Strange Adventures and Notable Oddities From Across the World
A collage of vivid vignettes: Jesse Grigsby outdashes a rattlesnake near Grizzly Canyon. a gifted Yale youth prodigy studies Greek Latin Arabic and Syriac while still a boy. a Wabash engineer dies after guiding his train to safety. a Boston hotel rat earns museum fame for clever thefts. a Johnstown rescuer saves a drowning cat. Reports of clever animals, remarkable youths, tragic deaths, and curious marks include pigeons lost at sea, deer of two feet in Scotland, and Mormon Church statistics showing growth and births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Timothy Dwight
D. D
Yale College
Yale
Indigenous moccasins and footwear traditions across tribes
The article surveys North American Indian footwear, noting common moccasins of soft deerskin, optional leggings forming boots, and decorative beadwork. It highlights southern shoe styles without cold protection, Apache toe protectors called cactus crushers, and unique elongated heeled designs used by Navajos in dances and ceremonies.
Occupation for a Clumsy Boy and Family Sketch
A collage of comic vignettes and dialogue notes from a humorous page. Characters like Proser, Knowsir, and Whipper discuss the clumsy boy’s suitability, while other snippets cover gossipy exchanges and couplet-style jokes. The piece blends light farce with domestic satire and sallies about marriage and social status.
King of Bull Fighters Dom Luis Mazzantini in Paris Showdown
Don Luis Mazzantini, once a Spanish telegraph official, rose to world fame as a bull fighter and will appear in Paris under Spanish government auspices. He defied early ridicule, trained rapidly, and became Spain’s most celebrated matador, with Madrid calling him by name. The event is supervised by Count de la Portilla and the Duke of Veragua as bulls are sourced from the finest stock, while France bans blood in fights.
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Luis Mazzantini
Spanish Telegraphic Service
Spain
America
Mazzantini
Picadores
Banderilleros
Madrid
Iene
Don Luis
Paris
Count de la Portilla
Duke of
Veragua
The Blacksmith in Danger and Narrowing Trade
An 19th century discussion on the shrinking blacksmith trade as machinery advances. It notes horseshoe manufacturing moving to ready made items and introduces adjustable horseshoes without nails as a potential England to America shift, claiming large economic and horse welfare impacts from such innovations.
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England
Wales
America
Monster Rivers and their Mighty Flows Across Continents
The passage ranks rivers by water discharged into the sea. It cites the Orinoco at 120,000,000 cubic feet per hour and the Ganges at 494,000 cubic feet per second during rains. It asserts the Amazon has five tributaries deeper and wider than the Mississippi, and notes the Congo remains six miles wide and 40 to 65 fathoms deep fifty miles above its delta.
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Mississippi
Orinoco
Ganges
Amazon
Congo
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Grizzly Canyon
Cal
Jesse Grigsby
Jesse
Rattler
John Meyers
Dubuque
Iowa
Sparta
Boston
Main Street
Johnstown
Milwaukee
Wis
Jack
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Morris
Galena
Charleston
S. C
New York
Harris Mackenzie
Thibet
Newark
N. J
Edwin Gorsuch
Bankstreet
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Jonx Mayo
Dooly County
Gua
Mr. Mayo
Smithsonian Institute
Worcester
Taunga
Burmah
Koh Pal Sh
Victoria
Chief Inspector of Forests
Todd Lattie
Bronson, Mich
Texas
Callahan
Joze18
Humphries
Fleming County
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Proser
Whipper
Blan
Snapper
Miss Whack
Doolan
Bing- Lamton Republican
Credts
Anon
Burlington Free Press
Houlihan
Teddy
Clara Vere de Vere
Mam
Mir
Montana
Grigson
Fledgling
Somerville Journal
Eiffel Tower
Jewellers
Boston Herald
Grindstone
Kiljordan
Chicago Tribune
Dusty Miller
Jones
Liceman
New York Weekly
Angelina
Edwin
Gus
King OF Bull Fighters
Monster Rivers
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