Reading through a 19th century miscellany column
A sprawling clump of notes cites economic forecasts from Tennessee on cotton, rail routes in the Midwest, population shifts, and global affairs. It mentions Japan’s anti duelling stance, British trade with the United States, Canadian power projects, and a French cement substitute called Sta. The relic presented is a Civil War hard tack sample from Dr. Rand in Washington.
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Dr. C. F. Rand
Washington
Godes
Washington Treasury Chief's daily grind amid constant calls
In a room within the Treasury overlooking the city, a powerful official faces a barrage of callers, with a private secretary, Wynne, managing the flood of letters as the head of the department endures a relentless routine. The scene contrasts grand authority with the quiet, tireless labor behind major governance and historical tolls on leaders.
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Treasury
Washington
Bureau
Ely
Lie
Tio
Secreary
Bob” Wynne
Avis
the Treaury
Babe
Folger
Manning
Windom
New York
Liecorder
Curious Tales and Oddities From Folklore to Fact
A collage of quirky notes and oddities from late century life. Items include a Philadelphia rose 17 inches wide, diamonds in teeth deemed impossible, lunar Arabian years and 32 year cycles, a Kansas boy trading a Bible for a shotgun, and cautious remarks on women in asylums. Also recounted are a convict’s note hidden with his wife’s money, hair turning from white to black with age, a Yosemite-like canyon in King's River Canon, a Liverpool man jailed for a penny under false charity, Jacksonville protecting river catfish, and a meteorological station atop the Sonnblick. Further bits cover nail growth differences by hand, a costly Austrian railroad, a Missouri churchyard photograph, cemetery gravestone misidentification in West Camden, and a blunder by the grave marker setter.
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China
New York Mail and Express
Ohio
Saratoga
California
Yosemite
Waterfalla
King’s River
Liverpool
England
A Drama in Hird Life in Brooklyn Birds
In Brooklyn two neighboring households witness a sparrow brood. A fledgling fails to fly and is caged by a kind neighbor. Cats attack the cage. birds rally, and many arrive to comfort the mother. A second chick survives by sheltering in a cellar before joining the garden.
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Brooklyn
Scientific Suraps and Observations From Field Reports
Various scientific notes cover oil fuel on lake steamers, horseradish irritation to the stomach, Manila hemp thriving in decayed soil, and gun ships misfires due to spark failure. Hobart Mercury reports rabbit evolution near fences, electric light aiding transport plant acclimation, and atmospheric air affecting tree roots. Mount St Eling height surveys, Flammarion on hemisphere temperatures, Zigzag tunnel near Walton NY completed after 14 years.
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Manila
Hobart Mercury
Ocean
Mount
St. Eling
National Geographical Society
M. Camille Flammarion
Europe
America
Catskill Mountains
Walton
N. Y
New York, Ontario & Western
The Destructive Ginger Craze Warning
The ginger habit is worse than ordinary liquor and rapidly ruins health. Physicians note Jamaica ginger tincture as a strong and irritating alcoholic solution sold by druggists and grocers in four ounce vials, with undiluted tincture retailed at one time.
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Jamaica
Spice Islands overview and colonial history summary
The Spice Islands or Moluccas form a moist mountainous Eastern archipelago with many small volcanic islands. They produce cloves nutmegs mace sandalwood and more with limited gold and shells. trade links exist with China. The area was contested by Portuguese Spanish and Dutch, briefly captured by Britain, then returned to the Dutch under the 1814 Paris Treaty.
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Moluccas
Spice Islands
China
Paris
Brooklyn
Curious Beans Across Ancient Civilizations
A survey of ancient bean use notes that Jews fed on beans, Greeks and Romans revered them, and a temple to Kyanctes stood near Eleusia. Athenians held a Bean Feast for Apollo with heavy bean consumption while Egyptians deemed beans unclean.
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Kyanctes
Eleusia
Kyanetes
Apollo
Pythagorag
Egypt
Ali Oriental
Leaves in autumn mirror lives in vivid color
Bronze and red leaves glint in sun and mold, some silken and green, others gold. Blown beside the hedge and by the river, they rest or toss as autumn winds blow. So our daily lives differ in delight and sorrow, some bright, some painful, as fate guides us like leaves. Cora C. Walsh Times-Democrat.
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Cora C. Walsh
Times-Democrat
The Posthumous Publication and Quick-Witted Mockery
A spoofish collage of quips about money, social classes, and everyday folly. Humor sketches tease wealth, influence, and manners with puns and cartoons about servants, clerks, and well known vices.
Calming Troubled Seas Invention Spreads Oil On Waves
An English sea captain introduces a new oil spreading device for stormy seas. Oil flows evenly from a tank to a fore-peak cylinder, travels through two tiny pipes just above water, and is projected beyond the bows to calm rough waves. About seven gallons in the tank and five in the system.
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Canada
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Sault Ste. Marie
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West
Camden
Atlantic
Virchow
Dover
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New England
Salmon Fails
Maid of Money
Cholly
Peaterman
Linut
Bendem
Dinnie
Tommy
Mr. Sappy
Watts
Potts
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New Ya
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Maine
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