Roo A Bit Of Pottery
A fragmented diary like scene presents a potter at work and a companion remark on the potter’s injured foot. The dialogue hints at shared hardship and quiet endurance amid daily labor.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1883
Page
7
Mr Brassey and the Balky Bottom heiresses
Uncle Jacob Ransoner schemes over the Florida plantation and will, as Cleophas Brassey courts Jenny and Lucy in Balky Bottom. Brassey’s reformulation of affection triggers a family cash clash, a public hearing with Lawyer Hackler, and Uncle Jacob’s countermand of the will. Lucy wins Brassey, Jenny is spurned then spared, and Brassey is nabbed on a theft charge as the tale ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny
Lucy’. Bagley
Prindle
Jacob Ransoner
Lucy
Jacob
Hiram Hoppick
Reuben Ruckman
Cleophas Brassey
Mr. Brassey
Brassey
Bras‘sey
Jenney
Hackler
Florida
Szhare
Bagley
Hoppick
Hiram
Reuben
W. ¥. Ledger
Yankee Engineer offers to raise Pisa Tower for 600000
A Paris newspaper carries a bold ad from a “Yankee Engineer” who promises to reposition the Leaning Tower of Pisa to a perpendicular stance within ninety days for 600000 dollars. He suggests allowing an American medicine sponsor to paint ads on the tower, a notion the Chicago Tribune notes as audacious and American in tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pisa
Italy
Ankee
Neglec
Chicago Tribune
Friday Unlucky Day Legend Cited by Headwaggers
The piece notes a belief that distressing events on Friday are ignored by headwaggers while Friday is deemed unlucky. It contrasts this superstition with remembered voyages and arrivals like Columbus and the Mayflower, implying a broader cultural superstition about Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Ivory and the Journey of a Tusks Edge in Trade
A discussion of ivory from an elephant tusk, tracing its transformation from raw material to refined knife haft. The piece reflects on the hard labor of African hunters and traders, the long journey to markets like Liverpool, and the high price set by the English market amid dangers and hardships endured by carriers and communities involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Liverpool
Angola
Gaboon
Niger
London
Cape
Rotterdam
America
Croesus
Jondon Daily News
Marrying Four Wives In Equal Shares Story
A Greek in this city married four women by formal contracts on the same date in 1870. After his death he left $1,200,000 to be split equally among the four wives. The wives, learning the setup, chose to divide the estate quietly, each taking $300,000, avoiding publicity. The tale appeared in the Portland Argus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fach
Adh
Portland Argus
Josh Billings Reluctantly Lets Charity Be Itself
A winter tale recounts Josh Billings as he tests charity by selling pencils on crowded streets and at the Gilsey House. He buys two pencils for ten cents, then tries again at Twenty-fourth Street and at the Gisley House bar, where passersby offer little kindness, leaving him amid amused spectators in a Raw Herald narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennery
New Foundland
Humane Society
Josh Billings
Josh
Fifth Avenue
Gilsey House
Twenty-fourth Street
Gisley House
Storm predictions and almanac folly in New York view
An observer on the Equitable Building roof debunks Wiggins and similar storm prophets. The dialogue analyzes forecasts, almanacs, and the unreliability of long range predictions, contrasting it with modern telegraphed weather data and the limits of forecasting accurately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable
Vennor
Wiggins
West
Temple of Fame
New York
Almanac
Weather Observer
Wig- Wiggins
Gilderoy
America
Manitoba
Oregon
de Voe
Life in a Lighthouse and Its Dreaded Solitude
The article reflects on life aboard lone lighthouses and lightships, noting extreme isolation, harsh winter seas, and the psychological strain on crews. It contrasts cramped quarters, limited movement, and monotonous routines with the safer, engineered comforts of modern light stations, while highlighting the perils of fog and storm that frame this perilous vocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Rock
Owsday
Where Was Villiers The Battle Of Plevna Account
Archibald Forbes recounts the Plevna assault as he witnessed with Schahovskoy at Radishovo. The Russian infantry charged Turkish earthworks amid mazie fields, heavy casualties, fallen officers, and a staggering defense ending in a Russian defeat at sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plevna
Villiers
Archibald Forbes
St. Nicholas
Forbes
Radishovo
Schahovskoy
A General Chanzy Tale Of Duty And Brutus Like Judgment
A father seeks Chanzy to locate his missing son after Le Mans battle. Chanzy recalls ordering the execution of several runaways, then confesses the grim truth to the father. The father bears the news with calm resolve, deeming Chanzy's duty done. The general recalls the haunting scene as his hardest trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanzy
le Mans
Awa
Gen. Chanzy
Brutus
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