Various Oddities and Economic Notes from a Historic Ledger
A survey notes high cigar consumption and 4000000000 annual figures, a miner reports 8000 pounds of lead from De Graff mine, and ex Congressman's granite log cabin tomb. Other items include a Fresno wife’s stove damage, Rome electrification plans, King Luis sparing capital punishment, a 560 pound white hog with tusks, shot on Oak Hill, and mixed street numbers in Washington. A coal dust bricketts innovation and a poisoning case from oatmeal milk highlight diverse notes.
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Oak Hill
Cal
Gambling house displays two hands of diamonds and spades
In a famed New York gambling house two diamond and two spade hands, six through ten, were enthroned over a mantel. The paired hands, likely aligned, split a small fortune among the holders in a tale of luck and risk.
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New York
London dockers and lightermen threaten new strike after recent harmony
The piece notes past solidarity between London lightermen and dockmen during a recent strike and warns of a likely new walkout by lightermen. It laments the impact on women and children and describes broader labor tensions in the city. It also cites Arbor Day tree-planting totals in Massachusetts and includes a London Grand Hotel dinner metaphor about international tensions with Australia, Britain, and America.
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London
Grand Hotel
Fair Land
Australia
Sir Boyle Roche
Moonstone Ring Linked to Burnett’s Early Success
A daughter of Harriet Beecher Stowe gave Frances Hodgson Burnett a thin gold ring set with a moonstone. She credits the moonstone with inspiring her first literary success after years of struggle, and says the ring has never left her finger, predicting continued luck.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Meyer
City of Rome Passengers Discharged at Milford Haven
An ocean time-saving experiment was tested by discharging passengers at Milford Haven instead of the usual port. The plan aims to speed transatlantic travel and reduce voyage time.
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City of
Rome
Milford Haven
Walking sticks a mirror of eras from pilgrim staffs to ornate canes
A historical survey traces the walking cane from medieval pilgrim staffs and ancient supports to elaborate 18th and 19th century designs. It notes hollow repositories, instruments, and fashion shifts, with examples from Greenwich inventories, portraits, and periodicals.
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Harlem
Banana Peel and Sick Horse Fables
Two short fables recount a talking banana peel plotting notoriety and a sick horse fooled by a doctor’s cure. The banana peel jokes that creating a scene will draw attention, while the horse resents returning to labor after a cure. A moral: notoriety is not always good.
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Chicago Ledger
Hawk rescues rabbit ends deadly chase in Ba place
George Gove of Leach's Flats Ba. aimed at a rabbit in a fallow when a hawk swooped in and captured the animal. The hawk lifted about fifteen feet before Mr. Gove fired, killing the hawk and dropping to the ground. The rabbit died despite being unharmed by the shot.
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George Gove
Leach’s Flats
Ott
Mr. Gova
Memory-quoting minister aims to memorize the New Testament
A Lexington Kentucky preacher and son of a noted minister pursues memorizing the entire New Testament. With a prodigious memory he hopes to quote any passage instantly, arguing the plan will aid his preaching and accessibility beyond printed books.
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Lexington
Forgotten All About It Dramatic Critic Slur
A famed local dramatist learns a critic at a dinner has savagely attacked him with defamatory remarks. He considers avoiding the man but recalls the critic may have forgotten the incident, noting the slander may not matter in time. The anecdote appears in New York Truth.
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Cassius M. Cray
Goodloe
Warmoth
Louisiana
New Orleans
Haberdashery
San Francisco Chronicle
Honshed
France
Europe
China
Constantinople
Jacob
Dipus
Pliny
New York
New York Weekly
Doctor Warns on Carbolic Acid Use
Vienna physician Dr T Brutroth warns that minor injuries become serious from improper use of carbolic acid. He notes surgeons now use it far less than before to avoid inflammation and possible fatal blood poisoning.
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T. Brutro0th
Vienna
Animals as Actors in Clever Animal Tricks
An English gentleman recalls animals that act for pleasure and profit. A horse named Old Sal blends mischief with feeding tricks. A small dog mimics battles, while a lurcher aids a poacher, fooling judges into misjudging the owner.
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Sal
England
Incompetent Driver Frustrates Western Man on Broadway
A Western man complains about a street car blocked by a crowd on Broadway. He questions why the street car company cannot hire competent drivers and argues the driver should show more interest rather than sit silently. The resident reflects on how the driver might react to the situation.
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Broadway
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Dixon Sun
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Dixon
de Graff
Zincite
Stephen F. Wilson
Wellsboro
Fresno
Tivoli Falls
Luis
Portugal
Washington
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Massachusetts
Liverpool
Edmunds
Texas
Senator Edmunds
St. Paul
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce
Royal Palace of
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Pope
Universal Spectator
London Evening Post
Miss Townley
Haymarket
London Chronicle
Orient
Arizona
Ounag
Charles Dudley Warner
Hartford
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