Notable Friars and Noted Passages Across a Century
A collage of short anecdotes mentions Ali Gadseen’s 3600 population with sixteen lawyers ten preachers and nine doctors. Colonel Sellers’ frank replies about pay. McGill’s Principal Dawson receiving $5000 and an address before a year in Europe. Mrs Esther Bates aiding swamp fire rescue at Conneery Massachusetts. Mrs J W Lent’s drowning scare in Oakland leading to death from pneumonia. railway autocrat epigraphs from Charles Wyndham. General Crook at Fort Whipple nicknamed The Gray Fox. Jonathan Bowles dying poor yet twice wealthy in Cleveland with a copy of Carleton’s poem. David Hinkley aged over ninety making a remarkable journey within Maine. Rev Frederick Freeman Cape Cod historian and author of The History of Cape Cod.
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Gadseen
Ali
Sellers
Beiays
Dawson
McGill University
Montreal
Europe
Esther J. Bates
Boston
Charles Wyndham
N. Y. Herald
General Crook
Fort Whipple
Prescott
A. T
Gray Fox
Chicago Herald
Jonathan C. Bowles
Cleveland (O.) City Infirmary
Amon
Wi Carleton
Chicago Tribune
David Hinkley
LaGrange
Dexter
Livermore Falls
Augusta
Lewiston
Frederick Freeman
Cape Cod
Sandwich
Mass
Nathaniel Freeman
Barnstable County
Tso
A_ F. Most
Little Nonsense and Wit From Travelers in Print
A collage of humorous clippings from newspapers including Chicago Tribune Detroit Free Press Newark Call and Atlanta Constitution. It offers quips about flirtation social pretensions and a mule on a Pecano plantation, with light banter on a Bohemian street band and a polite Atlanta girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
New England
Norrisdown Herad
Mamie
Chicago Tribune
Cottage Hill
Bridget
Oil City
Newark
Inquirer
N. ¥. Journal
Pecano
Woodward Avenue
Mtleman
de Hon
Boswell Green
Mr. Green
Detroit Free Press
Cass Avenue
Ieee
The Jurymen and the Coffin in a Smallpox Inquest
The Birmingham Daily Mail recounts a grimly comic inquest scene for a jail inmate who died of smallpox. Deputy Coroner Weekes revealed the fact to jurors last, prompting fear, drinking, and smoking before they finally faced the air tight coffin with a glass lid to see the corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eng
Daily Mail
Her Majesty
Weekes
Mr. Weekes
Gosling
Pen
Pickwick
Curious Recovery of Sight by Birmingham Captain
Captain Sam 8 Thompson, a popular Birmingham Rifles captain, visited Mobile during the Second Regiment encampment. One blind eye, damaged seven years ago by a blow, suddenly regained partial sight while at work in Birmingham. Doctors attribute it to a dissolved coagulated blood under the iris. vision may continue to improve.
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Sam
Thompson
Birmingham Rifles
Mobile
Lynn Tron Works
Birmingham
Cattle Industry Told By a Cowboy Interview
The Denver Tribune discusses cattle raising with a cowboy who splits cattlemen into aristocratic cowherd owners and wealthy stockmen who buy yearlings, graze to beeves, and ship to Eastern and foreign markets. Heavy capital controls beef, boosting prices as English and Scottish investors own much of the business in the Plains states. Cattle values rise from $22 to $30 per head since 1880 amid encroaching ranges and expanding markets. A Baltimore man, John Goebel, sneezed and dislocated his shoulder.
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The
Denver Tribune
England
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
A Silent Partner in City Cleanliness
A humorous sketch recalls civic co operation as Mr Topnoody and his wife debate a proposed million dollar street cleaning appropriation. The tale uses Nehemiah style wall repair as a metaphor for personal responsibility, ending with Topnoody remaining a silent partner.
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Jerusalem
Chicago
Lm. Gian
Topnooy
Lavant
Topnoody
The Manufacture of Beads in Venice
Bead making is a Venice driven industry dating to the 13th century with Miotti and Imbriani credited by Marco Polo as early experimenters. Since 1815 the trade has employed about 15,000 people, exporting mainly to Asia and Africa, with wages for masters and workers outlined and annual bead exports averaging 25 000 quintals worth about 5 500 09 francs per year.
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Venice
Miotti
Imbriani
Marco Polo
Asia
Africa
Indies
Pall Mali Gazette
Beat at His Own Game by a Grifter at Oakland Depot
A plausible young man feigns friendship with Jim Guffy in Oakland, claiming to be Tom Saunders. The con artist pretends memory loss, asks to visit Ukiah, then feigns later robbery at a local headquarters, exposing a scheme to dupe the gullible farmer.
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Overland
Oakland
Syranger
Xnd
Mr. Guffy
Guffy
Delecate
Jas. Guffy
Jim
Tom Saunders
Ukiah
Grant
Hayseed
San Francisco Post
Knight and Minstrel Quest for Secret of Abyssinia
In a stylized tale from the Los ton Transcript, Hildebrand de Montimorency vows to win the Abyssinian princess by discovering her secret, while Blondel the minstrel is sent to transcribe a magical Rhine maiden song. Both quests end with Yolande’s marriage to Sir Aldegonde de Treville, who stayed home and invented ice cream.
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Hildebrand de Montimorency
Yolande
Hildebrand
Abyssinia
Blondel
Hildebrand de Montmorency
Rhine
Almayne
Aldegonde de Treville
Wall Street Gossip on L and N and Gould Board Move
A Wall Street piece traces the Louisville and Nashville stock activity amid Baldwins and Williams disputes with Jay Gould. It notes Williams holdings, a possible Gould directorship, a withdrawn suit, and a $250,000 clause Sewell may claim. Also included is a Philadelphia anecdote where Judge Hare spares a husband with a bribe-like gesture.
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Wall Street
Louisville and Nashville
W. Williams
Rufus Hatch
Western Union
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Baldwin
I T
Williams
Jay Gould
Gould
Louisville & Nashville Board of Directors
Bob
Sewell
Dillon
General Swayne
Dudley Field
Swayne
Sun
Commission to study hog parasite faces futile impact on France and Germany
A Washington commission is appointed to study trichina spiralis in American pork. It is unlikely to change French and German bans, which aim to shield farmers from American competition. Observers note past investigations showed pork is safe, and bans remain policy-driven rather than sanitary. Chicago Times reports efforts to locate infected districts in Illinois to allow targeted protection and possible eradication.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Germany
Chambers of Commerce
French Chambers of Commerce
Agricultural Bureau
M. Joannes Chatier
Havre
Bollinger
Paris
Chicago
Deters
Commissioner of Agriculture
Detmers
Chicago Times
Skeleton discovery and wagon crash in Livingston County
Booth and Balcom uncovered a cemetery skeleton at Danaville, New York, shocking Booth who fainted. His mother, rushing to reach him in a wagon, collided with another wagon, was seriously hurt, and on the return trip the bridge collapsed plunging the party into water five to ten feet deep. One horse drowned.
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Booth
Balcom
Danaville
Livingston County
N. Y
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J. W. Lent
Cal
San Francisco Chronicle
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
John Goebel
Baltimore, Md
Hare
Philadelphia
William McQuillan
Secon
Philadelphia Press
Trichina Spiralis
Lambago
Seattle
Charles A. Vog
Elem Ca
Lveutst En & CO
Baltimore
John Bull
Scutt
Smith
Bull
Main St
Louisville, KY
Clarkayille
Swift
E. Branham
Macon
Kalt
Tor
Twombly Kultting Aghine Co
Tremont Street
Maia
A. P. Lacey
Washington, SD. C
Luuk
Panvievers
Ely Brothora
Druggisis
Owego
W.X
Prichrs
Parker
Top Anap
Tilet
Plato
Baker
Boxer Gang
Twiat
Pene CO
E. E. Mendes & CO
Eas City
Slo
Bel
Loomis & Ryman
Ghleega
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