A Brief Tale and Blunders in a 19th Century Hotel
A narrator recalls meeting Mr Bates from England in an Ohio hotel in 1503. Bates shares a vivid tale of a house fire that killed his wife and child, followed by his years of recovery and a supernatural call from the deceased wife. The piece then shifts to humorous notes on typographical blunders and absent mindedness from various anecdotes and newspaper excerpts.
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Ohio
Mr. Bates
Bates
Mrs. Bates
Room
Ile
Allem
Gle
Mss
James
Keystone
Glasgow
Caladonia
Auld Ayr
Mr. Peeble
Newton
Feilints
Sydney Smith
London
Lord Lyttleton
Haig
Hagley
New York
Jonathan Edwards
Noah Clark
Edwards
Artifact of Napoleon Era Sells for Thirty-Five Dollars
An antique hat once belonging to Napoleon I fetched thirty five dollars at sale sparking notes that the Napoleonic crown and era have passed. The lot drew attention as a curiosity linking history and collectors despite modest bidding.
Conversation in Silence Between Lady and Lord on Stage
An excerpt describes Lady Mbivile and Lord Guildford conversing with a deaf and dumb man using finger spelling. The scene ends with the lady noting the man is dumb, prompting Guildford's surprised remark about her previous assumption. The dialogue unfolds on a stage as they communicate without sound.
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Oxford
Wallingford
Mr. McDougall
Paisley
William TV
Windsor Castle
Lord Guildford
Lord Melville
Lord Seaforth
Seaforth
Salaries of English Clergy and Cathedral Livings
The Cincinnati Gazelle notes archbishops and bishops receive salaries plus 41 free episcopal residences and cathedral furnishings. It lists Canterbury at 75,000, York 36 6 00, London 60 000, Durham 40,000, Winchester 35,000, Ely 27,000, and various other dioceses with 15,000 to 12,000. Deans average 7,007 with Durham at 15,002 and St Paul and Westminster at 10,000. The piece totals cathedral income at 94,700 and discusses prebends, canons, archdeacons, and parish rights of rectors and estates’ entailments, concluding with living incomes averaged at 1,400 plus free parsonage use.
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Canterbury
York
London
Durham
Winchester
Ely
Truro
Sodor and Man
Bt. David’s
St. Paul and Westminster
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of
Devonshird
Cincinnati
Exports From New York Port Show Vast Foreign Trade
An overview notes a single week in September saw 2,000,000 bushels of wheat shipped abroad and manufactures sent to 57 foreign parts. Liverpool led with 1,667,200 dollars in trade including meat and bacon. London and Glasgow followed with sizable consignments. Australia and Japan also received large shipments of implements, wind mills, cheese, and canned goods.
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New York
United States
Liverpool
London
Glasgow
Japan
Australia
The Suez Canal Ruins Damascus Trade and Rent
The city of Damascus suffers a sharp drop in overland trade as the Suez Canal opens, diverting traffic to water routes. House rents fall by thirty to fifty percent and many shops and homes sit empty. Beggars flood streets, including both Muslims and Christians, with double the previous beggar presence from Lebanon’s elevated districts.
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Damascus
Bagdad
Lebanon
American Express Employs Thousands with Few Messengers
The American Express company operates 3,700 offices and employs over 5,000 people, including 60 messengers.
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American Express Company
Excerpted World News Items On Trade Population and Travel
A digest of varied items notes Buenos Ayres to host an 1880 international exhibition, Chicago population at 436731 per a census, and Paris mint output since 1795 reaching 1700009000 gold pieces. Also mentions grain receipts at Omaha, Vermont savings deposits, beet-sugar farming in Maine, and rail freight pools in Chicago.
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Buenos Ayres
England
Paris
British Columbia
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Jack Frost
Bataow
Pitbay Teay
Eva
Bowtes Hurst
Gronns
Amy
Lancashire
Hampshire
Pall Ball Gazette
Hailie
Lowing
Louis Philippe
Milton
Board of Education
Punch
Hay
Dean Alford
Manchester Guardian
Trish
Robespierre
Cornel
India
Emerald Isle
Srolland
Dean Ramsay
Colorado
Chicago
Omaha
Vermont
Florence Nightingale
Memphis
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Maine
Pittsburgh
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
California
Sioux City
L Lydia Squinn
King Philip
New Hedford
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Old Colony
Baltimore
St. Louis
Boston
Kansas
Grenadiers
Cambridge
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