The Cozzens House Tale of George Train in Omaha
A broken pane foreshadowed a legendary Omaha episode. George Francis Train, famed for spending and wit, built the Cozzens House in 1864 after a threat to ruin the Herndon House. The hotel opened with a grandball but soon suffered power outages from a gun plant in the basement and later declined under Train and his manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Francis
Omaha
America
Herndon Hon
the Rydeast
Ninth
Tarney Streets
Missouri River
New York
Colonel Cozzens
St. Louis
Herndon House
George Francia Train
the Earth
Cozzens House
Nebraska
Ousha
Har
Cozzens
Herodon House
Train
Herodon
Union Pacific Railroad
Qinaba
H. H. Bibbard
Versatile French Tradesman in 18th Century Sings and Skills
A fragment from a Cleveland Plain Dealer page recounts a Frenchman named Macaire noted for many trades from harbor work to barbering stitching and teaching. It includes a sign offering geography and foreign commerce lessons and a humorous pirate tale. The piece also mentions bamboo suspension bridges and the famed 18th century Portuguese king diamond valued at $2,460,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Brazil
Autumn Flock Takes Silent Flight Across Dying Fields
Elizabeth Alden Curtis in Philistine depicts a hazy air full of birds moving in unison above stubble fields turning gray at dusk. A distant pursuer and a small speck vanish toward the south, shifting the landscape into twilight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Alden Curtis
War and Matrimony in Prosperous Times and War
An analysis notes a link between food prices and marriage rates, citing Massachusetts data from 1850s to 1870s and postwar increases. It observes marriages fall as prices rise, with peaks during economic upswings and dips during recessions and wars, plus satirical musings on aging and male psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. McAnally
Dodies' Home Journal
Massachusetts
Mara
Cupid
New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Strange exam answers and curious lessons from Sunday school
A collection of quirky classroom moments includes a Sunday school reply calling good men “Prodigal sons” and a punny take on the ten plagues. Also noted are quirky banking coin tricks in New Orleans, Menominee tribal logging fortunes, a crack-detection method for metals, and C Lloyd Morgan’s ideas on bird calls and instinct.
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Westminster Gazette
Wisconsin
C. Lloyd Morgan
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VIA
Illinois Central
Southern Pacific
R. R
San Franusieens
Pessenger
Chicago
California
San Francisco
D. T. Brenner
Drug & Express Lins
Ganide
Tyteca
Fe Jnl
Mortoonery Ward & CO
Chicado
Dixie Flyer
Florida
Baily
B. A
Lookout Mountain
Nashville, Chattanooga
Atlanta
Nashville
Jacksonville
Fis
Fay Express
Ot.onde
Lanigio Nashville
Kattanoora
Feith
Alianta
Anehata
Haghrile
Chattanooga
Jacksontile
Charleaton
Wilmington Aiken
Savannahand
C.C. McCartiy
DLP
Santa
Wanson
Merry
Dubuque
Nervita
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton & Jackson Sts
D. H. Anderson
Drigeiat
Muli
Montessery Ward & CO
Mighigam Ave
Madison ST
France
Inez
Isaac Marathie
Harber
Wigbeker
Whndteacher
Makra
Yong
Agi
Jean
Viatfa Houges
M. Macaire
Stearh
Gri
Sam Tanat
Macaine
Seattle
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Slagger
Philadelphia Record
Sinm
Far East
Kasta
Ainch
Fordel-Berre
Atohivon Gigha
H.W. Wyatt
Elson
State Bank OF Hull
E. S. Reimann
A. P. Fensen
Vice-Paesipen
JNO
Mayer
Owa
BANK
Henry Claerbout
Rock Island Company
VanBrunt
Hoosier
Ohio Company
Studebaker
J. I. Case Thresher
Sudiay School
Gemma
Centa
W. D. Schoeneman & Sons
Trey Alo
Bowden
Siew Center
THE
Tih Educational
Iowa
Institute
Trenus of Tex Wrens
J. B. Cuase
Hull
Dioux City & Northern
Northwestern Iowa
Halon Toa All Points
W.e.mcnider
Prax
Sioux Cte
A. P. Qwens
Pioneer Drug Store
Alwara
O. McGriff
Prop
P.M. Slagle & CO
Dmaleba
Iene
Ad Draggiata
Aioe
Watt
Eer
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