Notable Confederate Colonel Survives Crushing Wound
A Baltimore Sun account recalls Col. R Snowden Andrews of the Confederate artillery, wounded at Cedar Run when a shell tore his abdomen and hip. With improvised tools and bare hands a country doctor operated without anaesthetic, washing intestines with water, saving his life. He later wore a silver plate and recovered to return to field service.
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McKinley
Baltimore Sun
Col. Andrews
Andrews
Richmond
Confederacy
Exerton
Remarkable Pears and Potatoes Shaped by Objects
French naturalist M. Henri Gourdin notes two curious cases where fruit grew around man made objects. A pear stretched through iron netting then grew to either side, forcing removal of the net. A large potato grew around a buried copper ring, forming a metallic belt without enhancing beauty.
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M. Henri Gourdin
Father and daughter language joke in period papers
A compact zinger from Brooklyn Life and Tit-Bits showcases a family exchange. A father asks about his daughter’s golf while a lover declares enduring affection. A running gag on language and kinship appears in 19th century humor pages.
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Daugter
Brooklyn
Bachelors Run the Farm In Virginia's Old Dominion
Charles B R Miller of Pittsylvania County leads Virginia's constitutional convention with a record number of bachelors. He owns a 1500 acre Mount Airy area estate that has remained in bachelor hands for two centuries, with no marriages, mortgages, liens, or tax delinquencies recorded in the property line. Miller notes his bachelor lineage and occasional social entertaining at the home.
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Old Dominion
Charles BR. Miller
Pittsylvania County
Miller
Mount Airy
Old Place
Mr. Miller
Crenshaw Miller
Chicago Chronicle
Artificial stone pavements emerge from bituminous rock
The article traces the discovery and adoption of bituminous pavements. It notes the Val de Travers rock asphalt mines in Switzerland discovered in 1721, with road use first noticed in 1849 and early paving experiments leading to asphalt on concrete in Paris by 1854. by 1858 London expanded use, followed by other cities in later years.
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Val de Travers
Canton
Neufchatel
Switzerland
Rue Bergere
Paris
London
Threadneedle Street
Cheapside
Municipal Journal and Engineer
The Magnet in Surgery Brings Nails Out a Times
Dr Garel of Lyons extracted a French nail about two inches long from the bronchial tube of an 18 month old boy from Buenos Ayres using an electro magnet after Rontgen rays localised its position. A similar success by Dr Piechaud of Bordeaux involved opening the trachea to retrieve the magnet’s pole projection near the nail. These experiments merit attention from surgeons worldwide.
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Garel
Lyons
Buenos Ayres
Piechaud
Bordeaux
Landon Globe
Social innovation joke in New York dog event
A Chicago Post remark mentions New York hosting a social innovation called the dog lun chelon requiring guests to bring a poodle or a puppy. The speaker suggests it would be jolly fun and a western trip remains a future consideration if that idea spreads.
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New York
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