Millionaires Home Seeds a Notable Fence Tale in San Francisco
In San Francisco, the Crocker mansion on California and Taylor is famed for its tall fence built to block sunshine after a dispute with undertaker Yung over a 25 by 100 foot lot. The tale of the fence draws guides and locals, and the undertaker and family eventually leased a Chinese laundry to glare visibility, before moving away.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Fort Point
Marin County
Berkeley
Oakland
Stanford, Crocker and Hopkins
Hopkins
California Street
United States
Leland Stanford
Great Southern Pacifi Railroad System
Stanford
Crockery
California
Taylor Streets
Crocker
Sacramento Street
Gardner
Crocker Mansion
Yung
Soun
Yui
Noylan
Phoey
Nally
Tie
Milionaire
Pagan
San Francisco Cor
San Diego Union
Free violin school for Brooklyn youths shines
In Brooklyn the free violin school trains thousands of children each Saturday. Pupils from beginners to advanced perform under Professor Benjamin, correcting notes instantly. At recent concerts 240 violinists played with 1,000 young singers, prizes included two violin outfits worth $50 each.
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Benjamin
Fisher
Johnny
Fmal
Brooklyn
Academy of Music
Erminie
The Shooting of Ferry
A French crank who shot M. Jules Ferry is described as possibly insane. A stained glass maker and pamphleteer, he invented a cigar lighter and a “Hire cane.” He previously served six months for theft, and his alleged secret society links are questioned.
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Ferry
M. Jules Ferry
Ly Trade
M. Ferry
How Miss Kellogg Was Won by Her Manager
The Hartford Courant reports a romantic tale of Miss Kellogg and her manager Strakosch. It describes an old affair with her reluctance to answer questions, and a lakeside rescue on a western New York lake when a storm overturned their boat. Strakosch is said to be a German immigrant about 25 or 26 years old.
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Miss Kellogg
St. Theresa
Spain
New York
Strakosch
Hartford Courant
Washington
William Walter Phelps
Sam Small
Methodist Church South
Washington, D. C
Samuel Spencer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rodman
Cairn
Luitpeld
Bavaria
Carter Harrison
Maurice Bernhardt
Terka Jobowaska
John B. Alley
Massachusetts
Old Bay State
Alley
Carnot
Magdeburg
France
Louis XVI
Blaine
Miss Blaine
Miss Dodge
Gail Hamilton
Marseilles
Algiers
Naples
Paris
Morton
Paul Philippoteaux
Gettysburg
Niagara Falls
Gen. Grant
Boston
Frederick Villiers
London Graphic
Archibald Forbes
Jay Gould
Inexpensive Love and a Street Girl's Plea
A Washington Critic quotation recounts a street girl lamenting to a post office clerk lover who drags her past an ice cream saloon. She accuses him of losing love while noting she named fourteen post offices after him last week.
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Theodore
Postoffice Department
Washington
Iowa Brigade Reunion Set for Davenport in September
Gen Belknap president of Crocker’s Iowa brigade announces the next reunion to be held in Davenport Iowa on September 21 and 22. Gen Belknap leads the Crocker unit and outlines plans for the gathering with attendees expected from related regiments.
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WastisGrox
First Lady’s Early Influence at the Executive Mansion
The Philadelphia Times notes Mrs. John Adams helped shape social customs in the new capital, leaving a strong personal imprint on domestic life at the executive mansion. She hosted New Year’s Day 1801 events with President Adams and government officials, influencing social institutions beyond her husband’s political role.
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John Adams
Philadelphia
Federal City
Potomac
Washington
Adams
New York
Randolph
Philadelphia Times
Dickens Junior Reflects On His Career And Outlook
The Buffalo News quotes Charles Dickens Jr discussing his father’s legacy and his own work as editor of All The Year Round and Household Words. He notes his daily reading of manuscripts, aiming to lift obscure writers and preserve unseen talent.
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, Jr
James
America
Buffalo News
Fever Pathology Sketch Cited From The British Medical Journal
A New York Tribune summary notes Dr Goodridge in The British Medical Journal states fever's proximate cause remains undetermined. It confirms fever raises body heat mainly from increased heat production and links this to tissue disintegration and nutritional disruption with rising urea salts and weight loss as food intake declines.
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British Medical Journal
Goodridge
New York Tribune
Plea for Chicory From Coffee Millionaire in New York
A stout man known for wealth in the Vesey street coffee trade defends chicory use. He claims coffee is naturally free of adulteration and cites international practice, noting Germans use 85 percent chicory and French around four percent in blends. He remarks adopters in the U.S. use about four percent.
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Vesey Street
Astor House Rotunda
Germany
France
New York Mall
The Hops of Mexico and Pork Trade Notes
The article explains Mexican hogs are cross between Spanish hogs and wild mountain hogs, rarely diseased, averaging 175 pounds when killed. They fatten for lard at 20 cents per pound in Monterey, while fresh pork is 12 1 2 cents. Bacon is imported from the United States at 40 cents and sugar cured hams 60 to 75 cents per pound. About five hogs daily meet Monterey’s demand of 50,000 people, though locals cannot afford to eat much pork.
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States
Monterey
United States
Chicazo News
Editors With Railroad Passes Survive Winter Struggles
An Arkansas Traveler piece recalls editors in Tennessee who endured freezing offices and cold apartments. Their only comfort was annual railroad passes allowing nightly rides on the train to midnight, then return trips before dawn. They took watch shifts to avoid overshooting their stop. The note ends with a boast that Tennessee is not the worst place to run a paper. Paper bedclothes from New Jersey are described as warm reusable sheets of manilla paper with heat preserving properties far beyond ordinary insulation.
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Tennessee
New Jersey
Luston Ludgen
Saltonstall
8. N. Dyer, Jr
Custom House
Boston Transcript
Larry Jerome
Henry Leigh
Mr. Jerome
Balaam
New York Evening Sun
Prince of Wales
Baron Oscar Dickson
Sandringham
Col. Ellis
Citizen Train
Weekly Record
Sussex
N. B
Clay Township
Cameon
Bloody clash with bandits near San Angela turns deadly
In Mexico City on January 6 a fight broke out between residents and robbers near San Angela. Three men were killed and one captured. Five policemen pursued the outlaws, capturing them, but two officers were killed in the pursuit.
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City of
Mexico
How Silver Molecule Size Sets Inch Thickness
Scientist Wie ner estimates a minuscule silver film requires 125 000 molecules per inch to achieve measurable thickness. The finding hinges on precise measurements of a barely visible film of silver.
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Herr Wiener
Ling
Candlemaking in the Civil War Dark Days
In the Confederate era lights proved scarce as war wore on. Women improvised with beeswax rosin candles formed around wicks, cooled on bottles, and hung by tin guides. The process provided a steady but faint light and sparked lively social merriment among young ladies and their on leave beaux.
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Jennie
Judson
Advice on girls pursuing stage careers from Annie Pixley
Annie Pixley argues that few young women succeed on stage due to vanity and hardships. She says talented, steady girls should try the stage if they need to earn a living, noting strict theater rules protect health and require constant study. The temptations are not overwhelming for disciplined performers.
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Mojeskas
Clara Morrises
Annie Pixley
New York Mail and Express
Velocity of Earthquakes and their rapid destructive paths
The text explains earthquake speed from initial shocks to end, noting Lisbon deaths in minutes and Caracas destruction with thousands killed. It cites Calabrian quakes from 1783 to 1786, describes shock sequences, and gives travel rates of ground sound about 10 000 to 11 000 ft s and earth wave about 1 200 ft s, referencing Charleston rates.
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Lisbon
Caracas
Venezuela
Charleston
Toronto
A Russian Village Club Rules Cited by Chicago Times
A list from a Russian village club in Tchernitofft district outlines prohibitions and fines for behavior at dances and gatherings. Rules ban greased boots and working clothes, require dress coats for New Year and Easter, forbid velvet waistcoats and green neckties, prohibit window curtain use as handkerchiefs, and impose fines for smoking in the ladies’ room and indecent conduct.
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Tchernitofft
Chicago Times
Fisk’s Bold Freight Dodge ChangesRailroad Battle
A historical note recalls Jim Fisk exploiting a price war between New York Central and Erie railroads. He bought cattle and shipped via Vanderbilt’s line to choke Central’s traffic, then raised Erie rates to profit. The scheme allowed Fisk to profit on each head while cows moved to market through rival routes.
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Jim Fisk
New York Central
Erie
Commodore Vanderbilt
Chicago
New York City
Isk
Commodore
Central
Fisk
The
Argonaut
Hardest Game To Shoot Bats Says Veteran Sportsman
An experienced sportsman notes bats are the hardest quarry due to their speed and sharp turning. He explains wing-shot failures and tells a tale of a bat that survived twenty wing holes before fleeing.
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Kansas City Times
Mildred Corrects Will in Pilteburg Chronicle
A high school girl asks if a plan will suffice. Amy replies yes that fills the will, then Mildred corrects that it occupies the entire capacity of the account, according to the Pilteburg Chronicle.
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Mildred
Amy
Pilteburg Chronicle
Odd Tales and Jests From Cities and Courts
A collage of anecdotes features Col Nat Crutchfield lampooned as a slender clerk, Sherman saving Joe Jefferson’s manuscript, Napoleon III quips with a Yankee, a New Year joke at the custom house, Larry Jerome on a mule mishap, a Hawaiian hat mix up, and a trio of wisdom quips, all from era humor columns.
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Gen. Sherman
Jefferson
Fifth Avenue
William Tecumseh Sherman
Joe Jefferson
Joe
New York Evening Sun
Butler claims Massachusetts did not enroll early colored troops
General Butler writes to a Boston paper asserting that the first colored regiments of the Civil War were not enrolled in Massachusetts. He recalls enlisting three colored regiments in New Orleans in 1862 and sending them into action long before such troops were used elsewhere.
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Butler
Boston
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Chicago Times
Hay fever susceptibility across nations and classes
A medical writer notes hay fever affects English and American people most, especially upper class males, with the north of Europe largely spared. It is described as rare in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
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Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
A Mudsock Town Roundelay by James Whitcomb Riley
A rustic comic verse where Riley recalls a gathering at Wesss store with Mart Strimples Tank White Doe Bills and several Mudsock fellows. They chatter about foods like wortermillion and pumpkin pies while trading playful dialects and tobac coersations around the stove.
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Wess
Mart Strimples
Tank
Doe
An Old Acquaintance. a witty quip from the Binghamton Republican
The editor quotes a vignette in which a collector asks for payment and the man of the world responds with a dry joke about an easy chair tired from long use. The exchange showcases a pointed social quip from the Binghamton Republican.
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Binghamton
No Overcoat Affordability Dilemma Cited
A mother pressure talks her son into buying an overcoat while he insists he cannot afford one. She warns of pneumonia if he remains without it and he retorts that he cannot afford anything new. The exchange, attributed to the New York Sun, reflects a thrift minded parental stance.
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New York Sun
Little Emma
Emma
Columbus
Such Convenience and Sharp Witted Exchanges Collected
A quirky composite of brief vignettes and gags from period papers. A young woman signs for a delivery with a playful note to a distant suitor. The piece mixes letter mischief, opera banter, and light domestic humor across urban captions.
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John
Philadelphia News
Blinks in Hotel Room Delays Visitor from Cincinnati
A curious World dispatch notes Mr Blinks in a hotel room as a Cincinnati visitor requests access via a clerk. The exchange hints at a message for Mr Schwifferwitzenouter, with a front desk directive to relay to 126 a gentleman from Cincinnati seeks audience.
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Blinks
Forgotten Something and Odd Moments in Daily Life
Comic exchanges play out in a slice of life vignette humor. A departing guest bids farewell while a waiter hints at a forgotten item. A thief quips about safer pursuits and a railway restaurant. In a home scene a mother contemplates an egg for a Columbus lesson.
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New York Sun
Testing Electric Currents Indicate Wire Overload
Heat indicating paint on electric wires shows current strength. Red paint darkens with rising heat and turns black when the current is too strong. This color change provides conclusive evidence of overload.
Death From Poison Lunch Linked to Local Newspaper
A Dakota resident died after eating a lunch wrapped in a copy of a local newspaper. Police say the poison cause is suspected, and residents are urged to take precautions against contaminated food and improper packaging.
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Dakota Bell
Various American and European Notes From 19th Century Press
A collage of brief items covers Jay Gould wealth estimates and public statues in Paris, exports of tours to Asia, pole exploration doubts, French political births, Grevy cabinet counts, education shifts, and social scenes. Notables include Morrill, Chatterjee, Carnot kin, Bodwell inquiry, Bodwell candy miss, Blaine travels, and Grant cycloramas with Get tysburg works.
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Brown
Mr. Jinks
New York Robinson
Ford Ward
Texas
Timiths
Mr. Popinjay
Mrs Popinjay
Lurlington Free Press
Iowa Brigade
Carolus Duran
Cabanel
Bonnat
London
Bate
Nat Crutchfield
Carlsle
Carlisle
Washington Critic
Napoleon NT
Napoleon III
Yankeeland
Dayton
Tuilleries
Blessington
Sam Makai
Sam
Signation
Honolulu Daily Bulletin
Matthe
Tunk
Jes
Miss Breezy
Breezy
Buffalo
Clara
Bill
Poe
Omaha
Norvin Green
Gen. Washington
Marshall P. Wilder
China
Japan
India
Explorer Greely
North Pole
M. Grevy
Andrew D.white
Cornell
Pokes
Scott
Mohini M. Chatterjee
Morell Mackenzie
Prince Imperial
Sherman
Sheridan
Ohio
Kaiser William
Joseph Parker
Liverpool
Duke of Newcastle
Florida
Louis Kossuth
Bismarc
Meegard
M. E. Ingalls
Cincinnati
Pelican Club
Evan
Prince Wales
Pelicans
Buntonian
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