The Gun Club of Baltimore and its lunar cannon dream
An summarized retelling of Jules Verne inspired Gun Club of Baltimore from the Civil War era planning a colossal cannon to reach the Moon. It covers founders Barbicane Maston and Nichol the armor maker, the massive dimensions proposed for the gun, powder debates, and the Florida Pumpa site, with a dramatic prelude to the planned launch and mounting.
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Gun Club
Baltimore
Monsieur Jules Verne
M. Verne
J. T. Maston
J.T. Maston
Bilsby
England
Barbicane
Gap Club
United States
Jd. T. Maston
J. T. Masten
Gentemen
J. T. Aoe
J.T. Miston
Major Aipbistone
Nnde
Armstrong
Rodman Columbiad
Phia
Artillerista
Nichol
Texas
Florida
Pdriodicals
New York Merald
Philadelphia Boat
The
Riverside Magazing
Washington Chronicle
New York Tribune
Newark Register
Forida
Pumpa
Union
Alabama
Cold Spring
Observatory of
Cambridge
House of Goeadwill & Co
Albany
Uphistone
J. Murphison
Cold Spring Iron Works
Tampa
Stone's Hill
Pampa
I. Maston
Drummers Arrive, Town Feels Pace of Commerce
The piece likens traveling salesmen to wolves at the fold, noting their frosted tolls and cold noses as they enter town. They quickly take orders, pocket money, and depart with heads full of business and skins full of beer.
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Monroe & Moulton
Monticello, Jones CO
IALE
Dubuque
Delaware
Jones and Linn
Sunday Free Music Sheet Drop at Choir Shelter
On Sundays the choir offers a free drop of music sheets while weekdays require purchase by the sheet. The setup encourages readers to visit the choir stall for complimentary material and supports the local musical community.
Good Girl to Cook Advertisement Sparks Parade Mockery
A fragmented line from a 19th century printing office story mocks a parade and an advert promoting a “good girl to cook.” The snippet hints at satirical reactions amid a bustling street scene with printers and advertisers.
Light and heat from the sun discussed in Boston lecture
A Boston lecture on solar heat covers the sun as a power source. It compares sunlight to oxyhydrogen and electric light, cites estimates of heat reaching Earth, and explains transmission speed and imagined sounds from the sun. The talk includes humorous afterthoughts from Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Mar. R. A. Proctor
John Terseliel
Whimsical Local Anecdotes and Odd Sayings
A string of quirky vignettes from local life includes Tipkins waking his wife with a ghostly joke about a jackass, an editor praising a rescued basket of strawberries from Mrs Smith, and a county seminary head alarmed by pupils playing leap frog in a yard. The Danbury News cites a tailor planning a curious use of sandpaper in a smoker’s seat.
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Sladies
Danbury News
Coumbes
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the. Mofiticello Express
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Iichard, Raiter
Prop
Mates OF Advertising
Oerth Coles
Écans
Business Directory
H. W. Gill
Monticello
Iowa
Monticello Bazaar
Graasmeyer
Attorneys At Law
A. J. Monroe
M. M. Moulton
Justice of the Peace
Carpenter & Lovell’s Bank
M. W. Herrick
Jones County
Laws
Davenport's
Milton Remley
H. M. Remley
Remley & Reiley, Attorneys AT Law
Anamosa Iowa
J. Q. Wing
Law Notary Public
Mutual Aid Insurance Society
Jones Co
Lows
Carpenter & Lovell's Bank
Firet Street
Rich Manufactory
Anamosa
Joan Gibson
First Street
D. E. Pond
Notary Public
Dyer & Estey’s Clothing Store
Contatanger
Nat. Bank
J. B. Clark
Marvin’s Hall
Smerehan
Frank Mellen
I. H. Pain
Hotels
National House
J. P. Sleeper
D. L. Norcross
Newcome House
D. Gould
Davenport
C.laneworthy
Fanwent
A O. Dust
Laneworthy
Asa’t
Jones
Capital
Doese General Banking
C. Langworthy
Cyrus Langworthy
FP. M. Hicks
John O. Due
W. A.langworthy
Farwell
W. H. Walworth
C. W. Gurney
Theo. Scotje
Sherman
Alemannia Fire Ins.Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Eafest
America
Chicago
Viro
W. Gurney
Franklin Fire Ins Co
Seib. Paha
Cp Aan
D.e.pond Agent
Das
York
Policica
A. T. Lorine
WM. Abel
Cor
First
Cedarate
Vonticello
Underwriters Agency
New York
G. Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
Youman
Agrea
Wtinental Publishing Co
North Sixth
St. Louis
Ransow
Moon
Scribner's Magazine
Philadel
Balkmonz
Tekon
Banbiosanye
Justus Dent
Weatherafield
Vermont Board of Agriculture
Gryand
New England
Meus Gary
Laem
Wien
Iis
Tie
Cac
Jund
Tarvens
Conception Bay
Logie Bay
Victor Hugo
Scientific American
Atlantic
Portugal
Gove
Anna
Barnum
Pred
Alute Street
Tipkins
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