Various 19th Century News Snippets and Anecdotes
A collage of brief items from the era notes a Dakota courthouse sale over a mortgage, stray remarks on poets laureate nationwide, a Florida winter resident offering $1000 for clean public and private premises, and humorous bits about New Mexico literacy bills, bullfighting profits, burglaries, and balloon race challenges. Also covered are a Pullman Electric train, gas in palace cars, Moroccan farming woes, and odd fashion humor from London and Philadelphia builders.
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John G. Borden
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Florida
Pullman Palace Car Company
New York
National Electric Light Association
Pennsylvania Road
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Miss Pinkney and the Civil War family secrets revealed
In a Winchester battlefield tale, Miss Pinkney discovers a velvet miniature that ties Major Hinton to a fallen Union soldier. The revelation exposes shared pasts, moves Miss Pinkney to forgiveness, and ends with doctor Charles Walcott Howard and Miss Pinkney reuniting, reclaiming their family name.
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Laura Hinton
Martha Washington
Laura
Father
Miss Pinkney
Winchester
Howard
Pinkney
Alice Pinkney Howard
Major Hinton
Tie
Mec
Alice
Charles Walcott
Charles Walcott Howard
Paraguay’s 25 years of vicissitudes and demography
The London Standard notes Paraguay’s collapse after the 1865 70 war leaving under a quarter of a million inhabitants in 1871. Adult women outnumber men three to one, affecting marriages and birth patterns with many girls born per boys.
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Republic of
Paraguay
South America
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentine
Republic
London Standard
Hats Shrinking in Size Says Hatter Across England
The Linton Maine Journal notes hatters report smaller heads and hats, with average English head sizes down from about 7 to around 6 3 4 to 6 7 8, while American hats remain larger. Cropped hair and wearing style also affect fit, and a Connecticut-made hat is cited as unchanged in size comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Regent-street
Connecticut
Linston
Journal
Ambitious Trans-African Railway Progress
The first 40 miles of the Trans-African Railroad run from the coast to Kabiri, then extend south to the Coanza river and west toward Ambuca, 225 miles from the coast. Native labor has graded the roadbed slowly as workers seek manioc, while Portuguese rail development is praised as an example for others. A continental- spanning link near Delagoa Bay remains speculative.
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Kabiri
Coanza
Ambuca
Delagoa Bay
Times Democrat
The Most Noted Man in China in the Realm of Li Hung Chang
The piece notes Li Hung Chang as one of China's most noted scholars and a key government figure. It details his three public examinations, Hanlin College fellowship, and being recalled to duty after mourning his mother. It mentions his residence in Tientsin and compares its significance to that of Peking.
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China
Li Hung Chang
Hanlin College
Tientsin
Peking
Frank G. Carpenter
The Yellow Bees of Honduras Tell of Harmless Honey Beetles
A vivid account describes small yellow bees in Honduras resembling corn silks flies. They lack stings and are exceptionally industrious. They nest in hollow trees and collections yield honey of delicious flavor. People can harvest honey by cutting into knot holes without risk of stings.
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Honduras
The Herr Professor Plays A Difficult Piano Number
The scene centers on a piano recital with Noodles and the Pro-Teaser debating the difficulty and quality of the performance. A terse exchange questions what constitutes playing versus mere technique as the Professor delivers a showcase.
Parisian styles and heirloom pins in New York fashion notes
The item catalog describes ladies dresses in white peau de soie with First Empire styling, a bride’s gown with Robespierre revers, and elaborate trims. It also reports Mrs Sentell’s ivory and hair-work breastpins from the 1600s, a Spellman Herald note on a 300-year-old tomb carving, and discusses ginghams, summer cottons, and Watteau-inspired colorways. A Pink and Scarlet Tea recreates a lavish Washington Square setting with ornate glass, bric a brac, and a mahogany tea room.
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London
New York Sun
Spellman
Sevres
Zaches
Journal of Literature
New York
Hicks- Lord
Clara Belle
Washington Squire
Russian Empire
Vast array of scientific claims and forecasts dated 1890s
The passage surveys diverse scientific notes from that era, noting bee foraging diversity, sea and glacier dynamics, coal power comparisons, London underground depth, explosive naval ordnance, frost impact on European trees, a undulatory light theory, North American bird species, hot water geology, French land sinking, a proposed 1890 North Pole expedition, Greenland exploration, snow shoe use, and a remark on heatless light from nature versus wasteful artificial lighting.
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France
North Pole
Franz Josef
Nanen
Greenland
Miner Senator Moralizing at Finance Committee
Nevada Senator Jones spoke in the Senate Finance Committee room in Washington, urging honest dealings. He recounted a New York man’s mining pitch in Mexico and likened dishonest intent to tracks for kid shoes and bare feet, urging fair dealing for economic and moral reasons.
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Jones
Nevada
Senate Committee On Finance
Washington
New York
Mexico
New York Tribune
A Novel Cure for Corns
Pittsburger relates a remedy for corns based on soaking the affected toe in crude petroleum overnight and wrapping it with a cloth. He notes the idea came from oil region workers who reportedly believed in the treatment after inquiry among those who tended tanks and wells.
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Pittsburger
Fun at Home Party Tips and Kitchen How Tos
A Brooklyn Citizen note suggests a soap bubble party with prizes and shadow plays using lights and a damp sheet for children. Also included are lamb cooking tips, meat prep, and frying guidance from New York Press, plus care for pictures and oil paintings and a milk gelatin coffee mold recipe from Prairie Farmer.
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Brooklyn Citizen
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Graphic
Japan
England
World
California
Dakota
Germany
Atlanta Constiution
United States
el Paso
At- Constitution
Portsmouth
N. H
Hepress
Santa Fe New Mexican
New Mexico
House
Messrs. J. and
K. Allen
Acronauts
Providence
R. L
New York City
Morocco
National Association of Builders
Philadelphia
Ne York
Gall
Hooper
William Brown
Sheridan
Papa
Federal
South Carolina
Major Hipton
Yellow Bees
Tork
Ladies’ Depar
Golkien-brown
Bate
Bristol Channel
Vesuvius
Europe
North America
Nature
Lamb
New York Press
Correz Buaxe Maxex
Lys
D. W. Anthony
Fabaza
Milton G. Miller
Pamer
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