Untitled 19th Century miscellany from Indiana newspaper
A sprawling column mixes notices and anecdotes from 19th century America. It covers a wide range of topics including a typhoid care claim, a Charlestown duel where a participant died, Buffalo Bill’s hair as key to victory, quill peas priced in Germany, a San Francisco to New Zealand cable plan, and cautionary notes on media reactions to Judge Terry’s death. Additional items discuss a Baltimore life insurance misinterpretation, Atlantic crossing attempts in a tiny boat, French divers, electric lighting affecting Port Jervis shade trees, Leis Rover at Cornell, gender wage debates, pear leaf blight remedies, and a humorous Minneapolis directory dog entry.
Wealth and railways cross nations in late 19th century notes
A compendium of economic and industrial bits cites Uncle Samuel’s alleged 1890 outlay on artificial dogs and arms, railroads owing billions, Mexico’s export surge, and cries of prosperity. It covers Joaquin Miller, Calcutta carters strikes, cowcatcher patents, and progress in China with Emperor William’s Alsace Lorraine visit.
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Samuel
Buffalo hunter built herd and sold shares in Kansas
C J Jones, a veteran buffalo hunter, described his long pursuit since 1871, detailing methods to corral and kill leaders, the shift to cattle raising of calves, and the creation of a modern herd near Girden City. He joins a syndicate planning a zoological farm at $75,000, aims to move the herd to Kansas, and notes prices for bulls and meat.
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C. J. Jones
Kansas
Evon
Girden City
Manitoba
Utah
Orden
A Japanese Flower Holiday
The article describes Japanese love for flowers as nearly a religion. Visitors ride jinrikisha to a blooming grove where pink blossoms cover the trees and crowds enjoy tea, children play, and a festive atmosphere under sunlit branches. Miss Okika notes fluttering paper strips amid the blossoms.
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Japan
Discoveries In Babylonia By Professor Hilprecht Return
The New York Sun reports Professor Hilprecht, leader of a University of Pennsylvania Babylonian expedition, has returned with antiquities from the Euphrates valley. He describes climbing a rock face at Nahor el Kelb to copy an Esarhaddon inscription, noting the Memphis word ties to Egyptian campaigns. The party visited Niffir near the Euphrates, facing 106 degrees in March, with fevers among members but all recovering. In Niffir ruins a temple wall yielded a duck egg laid a thousand years before Christ, and he asserts the Babel tower remains stand 180 feet high with Nebuchadnezzar bricks at the top.
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Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Euphrates
Naho el Kelb
Esserhadden
Assyria
Layard
Sennacherib
Memphis
Egypt
Niffir
Babylon
Babylonia
Tower of Babel
King Nebuchadnezzar
Jay Grovid as an Author and His Delaware County Book
The piece notes Jay Grovid, famed Wall Street financier, began as an author. Thirty years ago he surveyed his native Delaware County New York, publishing History of Delaware County with a supplementary map. The work details Indian, anti rent and Tory conflicts and is now scarce, valuable, and dedicated to Hon. Amasa J. Parker with a steel portrait before the title page.
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Joaquin Miller
Wall Street
New York
San Francisco
Pacific
W Zild
Delaware County
N. Y
Gould
Amasa J. Parker
Pittsburg
New Terrors to War Show Silent, Deadly Fronts
A fragmentary 19th century discussion describes smokeless powder’s claimed effects on warfare, envisioning unseen ambushes and silent executions. The passage foresees soldiers facing danger both in sight and in imagination, with terror shaping future combat.
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England
Diamond Fields Life in Kimberly and the Diamond Trade
A New York Times interview with John Agnew describes Kimberly as the center of diamond business in the fields surrounding it. The piece notes harsh winters, strict licensing, mining methods, native labor camps, and the Star of Africa discovery fueling the 1869 diamond rush.
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John Agnew
Natal
New York Times
Diamond Fields
Kimberly
de Beers
Dutcit Span
Bullantine
Five Words May Ruin a Town in Chesapeake and Ohio Move
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway plans moving vast car and engine shops from Huntington West Virginia to St Albans Kanawha county. Forty acres bought at St Albans to build a plant for 1209 workers. Litigation over land deed voids the Huntington site, a $150000 suit. A Pennybacker land title dispute traces back to a flawed acknowledgment. The five disputed words threaten Huntington’s growth and rail jobs.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Huntington
W. Va
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Albans
James Laidley
C. P. Huntington
Laidley
Sarah H. G. Pennybacker
York Herald
Peculiar Gas Well Accident Near Anderson Indiana
A gas well near Anderson Indiana produced a strange incident as driller Henry Loffner extended his arm near the mouth of the bore. The force of the gas blew his arm violently, dislocating it, in an unusual accident at the notable well.
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Anderson
Ind
Henry Loffner
Mrs W K Vanderbilt's Romance at Newport
A tale from the New Fork Graphic recounts Mrs Willie K Vanderbilt at Newport after her father’s financial reversal. With a stained yellow gown, she uses a black lace shawl and amber pins to create a striking look, winning admiration from a wealthy Vanderbilt son and others, hinting Cinderella-like ascent.
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Mr. Vanderbilt
Prince
Lone Tree Tops Greensburg Court House Tower
In Greensburg Indiana seven trees grow atop the Court House tower, a phenomenon since 1864. Despite scaffolding during repairs the trees were kept, the largest measuring 64 inches in circumference and 5 feet 10 inches tall, drawing wonder at their nourishment and resilience.
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Greensburgh
Ind
Court House Tower
Hay for New York and its vast hay supply
New York consumes about two and a half million bales of hay yearly. Hay arrives from across New York State, Ohio, Indiana and even Kansas. By rail and river, more than six thousand dollars worth reaches Manhattan daily.
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New York
Hudson River
Coa H
Albany
Ohio
Indiana
Kansas
Manhattan Island
Madison Square
Steamship Mail Sorters on Board Plan
Railroads sort mails on mail trains now a clerical on steamships would sort during voyage to speed distribution. If Postal Union nations agree, mail distribution time should drop, aiding merchants and correspondence nationwide.
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New York Mail Aid Express
How Art Helps Nature
Miss Violet Wilde wanders in the woods admiring wild scenery and nature in primeval beauty. Mr. Arden Faxon agrees, praising the comfort and solace found in simple natural scenes and artful reflections on the outdoors.
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Violet Wilde
Arden Faxon
Mormon Church Plans Daughters of Zion Magazine Edited by Brigham Young's Daughter
The article notes the Mormon church endorsing a new Daughters of Zion magazine aimed at advancing Mormon women, edited by Brigham Young’s daughter, amid debates on polygamy. It also mentions book collecting advice and a list of rapid measurements, ending with a Wichita gals who horse whipped a man incident.
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Fox Mormon Church
Daughters of Zion” Societies
Sue
Brigham Young
Young
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Star of Africa
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