Strangers from the South change lives on a sunny street
A hurried townwoman helps sleeping Black migrants from the South find warmth and work. She shelters Jim Moncton Rose and children Peyty Kit and others, feeding them, guiding them to stability, and later sees Phillis the cook reunite them with their employer families on the Lord's own street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Jim
Ole Maum Phillis
Charleston
Mistis
Hyer
Hyar
Rose Moncton
Laws
Olar
Kim
Den
Verlise
Kit
Peyty
Gwine
Mist’ Nelly
Webber
Jin
Jim Moncton
Brother Jim
Phillis
Jack Graham
Moncton
Graham
Maum Phillis
Ronn’ Hyar
Spea
Uncle Sams Centennial Gifts Exhibit in Philadelphia
Congress likely to appropriate funds to build a display for Centennial gifts stored at the old armory in Philadelphia. The collection includes exhibits from Argentina to Venezuela, with China and Siam as major portions, plus items from France and Great Britain and other nations. The gifts, mostly native products and agricultural or mining goods, rival large Smithsonian displays in scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Srmory
Philadelphia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
China
France
Germany
Hawaii
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Orange Free -State
Peru
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Siam
Switzerland
Turkey
Tunis
Great Britain
Venezuela
Smithsonian Institute
America
Aventine Confederation
Kiorway
Washington Star
Snakes and Misapprehensions from the Country Gentleman
An 19th century essay argues against popular hatred of snakes, noting their lack of limbs and wings, exploring Genesis symbolism, and disputing theories that early serpents walked or flew. It discusses biblical language, ancient interpretations, and scientific ideas about preadamite serpents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo Mion
Adam Clark
Gentle Serpents and Rural Life Reflections
A historical excerpt reviews North American snakes from harmless milk and garter types to venomous vipers, noting beauty and misbelief about house snakes, plus anecdotes on snake hair ornaments and jokes about marriage licenses reflecting rural life. It mentions Osceola snake, green snake, and several rattlers with cautionary descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Willis
Southwea
Exico
United States
Serpents Described as Unattractive Copperhead and Moccasin
The text notes the copperhead Antistodon formiformis and moccasin Agkistrodon piscivorus as plainly colored brown or olive and not attractive, expressing a reaction of disgust at first sight. It names Antistodon Beauvais group as the gents responsible for this description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antistodon
Beauvais
Linn
The Ground Hog Excuse Heard in Michigan Court
In a Michigan courtroom Adam Crane blames his drunken behavior on groundhog day citing family custom. The judge reprimands weather superstitions and imposes a thirty day sentence for his intoxicated actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Adam Crane
Adam
State of
Michigan
Oil offer sparks church row in Cawego settlement
In Bunker Hill Cawego a Methodist church stirred a ruckus when a member offered to supply oil for a year if three of the oldest members could repeat the Lord's Prayer. A woman boasted her five year old could do it, provoking a public wager and a quick decision against the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Bunker Hill
Cawego
Oswego Palladium
Nevada Faces Financial Gap and Mining Tax Debate
The piece argues Nevada's mining industry is undertaxed relative to other property. It cites last year’s mining taxes at 216 060 against an equitable 382 700, and projects a Captioned deficit of 141 000 over two years. The San Francisco Chronicle warns that without broader mining taxes, more property may be taxed out or abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkey
Hymen’s
Cincinnati Enquirer
Nevada
San Francisco Chronicle
Airocneda
Numerous odd items and snippets from a busy era
A collage of items notes silk factory business, ailing Epwin Apane, Western girls cooking clubs, a crying idol in a Chinese temple, a rinderpeat, fashion trends toward Europe, Chinese corkscrew use, and the Delaware submarine at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Also mentions Hell Gate work, Mrs Grant sending flowers, Tweed’s six million suit, Pompeii tavern notices, pugilist Ovambers and a Jersey City theft arrest, a marblehead bull terrier garrison, a Virginia legislative joke bill, oleo margarine export as butterine, a Paris masquerade bier, and mentions about Louis Napoleon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Epwin Apane
Germany
Europe
Delaware
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hell Gate
New York
Grant
Alexander H Stephens
Martha Jane
Tweed
Pompeii
Agrthur Ovammbeers
Philadelphia
Tom Hyer
Yankee Sullivan
Switzerland
Plurs
Graubunden
Virginia
Illustrated Weekly
Ma’m
Salvini
London
Florence
Jersey City
Marblehead
Mass
Salem Harbor
Indiana
Turope
Paris
Jean Fourniat
Louis Napoleon
Strasbourg
Colle
Louisiana
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Udme
Heath
Chamber’s
Etta Farman
Mia
Egypt
Oisris
Mistia
Riend
Aioe
Uncle Sams Centennial
Dom Pedro
Orate David Davis
Blooming
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