire at Magnolia Iowa remains healthy through three winters. The tin covered spire houses ten hive sized cavities and swarms have been secured by locals, despite severe storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonal
Magnolia
Cor
American Beekeepers’ Journal
Society and Fraternal Meetings Listed for Dillon Area
Society cards list weekly drill at Armory Hall by E N G People and several lodges meeting monthly in Glendale and Dillon. Includes I O O F and A O U W chapters with meeting nights, invites to visiting and sojourning members, and post G A R and Patrol Order notices. Also notes Dillon Public Library cemetery corner room hours and public welcome proceedings.
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E. N. G. Peo
Armory Hall
D.T. Chapman
D. Ont
Occidental Encampment
Lodge
Glensonrning
Good Ganding
W. Miller
A. C. Moe
C. P. Prospect
N. G. Een
K. of
Castle Hall
Bannack
Idaho
T.tman
Cashmore
C.C. Apollo Lodge
Pases
E. Defriez
Sec
Chas. Hirschman
N. G. Dillon
A. Hall
D. McGough
E. Stringham
M. W. Whitekee
Post Rooms
Odd Fellows Hall
En. W. Cheely
R. Z. Thomas
Prest
Dillon Public Library
Cemetary
Batarday
Dr Bosanko Pile Remedy and Public Notices
An article includes an advertisement for Dr Bosanko Pile Remedy promising a permanent cure for piles of various forms with claims of absorption of tumors and itch relief. It also contains scattered public notices from Beaverhead County Montana including court terms, a horse charge dispute, voter registration deadlines, and a wood bid notice along with miscellaneous clerical lines.
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Bosanko
Piqua, O
N. A. Styles
Notice to Co-Owners and Final Public Notice in Beaverhead
Co-owners are alerted to labor expenditures on mining claims Eldorado lode and Little Chief lode in Montana with required payment figures and deadlines. Notices warn if portion contributions are not made within ninety days of first publication, ownership may revert to the subscriber. Also includes final proof notices for Beaverhead county lands and witness lists.
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Beaverhead Co
Mont
R. Z. Tuomas
David Lewis
Manning
Bea
Sonny
Mon
Geo. E. Rockwood
Enon
United States
Costa
Twoa
H. Fox
Mathew Blake
Bee Wine
Sunerekened
Montana
District Court
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Charles Herman
Atc
David
William A. Armitage
Alva J. Noyes
Wisdom
A. Swiccert
Register
Helena
Dillon, Mont
William Moore
Bannack
Swi
Samuel Jaggers
Robert Jaegers
Jmeat Baas
Robert Martin
Max Hammerslough
Charles McCarthy
George KE
Tarbell
Lewis Kauffman
Beaverhead
Lion Mountain
Lergan
Antating
Beaver County
State of Montana
Appison C. Rosz
Tuos
F. Hamilton
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaver
James Selway
Frank Green
Thos. J. Galbraith
Paiste
Barbour
James King
Ve. Carroll Smith
George Mosher
Galbrsith
Theifth
Nente
Mountain
Verthin
Patent claims for several mineral lodes near Bannack Montana
The notice lists applicant Philip Shenon filing for multiple lode claims in Beaverhead County near Bannack including the Golden Leaf and Junction lodes. It details Lot Nos 53 56 A 56 B with survey conflicts, acreage 14.72 20.66 and 24. acres total 58.? The document records magnetic variation and references adjoining claims with locations, corner bearings, and official docket dates noting first publication August 15 1890.
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U. 8
Helena
Mont
Philip Shenon
Bannack
Montana
Empire Lode
Montana Lode
County of
Beaverhead
State
Montene
Recorders Office
Beaverhead County
Walang Peets
A. Schacert
Register
U. S. Land Office
Phili
Iver
Lip Shenon
Meena
Ith
Banmick
Uno
Ing
Gror
Heaverheul Comn Ogni
Anid
Philip Shenen
A. Swhdeerr
A. A
United States Land
Sacenry
Golden Leaf Lode
Wadams Lode
Golden Leaf Ode
Junction Lode
Sai Applicant
Recorder of Deeds
Said County
South Side
Junction Mill
French Mill
A. Swickert
Henri J. Burleigh
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Waa
Dc. C. Hutchins
Emmett
Arkansaw Traveler
Esther Cane
Dashaway
Travers
Lauderdale
Silvertooth
Atlanta Constitution
Pisa University
New York Telegram
Tom
New York
Jack
Gary Gulch
Scott
Pittsburg
Society
R. M. Wapams
Lima
My Place
Melrose
Horrmay
Dillon, Barrett's
Bishop's School House
Chanes G. Nonth
St. Aes
Mont Eit
Glendale
Greenwood
Vipond Park
Lion City
John W Bet
Deaverhead
Seaver
Court Hoore
Coen Titan
Uve
Tuos H. Fox
Txos. H. Fox
Lane
Mores
A. Swracett
Regi
Ster
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