Winter Birds Observations From Hiram Heaton
In a winter note, Hiram Heaton muses on fewer birds this season, attributes changes to cedar berries and snow absence, and describes chickadees, sapsuckers, hairy woodpeckers, yellow-hammers, red-headed woodpeckers, nuthatches, quails, and prairie chickens. He links bird presence to weather, migration timing, and human hunting attitudes observed near Chicago and Fairfield.
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Chingo
Board of Trade
Fairfield
Julia Marlowe Builds World’s Full Shakespeareana Collection
The Boston Herald notes actress Julia Marlowe aims for the most complete Shakespearean collection. Her holdings include rare quarto plays, a 1623 folio facsimile, a model of Shakespeare’s birthplace, reproductions of his water jug and mulberry tree, and now an exact copy of his chair obtained after letters to Sir Henry Armytage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avyon
Shakespeare Museum
Henry Armytage
Old South Church Trustees Refuse Tea Party Anniversary Booking
The Old South church trustees refused the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association use of the building for the 120th anniversary of the Boston tea party on December 16. They freely rent for other meetings and the denial appears prejudiced against the suffrage principle. Speakers at the event included Governor Elect Greenhalge Julia Ward Howe Mary A. Livermore Colonel T. W. Higginson and other notable citizens. The city granted Faneuil Hall to the association.
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Old South Church
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Boston
Elect Greenhalge
Julia Ward Howe
Mary A. Livermore
T. W. Higginson
Faneuil Hall
Boston Woman's Journal
Woman Exhibits 14 Inventions At World’s Fair
Mrs Elizabeth Wescott Romney a Colorado newspaper worker displays fourteen articles of domestic use at the World’s Fair including a water cooler that requires no ice. The cooler is a covered receptacle made from cellular brickware of clay sawdust and asbestos fiber. During manufacture the sawdust is burned out leaving the product cellu-
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Elizabeth Wescott Romney
Colorado
Porous cooler keeps water cold by evaporation
The receptacle sits in a galvanized iron tray filled with two to three inches of water. Capillary action draws water through the porous walls of the receptacle, where it constantly evaporates, maintaining cool water as effectively as a well or spring.
Survivor seeks Iowa state support for Spirit Lake massacre monument
Mrs Abbie Gardner Sharp survivor of the Spirit Lake massacre of March 1857 plans to stay in Des Moines during winter and press the legislature for funds to place a monument at the slaughter site where 50 pioneers fell. She notes nearby states mark similar sites while Spirit Lake remains unmarked on private land.
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Iowa
Abbie Gardner-Sharp
Spirit Lake
Des Moines
Fashion Through Time Draperies Echo Modern Styles
A compact note on how women’s garments across eras resemble current draperies. It compares ancient rulers like Cesar and historic queens to present day dress, humorously noting how imitators copy high fashion in cheaper fabrics. The piece infers enduring style influences.
Miss Barnwell Uses Plaster Jackets for Spinal Curvature
Miss Charlotte Barnwell works at a Baltimore institution making and applying plaster jackets to patients with spinal curvature. She offers her services pro bono, while other charitable groups fund the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Barnwell
Baltimore
King’s Daughters
Baltimore Exchange
Three Michigan ministers praise Warner's White Wine syrup
Three ministers from Grand Rapids Reading and Ann Arbor endorse Dr. Warner's White Wine Tar Syrup for throat and lung ailments, recommending it to public speakers troubled by respiratory issues.
Week in History: Politics, Crime, and Society Notes
In Florida Governor Mitchell opposes a Corbett Mitchell fight in the state while Duval Club presses for it. Mrs. Dole, wife of Hawaii’s president, is Anna Prentiss Cate of Maine. Rev. Sam Small plans a Oklahoma City paper. Illinois G A R encampment set for Rockford May 15–17. Iowa Supreme Court upholds Dooly murder sentence. Portland jail case reports inmates entering during keeper’s absence. $3,000,000 missing tied to Huntington’s Southern Pacific loan. Recent Hangings listed: Lacore Joliet, Willson Howard Lebanon, Bomberger Cando. Thomson Houston Electric seeks temporary New York receiver. Brazil unrest could settle by arbitration. Lillian Russell and Sig Perugini to wed in New York. Colorado Springs hosts twenty one millionaires. Dinizulu and Undabuko of Cetawayo on St. Helena.
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Mitchell
Florida
Duval Club
Dole
Hawaii
Maine
Anna Prentiss Cate
Charles Adam Cate
Thomas Adams
Castine
Sam Small
Oklahoma City
Illinois
Rockford
New York
Thomson Houston Electric Company
Brazil
Lillian Russell
Sig
Mixed news items span crime politics and disasters
The report notes a man named John Buchner involved in assaults near Manchester Missouri, political contest chatter from Chicago, a siege in Italy, a maritime tragedy with six drowned aboard the Amsterdam steamer, a fishing schooner Maggie E Wells rescue mishap, a New York tenement explosion with no injuries, a Italian bank seeking a moratorium due to losses, and a Liliuokalani branded soap announced in America.
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Chicago
Hopkins
Massa
Carrara
Italy
Maggie E. Wells
Atlantic Ocean
Amsterdam
J. Meyer
E. Requart
A. J. Oudyn
A. Ross
F. G. Eichhorn
A. van Vleet
Liliuokalani
New York City
Banca Generale
Rome
Notable 19th Century Letters and Deaths Hit Headlines
A Marshfield mass post office addressed to Hon Daniel Webster arrives. Ellen Spencer Massy succeeds to her late husband Gen eral Massy law practice and rises as a top Washington lawyer. The China steamer reports Mingpo theater fire killing 200 to 800 women and children. Odell the Chicago real estate man dies by prussic acid and chloroform at Port Huron. Anna Austin elected mayor of Pleasanton Kansas by 6 vote majority of 8 88 with 123 women voters. Leland Stanford estate valued at 17 689 319. widow notes stock holdings.
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Marshfield
Mass
Daniel Webster
Ellen Spencer Massy
General Massy
Washington
China
San Francisco
Yokohama
Mingpo
H. B. F. Odell
Chicago
Huron House
Port Huron
Mich
Anna Austin
Pleasanton
Kas
Leland Stanford
Mixed Crime and Politics Report From Multiple Cities
A Jacksonville statement notes Charley Mitchell at 162 pounds. Cleveland vetoes New York New Jersey bridge bill over river piers. Two detectives hired to tail stone-throwers near Freyburg Ohio fall asleep in straw then vandals set fire to the stack. Fire in Ionia Michigan destroys Kenyon block worth 85000 dollars. D N O'Dell an aeronaut falls 300 feet at Washington N C and dies as balloon bursts. Walter Phipp of Chicago shoots a girl, wounds his mistress, and kills himself. No motive found. Train robbery near St Joseph Missouri yields 324 dollars.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charley Mitchell
Cleveland
New York
John Reisenzehn
Freyburg
Wapakoneta
Ionia
Mich
Kenyon
D. N. O'Dell
Washington, N. C
Walter Phipp
Chicago
Sonate Street
St. Joseph, Mo
Ambitious betting on English fight stirs political chatter
Charley Moore arrives in New York en route to Florida to watch the big bout with speculation centering on who will vie for the Mississippi senate seat vacated by Walthall. A Sunday lynching shocks Jellico as George Gamble assaults a child. In Denver Thomas Todd shoots Antonio Windhett in a drunken row. St Paul chamber protests free admission of lumber and iron ore amid SEFLICE dispute.
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Moore
Charley Mitchell
New York
Florida
England
Corbett
Gov. Stone
Campbell
Mississippi
National House
Walthall
Jellico
George Gamble
A. B. Francis
Denver
Thomas Holmes Todd
Antonio Windhett
Todd
Blue Cat
St. Paul
Indefinite Charges in Hawaiian Correspondence Questioned
Washington dispatch reviews the Honolulu letters between Willis and Dole over the Hawaiian restoration issue. Dole issues unspecified accusations against Cleveland and the minister, Willis demands specifics, and Dole withdraws nothing while promising citations to support every charge.
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Washington
Congress
Cleveland
Dole
United States
Willis
Cole
Honolulu
Gresham
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