Varied Nineteenth Century Notes From A Back Page
A jumble of short items mentions Mitchell Capital, Mitchell, Damota Jons Pour, and Kansas City elopement to a daughter of John T. Crisp of Independence Missouri. Also notes Danenhower’s popularity with Naval Academy cadets and Hearst’s editorial son shaking up newspaperdom in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jons Pour
Kansas City
Polk
John T. Crisp
Independence
Srsator Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Tragic Freight Yard Death and Texas Theft Ruling
A Pennsylvania Railroad yard accident in Chicago ends with brakeman Terrence McManus killed as engineer Jacob McCall fails to respond to brake failure. Texas appeals court upholds theft conviction in Porter v State after loaned money used in a card game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jndgeran
Pennsylvania Railroad
West
Jacob McCall
Terrence McManus
McManus
McCall
Rairoad
Tan Court of Appeals of Texas
Austin
Tex
William Porter
Collier
Porter
White
Willsm Wesre
Funny Sermon On Tobacoo Costs Prompt Travel Talk
A colporteur and traveler debate tobacco costs. The traveler recalls starting smoking at ten, and the colporteur rapidly calculates that over forty years tobacco would have funded a home and more, illustrating the financial burden of smoking.
Local Fragments Describe East Street Scene
Incoherent notes describe figures in a street setting with soft ground and distant sounds. The fragmentary text mentions a street, a person standing, and several unreadable phrases implying a quiet, unclear moment in an urban space.
A Terrible Fix and a Jovian Science Note
A vivid tale of Bertie Haymond entangled with Polly Glynn and Mand Travers over love and money, leading to a desperate plea for five hundred dollars and a marriage outcome. The second excerpt discusses Jupiter’s belts, cloud structures, and rapid atmospheric changes observed through telescopes, noting rotation and color variations and the famous great red spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Jove
Bertie Haymond
Broadway
Annious
Hestie
Polly Glynn
Bertie
Polly
Dilly
Gladden Lis
Mand Trivers
Jim
Madison Avenue
Mand
Maud
Yigual
Raymond
Mm Visi
Hs Love
Isebere
Irsin
Jupiter
Galileo
Mars
Earth
Moon
United States
Art of Mixing Drinks Said to Be an Art of Trade
A bar keeper extols the craft of mixing drinks as an art though some pursue profit by creating elaborate shapes. He notes skilled makers can assemble complex ingredients and even produce liquor using raw materials, with a famed Chicago liquor house paying a yearly sum to secure such talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Curacoa
Fragmented notice of a literary quotation and unclear context
Fragmentary OCR text with unclear meaning includes phrases like He Hit it and drank and exsited with odd spellings. no coherent event, names, or dates emerge to anchor a summary. The readable words do not establish a definite person, place, or action for a proper news item.
Reminiscences of Public Men with Greeley and Grant
Horace Greeley attends Colfax reception in Washington and dodges a hackmen dispute. Sheridan and Grant are contrasted in the Capitol, with Sheridan the Little Corporal and Grant’s modest reserve. Harriet Lane marries Henry E Johnston at Wheatland with Buchanan kin in attendance. Dodge opposes cotton speculators after Vicksburg, offering bribes to break lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Washington
Colfax
Chatham Street
John
Mr. Greeley
Tribune
Greeley
The
Sheridan
Capitol
Grant
Phil
Napoleon
Winchester
France
Waterloo
Harriet Lane
Buchanan
Henry E. Johnston
Baltimore
Wheatland
Thomas E. Franklin
Henry Carpenter
James B. Lane
B. Kenan
Catholic Church
Powell
Lancaster
Brinton
Nevin
United States Army
Johnston
Charles MacAlester
Philadelphia
Augustus Schell
New York
Augustin
Twain
Dodge
St Vicksburg
Educational Changes and Public Schools in the New South
The article surveys rapid Southward educational reform, highlighting modern public school systems, graded curricula, and equal funding across races. It notes Northern-supported colored colleges with strong facilities and faculty, while most emphasis rests on public schools and rising literacy under integrated methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Northern Friends of
New South
Voeue
Harp Rs Magazine
Wish-bones collected as whimsical cabinet by Sill Pontin
A New York Sun note on Sill Pontin famed culinary author collecting bird wish-bones from reed birds to swans. The article observes differences in bone formation between white and dark flesh birds and mentions guests at large summer hotels collecting such trophies. After cleaning they bronze and ribbon them to decorate Christmas cards.
Conflicted Kiss Accusation Sparks Tense Exchange
Mrs H accuses Cranston of kissing another woman. Mr H denies, saying she kissed him and he could not be rude to a lady. Mrs H presses why the kiss occurred as Lire notes the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. H
Cranston
Mr. H
Kentucky editor dies after whisky excess
A fragment from the Louisville Post notes a joke about a Kentucky editor dying from drinking whisky. The dialogue shifts to remarks on changing styles and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Dres Louisville Post
Humorous Tidbits and Quips From A Scattered Page
A collage of joke bits from a late 19th or early 20th century paper includes quips about health, fashion, marriage, and politics. From a wary advert to a clergyman tale and a dentist misstep, the column threads light humor, domestic scenes, and social satire across varied fragments.
Anecdotes on Felony Penalties and Jury Roles
In Metropolis tales of reform note improved machinery and shifting views on trial justice. Jurors once seen as prisoners counsel sparked debate, while figures like Da Gurney showed harshness yet retained hospitality to old bar members in knee breeches and silk stockings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Gurney
Rapiny
Ballantyne
Tenip
Applications of Electricity Grow with Modern Industry
The article notes rapid expansion of electrical applications over a decade and compares capital investment to steam transport and municipal gas lighting. It credits progress to refinement of existing methods and practical modifications rather than new revolutions, highlighting the evolving electrical arts in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elect Telegraph
Syse
Colt
A Pennsylvania Patriarch Jacob Croninger Sr Describes Family Lineage
The Pennsylvania man Jacob Croninger Sr of M Township aged 91 remains healthy and notes a large line of descendants. He reports sixteen living children, ninety living grandchildren, twenty-two deceased, sixty living great grandchildren with five dead, and two great great grandchildren both deceased. He continues to live on the farm where he was born and has always resided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Jacob Croninger, Sr
M Township
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Mitchell Capital
Mitchell
Tue Late Lient, Danenhower
Tle
Naval Academy
Cart
J. M. Levy
Postoffice Department
Capt. Levy
Col. Wischester
West Virginia
Cheat Mountain
Mantine Park
Rockies
Prir
California
San Francisco
East
New Jersey
Poplar
Miyse
M. LicNes
Cabs
Lether Stretarry
Palmer
Spain
Assyria
Detroit
Ting
Kim
Northurst
John DE Morgan
Tillusk
Ain
Heron General Butte
Mamms
Ainima
Tha
Reid
Denis
Lenin
Callice
Wolly Raymond
Beitie
Pus
Lertis
Ben
Perley Poore
War Department
General Dodge
Aix
Fritz
House of Representative
Nethy
Tara
Fon Bo
Altho
Yona
Buriltio
Seron
Jon
Cipher
JJ Toothaker
Burdette
Dakota Bell
Applied Electricity
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