Princess Maria Josepha of Braganza Marries Duke Carl Theodor
A historic portrait of Princess Maria Josepha of Braganza, sister of the Empress of Austria, marrying Duke Carl Theodor of Bavaria on April 20 1874. The couple, famed for charity and medical work, run three eye hospitals at Tegernsee Munich and Meran with no fees, supported by donations. The Duchess assists in surgeries and manages patient care, while their family includes five children.
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Maria Josepha
Braganza
Carl Theodor of
Bavaria
Carl Theodor
Sophie of
Saxony
Amalie
Vrach
Maria Josepha of
Europe
Austria
Sophie
Elizabeth
Marie
Ludwig Wilhelm
Franz Joseph
Royal Schloss
Tegernsee
Munich
Merau
Schloss Tegernsee
Ottokar
Adalbert
Schloss
Maxmilian I
Talent Among German Nobility Spelled Future for Fatherland
A remark praising talent within Germany's royal and noble circles predicts that good will arise for the Fatherland. The comment underscores belief in elite qualities shaping national strength and progress.
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Germany
Pipe of Peace Encounter Ends in Fatal Cliff Fall
In July 1892 sailor Peter Schneider now a Cincinnati policeman, while a mail carrier with the Second U S Cavalry, traded the pipe of peace with an Indian at Clear Creek. The Indian drew a bead, both fired, the assailant and horse fell over a 200 foot cliff. Schneider survived, reporting to his officers with the saddle as a trophy.
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Peter Schneider
Cincinnati
Second
United States Cavalry
Big Bend
Milk River
Schneider
Fort Assinibone
Clear Creek
Savage
Will Try to Walk on the Water in Ohio Village
Benton Ridge near Findlay, Ohio, hosts nightly meetings by a faith caravan. A convert is building a large water tank and another follower plans to walk on the water to prove his faith.
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Benton Ridge
Findlay
Ohio
Our Wit and Humor in Early Rural Scribbler Style
A compact selection of verse and prose bits from Our Lean Readera including humorous notes on a rival, pumpkin pies, planetary puzzles, and pie making. It juxtaposes playful critique by H.5. Keller with dialect banter about dogs and farming life, capturing period humor and colloquial charm.
Accidents on the Sea Line Spark Odd Claim
An old sea captain recalls a shipboard fire kept hidden until port. He asserts the blaze burned down to the sea and was extinguished by water, a claim his listener finds astonishing and uninterrogated.
Colored Remarks and Social Satire Rhymes
A fragmentary piece in dialect jokes about political dangers and gossip. It notes that a single scandal can haunt a person for life and quips on Cupid and mischief, ending with a reference to Arkansaw Thomas Cat.
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Arkansaw Thomas
Old Memories Remembered from a Snowbound Era
A brief quip from New York Weekly recalls a grandparent’s tale of snowfall so deep it reached the waist, contrasted with a child’s response about when it happened. The exchange evokes nostalgic winter imagery and family memory across generations.
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New York Weekly
Young women clash over corsick customs in town
Two residents spar over fashion norms and propriety as an older woman defends corsick wear while a younger critic questions aristocratic display. The exchange highlights social expectations and gender norms in the community.
TEXAS LIFTINGS AND CONVICTIONAL WITTY NOTES
A collage of adlike quips and anecdotes from a Texas page touts thrift humor and life advice. It references pensionable work, courtship, pawnbrokers, hotel stays, and seasonal engagements, with light musings on travel, dancing, and seaside trips. Mentions Hostetter’s Bitters, Charles D. Rose, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and a Laurel Kentucky camp meeting with a hundred horse swaps. The tone is promotional and humorous, typical of a newspaper page mixing satire and ads.
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Massachusetts
S. F. Happy
Opkina Place
Baltimore
Laurel
Wanted Plowers on Mer Grave Aboard in Storm
A shipboard plea from a sick traveler asks a bride to place flowers on his grave if he dies at sea. He expresses a wish for burial on the voyage and asks for ongoing remembrance once buried. The note conveys maritime distress and personal longing amid stormy conditions.
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Bride
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Heaven Upon Earth
Duke and Duchess
Royal Schless
Clinton Miller
Bradford
The
Buffalo Express
Miller
New York
Africa
Laugh Makers
Saturn
H. 5
Keller
Tim McCarthy
Cully McCall
Tim
Matilda Maloney
Ethel McSwath
Texas
Crey Hound
Bitters
Charles D. Rose
Montreal
Canada
Hood
Byery
Iohn Cavarie & Sons
Bwawson
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Moondheer
Temple
Ill
Patrick O'Farrlll
Washington, D.C
Morris
Washington
BD. C
Lavention Fed
Eegar Tate
Miegde
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