Drumhead Business on Long Island Shapes Nation’s Sound
The Long Island drumhead industry operates from a small Cold Spring workshop founded in 1860. Skins are dried in frames, bleached, scraped, and cut into parchment-thick heads, with saline baths and a chemical pond for hair removal. During wars demand surged, especially for tenor drums, and Kangaroo skins fetch the highest price though calfskin heads are common.
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United States
Long Island
Cold Spring
Brooklyn
High View
N. Y
New York
New York Post
Where the Shoe Pinched Young Girl and Auntie
Comic dialogue from the New York Tribune shows a young girl lamenting her large feet while her practical auntie notes she can stand on them. The exchange highlights humorous vanity and everyday wit in a light entertainment item.
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New York Tribune
Jewel Maladies and the Deterioration of Stones
The article reviews how exposure to air and heat damages gems from emeralds to opals. It notes light fades topaz and garnet, opals crack from cutting or heat, pearls deteriorate in fire or acid, and diamonds remain sturdy but should avoid direct flame. Repair of pearls is delicate and limited to outer layer removal.
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Paris
Beggar-Say Plea Triggers Vivid Boss Reply
A brief literary exchange shows a beggar appealing for aid with a boss refusing, suggesting the man feign illness to avoid work, as quoted in the Philadelphia Press.
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Joakley
Philadelphia Press
Heap Smell and Indian Visitors Enter a City Drug Store
An Arkansas or Missouri newspaper item recalls Buffalo Bill's Indians visiting Walnut Street and a drug store. A bandleader tests items, sniffs perfume, pays, and departs amid frightened clerks. Also included is a later reminiscence about General Forrest and a veteran’s humility.
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Buffalo Bill
Walnut Street
Kansas City Journal
Anecdotes of Forrest as a Confederate General
An ex Confederate officer calls General Forrest a military genius of the first rank, noting he rose from overseer to commanding rank in the Confederate army without formal training, achieving merit through ability and effort.
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Forrest
French Bakers Face Strict Frontier Regulations
A London Tit-Bits note contrasts French and English baking laws. French bakers must keep a flour stock, provide a monetary surety, and be subject to strict weights and measures, with price controls on bread. Napoleon III once ordered a loaf near a quarter loaf sold for six pence, while Britain paid eight or nine pence.
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France
England
Napoleon III
London
Sympathetic Memory Revered in Western Massachusetts Town
A western Massachusetts town cherishes a young woman described as blessed and devoted, whose life story evokes community compassion and regional memory. The narrative centers on personal virtue, local ties, and the enduring value of kindness in a small community.
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Massachusetts
Two Marriages Bind A Widow To A Brother In Law
A woman married a minister, then after five or six years wed his only brother, a New York lawyer. At her library desk a curious guest asked about a photo, and she tearfully explained it was her late husband's brother who died eight years ago and was dear to them both.
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Potomac
Tie
Fort Pillow
General Forrest
New York Sun
New York
Enaller
Generous Quip from London Cabby Exchange
An exchange between old Flint and a London cabby ends with the cabby deflecting fare questions. Flint thanks him, noting no one has ever left him anything, highlighting a streetwise humor about generosity and cash.
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Old Flintskin
Old F
London
Master of the house and a baby name
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows a man praising traditional authority in marriage and recounting how his wife deferred to him on naming their baby Henry. The dialogue hints at gender roles and domestic power within 19th century households.
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Gilbert
Mason—llow
Henry
Boston Transcript
Family Prid. Pride Shifts to Daughter's Husband Pedigree
In a Washington Star column a frustrated Mr. Comrox rejects pride in his business. He says he and the girls now take pride only in his daughter's husband's pedigree, signaling a shift in values and priorities.
Quote about rogues and wolves by Fontaine
A pithy maxim notes that rogues are exposed, and a wolf behaves as a wolf, asserted as an enduring truth from Fontaine.
United States reports lowest blindness rate worldwide
Report notes the United States has a lower percentage of blind people than any other country, highlighting advances in healthcare and disability services that support vision and independence for citizens. The claim cites international comparisons and national programs improving early detection and treatment.
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United States
The Helpful Woman and the Market Driven Turnaround
A couple faces ruin as Wheat falls and copper temptations loom. The wife urges a single lunch at Sherry's then the husband, urged by a new appetite, returns to Wall Street and earns sixty thousand dollars in thirty eight minutes. The tale concludes digestion is the better part of valor.
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Sherry's
Wall Street
Well Enough Says Convalescent Relapse Prompted by Disobedience
A Detroit Free Press line depicts a doctor scolding a patient who relapsed after insisting he was not well enough. The scene captures a stubborn insistence on recovery despite medical advice.
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Detroit Free Press
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W. R. Baker, L. T. Clark
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Charlie
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Fontaine
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