Rare Postage Stamps and Global Collecting Fever
A New York Tribune interview outlines a booming stamp market with at least 300,000 collectors in the United States and hundreds of periodicals. It highlights rare Mauritius stamps from 1547 valued at about 1,000 dollars, forgeries, notable collections in Britain and France, and growing auction sales. The piece notes Salvatorian and Moldavian stamps, prewar issues in the Confederacy, and the pack of Sino forms, plus a look at space and astronomical distances in a separate column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aj New York Tribune
Germany
America
Great Britain
France
Mauritius
British Museum
Topling
Ferrari
Paria
Salvador
Central America
Spain
Setvallor
Afghanistan
Skiing in the Northwest long winters famous tradition
The Northwest's cold, dry winters support winter labor and a wide range of sports. Skiing and related Nordic activities are popular in Red Wing, Stillwater, Minneapolis, Eau Claire, La Crosse, and Ishpeming with ski tours and jumps. Notable skier Mikkel Heomestvedt set a 102 foot record, while Chinese porcelain towers and various witty anecdotes appear in the era’s miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Northwest
Norway
Rocky Mountain
Harper's Weekly
Red Wing
Stillwater
Minneapolis
Mino
Eau Claire
LaCross
Wis
Ishpeming
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Mikkel Heomestvedt
America
FIGHT WITH SEA ROBBERS A Columbus tale in old Venice style
A retold sea piracy episode links Columbus to Bartholomeo Minio’s spice fleet raid off the Spanish coast. It centers on Nicola Griego nicknamed Nicholas the Greek, his pirate crew, and a daring capture plan valued at up to two million dollars. The piece notes the elder Columbus and the future admiral’s involvement in the Cape St Vincent engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Candia
Nicola Griego
Nicholas
Flanders
Giovanni Moncenigo
Bartolomeo Minio
Venice
Shalspere
London
Sluys
Bruges
Malaca
Spain
Barbary
Indies
Fernando Columbus
Lisbon
Harper's Magazine
Griego
Cape St Vincent
A Queer Traveler and Tales of a Clever European Pet
The London Spectator recounts two amusing European pet stories. A railway worker’s terrier Bijou repeatedly travels to his master through Lausanne and Yverdon, staying with a friend’s mother until reuniting by train. Bonnivard the black cat in Montreux learns to open doors, helping a gray cat access a mistress busy at her desk. The note ends with a question about whether black cats are the most intelligent and tortoise-shell cats the most amiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yverdon and Simpson
London Spectator
Yverdon
Bijou
Laaby
Mile J
Lausanne
Mr. Ek
Ile
Mme. R
Bonnivard
Montreux
Vonnivard
Peter
The Innocent Mink Bloodthirsty Forest?
A Pittsburgh paper reports a pure white mink in East Bradford Chester county killing fifty chickens and a hundred ducks before a rifle ended its rampage. The narrative shifts to a courtroom moment with a judge’s remarks and dialect dialogue about a colored man Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Bradford
Chester County
Landmark removal and the new Planters or Columbia Hotel
The Planters House, among the West’s oldest inns, is being torn down by a wrecking company in St Louis to make way for a modern fireproof hotel, potentially named New Planters or Columbia Hotel, aimed at serving World’s Fair visitors in 1893. The project includes a two million dollar budget and urges support for a major downtown reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture Board of Trade
Jockey Club
Louis
Planters House
St. Louis
Charles Dickens
United States
Columbia Hotel
St. Louis Furniture Board of Trade
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Grand Rapids
Chicago
H. N. Davia
Traffic Commission
J. A. Reardon
St. Louis Traffic Commission
Fair Grounds
Charles Comiskey
Women’s education and thought power praised in lectures
An address extols education for both genders, urging sisters and mothers to develop literature, history, and art understanding to guide children. It asserts women’s minds are as valuable as men’s, challenging notions of gendered intellectual roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smine
Dwight
turTe Crry
Mont
Judd
D. M. Nevasto Drua Co
Uudd Electric Company
Omaha
How to Play the Flute Teased in Letter Query
A correspondent asks readers to explain how to play the flute but the response declares they will not provide instruction. The remark notes that even a constant reader cannot be counted on for guidance. The item reads as a brief literary aside or reader engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Nebuchadnezzer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bright
August Lawer
Jah J Cox
Defiance
Lamar
Sam Diy EL Coma
Charpes
Dnelg Eingulator Coo
Atlanta
Davccists
Ives Parva Energy
Tom Tins
Faster Medicine CO
Ennedy
Donald Kennedy
Oxbury
Mass
Welt
Jicros
Iria
Ill
U.S.A
Sor
Msine
Warren, Pa
Ivelons Building
Ninkin
Aatter
South Mountains
N. C
Pop
George
Laura Figg
Dinah
Uncle Pete
Samy
Texas
Roisina
Plea
Newton, Il
St. Jacobs Oil
California Fig Syrup Co
Geo. T. Nicholson
F.R.R
National Educational Association
Saratoga
Santa Fe
Sach
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
W. E. Griffin
Claremont
N. H
C. B. Judd
Judd Electric Co
Neb
Coffin Trust
All Druggista
Blake, Bruce & Co
Beecham
Castoria
C. B
Lblake, Bruce & Co
Hansem
Mall Mly
W. G. Chaffee
Oswedo
N. Ye
Dr. Pierce
Kirkendall, Jones
Jsnoes
Thomas Thompson
Our
T. 4
Gilmoes
Olive SL
McCornick & Ent Clarineau
Washington
D.C
John St
Israel
McVicker’s Theatre
Artificia
Broadway
W York
Dutcher
Fred K. Dutcher
Ste Alban
Addre Galen Toal Medicine CO
York City
Paas
Fuape
Zaspro
Sr Colorado
Denver Business Houses
Great Western Mutual Accident Association
Denver Savings Ank
Remington
L. C. Belize & Bros. Wall Paper and Decorating Co
Welton
Denver Fire Clay CO
Larimer
15Th Street
Denver
Blake St. Stephens, Hanchett &Co
Brunswick
16Th and
Lawrence
J. M. Moore
15Th St
A. Donaldson & CO
P.O
Donver
Daniel Witter Attornan
Larimer Street
Elis
Phila
Ech
Judd Stas
Wish Health
Fred
AIG Matax
Lawrence Street
Pyle
James Pyle
Lovell
John Pp
Lovell Arms CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!