Muddled 19th Century Briefs Touch on Warships and Odd Inventions
A miscellany of notes reports a French warship at 1.2M tons and 319 feet, then shifts to a Swedish English atlas project, a claim about early continent settlement, and a shoemaker with replaceable soles. It quotes public figures, cites New Jersey Sunday schools, jokes about universal knowledge, and recounts a Danville preacher and a Sunderland birds’ nest fix.
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Osr
Bandin
New Jersey
Notable World News Mixed in Echoes of Empire
Disjointed excerpts report Cuba not for sale and Ireland’s population drops since 1681 and 1841, plus land ownership hints. Other items note timber denudation in Minnesota, Sioux land openings, Chicago smoke cure, and rail gauge changes. Argentina education spending and cotton crop forecasts complete this scattered international glance.
Oil Belt Durable Despite Fears Of Shortage
Estimates from the Oil City Derrick and Bradstreet show the Pennsylvania and Virginia belt yields vast oil. The 204 square mile tract has produced over 340 million barrels, with a possible future yield near 2 billion barrels. Canada Colorado California and other regions are not counted. The area has averaged 1,000 300 barrels per square mile for fifteen years. The oil supply is unlikely to fail before a substitute is ready.
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Oil City
Bradstreet
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Canada
Colorado
California
Ostrich plumes and feather curling trade in New York quarter
The article describes the ostrich plume industry in New York a detailed view of workers in the French quarter below Washington Square. It covers sourcing from South Africa understanding of bleaching dyeing curling and trimming processes and notes ages wages and fashion trends from 1880 to 1884 and a potential revival next fall. It also contrasts with later fashion shifts toward artificial flowers and lists a brief note on horse standards and pedigree terms.
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Washington Square
South Africa
Europe
America
France
Germany
Ouie
Prince of Wales
New York
Feil and the Young Man in The Foolishness of Marriage
A fragmentary dialogue references Tom Feil and the young man who wrote an essay titled The Foolishness of Marriage. Dick remarks on the man’s fate, recalling that he later married.
The Perfume of Flowers and Ether Extracts
A Householl note describes making fragrant essences from heliotrope mignonette and pansies using ether and deodorized alcohol. It explains petal selection, ether extraction, filtering with bone black, and filling jars with flower essences from peach leaves lemon peel pineapple and berries to produce home fragrances.
Thunder Turns Mad Dog Coward in Litchfield County
A Hartford Courant report recalls a tale of a supposedly mad Scotch collie killed after thrashing fear during thunder. The dog ran 12 miles, hid in a house, then was shot as it refused to move. Another thunder-afraid collie in town fled, later returned soaked, and met a larger collie that caused the frightened dog to fearfully cower.
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Litchfield
Hartford Courant
Pen Picture of an Arab Mare
A desert born mare named Major Shakespeare is described in vivid, condensed detail. The narrator highlights her Nardblood lineage, grey flea bitten coat, oversized eyes, thin expanded nostrils, fine mane and tail, and delicate skin. She stands fourteen hands one and a half inches, broad as a dray horse, with a high-set tail and hard black feet, her tendons like harp strings, her lean head almost fleshless, a striking though brutal portrait of a unique yet fragile animal.
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England
Shakespeare
Stadle
Curious Facts About Malaria From Experimental Observations
The article reports that malaria risk rises above ground level in malarious areas before symptoms appear, and soil cultivation can destroy malaria. Experiments by the Prince of Teano show soil inoculation in rabbits yields differing fevers, peat’s antiseptic effect reduces malaria in marshy regions of Ireland, Scotland, and the Dismal Swamp, and hedges, trees, and terrain features influence disease spread.
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Teano
Ireland
Scotland
Non-Committal reply and price banter in old cartoon
A comicalexchange features a doctor asked for cold advice who refuses gratis counsel replying with cough. A would-be buyer then asks for the price of a painting, with the artist stating five thousand dollars, prompting quips about paying for art as if dead centuries ago.
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Izzard
Deadly Plaything in Venango County Wells Explodes
J C Henry recalls a 1864 incident in Venango County where nitro glycerine torpedoes were used to shoot wells. Bears knocked the can to a rock, causing a massive explosion that blasted a crater and killed the bears, leaving townsfolk joking it was a profound mystery rather than a mysterious event.
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J. C. Henry
Venango County
Roberta
Bear
Leia
Thad
New York Sun
Capturing Baby Sea Lions Becomes New Occupation for Paul Boynton
Captain Paul Boynton, inventor of the rubber suit, travels from the Columbia River area to the Pacific coast to capture young seals and sea lions for training. He describes dangerous rookeries, stealth work at dawn or dusk, and using a heavy net to secure animals before shipping them to a cliffside cell. The interview notes his shift from selling the suit to touring for exhibitions and performing live captures for work along the coast.
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Paul Boynton
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
Demerat
Antiquity of the Horse and Biblical Limits on War
The article argues that ancient Hebrews largely did not use horses until imperial kings, citing Moses's commandments curbing luxury and cavalry. It notes earlier nations’ horse use, Greece’s late emergence, and Phoenician sailors placing horses’ heads on prows, reflecting on riding, conquest, and travel origins.
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Huidekoper
Moses
Joseph
Egypt
Greece
Troy
Neptune
Athens
Mediterranean
National
A Musical Prodigy From Baltimore Three Year Old Leo Sprint
Baltimore's three and a half year old prodigy Low Allen Sprint astonishes with ear playing on a toy piano. Her tiny hands limit detail but her improvisation wows locals who compare her favorably to Hoffmann. An epitaph fragment from Paris cemeteries closes the item with brief quips.
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Low Allen Sprint
Baltimore
Remarkable Chicago girl dies at eighteen with no life’s milestones
A remarkable girl, Josephine Grabski, aged eighteen, died in Chicago. She never walked or spoke, never saw daylight or heard voices, and required constant care. After death her face appeared serene, like an angel, with a gentle smile. The report contrasts her life with tales of frostwise brickwork in Norway.
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Chicago
Josephine Grabski
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