Fragments of Echoes From Letters and Tales of the West
A mosaic of quoted lines and anecdotes ranges from religious reflections and Whittier to California bandits and a sheriff’s pursuit. The piece recounts missions in Samoa and Irish famine memories, plus a long jail‑side tale of Juan Soto and marauding vaqueros, ending with warnings about opal frauds near El Paso and Paso del Norte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chile
Colorado
Santa Clara County
Almaden
San Jose
Otto Gerlach
Juan Soto
Jesus Orlando
Murphy
Juan
Chicago Times
Paso del Norte
United States
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
el Paso
Houston Cor. Jewelers
Wit and Wisdom Fragments from Harper's and Local Cracks
A collection of aphorisms and jokes from periodicals and humor pages. It parodies doctor bills, poverty, etiquette, and social mores, with quips on wires fences, carriage parts, and a bartender’s pricing. The piece preserves era tone through witty snippets and brief satirical observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Magazine
Jeremy Taylor
Dtg
Thackeray
N. C. Picayune
Somerville Journal
Raston Courier
Uta
Detroit Free Press
Dtab
Jeweler's Weekly
Boston
Mummified Aztecs Found by Miners in New Mexican Cave
Two miners Dusty and Morris discovered five mummies in a hermetically sealed canyon cave on the Arizona New Mexico border. The group includes two men two women and a child, mummified naturally in sitting and embracing poses. Experts from Turin and Berlin verify Aztec features and burial customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusty
Morris
Gila River
Arizona
New Mexico
Indiana
Paolo de Vecchi
Turin
C. M. Richter
Berlin
San Francisco
A Or
German Colony in London Largest Outside Germany
The article notes London hosts a large German community, estimated from 35,000 to 70,000 or more, possibly two million across Britain including Austrians and Swiss. It credits Victoria and Albert for German settlement, highlights German cultural influence, and cites active efforts to maintain German nationality amid integration, referencing events like the 1859 Schiller festival and 19th Century German affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
North America
Victoria
Anne
Albert
Odlor
Kinkel
Karl Blind
Freiligrath
Adam
Typewriter ribbons promise permanence for legal ink
A historical notice discusses ink permanence in typewritten documents. It cites black record ribbons for deeds and wills and indelible copying ribbons for correspondence, with chemists and the U S Patent Office confirming lasting results and ink driven into the paper, harder to remove by chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chemical Division
United States Patent Office
Secretary of the Treasury
Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Whittier
Samoan Islands
Cornell
New York
Oxford University
James M. Baldwin
Princeton
Lake Forest University
Ireland
Springfield
Mass
Repub
Dr. Curry
Spain
Madrid
WIT and Wisdom
George
Mr. X
Buffalo Commercial
Count Tolstoi
Infante
Ancora
M.D
Be. Guferd M
Broskiya
N.Y
Pate Ee
Uy Cantave Courant
Murray Street
the Weekly Journal
Journal
Jovgnan
Massachusetts St
Lawrence, Kas
Chace & Sanborn’s
Young Hyson
Japan
Whitcomb
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