Endian Progress Notes and Oddities in Canada and U S
A jumbled dispatch cites Canadian fears of American fever, wolf scalps, and a $5 bounty for state scalps, then shifts to a Washington statistical note on Congress records. It mentions cabinet survivals, immigration incentives in Quebec, Leonard Jerome anecdotes, a case of a burglar’s drill and dynamite, health studies on state health belts, and a quirk about granite and onyx production moving from Rutland Vermont to Missouri.
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Washington
Eet. Congress
City on Ice described in Frank Leslie's Monthly
An account of the so called City on Ice near Saginaw Bay Michigan detailing its seasonal cycle from October to March. Fishermen live in small huts on runners, move by dog teams, and face dangers from storms and freezing. The article notes the social life including music, games, and practical jokes, with references to the Hobkahlin Indians nearby.
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Frank Leslie
Monthly
Saginaw Bay
Mich
Lake Huron
Saginaw
Esquimaux
Charity Islands
Lake Heron
Expert on an Indian Trail Explains Indian Navigation Skills
An 1883 account notes how Indian trackers can read moss and bent grass to follow trails across open terrain. A scout demonstrates precise route finding, gait estimation, and direct return paths, while a trailing Indian often answers with Quien sabe or silent resolve.
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Chicago Herald
Aluminum Promise to Reform Manufacturing and Transport
The discovery of a cheap process to turn potter's clay into aluminum could cut costs from 45 to 50 cents per two pounds and transform household industries and heavy transport. Aluminum is lighter than iron or silver, stronger than steel for many uses, and abundant enough to revolutionize locomotives, wagons, rail cars, ships, and possibly airships, enabling lighter, stronger constructions.
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Belford’s Magazine
Rest for the Birch at School
A Washington Star item notes an uncle praising Tommy’s progress at school. The boy reports a week without a whipping, though the teacher has a lame shoulder.
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Tommy
Washington Star
Scientific scraps and notes on global research
A roundup of late 19th century science items covering natural gas near Middlesbrough at 800 feet, coal dust explosion inquiries, lamp flame efficiency, India rubber panels, galvanic action between iron types, hare virus vaccination, slow streetcar motors, wood preservation for piles, earth axis observations, latitude expeditions to Hawaii, pine resin soap process, Dana on Long Island Sound history, Hebrew farming in Palestine, terraced hills, Jaffa oranges, and Jewish land acquisitions near Jerusalem.
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Middlesborough
England
Hawaiian Islands
Palestine
Frank G. Carpenter
Old
Judea
Jaffa
Indian River
Florida
Plains of
Sharon
Goliah
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Rothechilds
Four gigantic Baldwin locomotives head to Grand Trunk tunnel
Four of the largest locomotives ever built at Baldwin Works near completion for Grand Trunk Railroad. They will operate in the St Clair tunnel under the St Clair River, Port Huron Michigan to Sarnia Ontario, weighing about 180000 pounds in running order with water tanks and central cab for bidirectional use.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Grand Trunk Railroad
St. Clair
St. Clair River
Port Huron
Mich
Sarnia
Ontario
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Bagpipe Across Regions and Eras
The bagpipe is widespread in Asia but waning from past use. It appears in China Persia Egypt and Italy where villagers link it to religious joy. Romans and likely Greeks knew it. Scotland claims it as national though its use declines.
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Asia
Persia
Egypt
Italy
Rome
Scotland
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Unexpected Parlor Exchange at Market Day
A fragment shows a dialogue where a young housekeeper asks the butcher to send up ham and inquires about the butcher's liver. The butcher responds with a fast rate remark and mentions taking Saratoga Witchy for a month.
Pearls of Teotgat Proverb Collection
A series of maxims on character and behavior. It notes that learning by example matters more than precepts, love alters actions, selfishness is the deepest evil, troubles grow when nurtured, repentance follows recognizing error, belief requires promise, work can resemble play, desire for knowledge signals literacy, truth reveals humility, miserliness stains judgment, homes expose a hypocrite, vanity clouds sight, and mean people justify themselves by comparison.
The Accidental Rise of Mahogany in Furniture
The article traces mahogany from Raleigh’s 1597 mention in Trinidad to its English arrival via a West India captain. A London physician and carpenter's persistence with a candle-box sparked curiosity, leading to prized furnishings and the wood’s fame, with Wollaston’s work tying the tale to its popularization in civilized lands.
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Walter Raleigh
Trinidad
England
West India
Gibbons
London
Wollaston
Duchess of Buckingham
Detroit Free Press
Boston coin collectors boast nation's finest accumulations
A Boston numismatist praises Parmelee of East Chester Park for a bean baker who builds a coin stash worth between 240000 and 50000 dollars. He notes the rare 1804 dollars fetch about 700 dollars each and warns many are counterfeit imitations. Nathan Appleton on Beacon Street also keeps a top Boston collection amid many local enthusiasts.
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Boston
Parmelee
East Chester Park
Nathan Appleton
Beacon Street
New York
Delicate South American Fruits Captivating Yet Foreign
The Washington Star notes guava jelly is prized in some places but less valued in South America where imported preserved fruits from the United States are seen as luxuries. They are costly and mostly beyond the reach of the general public. Locals disdain common fare like bananas for rarer tastes such as the se pote resembling baked custard when frozen and the aquacate resembling a small muskmelon.
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Atlanta Constitution
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Republic
Paul Krueger
John Reitz
House of Representatives
Volkelaad
Captain Campbell
Vaal
Rider Haggard
Jess
Campbell
Haggard
John Neil
South Africa
South America
United States
Washington Star
Fashionable Walks and Silk Petticoats Across Cities
A compilation notes prevailing fashion trends from New York to Detroit and Chicago. It covers the fashionable walk, silk petticoats, tan footwear comfort and durability, juvenile jewelry limits, and broad fashion rotes including veils, crepe silk, bow and trimming styles, and new tennis flannels for the season.
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New York
San Francisco Examiner
Humorous Bits and Light Dialogues From a 19th Century Page
A collage of quips and witticisms on marriage, society, and common sayings. Jests cover self warnings, matrimonial foibles, clever retorts, and playful observations about men, women, and social behavior. The material blends proverbs with comic exchanges, ending with a note credited to the New York Tribune.
Seasons of spring in a poet’s Detroit Free Press verse
A fragment from Margaret Estinge in the Detroit Free Press meditates on life's cycles. It imagines enduring hope through spring after winter, blessing longing hearts with fragrant promises as birds sing and nature awakens each year.
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Margaret Estinge
Detroit
Free
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Endiana Progress
Lergmat Feper
Sonny
Wepreepar
Chicago
Francisco Hremmer
Germees
United Service
Philadelphia Times
Bancroft
Polk
Ith
H. H. Stewart
Virginia
Fillmore
Jefferson
Quebec
St. Louis Star
Cisima
Leonard Jerome
New York World
Jerome
Secrer
Rochester
Poo
Herbert
WW. Hotchkiss
Michigan
New York Telegram
Cpat
Sam
Grand Bay
Charlevoiz
Lambermen
New York Sun
Rutland
Missouri
Crawford
Pulsski
S. Baker
Sir S. Baker
Asop
Baker
Longman’s Magazine
India
France
Dana
Long Island ‘Sound
Connecticut
Long Island
Sound
Teotgat
Russia
Chicago News
Paris
Ecru India
Mumorous
Tom Bigbee
Cahariotle
Streckler
Mr. Figg
Samuels Gisl
Potterby
Winks
Jaggleby
Germany
Texas
Europe
New York Tribune
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