Old Connecticut Boss and a Boiling Soup Lesson
A frugal Connecticut blacksmith, famed for stinginess, pities his hot stew for workers while his own bowl is cooled. A boy proves the trick by spitting in the boss’s soup to test heat, sparking a harsh reaction and a tale of journeymen friendship. The piece also dismisses a popular belief about transformations of hair in water and notes odd creatures like Gordi aquaticus found in grasshoppers and birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connesticut
Rascal
Egypt
Godius Aquaticus
Slack
Gordi
Quotations from Voices Across Nations on Manners and Beliefs
A collage of remarks from diverse national voices recalling humorous or pointed anecdotes. Topics include a Scotch woman on a butcher, a Dutchman about a gig, a British magistrate on marriage, an English reporter on skull casts, a Portuguese mayor on drowning clues, the French Carlino with a pillow joke, and an American lecturer on parenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethnological Society
Dean Swift
Ireland
Carlino
Bible details spark scattered amid garbled text
A disjointed OCR fragment catalogues Bible statistics and scattered notes on biblical chapters alongside a garbled essay on Americans visiting Stonehenge and other unrelated data. The text mixes figures, chapter references, and erroneous terms without a coherent narrative.
Old Gentleman Taps Beer Fountain in Sacramento Grocery
An elderly man newly venturing into a grocery store tapped a beer keg by punching a hole in the top, causing beer to spray through his clothes as bystanders laughed. The episode is followed by a local joke about leaking secrets among fraternal orders and a misidentification at Grange and Odd Fellows halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Union
Missouri
Bethany
Grange Hall
Odd Fellows
King
Granger
Fragmented Ohio platform and Civil Rights bill debate
The text outlines Ohio Republican platform planks on gold debt payment, greenbacks, and a high tariff favoring eastern moneyed interests. It then shifts to a debate on the Civil Rights bill with Senator Morton’s interpretation, arguing the bill seeks full equal enjoyment of public establishments for blacks, not merely equal benefits within segregated facilities. A Petersburg Index anecdote about Governor Moses follows, involving a trunk loss and repayment dispute.
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Ohio
Bell
New England
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Ion
Clorylorda
Otio
Severon Monro
Morton
Tn Petersburg
Jndex
Moses
North Carolina
Petersbiurg
Petersburg Railroad Company
Mouse
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Patent Medicine
Herapaeur
Nauratoia O
Landert
Mme
Ward and Gifts
Perros
A. L. Lechleit
Kearney
Steele
Jre
J. B. Dror
Jefferson Medial College
Philadelphia
J.B. Dlo
Duane St
Ivol
York
N. Alstatter
Dodge
Ken Srarr
Water Asp Fronters
Hamilton
John Moebus
Japan
Brittania
Second Street
Court Horse
Sas
Aereee
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
APT
Mat Fey Ly
Pirie
Taepa
Torepey
SY Ds
Ahi Tyrie
Tara
Eee - Somme
United States
Canada
Poland
Adama
Vermeust
Ipo
Secias
Opera House
Druastore
Dr. A.myers & CO
Dealyns LN
SUST
Peter Jacobs
Chromos
High Street
Ahamilton
Ghio
Ww. B. Falconer
Ifamiltox
B.S. James
Oeanpran
Rees Dome Corner
First Ward
Brriuze
Broruze
Pharmacists
Aria Toole
August Henkel
Bret
Water Ets
Hyer
FL. Martindell
Vwatir IS
Hamilton House
Raiking
Cincinnati, CO
W. Fourth ST
Race
Cincinnati Carpet Ilouse
Fifth St
Walnut
Cincinnati
Rob T Beckett
Abram Miller
Beckett & Miller
H H. Wallace
Third Street
HW. Wallace
Paper Mills
Louis Snipir & Sons
Franklin &Fair Grove
Miami Paper Mill
Beckett, Laurie & CO
Fourdripier
Butie
Latarer, Ans
Laurit
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