The Register Highlights Oddities and Industry Shifts
A survey of curious figures includes E C Scrocas, a blind real estate success in Nashville with about $60,000 profits since last October, and notes on seacoast strategy, debt collection ideas, and a prideful tale of Reanne Cavaiken and Ella Shaffer’s marriage. It covers the lignite coal saga in Europe, Germany's M71-84 rifle, and the rise of the cotton seed oil industry in the South, ending with the Cotton Oil Trust’s vast, non-dividend profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Scrocas
Nashville
South
Standard Oil Company
Anaconda
Cotton Oil Trust
Cotton Trust
Old soldier tales and Davis speech memory in Holly Springs
In Holly Springs an octogenarian editor recalls antebellum figures like Judge Sharkey and S. Prentiss and Henry Foote while recounting Davis on the hustings. Mrs Davis feared for his attire as she shortened his trousers to fit his towering rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bini Arp
Holly Springs
Miss
Tyler
Gamalle
Judge Sharkey
S. Prentiss
Henry S. Foote
Mr. Davis
Prentiss
Davis
Taylor
Temperance Debate Provokes Defense Of Whisky
In Little Rock a temperance lecturer declares alcohol has no medicinal value and injures any user. A man argues whisky benefits him, asserting he does not drink it but sells it, prompting the lecturer to challenge his claim and question personal exemption from harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansaw Traveler
The Great Wall at a Glance and a Green Conversation
An Indianapolis News quote extols the Great Wall of China noting its immense volume and labor value, claiming it could fund vast railroad networks, built in twenty years debt free. A separate vignette features a young man joking to a young lady who explains she does not eat greens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reanne Cavaiken
New York
Africa
Caulker
Dayton, Ohio
Ella Shaffer
China
Seward
United States
Indianapolis News
Dangers of Corpulence and Dietary Guidance
The piece outlines how excess body fat stems from intemperance, lack of exercise, and fat forming foods. It warns of higher fever risk, breathing difficulty, persistent perspiration, heart strain, and susceptibility to coughs or pneumonia in fat individuals. Diet regulation and gradual reduction through balanced albumin rich meals, avoiding extreme restrictions, and using simple plans like one-food meals are discussed, with a digressive anecdote about bats and a note urging observation over fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jatal
Prince Bismarck
The Bat: Size, habitat, and myths of the animal kingdom
The bat ranks third in Type L, Class I of the animal kingdom and shares humanlike backbones. About 200 species exist worldwide, from tiny hummingbird-sized to six-foot wingspanned giants, with furred bodies and leathery wings. They vary in diet, inhabit caves and woods, and myths about vampiric bloodsucking persist though evidence is scant.
The Humors of Cork and Its Local Wit
A Cork humor piece surveys Irish wit with illustrations from country life. It recounts jokes about death in bed, whisky slang, cross imagery, charity with old crones, and rural phrases. A banker tale unfolds where a farmer’s loan request to buy Kitty Keeffe's farm ends in comic misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaborer
Corney
League of the Cross
Tonee
Mickey
Cork
Lim
National Bank
County Cork
Tim
Kitty Keeffe
Reward of Industry and Hypocrisy in Town Gossip
In a Tid-Bits anecdote a distracted wife hides from gossiping neighbors while Bridget reports that locals judge her husband and home. The tale contrasts domestic sewing with social snickers and a fear of public scrutiny within a small town. It ends with a quip on married life and ignorance versus self wisdom.
Jefferson Island Home and Surroundings Observed by Warner
Charles Dudley Warner visits Orange Island near Petite Anse, noting Joseph Jefferson home, its rose vine cottage overlook, live oak grove, and Lake Peigneur. He describes ponds called butt holes, Acadian tolls, cattle, birds, and a tranquil, solitary but lively landscape with alligators basking in the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petite Anse Island
Orange Island
Jefferson Island
Joseph Jefferson
Petite Anse
Jefferson
New Orleans
Peigneur
Charles Dudley Warner
Av Harpers Magazine
Realism in Fiction: Imagination in Everyday Life
Alice Wellington Rollins discusses realism in literature, arguing it requires imagination to find new qualities in common things. She contrasts it with old-fashioned writing, cites Newton’s apple as a model, and notes Howells’ heroines reveal social commentary on education and class. The piece closes with a reflection on light and shadow in writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Isaac Newton
Mr. Howells
Alice Wellington Rollins
St. Nicholas
The Standard Oil juggernaut and its rise to power
The Dayton Journal outlines the birth and growth of the Standard Oil Company from the Drake well discovery in 1859 to its control of pipelines railroads and refiners. It describes secret tactics rebates and alliances that crushed competition and centralized oil power across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Journal
Standard Oil Company
Drake
Watson Flats
Titusville
Oil Creek
Allegheny River
van Syckle
Pithole
Miller's Farm
General Corporation
Ohio
Cleveland
Russia
West
Chicago
Hus
South Improvement Company
Standard
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Pratt & Co
Warden & Co
Devoe
Bootwick
Acme
The
Atlantic
Conduit
Karns
Grant
Union
Pennsylvania
American Transfer
United Pipe Line
Cleveland Corporation
Payne
Standard Oil
Ballon rope tale recalls Col Cleary duel with rope
In Da kota a tale recalls Col Cleary of this city who rode a captive balloon in Chicago. After urging the windlass hand to lower the rope he threatened, in a loud voice, to cut the rope if the craft did not descend. The anecdote echoes in western lore and local memory.
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Dakota
Col. Cleary
Far West
Chicago
Chicago Mail
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Adriatic
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railways
Germany
Mauser
St. Lewis
South America
New England
Nkindergrrtern
En Jonson
Joe Jefferson
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