Miscellaneous oddities from the era span money, migration, romance
A Hartford deposit of 100 in 1824 grew to 2621 with the heir discovering it years after the original saver died. Italian laborers sail home from New York unable to find work. a New York bridal linen rental service appears. The Texas Colorado cattle trail fades under railroads. A two year old’s hair reportedly grows two feet after being boxed with toys. A Berks County family celebrates multiple February 22 births and anniversaries. Carlisle Indian school tale of a pin sparked a short uprising. Youths admire women swimmers. A Paris storekeeper’s hangman joke ends with a dead man in the hallway. A Palatka man believes he is a teapot. Canadian courtship norms favor decisive suitors, maple sap payments, and strong housekeeping expectations.
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Texas
North
Colorado
Atlanta
Berks County
Penn
Shilling
Carlisle
Norristown Herald
Paris
Palatka
Fla
Dozens of Definitions of a Lady Across Dictionaries
The piece surveys definitions from Johnson Stormonth Webster and Worcester to define a lady. It compares views on woman’s rank, manners, domestic role, titles, and social virtues, noting the broad reach yet varying criteria across sources as captured by the Boston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Stormonth
Webster
England
Worcester
Loston Herald
Raising the Queer Animals By Wundreds On a Possum Farm
A Griffin Georgia correspondent describes a Georgia possum farm with seven hundred possums feeding and playing. The account notes their nap perched in trees, varied weights from half a pound to thirty, and the feeding frenzy under a wheelbarrow of scraps. Mr Throckmorton expects to ship about 500 possums to eastern markets this winter, mostly alive to Washington, and dressed to Atlanta.
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Throckmorton
Georgia
Atlanta
Washington
Griffin
Cor
Atlanta Constitution
Sleep and life expectancy noted in Gladstone piece
The article discusses how famous figures like Gladstone, Napoleon, Horace Greeley, Daniel Webster, and John Bright handled sleep, linking sleep quality to longevity. It cites Dr. Todd noting rising life expectancy, with averages around fifty years in several regions, and argues temperate living and more sleep accompany progress, from the San Francisco Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Napoleon
Horace Greeley
Daniel Webster
John Bright
Todd
Georgia Medical Society
France
England
United States
San Francisco
Uletin
World’s Fair Samples Sought from 6th District Citizens
Readers pressed by A B Hosterrer II World’s Fair Commissioner to collect and mail sample products from the district for exhibition. Notify availability of Rye Wheat Barley millet flax hemp tobacco corn and other crops. transport and exhibition arranged if yields justify. Public notices urge district editors to publish producer names to broaden reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hosterrer, II
Pianos Organs 33 Up Beatty Ad Wisconsin NJ
PIANOS ORGANS 33 UP Wantagts Dat's FREE Address Dan Beatty Washington New Jersey listing piano organ sale promotion with contact details for Beatty in New Jersey.
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Dan
WF. Beatty
Washington, New Jersey
The Limekiln Club Exposes Fractured Meeting Fight
In Paradise Hall the Limekiln Club devolves into an impassioned clash led by Rev Penstock against officers Kabiff Kahoots and Gardner. Penstock pushes an audit motion triggering a brawl as Gardner returns to restore order and dismiss the effort with a warning.
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Paradise Hall
Penstock
Colonel Kabilf
Judge Kahoots
Waydown Bebee
Samuel Shin
Stephack Smith
Shindig Watkins
Sir Isaac Walpole
Brother Gardner
Kabity
Resumption Jones
Circulation Davis
Sir Isaac
Waydown Bebea
Toots
Antimony Smith
Spot Cash Green
Prof
Oldenham
Penstockites
Bradder Penstock
Kahoots
Kabiff
Gem'len
Shev
Gemlen
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Washington Critte
Hartford
New York
Monarch
Senour Mfg. Co
Puterbaugh
Lanark
Amon
Akron Buckeye
Chadwick
the Gazette
6Th Congressional District
Mt. Carroll, ML
HH. &. Puterbaugh
Morocco
Davenport
Allerton
Delmarch
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
H. S. Puterbaugh
Osite
Twin City
Jockey Club
St. Paul
Minneapolis
M. M. Oty
Agt
the Limekiln Club
Frother Gardner
Carroll County
Abstract Office
Carroll County Bank
Mt. Carroll, Ul
Lewis Chrisman
Boss
Dr. J. A. McGill & Co
Panorama Place
Chicago
T. A. Cotta, Nursery
Castoria
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Pew
Epwty F. Panpeg
125Th Street
7Th Ave
New York City
Tae Ceyracr Company
Mooneay
Strickler’s
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