Grovetown Man Says Hen Lays Double Eggs
A Grovetown man reports his hen lays eggs that contain another egg inside each shell. Separately, during the Fiftieth Congress 12,659 bills were introduced and about one ninth became law.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1889
Page
5
Portland Man Seeks 20 000 From 12 Acre Seizure Scheme
An Oregon resident offered to sell twelve acres at 850 dollars per acre, but his wife refused the deed. He is said to be pacified now as the property would yield about 20 000 dollars. In Sagamore Massachusetts a farmstead traces six generations from Thomas Tupper to the present, originally an Indian village named Shaum in 1624.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Tere
Sagamore
Mass
Thomas Tupper
Pigott
Madrid
Man Pigott
Donjon
Disparities in Law and Cost of Panama Losses Highlighted
A St Paul paper cites fifteen cases showing varied judicial outcomes across five states. The Panama Canal Company valued two murdered workers at ten dollars each for their relatives, suggesting life there carries little apparent monetary value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Tur
Panama Canal Company
Panama
Boston Teacher Prods Child With Fan Question
In a Boston school a teacher showed a girl a picture of a fan and asked what it was. The girl did not know. The teacher then asked what her mother does to stay cool in heat. The girl answered that her mother drinks beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harrison Sits In Washington Inaugural Chair Again
During the inaugural ceremonies President Harrison used the same chair that George Washington occupied a century earlier. The chair’s age was noted as Gen. Harrison settled quietly, keeping his feet off the Capitol’s portico railing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
George Washington
Gen. Harrison
Capitol
Anniston City Land Values and Layout Measurements
The city of Anniston covers 5 600 acres in a circular layout of ninety forty acre lots. It has sixty eight streets spanning eighty miles and alleys adding eighty miles more. Land values average about 4500 dollars per acre with some reaching 75000 dollars and no acre selling for under 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
City of
Washingtons early private secretary Tobias Lear described
Washington selected Tobias Lear as private secretary after finding him in Massachusetts. Colonel Humphrey also served in the president’s household and advised on etiquette at levees and receptions. The post began as a menial task to spare the president from signing land warrants and other papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tobias Lear
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Paris
Jefferson
Republic
Corean Legation Ladies Impress Washington Society
Mrs Ye Sana Jay and Mrs Kong Sin He, young Corean Legation ladies aged 24 and 19, have made a good impression in the Capital. They are petite, under 4 feet 5 inches, have learned about twenty English phrases, study hard, and blend pale brown complexions with jet black hair and delicate features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ye Sana Jay
Kong Sin He
Corean Legation
Washington
Lesley Family Inheritance Rumor Reaches Russian Press
Russian papers report that the English Lesley family has inherited about 10 million pounds sterling in England. The article notes legatees but provides few clear names or dates, reflecting rumor rather than confirmed fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesley
England
British Subjects Discussed as War Reparation Payment
Reports state that several Russians, including General Lesley recently named chief of a brigade in Verni Asia, seek British subject status before payment. He arrived at Kiev and noted he may avoid naturalization if about 27 million rubles are paid without that condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesley
Verni
Asia
Kieff
Inaugural Ball Supper Serves Wide Banquet in Washington
At the inaugural ball supper in Washington the menu lists 5150 terrapin in 300 gallons of stew, 45000 raw oysters, 20000 oysters steamed, 20000 oysters in palette, 300 gallons consomme, 7000 chicken croquettes, and 7000 sweet breads. Cold dishes include 7000 assorted sandwiches, 300 gallons chicken salad, 200 gallons lobster salad, 150 beef tongues, 150 Virginia hams, 150 boned turkeys, 10000 quails, 500 pounds pate de foie gras, 800 pounds game pates, 1000 quarts ice cream, 300 quarts Roman punch, 200 quarts orange water ice, 10 barrels fancy cakes, plus two 80 gallon boilers kept all night for coffee and 400 pounds coffee used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Cusuina Finds Vast Arizona Cemetery With skulls and artifacts
Frank Cusuina reports a large Arizona cemetery where over one hundred skulls are of the broad or round type. Fragments of arts and industries allow reconstruction of native civilization. Washington researchers note a legal peculiarity aiding the solve of the ancient Southwest mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cusuina
Arizona
Washington
Cushing
Southwest
End of an Era for New York Journalism Philip H Welch
The obituary recalls Philip H Welch a famed New York newspaper writer whose late work for the New York Sun and others showcased his sharp wit and resilience on his deathbed. It contrasts his professional enduring talent with a strange jail tale from Morris County New Jersey about a dwarf inmate famed for extreme water consumption and prior drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Welch
New York
New York Sun
Morris County
New Jersey
The Duchess of Marlborough's New York Wedding Mock Ceremony
A tongue in cheek account of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough's New York City nuptials staged by Mayor Hewitt. The piece describes the mock ceremony at City Hall, the mayor's quips about dukes and duchesses, and the couple's awkward entry into their new home, with satirical notes on the welcome and domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blenheim
Duchess of Marlborough
Hewitt
City Hall Park
Duke
Marlborough
Abe
America
Mail and Express
Ever
Anow
New York
Rehile
France
The Woolly Horse of Humbug and Delusion
A essay on self deception and social tricks, citing Barnum and Adelaide Neilson. It lambasts whisky and other humbugs as modern woolly horses that charm the public, causing vanity and even death. It notes Thackeray, a Hudson River poet, and a doomed poet who wore a nightcap to mock the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mn. Barnum
Adelaide Neilson
Peter Funk
Otranto
Prince of Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Mr. Thackeray
Hudson River
Death
Church Festival Choir Promises Evening Music
Snooks asks about music at the church festival. The pastor, longtime snubbed by the leader, declines to confirm but says the choir will sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snooks
Like Alcalde of Lagos a Mexican Tale of a Shifting Hole
The passage explains the saying Como Alcalde de Lagos used in Mexico to describe a person in a tight spot where both hands are full. It retells the Lagos tale of a church visit, a staff, a hat, holy water, and a bold head dunk, and follows the futile council effort to fill a dangerous hole that repeatedly shifts location from plaza to street to suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagos
Mexico
Ayuntamiento
Thomas A. Janvier
Scribmer’s
Droueaist and Voice Exchange About Addressing a Letter
A fragmentary dialogue discusses awakening and addressing a letter with a request to view a directory for proper salutation. The speaker remarks on the world wanting a new religion and questions whether people are willing to pay for what they currently receive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Droueaist
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Dixon Sun
W. M. Kennedy
Dikon
Bill Nye
H. A. Steinhauer
Prof
David Swing
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