Washington Lotteries and Public Works in 1818
A Washington Star account describes 1818 city life with public morals, early charters restricting gambling, and a proposed National Lottery to fund Lancasterian schools, a penitentiary, and a city hall. It details lottery schemes, education reforms, and the fate of the original penitentiary, later repurposed into barracks and dwelling spaces.
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Kirie
Washington
Ahington Star
el- Alexandria
Georgetown
Snd
Corporation of
United States
National Lottery
Prioe
Joseph Bell
Mad- India
Lancaster
Congress
Greenleaf
Booth
Washington Barracks
Arsenal Grounds
City Hall
First peanut oil factory to be established in the United States
A new peanut oil factory will be built here the first in the United States. The plant will operate under Weatherly patents with five tons daily capacity. Estimated capital includes machinery nine thousand dollars and building six thousand dollars. Daily receipts from five tons of peanuts could reach about four hundred fifteen dollars with annual profit near nineteen thousand seven hundred twenty five dollars.
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Unitedates
Europe
Marseilles
Germany
Weatherly
Norfolk
Brother Seeks Missing Relative In China Trade Clue
In a Germany to America china shipment a blue envelope was found containing a German letter from Cora Bletzner of Carlsbad. The note says her brother Wilhelm Bletzner left Carlsbad two years ago to work in the United States china business and asks the finder to help reconnect.
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Germany
Frank Ie
Young
Mr. Young
Wilhelm Bletzner
Carlsbad
America
Cora Bletzner
Philadelphia Record
The White Pill Man in a Drawing Room Mystery
A fragment describes a small alert man with a candid face like a large white pill. Beever quips that catching him is key, not his medicine, noting the gentleness of his voice as he moves with tiptoe caution. Henry James’s The House Bird tone echoes yet another mystery.
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Beever
Tong
Henry James
German secret police taints press and polity in Berlin
The piece argues that Bismarck's imperial regime used a secret political police to incite disturbances and spy on opponents. It cites bribery, forgery, and perjury aimed at harming officials and reveals how German papers, unlike American ones, often echo state instruction rather than independent opinion, reflecting the coercive influence of state organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bismarck
Russia
America
Berlin
Baron Marschall
New York
Schiller
Goethe
Daniel De Foe's Niece Lived in Calvert County
The article recalls Elizabeth Maxwell, niece of Daniel De Foe, who left London at 18 to pay passage to the new world and was sold in Philadelphia in autumn 1718. She married Thomas Job in 1725 at the old Quaker meeting house, wrote to her uncle, and died in 1782 at age 82 in Cecil County. Furniture from De Foe's study remains with descendants.
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Juan Fernandez Island
Alexander Selkirk
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel de Foe
Calvert
Cecil County
de Foe
Elizabeth Maxwell
London
New World
Philadelphia
Andrew Job
Brick Meeting House
Calvert, Md
Elizabeth
Old Meeting House
Thomas Job
Philip of Spain
Hannah Griffith
Daniel de Foe Job
Eizabeth Job
Nottingham Forest
Beuwring
Job
Haines Job
Baltimore Sun
Embezzlements of 1896 Rise and Fall in U S Losses
The Chicago Tribune compiles embezzlements and forgeries in 1896 totaling $9,465,991, averaging about $788,826 monthly. Losses show New York leading, with New Hampshire and Pennsylvania nearby, and distributions include banks, officials, agents, forgeries, loan associations, and miscellaneous thefts. Philadelphia Ledger reports the figures.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
New York
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Ledger
Penrose the Pennsylvanian Card Player in Washington
The Washington Post notes Baies Penrose, a Philadelphia born congressman with a distinctive Philadelphia accent. Described as tall, 86 years old, unmarried, and popular for whist, he wears a vintage broad brim silk hat and an unusually long Penrose coat, remaining recognizable in the nation’s capital.
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Washington Post
Pennsylvania
Baies Penrose
Philadelphia
Red Dubois
Idaho
Penrose
Washington
Boies Penrose
Von Payer Leads South Polar Expedition
The south polar expedition by German and Austrian scientists will be commanded by J. von Payer. A preliminary Melbourne expedition starts next summer and spends the winter in Victoria Land. Von Payer will join the main voyage after its departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. von Payer
Melbourne
Sumer
Victoria Land
von Payer
Cabin John Bridge Named After Mysterious Local Settler
Washington Post recounts the Cabin John Bridge as a premier stone arch 220 feet wide and 110 feet high built 1858 1867 to carry the water main across a ravine. It details Meigs Fr Pierce Lincoln Davis Stanton eras inscribed stones and the solitary settler John who inspired the name Cabin John.
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West
Washington
Potomac
Cabin John
United States
Cabin John Creek
Rockville
Seneca
War Department
Jefferson Davis
M. C. Meigs
Interior Department
Caleb B. Smith
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton
John
Ashion
Washington Post
New Uses For the Kite In Military Signaling And Night Photography
Advances in kite science show military signaling gains surpassing captive balloons. Bayonne tests dropped a telephone wire 1000 feet for two way signals, suggesting siege use. Night air photography from kites could reveal fortified positions unseen by the eye, aiding generals without alerting foes.
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Bayonne
N. J
Grant
Vicksburg
New York Sun
Steel Frame Churches Gaining in City Construction
The New York Sun notes that church buildings remain scarce versus other new structures but increasingly adopt steel frame construction. The method, common in commercial buildings, saves space in crowded lots and allows thinner walls and smaller columns, reducing visual obstruction inside large interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
A Tree Stump Inspired Plant Holder Arrives
A sturdy green tub style holder for flowers or plants is replaced by a pottery imitation of a tree stump. It is colored to mimic real bark and wood, giving the impression the plant grows from a forest wreck.
The Wye of Providence and Wandering Willie in a New York Journal tale
A benevolent man encounters Wandering Willie a ragged tramp with a long tale of hardship including family theft of an estate shipwreck cannibals prison five years escape a coal mine explosion broken ribs hospital stays and rebirth by chance. The gent ponders Providence and expresses sincere interest but withholds aid to observe what comes next.
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Willie
Europe
Spain
Jens
New York Journal
A Stamp Collection Secures a Bank Bond in Toronto
A Bank of British North America receiving cashier in Toronto faced a £2,000 bond requirement. Lacking funds, he used a childhood stamp collection. A rich stamp collector bought the album for £2,000, and the cashier offered the collection as security. The bank accepted, vaulting the stamps. The collection now valued at about £7,000.
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Toronto
Bank of British North America
Pearson’s
Sunflower's American origin and European spread
The sunflower, native to America, was introduced to Europe in 1569 and is now widely cultivated in Russia for its seed oil. The oil yields 84 percent oil after shelling, is light yellow and mild, valued for cooking and candles. Seeds sold to the poor, stalks used as fertilizer and fiber, leaves used as cattle feed when dried and ground. Chinese...
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America
Europe
Russia
Favorite Prescription for nervous women promises relief
The advertisement claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures female weakness and nervous irritability, restoring health and preparing for motherhood. It cites testimonials from M r J Bartlett of Wyoming and touts a World’s Dispensary Medical Association book offer, with free distribution of Doctor Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser and optional cloth covers for a small fee.
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Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
J. Bartlett
Granger, Sweetwater Co
Wyo
World's Dispensary Medical Association
N. Y
Pierce
Common Sense
Sunflower products and Abyssinian seed oil noted
Silk goods may include sunflower fiber. The so called Niger seed oil comes from a sunflower family species native to Abyssinia and provides lamp oil in upper India where it is widely grown.
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Niger
Abyssinia
India
Clock inscriptions and a quip about time
The piece recalls old clockmakers inscribing verses on dial plates such as I serve thee here with all my might To tell the hours by day by night and Tempus fugit Time flies. It also shares a joke about a well known English clockmaker who joked I often have his clocks through my hands referring to Tommas Fugit.
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Tommas Fugit
New York Times
Irreconcilable Father and Boy Drift in Estrangement
An irritable father laments the boy's unkindness after a clash. The parent admits rebuking the youth, who then avoids him for days. The father contemplates making a small advance to restore harmony. Meanwhile a note mentions an unusual River Mississippi fact and a geologic quip about the earth's bulge.
Bucklen Arnica Salve for All Skin Ailments
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Sold by Emmert & Burrell at 25 cents per box.
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Bucklen
Brest
Emmert & Burrell
What would you call the sound of two bodies coming together
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a teacher asking pupils to name a noise. A little girl with older sisters replies that the sound is a kiss, highlighting a humorous exchange about language and perception in a classroom setting.
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Yonkers
Perry and Cameron Endorse Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Prominent Flushing druggists Perry and Cameron praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine they have sold and consistently satisfactory. Emmert and Burrell, druggists, sell it at 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
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Perry & Cameron
Flushing
Michigan
Emmert & Burrell
Haven't Found Her Anyway Mrs Flighty Dialogue
In the New York Truth a humorous exchange frames a mock debate on fate and pursuit. Mrs Flighty asserts deliberation leads to loss while Mr Flightly concedes, hinting at extinction of such caution.
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Flighty
Mr. Flightly
N. Y
Pain Balm Relieves Chest and Back Pain Fast
For a pain in the chest a piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and bound on over the seat of the pain, and another on the back between the shoulders, will afford prompt relief. This is especially valuable in cases where the pain is caused by a cold and there is tendency toward pneumonia. Forsale by Emmert & Burrell, druggists.
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Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell, Druggista
Tax Collector's Notice for Freeport 1896 Taxes
James Manson announces office at rear of First National Bank to collect Freeport town taxes for 1896. He urges residents to call soon and pay taxes.
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First National Bank
Freeport
James Manson
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