Notable Obituary Roundup From 19th Century Papers
A compilation of brief notices profiles and cross country snippets: Sam Sixkiller the Cherokee Nation sheriff. former Georgia Governor Brown as Florida Ship Canal president earning 25000 yearly. Polk era stage driver now in Waco. Alexander Kirkpatrick aged 98 in Scotland now at Castle Garden. Notable fortunes and deaths include Astor heirs 70000000 each Ebenezer Best a Kentucky stockman, Noah Fairbank Virginia steamboat captain, long serving Boston bookkeeper, Texas lawyer Matthew Hopkins, and Walter N. Haldeman honored in Louisville. colorful items cover Queen Victoria baked apples German musician Hill centenarian, and Gowanda siblings tall and paired ages.
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Sam Sixkiller
Florida Ship Canal
Brown
Georgia
James K. Polk
Columbia
Nashville
Waco
Tex
Alexander Kirkpatrick
Scotland
Castle Garden
N. Y. Sun
William
John Jacob Astor
New York
John Jacob
Washington Bank
Boston
Boston Herald
Matthew Hopkins
Austin
Detroit Post
Louisville Board of Trade
Walter N. Haldeman
Louisville
Gowanda
N. Y
Buffalo Express
Herr Hill
Elsler
John H. Tice
St. Louis
Maryland
Chicago Tribune
Nonsense and Tales From Distant Papers
A limerick of jokes and snippets from several papers includes quips about a milliner and a bound vessel, a tipsy cow display, a class lesson on oats, a bass fiddle mishap, an apothecary lad, and a lawyer's nominal fee. Other items recount a girl mistaken for a chased cow and Oliver Cromwell misclaims in a British service exam.
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Yonkers Statesman
Chicago Herald
New Bedford Mercury
Himmel
Arnica
M. V. Graphic
Walter
W. VF. Independent
Philadelphia
Oliver Cromwell
Detroit Post
Avery Relics Claim Century-Old Family Heirlooms
A. Avery Sr of Bibb county Alabama displays a hat he says is 110 years old worn by his grandmother in 1778. The family also possesses a powder-gourd from the Revolutionary era and a chest dating back over a century, describing three ancient relics.
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A. Avery
Bibb County
Als
Mr. Avery
Parisian Fashion Trends In Hats Bundles And Silks
A Victorian style article describes feather fans with flower centers and jeweled handles, satin straps, and jeweled buckles seen in Parisian dinner wear. High crowns and narrow brims dominate winter hats while fur bands edge shoulder capes and fur collars frame necklines.
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Biarritz
Monsseline de Lainu
W. ¥. Post
Early Lambs Profitable If Kept Under Proper Care
The Massachusetts Ploughman explains that early lambs pay if sheep are kept in good quarters with fresh air and sun. In cold weather protect yards, provide cover, and avoid chilling lambs. Feed mothers well with sweet hay and moderate grain, adjusted to each sheep’s needs, to support healthy milk and growth.
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Massachusetts
Every Farmer May Keep Sheep Says Breeders Gazette
The Breeders Gazette states that any farmer can profitably keep a certain number of sheep even on limited acres. It notes potential risks when mingling with young horses and emphasizes safer, though not essential, winter isolation. Sheep may accompany cattle in pastures and yards, especially where predatory dogs are common, as cattle instincts deter sheep theft.
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Gazette
Bartley Hart Benefit Ends With Doctor Winning Toy Horse
A New York raffle to aid Bartley Hart, lately blind, drew politicians and crowds at McManus Hotel. Dr. Richards won with a fifty-four chance roll, securing a wooden toy horse as the prize. The event ended with a procession to the stable and mixed recollections of joy and tragedy as a family faced the illness and death of a daughter, ending with an unfinished manuscript fading from sight.
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Bartley Hart
New York
McManus
Third Avenue Hotel
Steinert
Nesbit
Hart
Nes
Bart
Thomas Carroll
Patrick McManus
William Hebbard
Carroll
Michael Goode
Schuyler White
Custom House
Mr. Finn
Chairman Steinert
Dr. Richards
Mr. Steinert
Yorkville Police Court
Ifty Seventh Street
Mr. Mehrer
Alderman Carroll
Vietor
Fifty-seventh Street
N. ¥. Journal
The Unfinished Manuscript and the Literary Husband
An old essay mocks the social view of writers as poor husbands while detailing a novelist’s struggle to write amid domestic interruptions. A father proclaims work time, scolding a child as the wife defends her husband and the muse's pull on his mind clashes with family life.
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Dora
Mysician
Angel
Opie
Texas
Mr. Mecklamore
Mrs. Mecklemore
Robert
Extraordinary Kidnapping Involving Swiss Hotel Clerk
A Swiss hotel employee named Josph Meiar, from the Midland Hotel in St. Pancras, reports a dramatic abduction. He planned marriage, resided in Argyle Square, and said he was robbed of £85, a watch chain, and other items after being gagged and tied. He was found injured near Hertford Common and taken to Tottenham Hospital. the would-be fiancée confirms his story for a reward.
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Metropolitan Police
Josph Meiar
Midland
St. Pancras
Argyle Square
Euston Road
Argyle Court
Tunbridge Street
Meijar
Hertford Common
Broxbourne
Tottenham Hospital
Flying Monkeys and Curious Flight Behaviors
The article describes the flying lenur, a mammal allied to monkeys, with winglike skin enabling extended body spread during downward flights and a tail that aids gliding. It notes young cling to mothers, rapid repeated leaps between trees, and a similarly gliding flying squirrel. An East flying squirrel specimen reportedly landed mid-air on a ship mast, then grasped safely as the vessel rolled. Also mentions Jennie Martin and Jacob Wallowitch in a breach of promise case, a elopement trend with coachmen, and a fried apples recipe served with pork.
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East
England
N. Y
History of the Alphabet Traced From Phoenician Origins
The Philadelphia Ledger reviews Isaac Taylor’s two volume work The Alphabet, tracing Roman letters to Greek and Semitic roots. It notes discoveries in inscriptions from Thebes, Cyprus, and Jeruslem, and outlines how alphabets spread from Egypt to Europe and Asia through Phoenician lineage and Aryan refinements.
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Isaac Taylor
London
Taylor
Rome
Thebes
B.C
Egypt
Thaly
Cyprus
Siloum
Isso
Jerusiem
Asia
Philadelphia Ledger
Striking Oil and Whale Hunt contrasted in a sailor tale
A seasoned seaman recalls whaling in the South Atlantic during the 1840s its dangers and discipline. He explains the crew structure and harpoon methods, the brutal work at kettles boiling blubber into oil, and the payday of one twentieth to the Captain and one barrel per hundred for common sailors. He acknowledges no profits from his own share, ending with a wry nod to the incomplete fortune from the voyage.
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Aerzin
Pennsylvania
South Atlantic
Horn
New Bedford
Detroit Free Press
Wanted no Will and a Grimy Willing Plan
A colored man about sixty and blind in one eye hobbled to a Griswold street lawyer to draft a will. He says he owns a dog a cook stove a wheelbarrow two irons and wants to leave them to his carter Nancy. He jokes about delaying a crime if the fee is too high and contemplates legal steps against his wife. He is directed elsewhere, muttering about arresting her in advance.
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Griswold Street
Carter
Nancy
Roper
Detroit Free Press
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Jennie Martin
Jacob Wallowitch
Uison
Wallowitch
Chicago
Paris
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