Oddities and notable oddities from The Register item list
A jumble of curiosities and anecdotes from The Register recounts varied facts from a Michigan Schoolmaster's Club to a Birmingham mint claim, a 194-year razor in Columbus Georgia, a 425-pound ape or ape-like animal at Isanega, and a 47-inch geranium leaf in Hanford California. It notes curious animals, ancient inventions, and unusual natural wonders across the United States with occasional historical context.
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Birmingham
Ecgiead
Hooks
Asearas
Isanega
Cal
Agentiemas
Columbus
Iagin
Embittered Poet Edgar Allan Pee Described in Harper's Inn
The fragment paints Edgar Allan Pee as a striking, slender man with olive skin and large eyes, tall around five feet, neat black hair, and a fashionable, independent style. He charms with a poised manner, reads thoughts, loves deeply yet grows jealous, scorns sacred things, and believes a mysterious burden shapes his fate.
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Edgar Allan Pee
Sass
Harper's Inn
Lirst
Ladagne
Mr. Ice
Linow
Nod Sever
Relgion
Sen
Chinese Traits Observations of an American Correspondent
An American observer describes Chinese governance by six boards, the Manchu ruling class, and the vast civil service. He details the Treasury and imperial court, harsh examinations, and a fatal case of exam stress ending in suicide.
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Boards of Government
Uplts
Tas
Washington
Fan
China
Pressary Department
Board of Sites and Ceremonies
Board of War
Board of Punishments
Board of Works
Interior Department
Treasury
Denby
Fragmented OCR Tale of Exams and Chinese Heritage
The text describes intense exam rooms with rows of narrow pens and three day writing sessions on Confucian philosophy and classics. It notes a west China student excelling in mathematics, and references exams, punishment, and a distant American political figure amid a garbled narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
America
Far West
China
Moonlight Ride Sermon on Ruin and Repentance
Rev. Dr. Talmage delivers a moonlit meditation on Nehemiah’s night survey of Jerusalem ruins. He argues genuine conversion requires ruin awareness, contrasts old fashion gospel with modern flatteries, and urges self-honesty and repentance before God.
White Girl Weds Sioux At Yankton Agency
Miss Gertrude Britton, a Yankton Agency seamstress in Dakota, married Wellington on July 4. The ceremony was by Rev. Joseph T. Gook. The bride is described as pretty. the groom, a blooded Sioux, is said to be poor and the union faced agent pressure to discourage it. They live near Greenwood.
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Ian Day
Crnaman'al Cape
Jerusalem
John Bunyams
John Wasley
John Galvie
Pauls
Chaices
Nehemiah
Satan
Apostle
Shushan
Saad
Samnan
Tomian
Kingdom of Heaven
Sexton
Saxton
Achother
Gertrude Britton
Yankton
Dakota
Wellington
Joseph T. Gook
Wellington Vna
Greenwood
Shane
Har
Nehemian
Nehemiaa
I. Father
Jeranlen
The Passion for Philately and Stamp Trade Facts
A digest of philately interest notes on collectors dealers and paper value. It cites Europe and New York as centers with multiple stamp dealers and mentions the origin of the phrase by hook or by crook tied to forest wood gathering practices.
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Europe
Hebin
Averace
Old skillet traced to great grandmother's heirloom
Mrs A Berd of Brooks County Georgia owns a skillet used by her great grandmother. The piece is over 150 years old yet remains in good condition and still functional according to family history.
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A. Berd
No clear single headline from fractured OCR text
Fragmented religious meditation references Nehemiah and Jericho with biblical imagery. The passage blends questions about poverty homesickness and sin with exhortations to seek forgiveness through Christ and return to faith. It reads as a devotional or sermon fragment rather than a cohesive news item.
Fragmentary Prose on Wisdom and War
A jumble of maxims and reflections on love, wisdom, and morality. Mentions misfortune, war, laws, dreams, and travel with unclear connections and garbled phrases.
Silk Hats Need No Polishing
A humorous glimpse into hat polishing trade etiquette. Clerks discuss charging strangers for polishing hats, customer etiquette, and the odd habit of regulars bringing the same hat often. The piece notes customers’ expectations, polite behavior, and practical limits of polishing without degrading the hat’s finish.
Trade routes and city distances noted by a traveler
A commercial tracer at Houlman House observes that great cities lie equally distant by time, noting nine to twelve hours between hubs like St Louis Kansas City Chicago Indianapolis and New York. He says merchants travel constantly, shifting from city to city to conduct business daily.
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Houlman House
St Louis
Kansas
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Creat Nashers
Morocco
Arizona
New Mexico
John Densett
Santa Cruz
Howe
Thomas Saint
Vidi
Eity
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Alphe
Pete
Moore
oTetas Sue
Dia
Myvself
E Street
Siung
Bauhowe
Faye
Rae
Nea
The
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Deshhin
DR. Talmage
Brooklyn Divines
Rome
Coliseum
Irving Desvibes
Nekeial
Nehenia
Iesbesail
Asus
Rans
Nabel’s Stapentong Enterprise
Boston
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