Notable Learned Men and Public Figures Across Cities
A compilation notes Harvard granting LL D degrees to Massachusetts governors, Langtry’s box office haul at $223,694 for a 24 week season, Mrs. Pickens’ Mount Vernon restoration efforts in South Carolina, Miss Cleveland entering Dakota practice, and Myron Whitney's humble stone cutter origins. Boito’s rise from livery stable worker to stage star is also cited along with Gladstone's commendable act of handing a dropped duster to a shop boy. The piece covers Uncle Jove’s fort history, a Waterloo veteran's death in Westchester, and clergy family ties to Rev. Dr. Willers. It closes with academic moves involving J Wmailer to Texas University and notable salaries of engineers and professors, highlighting Herbert Hackney’s rising earnings from Milwaukee to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Harvard College
Boston Bost
Mount Vernon
Washington
N. Y. Times
Cynthia Eloise Cleveland
Dakota
Dakota W.C. T.U
Chicago Journal
Myron H. Whitney
Boito
Boston Herald
London
All England
William Ewart Gladstone
Detroit
Joseph Gorum
Jove
Fortress Monroe
Chicago Tribune
Waterloo
Westchester
New York
Eighrty
Diddrich Willers
Willers
Blucher
Varick
Seneca County
J. W. Mailer
University of Virginia
University of Texas
Humphreys
Vanderbilt University
Brown
Texas University
Herbert Hackney
Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Milwaukee
Youngstown
Chicago
Portland
Oregon
Nonsensical Laughs and Tiny Tales From a Treasured Page
A collage of light humor and wry anecdotes from old papers. Jokes about will making, printing presses, cowards and corpses, a party goodbye, a waiter’s mix up, and a sleepy burglar scene blend with brief classroom banter and a child’s quip about Job care. Notable quips from Chicago Tribune and Detroit Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Pat
Shure
Chicago Tribune
Y. Journal
Detroit Post
Hammer
Chicago
Boston Post
Job
Mamma
Johnny
Esfe
Chicago Herald
Mr. Smith
Various notes on social trends and curiosities from 19th century press
A collage of short items cites a New York law classing toy pistols with deadly weapons, land value shifts in New Hampshire, California wives’ earnings, patriotism rhetoric in Buffalo, NYC population growth, and Mexican suspender fashion. It covers personalities from Col. Bennett to a Syracuse figure, odd discoveries in New Hampshire houses, fashion abroad, and humorous mishearing of New York station names. It also notes a woman in Oswego Falls sawing a tree limb, Harriet Martineau’s visit, and women entering occupations in Massachusetts. Further items include sensational alienation suits in New York, a fatal fish hawk incident in New Jersey, and changes in American farming near St. Louis as German influence grows, plus profiles of the Fink brothers in railroading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Hampshire
California
Buffalo
N.Y
New York City
England
John C.bennett
Syracuse
Enlep
Mack
London
N. Y
Chester
N. H
Sarah Taylor
Litchfield
Boston Post
Hemshum
Packsplath
Indianapolis
Upper
Oswego Falls
Oswego M
Palladium
Harriet Martineau
Boston Globe
Massachusetts
Indianapolis Journal
Bayview
Atlantic Highlands
New Jersey
Manchester Road
St. Louis
St. Louis County
St. Louis Globe
Fink
Albert
Henry
Rudolph
United States
Albert Fink
Henry Fink
Rudolph Fink
Mexico
Boston
Finks
Chicago Herald
Sale of revised edition Bible tops two million copies
Detroit Post notes the revised edition of the New Testament has ceased selling after surpassing two million copies, the greatest number for any book ever published, and it continues to influence readers to this day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Post
Planting School Grounds and Tree Care Guidance
A long excerpt from the Bureau of Education letter by Dr. F B Hough outlines practical steps for planting and caring for school grounds. It covers tree size, placement, root protection, mulch, watering, and noise about aesthetics to educate students and foster pride in school surroundings. It also notes using student involvement and competition to encourage maintenance and the wider social value of tidy grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Education
Washington
F. B. Hough
Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture
Hough
Dropping of Sounds and Word Substitution Across Languages
The text discusses how languages discard certain phonemes such as q and j in Greek, leading to omission of words while replacing them with different terms carrying the same meaning. It notes that Greeks preferred new words like kaikos instead of altering existing ones like the German erz. It argues synonym abundance and limited ideas push more substitutions, with reference to Sanskrit, Latin, and Arab languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarterly Review
Doctor Mosquito and the Medical Insect Theory
A satirical look at a brainy scientist who claims the mosquito acts as a medical insect delivering quinine while drawing blood. The piece pokes fun at swampy malarial districts, the mosquito’s supposed “payment,” and the quirks of medical practice before noting the novelty of injecting quinine at blood removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tve
Aveirdupois
Texas
Why We Squint in Hyperopic Vision Defects
The text explains how hyperopic vision forces ciliary muscle exertion to increase lens convexity, coupling with the same nerves that control the recti muscles. It describes how convergence and accommodation lead to double vision and squinting, with the stronger eye becoming the working eye and the weaker eye squinting. The note ends with attribution to Lroy (N. Y.) Vimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lroy
Vimes
Paris Ball Look Sparks Baroness de Rothschild Dress Fame
At a Paris ball Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild wore a black velvet gown described as Lord Byron like in sadness and poetry with diamonds. Five sea elephants from the Pacific coast were received at Philadelphia Zoo, reportedly costing 20000 dollars. The Philadelphia Press notes the Chinese use botanical remedies internally and minerals only for external liniments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alphonse de Rothschild
Lord Byron
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia Zoological Garden
Philadelphia Press
How a Cannon Is Made In The Nineteenth Century
The article details the steelworking steps to craft a rifled cannon. It covers turning the steel, drilling with a hog bit, enlarging the bore, jacketed outside wraps, breech collars, breech head assembly, rifling with a copper iron spur bit, and final fitting. The process emphasizes precision, force, and multi-worker skilled labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Cannon
Washington National Republican
Sweethearts and Wives Toast and Its Meaning
A witty meditation on the toast "Sweethearts and wives" praising its ambiguity and social role. The speaker notes the timeless charm, hints at gender and politics, and argues women influence history and deserve near equality, ending with admiration for a woman's steadfast support.
Sweethearts and wives in one person praised in Potomac address
Excerpt from Charles Dudley Warner's Potomac Reunion speech extols American women who supported soldiers. It lauds wives and sweethearts for devotion, sacrifice, and organizational genius that aided the Army of the Potomac, contrasting sweethearts with wives and urging patriotic gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of the Potomac
Charles Dudley Warner
Potomac
Excise Policy and Taxation Principles in Britain
A historical excerpt explains excise and customs totals, detailing £27,240,000 levied on domestic articles and licensing revenues, with £14,300,000 from spirits, £1,800,000 from wine licenses, and £8,500,000 from beer. It argues two main principles: no taxes on raw materials or essential foods, and equal excise when a duty exists, using beer malt as a case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
England
Scotland
Ireland
Sir John Lubbock
How He Won the Bet
A humorous vignette features Little Tommy and a sister's caller, ending with a dare about keeping his mouth shut and a bet over oranges. The text veers into a separate note about a Salamanca NY incident where unmarried clerks were fired and married men kept their jobs, followed by odd observations about plum trees thriving in unlikely yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Tommy
Salamanca
N. Y
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N. F. Advertisery
Doctor Mosquito
Cansion
Yonder
Washington Monument
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