Politician and science notes from a late 19th century paper
A fragmentary 1885 column blends politics and science commentary. It mentions Aquilla Jones in Indianapolis, Oregon's legislative session to elect a U.S. Senator, and a Chicago Fat Stock and Dairy Show. Banter on Knights of Labor in Texas, prohibition party growth, and criticism of Tilden’s Democratic victory appear, with reflections on journalism and a San Francisco unemployed aid scheme. It cites Sir Lyon Playfair praising U.S. scientific policy and the union of science with administration.
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United States
Lyon Playfair
Egmabry
United
Practical vs abstract inquiry on fisheries and rail rates
An England style contrast argues questioning nature yields better results than relying on fishermen. The United States Senate committee heard FB Thurber condemn fictitious capitalization by promoters inflating rail capital. He cites parallel lines, pools, and legal pressure as evils, noting vast fortunes for Vanderbilt and Gould while the public pays the price.
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England
United States Senate Select Committee On Inter-State Commerce
Trafic
FB. Thurber
New York
Wall Street
Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
Observatories and odd facts across the nation
A miscellany of notes reports Swarthmore to build a fine observatory while Harvard hosts Moody meetings. Other items note Kossuth wearing a familiar hat, New York cigar-stub incomes, Liberty Enlightening the World seeking 40000 for chains, Springfield post office bicycle deliveries, a first degree murder conviction in California, Delmonico leasing at 50000 yearly, Columbia river dredging, and varied curiosities from lighthouses to Montreal theatres and Nevada headwear wishes.
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Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
Moody
Harvard
Supreme Court
Kossuth
United States
New York
Liberty
Springfield
Masa
California
Delmonico
Wessels
Columbia River
Colorado
Sierra Valley
Montreal
Nevada
Cincinnati
Jacob Buzzard
Abe Buzzard
Lancaster Pa
Big Horn City
Montana
Whitney
Frelinghuysen
St. Washington
New York City
Paria
The Life of Josh Billings Henry W Shaw Founder of a Lively Career
Henry W Shaw born about 1815 in Lancaster County Massachusetts led a roaming frontier life. He tried many occupations from storekeeper to steamboat captain and auctioneer before turning to writing as Josh Billings. His mule essay gained fame after his spelling reform and led to lucrative columns, lectures, and the 1871 Almanax burlesque selling well and making substantial earnings.
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Beira
Henry W. Shaw
Ea Ion Phim
Henry Clay
New England
Lanesboro
Berkshire County
Mass
John Quincy Adams
Plains
Pacific Ocean
Shaw
Frontier Aman
Bat
Seattle
Missouri
California
Hin
West
Poughkeepsie
Hudson
Poughkeepse
Artvmus Ward
Josh Billings
Boston
Joul Billings
New York
Thomas
Grate Brittain
Chomas
Alminax
New Fors Herald
Mexican Hacendado on Farm Labor and Wages in Mexico City
An interview with a Mexican farmer in Mexico City details farm hand wages of 25 to 50 cents daily plus weekly rations of beans corn and salt. Contracts are paid two to three months in advance, then deducted from wages to secure labor. Principal crops include corn and beans with an annual output around 70,000 bushels of corn and beans.
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Tus Nation
New York
Chicago Dial
America
Bak
Mexico
Mun‘ciality
Cocula
City of
Buakala
West Point discipline and life at the academy
The piece reflects on how military ability is judged by discipline and conduct at West Point, noting demerits for minor infractions and the high penalties for breaches. It recounts a cadet who earned over a hundred demerits yet graduated with strong studies, later becoming an infantry lieutenant, and ends with a satire on editorial room etiquette and a brief local anecdote about bird gravel usage.
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West Point
New York
Asia
Nev
Praisa
Arkansas Traveler Report on a Wedding Comedy at Hock'n'Springs
An informal piece recalls a chaotic wedding attempt at Hock'n'Springs where a would be bride and groom, unable to wed under a governor approved ceremony, are pressed into a mock procedure by a judge figure. The scene features a local crowd, a pistol, and questions about licenses and ages amid comic misrules.
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Hock’n'Springs
Prekchety
Phat Shepierpey Bay
Apyho
Kelther
Bill
Psyson
Corm
Radvance
Bul
Lota
Asid
Gorenenet
Folka the Fon
Arkansaw
Voice care and Napoleonic battlefield reminiscence
The article extols temperate habits for the voice with water honey and milk, warning against aerated drinks alcohol and excess. It then recounts Maj. Gen. Yakovitch’s vivid memory of Napoleon’s battle at the Russian forward, describing cannon fire, imperial guard charges, and Napoleon’s stoic presence amid carnage.
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Ani
Napoleon the Great
Yakovitch
Napoleon
Lakovitch
Onc
Imperial Guard
Napo
Leon
Rapp
Sebastian
Nansouty
Murat
Moscow
Paris
Ney
Michael
Hair Grows From Dead Body After Exhumation
Two years after burial in Stone Chapsic cemetery Woodcock valley Buntingdon Md the coffin sprang apart and hair grew from the skull to eighteen inches the whiskers eight inches and hair on the breast six inches despite full shaving. A similar case occurred in 1882 at Casgavilla cemetery where Jacob Cresswell’s remains were exhumed after ten years and hair measured ten to twelve inches with roots firm as in life.
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William A. Walters
Casgavilla
Jacob Cresswell
Tex
Boston Flowers of Speech Excerpt On Street Urchins
The fragment recalls a Boston arrival describing a scene of rough street children fighting in mud. A passerby notes one boy taunting another to “freeze your mouth” while a police presence is hinted at, illustrating crude street theater and the speaker’s exalted view of urban speech.
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Boston
Deane
Old
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Boston Hoening Record
Sammy Tilden
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