Social and cultural notes from New York and beyond
Mrs Garfield and children go to Mentor for summer on the farm. Madame Sembrich signs for America at 1250 a night. Captain Costentenus faces blindness from tattoo pigments. W W Thomas Jr named new minister to Sweden and Norway, famed as father of the Swedish Colony in Maine. Miss Wixom Nevada in Paris debut. Van Zandt Nevada receive loud applause and brava.
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Mme. Sembrich
Henry Abbey
America
Colonel Mapleson
Mme. Gerster
Mme. Nilsson
Costentenus
Indianapolis Journal
Horatio N. White
Cornell University
Fanny Gott
Syracuse
Gott White
Mackey
Prince Philippe de Bourbon
N. Y. Sun
United States
Sweden
Norway
W. W. Thomas, Jr
Portland
Maine
New Sweden
Marie Tan Zandt
Miss Wixom
Miss van Zandt
Nonsense Quotes and Public Mirth Across Periodicals
A collage of light satire and humorous anecdotes from various outlets. Bits include veiled sun protection in Women’s fashion, a New York Irish League meeting punning on voters, and playful quips from Carl Prietzel’s Weekly and London Punch. The item also notes a bank teller joke in yellow money, and a Wall Street cautionary tale about brokered notes tied to family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Prietzel
Irish League
New York
Burlington Free Press
Tom Asunder
Lesion Commercial Bulletin
Smithers
W. MV. News
Cat and Rat Share Friendly Yard Encounter
In Goetz Bachert’s Pearl Street yard a cat and rat approached a steel trap baited with stale cheese. The pair stopped within inches of each other and touched noses in a brief, friendly moment before the rat fled, suggesting an old house-pet friendship and odd pest awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goetz Bachert
Pearl Street
Mr. Bachert
Norwich (Conn
Curious miscellany from old newspapers
A collage of brief anecdotes and oddities from 19th century papers. Notes on San Francisco bracelets, Selma wells, tobacco use comparisons, speculative rail lines, an 1826 Pacific coast apple tree, sparrow substitutes for reed birds, oleo margarine trials, burglar tricks, and a range of curious historical mentions.
Farm and Household Quick Tips and Notes
A collection of practical household and farm hints from period sources. Advice covers crape veil care via grass dew, bees traveling for honey, hog cholera remedy with carbolic acid in milk, a plain muffin recipe, pressed veal preparation, fence-post setting with lime and whitewash, moth removal from carpets with hot iron and water, and guidance on training young heifers for milking to prevent kicking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Chicago Journal
Journal of Agriculture
N. Y. Post
Boston Post
Open Air Life Advocated In Letter To Tribune
A reader with personal experience urges more time in the open air and light labor for both women and men, claiming it would reduce doctor bills. The writer states they would not be present today had they led an indoor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. ¥. Tribune
Deed to United States Near Fort Davis Tex
A deed transferring property to the United States near Fort Davis Texas was altered by erasing the word successor, with the official noting the United States has no successor. This Chicago News item reports the modification and the reasoning behind it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fort Davis
Tex
Chicago News
Curious Facts From the 1880 Census on Farms and Output
The 1880 census shows 4,008,907 farms averaging 134 acres with 71 acres improved. One-quarter are 50 to 100 acres, two-fifths 100 to 500 acres. Farms valued at twice railroad value. average farm value $2,045. Per-person output includes 30 bushels corn, 9 wheat, 8 oats, and other crops, plus livestock ratios. Illinois could, by wheat alone, exceed national output. Missouri with corn could match the 1880 corn crop. Kansas could feed the nation on beef. Agriculture evolves toward chemistry and mechanics, enabling one man to do in a day what four did fifty years ago.
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Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Valley of the Nile
Chicago
How to Deal with Minor Injuries
A Victorian guide advises calm prompt care for common injuries. It lists a home first aid kit with arnica, vaseline, plaster, linen, and ligatures, and details wound cleaning, dressing, and when to seek a doctor for arterial bleeding. It also covers burns, scalds, and fire safety with wrapping and air exclusion.
The Visitor and Its Two Classes
A reflection from Harper's Bazaar on visitors both invited and uninvited. It contrasts intruding guests who disrupt routine with considerate hosts who adapt, creating a sense of hospitality as a festive art. The piece blends humor and social observation about etiquette and human warmth.
Farm romance ends with disguise at Rawlings Station
Two men sought farm work near Rawlings Station, one young Joseph Scott and the elder Henry Scott. The younger admitted being a woman in disguise named Josephine after a valise with women’s clothing was found. She kept her cover, taking to milking and other tasks, while her uncle accompanied her on the tour. Residents report the pair hail from Pennsylvania and the masquerade was not uncovered until after employment.
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Rawlings’ Station
Joseph Scott
Henry Scott
Wood Hinds
Pennsylvania
Josephine
Joe
Cunberland
The Hair as Basis for Racial Classification
A Nature article by E. 2B. Taylor discusses how a single hair can determine race, noting methods like Pruner’s microscopic cross sections and Moseley’s curl diameter for follicle curvature, and referencing Miller’s Novara expedition system that sorts humans by hair type with secondary language-based divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruner
Moseley
Sorby
W. Miller
Novara
Taylor
Nature
Woman's fashion turns venom into jewelry
A Chicago Herald note recalls a young woman who once fled a garter snake and now adorns herself with realistic reptile motifs. She also wears artificial butterflies and beetles in her hair, turning fearsome creatures into parlor ornamentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Whipping Tramps Opinion Calls for Old‑World Discipline
The Journal argues that whipping posts, though disapproved in modern times, could be a needed remedy for tramp nuisance. It cites testimonies of women in isolated homes enduring insults and suggests a fifteenth‑century vigor may deter such behavior, praising the idea as a deterrent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Rascal
Journal
New England farmer decries waste in farming methods
A practical New England farmer, cited by the NX. FY. Examiner, says farmers are the most wasteful. He estimates fertilizer waste at twenty percent and notes labor waste. Farming must adopt proven improved methods to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
NX. FY. Examiner
Women support themselves in many cities
Exchange notes 25 000 Tennessee women who support themselves, but Chicago Inter Ocean adds that many in Chicago support themselves and their husbands too, underscoring broader urban self support among women and households.
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Tennessee
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Women at the Beach In a comic bath scene
Two women arrive at the shore in playful alarm as pebbles, eel grass and a looming man prompt a sequence of humorous screams. They brace against waves using a hand engine motion, eventually emerge in towels and bathing dresses claiming the outing was lovely and refreshing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundreary
New Haven Union
Vienna Siege and Sobieski Relief Celebrated in Century Note
The London Times lauds a Vienna centennial publication on the Ottoman siege and Polish relief led by King John Sobieski. It recalls Leopold I’s fraught court, Hungarian rebellion, and the pivotal September 12 relief that turned the siege, highlighting Parkany and Grau as later confirmations of that decisive moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
John Sobieski
Poland
London Times
Leopold I
Turkey
Untl Mahomet IV
Hungary
Kazan Mustapha
Leopold
Ling
Louis XIV
Cracow
Christendom
Sobiski
Sopieski
Parkany
Grau
First Red River brick block at Fargo settles again
The first solid brick and first three story brick building in the Red River Valley, a Fargo Oak business block erected in 1880 for 30000 dollars, has settled and is being rebuilt with partial wall failure. Concrete foundations on piling fail to hold, and doubts rise about permanent foundations in the valley. The Manitoba Railway bridge pier foundation also settled several inches recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Valley
Fargo
Oak
Ing
Manitoba Railway
Tribune
Chicago
Gas well striking near Wheeling fuels heating plans
The fourth natural gas well in the vicinity was struck recently by Bilas Works Company near Wheeling W Vai. Gas rose from the opening to about 1 feet high and was ignited, with the bore at 840 feet. The gas will be used for heating and fuel.
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Wheeling
W. Vai
Bilas Orks Company
Cincinnati Times
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London Punch
New-York
Norristown Herald
Jimmy
Boston
Smith
John Smith
San Francisco
Selma
Ala
Great Britain
Plotzle
Novogiorgievsk
Pacific Coast
Hudson Bay Company
Vancouver
Chicago Times
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Kansas City Times
Florida
New Orleans
Terra
Palestine
Mediterranean
Hudson
Berlioz
Wagner
N.Y
Yellowstone River
Miles City
William Clarke
Clarke
Meriwether Lewis
Barnard
New York Tribune
Troughleigh
Tou Ey Kaurrekth Thaispth
Kissam
James Clarkson
California
Brooklyn
Iowa
Prince Charles
Jagendorf
Prague
Prescott
Bunker Hill
Stevensan
Lawrenceville
Gwinnett Herald
Moore
Stevenson
Vienna New Free Press
Pablie
F. K. Moreland
Breeder's Gazette
Lorth
Harper's Bazaar
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