Unnerving variety from strange bites to fashion critiques
A scattered report details a man bitten by copperhead snakes near Carrollton Kentucky, a Portland Missouri child burned by a sunlit comb, and notes on progressive streetcar coaches in Philadelphia. It threads in a fat family in Kentucky, a German wedding custom, hospital morphine use, Duke of Devonshire grounds, and issues of servants and kleptomania cases in Caspar’s analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Portland
Philsdelpe
SsaTuLana Chauber
Barren County
Elent
New Haven General Hospital
Duke of Devonshire
Ataworth
England
Hill and Dale
Loudon and
Paxton
Vorsaillog
Europe
Kleptomania Cases From History And Modern Times
Curiosities of kleptomania are described from Chambers's Journal including a church altar theft impulse and a physician's room plunder. Examples span a London clergyman, Viennese citizens, Prussian guards, an ex-commissary of police, and a boy in Toulouse, noting medical theories and mental illness links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Rush
Lavatov
Gall Monttons
Vienna
Psperning
Gall
Spurzholm
Toulouse
Maracilles
Frederick the Great and the Abbot’s Clever Bargain
The tale recalls King Frederick the Great joking with Abbot Tobing of Water Abbey. The abbot asks for a royal favor and a second bass singer. Frederick jokes of sending a bass from Neustadt on the Dosse. Tobing renames the donor Fredorious Secundus in mock gratitude. The king, bested, departs saying fools deserve their fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxstrovous
Frederick the Great
Water
Tobing
Camonz
Uice
Berlin
Neustadt
Frederick
Vary
London Telegraph
Fresh Air in the Boi Room and Safe Sleeping Conditions
The American Health Primer stresses regulating room air in cold weather. It warns against strong drafts and warns that the elderly and those used to warm rooms cannot tolerate sudden cold air. Gradual admission through cracks or curtains is advised to avoid chilling sleepers.
Wit and Wisdom Snippets From 19th Century Papers
A collage of humorous lines and quips from era newspapers. Pieces range from travel anecdotes to political jests and social observations. Notable items include a traveling printer who asks if a hen should be set, and a candidate defeated at election being approached by undertakers to drive a hearse.
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Detroit Free Press
Buind
W. O. Picayune
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Josh Billings
Boston Post
Philadelphia Chronicle
Making 2 Woman Beautiful On Fourteenth Street New York
A detailed tour of a renowned beauty atelier on Fourteenth Street New York describing its opulent salon second story access via elevator, private dressings rooms, and a process of meticulous cosmetic preparation culminating in a Grecque inspired hairstyle. The account notes high costs and luxury, quoting a New York Sun observer.
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Fourteenth Street
New York City
New York
Regr
Yard Indien
My Winter Bloomer My Christmas Tree Poem
A nostalgic poem by Laura E. Richards extols the Christmas tree as the best loveable winter bloomer. The speaker lists other trees in contrast yet declares the Christmas tree with ribbons toys and gifts as the cherished symbol of winter joy and family.
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Elm
Sindon
Laura E. Richards
Christmas Eve of Mercy and Music in a Child’s House
A poor widow Mrs Morton shields an Italian street performer Toni from a harsh padrone. She shelters him after a church choir rehearsal, nurses him, and on Christmas morning Toni plays his violin for the family, earning their trust and a church charity purse to ensure his safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover
Daisy
Mamma
Mia
Morton
Teddie
Dong
Santa Claus
Ted
Naples
Madre Mal
Mrs. Morton
Toni
Padrono
Signora
Madame
Baptiste
Vincenzo
Alice
Littleother
Aix
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Havin
Casper
Madame de X
Ateal
Sway
King Frederick
Mrs. Watkins
Mrs. Tomkins
Boston Advertiser
Dotleron
Char
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Spartanburg
8. C
Zephar Smith
Cowpens
Reedhari
Neuralgia
Sciatica
BunRns Scaudms
Canneto
Wells, Richardson & CO
Prop
Tutt’s
Rold Everywiterer
Murray Street
Dr Bulls
Gough
Drammar
Osrirtron
EH Weis
Appuxis
Wisoy
Blakeman
Taylor &0
Chicaro
Woolich & CO von Label
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