Fragmented 19th century newspaper notes multiple items
A jumble of brief items from Prebport New York and elsewhere covers a stolen 20 cent item and a major firm selling 60 000 sets of lamps with an estimated profit of 1 000 000. It also notes the mayor of Tunesville Wisconsin ordering action on banners, a railroad manual from 1881, and a Rochester trust story. Also referenced are a Detroit search for a missing daughter, a New York reporter’s impression of American stores, a New York court ruling on a factory accident, an emphasis on high pressure public instruction causing nervous exhaustion, and a discussion on photography progress including balloon views and fortifications from war-era perspectives.
Photographic Tricks and Map Trends in 19th Century News
The piece discusses military photo devices allowing ground-level operation for aerial shots, mentions necnal wiring and a black shutter, and notes earlier attempts at night photography. It also surveys 1800 census area estimates, highlighting state area discrepancies and methodological cautions. A lighthearted Italian duel letter joke follows, ending with a satirical threat exchanged by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emy
Jens
Jou
Hwr
The Value of Odds and Ends in Economy
A historical note on saving and repurposing odds and ends from home crafts to fuel and material goods. It cites examples like mats from worn garments, rivulets of oil-dust as fuel, and stone bottles as pavement. An observer recalls a Venetian Rialto scene with an old woman bargaining over an imperfect snail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Rialto
Meaning of bells and curfews in English towns
A discussion of bells rung after dark tied to curfews and endowments. Examples include Atorrington Sussex where a bell rings at eight nightly, Great St Mary's Cambridge at nine, and Christ Church Oxford Great Tom tolling 103 times, with origins linked to endowments and religious practices.
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Atorrington
Sussex
Max
Btorrington Church
Great St. Mary's Cambridge
Cambridge
Tom
Christ Church, Oxford
Rome
Angelus
April Day Romance and Social Musings on Women
An old verse tale about an April day ends in playful romance while a London World forecast argues higher education will push women toward smoking. The piece then shifts to a Woman's Journal note on female employees, praising punctuality and focus, condemning office chatter, and warning of the sarcastic girl archetype with a moral urging dignity and restraint.
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London
Russia
Urban VII
James
Woman's Journal
Sophronia Fitzgerald
Gus
George
Peter
Jeremiades
Bue
Spoosh
Who Punches the Coins and Why They Do It
Veteran detective James N. Sampson explains the rise in clipped and punched coins, noting nine tenths of punching is done by Cubans in this city. He cites holes drilled through rolls for quick value gains, mentions source coins from Mexico and South America, and discusses related issues of sweating gold coins, mutilation, and weak government rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Sampson
Sub Treasury
Sampson
Mexico
South America
Chatham Street
Floyd
Assay Office
Congress
New York Evening Post
Short-Sighted Men Look For Tablet They Never Read
Two rival men Ching and Chang seek a tablet at a temple to test vision. Each claims different inscriptions, accusing the other of missing details. They learn there is no tablet after all, and a traveler notes a curious blend of old world wit and new world practice.
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Ching
Chang
Tenle
Ling
Prue
Templo
Temply
Robert Southey
Victoria Bridge
China
Japan
Texas
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Ohio
Tinois
Tim
Great Britain
George III
Victoria
George I
George Tit
George LY
Williawn TV
Medici
Whenca
England
Edward Curtis
Calisaya
Pelletier
Caventon
Dasicy O’connurn
County
Clare
Ireland
Robert Peel
Duke of Wellington
O'Connell
Kerry
Dublin
Kilkenny
Cork
Capsule history of steam power and early locomotives
A compact survey traces steam power from ancient Egyptian mechanists to De Caus and Cuquet, noting Watt's era improvements by Stephenson and the first successful regular locomotive in England in 1822. It also recounts a flamboyant Customs Officer revenge aboard a French steamer tied to dock dinners.
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Hero, S
Alexandria
Egypt
Christ
de Caus
Cuquet
Marquis de Saxe
Drst
Ltevithick
Merthyr-lydvil
South Wales
Blankensop
Middleton
Leeds
Geo. Stephenson
Killingwood
England
Hatton Colliery
Durham
Hirwt
Amervica
Honesdale Road
Hast River
Hoboken
Gowanus
Sone
New York Times
Postage Stamps Across the World Aims and Varieties
The article notes an estimated 6,000 varieties of postage stamps worldwide. It mentions imperial effigies, kings, queens, a duke, princes, and many presidents, with stamps displaying crowns keys eagles horses and other emblems. Berlin postal museum catalog lists 4408 specimens with 2.46 percent bearing…
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Tos Malkeeyia
Berlin
Teluckal
Listo
Charitable Gifts Boost American Colleges in 1860s 1870s
The article catalogs large donations to U S colleges from 1860 through 1878. John G Green and Ezra Cornell led Cornell gifts. Lafayette College, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Kenyon, and other institutions received major endowments. Total gifts around 1.3 million in 1878 and 1.27 million prior year, with two thirds going to New England and seaboard states.
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Johns Hopkins
University
John G. Green
Princeton
Ezra Cornell
Wage
Cornell University
Lafayette College
Anno Pardee
Western Reserve College
Aimesa Stone
Vanlevia G. Stone
Boston
Harvar
Southern Educational Fund
George Peabody
Yale
Harvard
Washington College
Virginia
Kenyon
Ohio
Joseph E. Sheffield
Amhert College
Samuel Williston
Nathaniel Thayes
Nathan Matthews
Harvard University
Agassiz
Museum
Cambridge
New England
Seaboard States
Snipe on Toast: A Burtington Hawkkye Anecdote
A humorous Harrisburg vignette recounts a man ordering snipe on toast, finding a dubious black speck, and demanding a turkey toast instead. The episode ends with a quip that snipe on toast is a men game and a putty blower joke.
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Thandsoma
Harrisburg
Baya
Burtington Hawkkye
Unworked Mine and Tolerance in a Long Sermon
A murky passage reflects on faith and ethics as a speaker imagines preaching a sharp chapter from St. Paul on Charity. The text hints at doubts about religion, tolerance, and the challenge of delivering a powerful moral message to an audience.
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Rivera
St. Paul
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Prebport
Illinois
York
Ciangis
Mosara
Appleton LE Cos Jave
Pee
Tris
Tunesville
Wis
Bayer
Pen's
Wes
Trustses
Rochester
N. Y
Louissa
Shermiat Iania
Detroit
Henry Monney
Chicago
Ths Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Atfoxoxro
Trotecnens
Bhonle Island
Louisiana
Virginias
Missouri
Taly
Tulian
le Lin
Ote
Rilver Ralning
Carnent
Dawight
Hersel
Shev
Mapland
United States
Europe
Asia
Aftica
America
Australn
Postage Stampa
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