Variety of oddities and notable figures from past eras
A collage of anecdotes and profiles from historical columns, mentioning Jas Sanan Houstery of Norristown dying with a will provision barring women at her funeral, talks of Masonic lodge taxation, foreign born U S senators, a Chicago horse claim, and vivid vignettes on Queen Victoria’s gifts, Prince Alexander’s stamp kindness, and a famous poet’s editor fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas, Sanan Houstery
Norristown
Pay
Troubles of Sculptors Tell Tales of Portrait Busta
A sculptor recounts comic and poignant incidents from portrait bust work. A commission to reproduce a distinguished figure yields a son’s request to emphasize contempt for architecture. A widowed husband asks to alter a clay bust to fit his memory, approving a thicker nose to convey amiability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounsieur X
Sys
Woman joins Knights of Pythias in disguise
A Bay City woman posed as a man and clerked for a year, gaining initiation into the Knights of Pythias in Milwaukee. During the Third Degree a clockwork rat and snake were used to test nerve. the snake provoked no fear, but the rat caused the candidate to leap onto a refrigerator. The incident may spur scrutiny of secret societies. One lodge reportedly checks applicants by examining feet for coldness to prevent deceptive admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sun
Bay City
Knights of Pythias
Order
Qne
Senatorial Apportionment Ended in Illinois After Debate
The Illinois Senate and House debated the Senatorial Apportionment bill with accusations of gerrymandering and constitutional violations. The House passed the measure, the Senate adopted a nonconcurrence amendment, and the extra session closed as Governor Hamilton signed the bill.
Illinois Legislature Adopts Hurlbut Resolution in Senate
A Illinois Senate session on the ninth adopted resolutions mourning Gen Stephen A. Hurlbut after an eloquent eulogy by Mr. Fuller of Boone county. In the House, the Senatorial Apportionment bill with Republican amendment advanced to third reading amid a heated scene between Herrington and Parrish, involving accusations of lying and a disruption leading to a committee investigation. The Apportionment bill narrowly passed the House with eighty Republicans for and fifty-seven Democrats against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linegar
Alexander
Mitchell
McLean
Durries
Macon
Smith
Mclean County
White
Wabash
Crook
Sangation
J. Hill
Senate
Sthinat
Callen
Kuykendall
Merritt
Howse
House
Thirty-Second
General Assembly
Zeal Suiutnne
Ligut
Hamilton
Secretarius
Ray
Father Hale
Messrs. Simonson
Pastel and Crook
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Fuller
Boone County
Izht
Akenén
Stowell
Parrish
Herrington
Kane
Himelf
Parrigh
Mr. Maun
Moscow manners and misery through a British lens
An English observer reflects on Russia as a pleasant place yet reveals harsh truths of tyranny, exile, and prison conditions. The piece contrasts cheerful locals with brutal state actions, notes religious solace in Orthodoxy, and notes Marmilian’s Magazine on Fabiola, Rome’s first public hospital, as historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Olga
Siberia
Bethink
Golves
Marmilian's Magazine
Fabiola
Rome
The Train Car Whisky Prank Sparks Laughter
A traveler helps an elderly man board a linen suit, finds a whiskey bottle in the coat pocket, and when the prankster offers a drink the old man warns of liquor's ruin. The carriage fills with laughter as the bottle is pressed to his lips and he drinks an occasional snifter.
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John
Arizona Antiquities Near Prescott At McDowell Site
Seventy five miles from Prescott near McDowell a large mound 200 by 250 feet with a two foot thick stone wall is uncovered. Inside extend tombs three tiers deep with cisterns of water below. Stone implements and peculiar utensils line the interior painted with Egyptian characters. Beasts of burden, a camel like animal, and mastodon resemble ancient remains found in the quarry area. Bones in tombs show fire damage and wall upheaval.
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Prescott
McDowell
Hls
A Study of Snow from a Winter Scene
A quirky fragment on snow describes its science as frozen water in starry crystals and its beauty, while noting practical damp mass drifts hindering travel. It also celebrates snow as social backdrop for sleigh rides and winter society yet weighs on business and daily life.
Griggs Glycerine Salve advertised by Emmert and Burrell
The Griggs Glycerine Salve is promoted as a universal cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and skin eruptions with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Available for 25 cents through Emmert and Burrell dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmert & Burrell, Aiyl
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Freeport, Illinois
Platte Valley
Nepraskiy
Cater Justice Arrarton
Maine
Masonic Lodge
Mississippi
Congress
Aoset
United States Senate
Charles W. Jones
Florida
Trelud
James B Leck
Kentucky
Scotland
John P. Jones
Nevada
England
James G. Fair
Ireland
William Y. Sewell
New Jersey
Deland
Bex Buluwinkle
Chicago
Jesse James
Chicago Inter Ocean
Tarquol
Mentone
Victoria
Princess Beatrice
Amsterdam
N. C
Prince Alexander
Bulgaria
Longfellow
Sammel Ward
Lewis Gaylord Clarke
Rntekbocker Magazhe
Clarke
Bonner
New York Ledger
Orme
T Longfellow
Osgood
Bartlett
Iness
Ward
Cornhill Magazine
Tennyson
Stoxes
Jim” Fisk
New York
Fisk
Senate of
United States
Washington
Fair
David Davis
Tlinois
Eugene Hale
Zach Chandler
Hale
Miller
California
Mahone
Virginia
Sawyer
Wisconsin
Sewell
John Sherman
Ohio
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Davis
West Virginia
Plumb
Kansas
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Brown
Georgia
Groome
Maryland
McPherson
Pendleton
Morrill
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Beck
Saunders
Nebraska
Allison
Iowa
Harrison
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Pythias
Illinois
Cook County
Curtis
Fughtt
Boone
McHenry
Lake
Tent —Winnnebago
Ogle
Jo Dayieas
Stephenson
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du Page
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Troqnole
Navonteanth
de Kalb
Kendall
Grundy
Livingston
Ford
la Baila
Twenteth
Marehall
Woodford
Taxe
Whiteside
Las
Twent
Peoria
Putnam and Stark
Knox and
Fulton
Rock Inland
Houry
Mercer, Henderson and
Han
Edgar
Christian
Montgomery
Moultrie
Shelby
Effingamr
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Douglas
Coles
Cumberland
Madison
Lond
Clinton
Washingen
Fayette
Marion
Jefferson
Uiay
Richland
Wayne
Edwards
Clark
Crawford
Jasper
Lawrence
St. Clair
Monroe
Randolph
Parry
Salvie
Gallatin
Pope
Hardie
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Jackson
Union
Franklin
Williamson
Johnson
Pulaski
Tee Bees
Seer
Abe
Wee
Syd
Illinois Legislature
Arizona Antiquities
Nickel Merchant
Turkey
Adasen
Old Fort Dearborn
Revolution Soda
Saleratun
Habbitt’s
Wiwava
Bow Bar
Ss. A. Frey
Freeport, Ill
H. M. Timms
Freeport
Menta
H. MM
TIMMA
Yellow Creek
Hettinger, Collmann & Co
Don
Bankiny Lusloes
Hogarenrater Hunde
Herman H. Schulte
Sureesaer
H Schalse
Stephenson Streat
Cabo
Boston
Geil
Southart Vie
Wenterc
Wis
Cedarville
Orangeville
Quecouth
Seer Vale
Wodoowlay
Wray
Tuowiay
Waterman's Milla
Yellow Crook
Loran
Kent
Yanko Holton
Wit- Jow
Winters
Woodhine
Munday
Pya
Toaday
Joy
Saiturday
Sete McConnells Grove
INL
Cadarvills
Busne Viet
Poundeudarry
Bsa
P. m
Stephenson Street
Fred. Flachtmeier
Centur In
Aled
Galionetlon Gosrantes
Cornar Galonn
Adumoy
Call
Post-Ofice
OPERA
Raywente, John Hea
Geo. W. Oyler
Fitch's Bakery
oeEx
D. Landreth & Sons
Philadelphia
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