Wedding at Port Byron prompts revolver etiquette debate
In a Port Byron New York wedding recent reports note the groom, 12 years younger than the bride, and the surrounding gossip. The item zips through a collection of miscellany from poets, explorers, and curiosities, including London society, comets, bone black, and postal rules for Universal Union.
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Port Byron
N. Y
Roberts Brothers
van Ingelow
Texas Society
Universal Postal Union
Strychnine effects and gamboge use in medicine and dye
The article surveys scientific notes on heavy doses of strychnine in mammals and its comparison to other paralytics, mentions Mayer on oxygen and fermentation, describes potassium hydrogen tartrate aiding yeast growth, and details gamboge production in Siam and its uses in medicine and paint. It also covers telephony earth-ground disturbances, Lord Rayleigh on yellow light, new preservative wrappings with salicylic acid paper, and moth resistant manilla paper baths.
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M.richet
Adolf Mayer
Turkey
Reimann
Farber Zeitung
Siam
Cochin China
Ceylon
Cambodia
Steinheil
Lord Rayleigh
Hippo Pursuit and River Crossing Tale
A first person account describes tranquil paddling at a river ferry followed by a dramatic hunt of hippos. The narrator uses a Winchester rifle and smoothbore to kill several animals while observing their behavior and appearance. He notes their sunlit resting in shallow water and distinctive features resembling horses when swimming.
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Mr. Stanley
Premonitions of Autumn by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Excerpt reflects a poetic meditation on autumn’s approach within midsummer scenes. The speaker notes an inward autumnal influence amid lush greens, fragrant florals, and bright sunlight, describing a coolness, pensive sadness, and the sense of decay felt in nature.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Unpopular author mocked as color-blind by wit
A wit quipped an unpopular author is color-blind, claiming his works are read only in his view. The friend asks for proof and the humor centers on the author’s belief in his own readership.
Origin of the plow from pointed stick to wheeled tool
Dr. Taylor traces the plow’s evolution from a four to five foot pointed digging stick used by tribes to a bent stick hoe, then a fir pole hoe with branch, to a larger dragged implement. He cites Sweden’s “hackers,” Egyptian and Greek prehistory and Virgil era wheeled plows as early milestones with religious sanction.
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Taylor
Sweden
Lyse
Europe
How Boy's Marbles Are Made in Oberstein Germany
The article explains marble production in Oberstein Germany where agate quarries and mills process stone into marbles. Blocks are crushed and milled in grooved bedstones with a wooden runner, producing coco 169000 marbles weekly per mill and giving the loud crackers their distinctive sound.
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Oberstein
Germany
Mystery Mill Girl in Winthrop Reveals Charity Past
Mary Adams, a factory girl at a Winthrop Massachusetts mill, wears a veil at work and in transit. She attends church but shakes hands with no one, and rumors say she is a Boston heiress who gave away her money to aid the poor as a city missionary.
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Mary Adams
Winthrop
Mass
Boston
Hymn Praise Echoes From Gallery Choir
A fragment describes the old maid in the gallery singing with a sweet voice alongside a high priced soprano in the choir, likening their praise to bell like notes and shared praise in a church setting.
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Philadelphia
Time Tricks and Payday Delays in Little Rock Tale
A colored man jokes with a creditor about paying a $10 debt while discussing a town time correction story. The exchange mocks flustered promises and the idea that clocks and watches were overhauled, making today appear as tomorrow. The tale ends with a caution that public perception of foolishness lingers despite lessons learned.
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Dar
Napoleon
Jdes
Little Rock
Ark
Gazelie
All About Style and Women Time Costs in Fashion
The author argues fashion imposes daily three to four hours of dressing for women, hindering achievement in any field. She contrasts practical male dress with women's burdens, noting evolving male attire favors business efficiency while women's attire remains encumbered by outdated courtly fashion.
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Charles the Second
Convict Feeding Cost At Kentucky Penitentiary
The article states the average daily cost per convict for feeding at the Kentucky Penitentiary is 11 cents.
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Kentucky
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All About Style
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