Loose items and intrigues from The Register
Nathan Aprerron of Boston plans to raise thirty thousand dollars to fund a Washington statue gift to France but lacks New York millionaire backers. Generals, editors, and financiers including Don Flores and Jor Stanley are profiled. A Berlin letter carrier Mackenzie endures abuse amid hostile posters. Miss Reed’s school receives changes as families move daughters across Europe. Heines memoirs tease readers with a bitter peaceable persona. The Oxus railroad reaches Bokhara signaling Central Asian progress toward Samaraland and Tashkend. Keely motor cases surface with Wilson pressing Keely to reveal details, while Philadelphia probes drag marriages by Dr Sleeper as potentially illegal.
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Oxus
Bokhara
Persia
India
Samaraland
Tashkend
Russian Turkestan
Caspian Sea
Central Asia
New York
Mississippi River
Great
Sleeper's illegal marriages shock Philadelphia readers
A former Episcopal priest, deposed and unincorporated as a chaplain, conducted marriages for two years in Philadelphia and Camden through a Seamen's Aid Society. Law declares his marriages invalid unless public acknowledgment or cohabitation occurred, affecting over 2000 people. The case prompts potential prosecutions while public sermons debate longevity and duty comparing politicians and lifespans.
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Sleeper
Episcopal Church
Camden
Seamen’s Aid Society
Philadelphia
Peaceable Countryman Confronts Ladies on Street Car
A hayseeded man boards a street car and reluctantly takes the only empty seat among women. When more passengers rise and he is pressed to move, he blows his nose loudly and orders the ladies to sit, threatening to alight if unwelcome. The Detroitree Press reports the humorous scene.
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Agin
Detroitree Press
Cold Nebraska Weather Quips From a New Yorker
A brief exchange captures the chill in Nebraska with a New Yorker remark about its cold days. The western voice adds that temperatures must be low, noting a wife wearing gloves to wash dishes.
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Nebraska
The All Souls College Tumblers Origin Story
The piece recounts why the common glass is called a tumbler. At All-Souls' College Oxford a luncheon for Princess Alice featured round silver bowls known as trailers that balanced upright when set down, inspiring the term tumbler for the glassware. The silver tumblers gave way to glass, but the name stuck through enduring tradition at All-Souls' and similar houses.
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All-Souls’ College
Oxford
All-Souls
England
Max Mutler
Max Muller
Alice
Hess Darmstadt
Queen Victoria
All- Souls
The Small Boy in Turkey School Parade and Education
A vivid account of Turkish school life and child ceremony from first appearance to classroom curriculum. It contrasts lavish dress and procession with home schooling options, then outlines a six day Turkish based primary program including alphabet, Turkish lessons, moral stories, and weekly geography and history. The piece also notes stories of Muslim heroic youths and the role of paternal respect in child training.
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Lis
Woulds
Congressman Cox
Constantinople
Grhioeksougee
Mussulman
Child Etiquette Among Turkish Families
The passage describes a child’s ritual of greeting parents in a humble posture, kissing their hands, then stepping back to stand with hands on the stomach, and awaiting permission to seat. It notes the child prefers servants over parents during this staged approach.
Glove Shopping Haggles Over Silk Kid and Colors
In a bustling shop struggle, a customer and clerk sample silk and kid gloves, debating light dark tan brown and stitching while dismissing elbow length and black options. After lengthy indecision, they plan to move to Fittem's for a final choice, noting they are in Detroit.
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Altuie de Smythe
Tyebec
Fittem
Detroit Free Press
Marrying on a Small Salary Says a Minneapolis Tribune Thought
A Minneapolis Tribune reader argues against delaying marriage until earnings reach 25 a week. He insists married life can be comfortable on 15 to 23 a week, credits wives with backing wealth, and contends frugality and support from a spouse aid men more than delaying marriage. He cites examples of wealthy men who married while poor and warns against excessive demands like servants or opera outings. The piece ends noting happiness does not always follow wealth.
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Germany
I. J. Potter
Union Pacific Railroad
Potter
William
Waiser
Europe
New World
Wellington
Palmerston St
Brougham
Britain
John Quincy Adams
Lewis Cass
Steverdy Tolmson
Adams
Cass
S. Johnson
Henry Clay
James Buchanan
John J. Critetemlen
Frances VP
Blair
Josiah Quincy
Minneapolis Tribune
Blizzardville Seeks Boston Woman For Life In Curious Debate
A Dakota man in Boston debates with a Boston girl about relocating a school teacher to Blizzardville. They mock winter, paint, theaters, and retirement options while noting local life and the school’s fate as teachers allegedly marry quickly. A Lincoln Journal quip about a girl swearing ends the exchange.
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Boston
Blizzardville
Lincoln Journal
Lincoln Era Scrap Books Reveal Nicolay Ties and Early Life
Washington Cor Chicago Herald reports Col. Nicolay recounts his early years with Abraham Lincoln. Nicolay recalls Lincoln's rise from shop work to editor and eventual law clerk, plus their scrap-booking habit and Lincoln's steady temperament during campaigning and in the White House.
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Abraham Lincoln
Nicolay
Illinois
Linecoln
Col. Nicolay
White House
Mr. Tincoln
Mr. Nicolay
Pittsfield
Trumbull
Tremont
Secretary of State
Lincoln
Mauricein
Vaincol
Erik
War Department
Washington
Chicago
Handling Money and the Plug Hat Folly
A Chicago News excerpt warns women to avoid touching money with lips to prevent disease and contamination. It includes a physician’s caution about health risks and a humorous anecdote about wearing a plug hat to thwart street thugs, suggesting headgear as armor against sandbagging.
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Que
Chicago News
Teary travel tale and literary talk on a crowded train
An amiable ramble on a train from Minkin's Siding recounts a tearful farewell to a man with a dyed mustache and a chance encounter with a pugilist passenger. The narrator and a woman discuss books, authors, and the appeal of reading, ending with notes on a Milton window gift and inscriptions by Whittier Lowell and Tennyson.
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Niente
Cape Sabine
Chicago
Pacific
Llades
Minkin
Desprit
Ske
Thad
Pittsburgh
Maderave
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