Indiana Progress and Global Nineteenth Century Echoes
A compact fragment from the Indiana Progress era page surveys global topics from 1833 era notes. It references the New York Sun on telegraphs, U S export records, crime in Chicago, czar’s finances, hat fashions at Congress, a world religion congress idea, Moravian Alaska mission, a Boston Herald note on gallantry, and a tale of a London coronation era marriage. It closes with a cautionary moral about a widow and her wayward son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York World
South
Far West
National Capital
Tomorrow and the Dream of Beauty
A poem fragment traces a speaker's vow to purity and strength through tomorrow. Echoes at a cliff haunt a lifelong dream of beauty, while years slip by revealing duty and doubt. The closing lines hint at a distant tomorrow echoed by a second speaker, Charlotte W. Thurston, in the Overland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Charlotte W. Thurston
What Made Her Marry Him In The Rumtipore Tale
Mrs Lightfoot, widow and chaperone, navigates social desire in London and country. Major Bittlestone’s pride and Mae de Villars tease, while a carriage accident tests restraint and propriety as the tale unfolds with restrained, ironic tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lightfoot
Jack Lightfoot
London
Major Bittlestone
Maud de Vilars
Bight
Romance on Wimbleton Common and a Boston Globe note
An eventful ride on Wimbledon Common features Major Bittlestone guiding a horse team to safety after a scare near Mrs Lightfoot and Maud de Villars, with playful exchanges and a proposal moment. The piece then shifts to a Boston Globe note on John Quincy Adams, detailing his early diplomatic training, long public service, and death in Congress.
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Miss de Villaré
Wimbledon Common
Pigs de Villars
Stef. Lightfoot
Jack Lightfoot
Maud
Maud de Villars
Monte Carlo
Samy
Teader
Boston Globe
Chicago’s tallest towers of that era and their heights
A Harver’s Weekly compilation lists Chicago’s leading structures by height. The Auditorium tops at 290 feet, the Fair building 241 feet, the new Masonic Temple 274 feet, and others range from 266 feet for the Woman’s Temple to 133 feet for the Lt. Leiter building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Auditorium
Fair
Masonic Temple
Ashland
Woman’s Temple
Manhattan
Monadnock
Henning and Speed
Abstract
Chamber of Commerce
the Home Insurance
Tacoma
Northern
Rookery
Owings
Rand & McNally
Chicago Opera House
Farm and Garden Notes and Advice
A collection of farm and garden tips covering roofing materials, bark washing for fruit trees, gentle horse training, butter from sweet cream, poultry care, hedges and windbreaks, winter bee feeding, and general farming guidance. Includes slate roofing benefits, lime bark washing success, humane horse handling, methods to churn sweet cream butter, and best practices for poultry, hedges, bees, and orchard grasses.
A Marvellous Pearl Necklace Displays Peerless Craft
A rare single pearl necklace, described as the finest in the world, was assembled over twenty years by constantly replacing pearls with finer ones. Center stone likened to a cherry, the stones praised for flawless color and form. Its owner, Mr. Ochs, contrasted the piece with his other pearls, noting the dazzling white lustre. Valued at 120000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ochs
Atring
Philadelphia
Elegraph
A New Kind of Barometer
A Farnam Street motorman predicts a storm within forty eight hours based on the unusually greasy brass railings of the streetcar. He claims the rail texture signals rougher air and imminent weather, a method he says never fails.
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Farnam Street
Omaha
Messaging Before Writing How Peoples Communicated Across Cultures
The article surveys ancient and traditional signaling systems from Yoruba shell codes to Australian notched sticks, North American wampum, Peruvian knot records, and Polynesian tally methods. It links these diverse practices to early cryptography, archives, and even weather and rain rituals, noting the enduring human drive to convey meaning without written text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Africa
Dahomey
Australia
United States
New Mexico
Peru
Polynesia
Dawaii
Sandwich
Washington Star
Alcoholic insanity in Paris and temperance notes
The piece surveys Paris police examinations of suspects at the prefecture, citing Dr. Paul Garnier on rising insanity linked to alcohol from 1875 to 1888 and a growing homicidal tendency. It notes Br Norman Kerr on alcohol’s brain effects and adds temperance news from England and beyond, including breweries, licenses, and naval temperance efforts.
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Prefecture of Police
Paul Garnier
Paris
Garnier
Denot Infirmary
Tropmann
Prado
Eyraud
Pranzini
Br. Norman Kerr
London
Alcohal
Bead Plays Gettysburg Battle Theme Noted at Exposition
A visitor recalls bead plays at the Exposition with remarks that the piece, The Battle of Gettysburg, is heard frequently. An exhibitor confirms, noting how often the tune is heard and the impact on visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pye
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Wroscepar
Rhode Island
The
New York Sun
Cabana Herald
New York
New York Times
Claughry
St. Louis Star
Trenton
N. J
Hercules
Republic
Moravian Church
Alaska
Jon Henry Kill ‘Buck
Geilemend
Lehigh Gap
Northampton County
Penn
William Henry
Judge Henry
Goshen
Ohio
Kansas
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Little Company
Boston Herald
Eton
Gordon Chesney Wilson
Victoria
England
John
Mies de Villars
Piccadilly
St. James Street
Bittlestone
Sai
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adame
France
Benjamin Franklin
Mr. Dana
St. Petersburg
Tle
Congress
Capitol
Quincy
Johnson
Adams
Detroit Free Press
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
American Dairyman
Peck
Heber Wharburdon
California
Ea Es
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
Sam
J. F. Krocurzer
Conway, Ark
E. A. Ancrex
Hi So
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Fi
Gar
Children's Department
Astrep
Axp
Drsparsary
Boston
Maes
Auten C
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Temperance
Temperance News
Internal Revenue
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Maine
W. Jannings Demorest
Misa Ignes Weston
Deer Park
Toronto
Canada
Swearingens
Bluings
Nate
Toles
Chia Onith
Portland
Valine
Fry
Druggista
Herbert Walker
ErEissance
Sweany
AntiCruelty Society of
Pittsburg
Jones Avenue
Bixty
Sacred Heart Review
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