Fragmented 19th century miscellany and anecdotes
A chaotic collection of short items and quips from Boston and Philadelphia context. It mentions Mercury statue jokes, spiritualist feats, Darwin versus Agassiz, courtroom tensions, a German asylum fire scare, baroness steam yacht, coinage schemes, Count de Lesseps, horse plagues in Cairo, English shipping delays, and a marriage ear joke. The tone blends social curiosities with brief newsy notes and humorous asides.
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Morse
Nefence Monthly
Agassiz
Darwin
Purse Olulen
Doston
Rabber
Chicago
Sullivan
Prince Gorchakoff
Germany
Philadelphia
Worus
Hathachild Hag
Geneva
Villeneuve
Geen
Cermany
Count de Lesseps
Africa
Duke de Brabant
Cairo
Codly
Knedive
Alexandria
Election talk and private plans spill in Downtown chat
Dupbar overhears wife Mo Lis tened to a political discussion while riding downtown. She muses that a few days more will decide Leon Tun a measure and hints at March as the start of continued political outings. Charlotte breaks in as the election nears and they joke about the next campaign. The scene ends with tears.
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A Gidel
Philadel Biz
Fanny
Mary
Dupbar
Quad
Leon
Tun
Charlotte
Gu Wiust Age
Donation party misfires and city clergy form relief league
A chaotic donation party at a minister's North Hill home led to property damage and losses including furniture carpet food and goods totaling several dollars. The victim called on clergy who formed an anti donation society league and planned travel to Chicago for terrier dogs and shotguns for expected dispatch next week.
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TaYier
North Hill
Chicago
Burlington
Novel School for Girls Opens in Berlin
A new and radical Berlin school for girls plans a fully domestic and practical curriculum. It includes rooms for board, baking, and commerce under expert supervision, aiming to prepare students for everyday life and work with a modern, progressive approach.
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Ahappen
Berlin
Elbine
Elderly man loses teeth in boardinghouse mix up
A city gentleman returns from the Centennial without his teeth. He naps on a sofa leaving his artificial teeth on the seat. The boarding-house keeper pockets the teeth and covers the sleeper with a coat. The coat owner later takes the garment and the teeth go with it. The man wakes to find himself toothless and heads home to repair his jaw.
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Philadelphia
Moon and Venus mark noon sighting in Shanghai crowds
In August crowds in Shanghai gaze at the noon sky as the moon curves and Venus shines to the southwest. An old Chinese merchant recalls a similar sight thirty years earlier before English actions in Asia. The note ends with a separate line on forging hammered bronze Chinese gongs.
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Shanghai
Venus
Chusan
Nanking
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