Massive 19th century miscellany bits and notes
A collage of curiosities and anecdotes covers science, travel, crime, and daily life. It notes banana fiber speculation, a Plymouth 1621 punishment tale, Dutch detective smoking etiquette in Copenhagen, soft crab farming near Chesapeake, coffee consumption by country, and silk culture prospects in the United States with examples from Florida Kansas and Louisiana.
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United States
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Holland
Belgium
England
Russia
Coins Found Near Mahanoy City Tie Murder Plot
Boys uncover English coins dating up to two centuries old in an old field near Mahanoy City Pennsylvania. A murder of peddler Foulhayer occurred about seventy years ago near the site. The stash is thought to be the plunder buried by the killer.
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Professor Pieces
Gould
New England
Portland
Maine
Clark
Sears O. Walker
Isaac Newton
Button
Tive Boys
Mahanoy City
Penn
Foulhayer
Chicago
ROGK
EINK
Gagnallaus
Joliet
Ottawa
Princeton
Trenton
Gallatin
Canieon
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas City
Washington
Sigourney
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Keokuk
Barmiggions Bonaparte
Ban‘ne “Ort
Independent
Eldon
Ottumiya
Wdldy- Iskaloosa
Pella
Monroe
Dea Mainas
Audubon
Harlan
Rangaa
Pulleman Palace
Peonia
Milwaukee
Milwaukee and Hock Island
Great Hock Island
Walle
Sinds
Palac Pullman
A. Kimball
Gen
Memorial site for Prince Louis Napoleon at Windsor
The chosen location for the memorial to the late Prince Louis Napoleon in St George’s chapel Windsor lies between the nave pillars in the south aisle near the Queen Victoria monument close to the Duke of Kent.
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Prince Louis Napoleon
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Victoris
Duke of Kent
Burnt alum in pharmacy and quality tests
Alum is a double sulphate of potash and alumina with water of crystallization. Burnt alum is produced by heating to expel water. Many drugs store samples are imperfectly dried and require oven drying. Tests by C Bernbeck favor near tastelessness and complete dissolution in 12 to 24 hours. Some commerce alum lacks potash, containing ammonia instead, which cannot become burnt alum.
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C. Bernbeck
Ariel the daring dancer and jumping apparatus inventor
A London theatre star known as Ariel astonished audiences five years ago by leaping from a backstage bridge and performing a dance with leaps of twenty feet. Her moves, enabled by her husband’s jumping device after Dando, made her a theatrical wonder. She later spread the method to other dancers in London and Paris, and next season duplicates of Ariel are planned for this country.
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London
Ariel
Dando
Ile
Paris
Navarro County Texas Population and Education Progress
Navarro county Texas with a population near 22 000 consists of immigrants from the northwest states. The people are industrious polite and hospitable. They come to make homes and welcome strangers who strive for respect. Education has improved with most neighborhoods now having schoolhouses and churches and good teachers secured regardless of expense.
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Navarro County
Texas
Iloretofors
A Trip to the Great Geysers: Devil’s Kitchen and Bear Prank
A San Francisco Argonaut account describes an afternoon hike to the Great Geysers, passing the Devil’s Kitchen and numerous dramatic geothermal features. Tourists witness boiling springs, steam-filled canyons, and a staged bear impersonation at Rix spring before concluding the day at the Lovers’ Retreat and Lava Beds.
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Hotel Sgnalls
Laure
Proserpine
Toston School
New York
San Francisco
Foch
A Pretty Woman and the Plague of Beauty
The piece argues that extreme beauty invites envy and suspicion, reducing a pretty woman to an object of attention and misfortune. Plain women fare better socially, while handsome individuals face unwelcome advances, jealousy, and restricted freedoms in public and professional life.
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Wargon
Nest of a hummingbird described in Georgia paper
A Georgia paper recounts a curious fiction about a hummingbird nest brought to an office. The nest was imagined as perched on a tree limb, coated with moss, and crafted from cotton and hair, about the size of a large hazelnut, containing two tiny white eggs.
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Georgia
Aiman
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Speer
New Orleans
U.S
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Mass
Edward Doty
Edward Leicester
Howver
Atrs. J. V. Alexander
Big Sandy
Tex
Meissonier
Parc Monceau
Matesherbes
le Villiers
Dumas
Sara Bernhardt
Vermont
Boston Post
Tivoli
Copenhagen
Flagen and
Northampton
Franklin County
Boston
Italy
Committee On
Central Ark
Washington Heights
Heights
Harlem
Alexander Hamilton
Chesapeake
America
Paterson
N.J
Connecticut
North America
Middle States
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
IL. A. Ball
West Feliciana
Crozier
Marseilles
Silkville
Kansas
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Druggiata
AGYCR
Br. Pierce
Duttalo
James A.cotto
ND & Pacific R. Y
East
Alastisinp
Missouri
Council Bluffs
Inngas City
Union
Alhnglewood
R. Respioria
P. B.J
PD & Bs
B. & We Ras
Steiston
West Liberty
Thos
C. Ag & Nrk
Grinnell
Central Lowa
It. R
Des Moines
W. D
BO Uecer
Brove
Maton
Paeitis
Omaha
C. K
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Ida
Krokuk
Tol
Pac
Caret
St. Louis
Ind St
Ke &N
Cameron
H. St
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Trovoke & Santa Fe
Aton
Nab
Can. Br. C
Weavenworth
Kan
Cavkansas
Peoria Pee
Rioines
Tohisun
Bi U Homo
Alie
Basser
Amen
Freeport Ill
the American On Shoe Tip Co
A. S.T. ST. Co
Parenta
Parbanks Scale
Eclipse
Pdcey
Fairbanks, Morse & CO
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Esergetie
Bntro
the Journal
Journal Bindery
German Insurance CO
Freeport
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