Postal Department patriarchs and telegraph jubilee notes
The Register highlights James H Mane and Judge Lawrenson as long-serving postal officials appointed in 1831 by Andrew Jackson. It mentions Queen Victoria’s telegraph jubilee tied to the first electric telegraph patent in 1887 and British plans to celebrate with a telegraphy and telephony exhibit. The piece also lists varied anecdotes from railroading, astronomy, and politics, including reflections on historic figures and scientific debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Mane
Judge Lawrenson
Postal Department
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Cook and Wheatstone
Anesthetic Bullet Idea Stirring War Debate
A German chemist proposes a brittle anesthetic bullet that causes instant insensibility for twelve hours with heart activity continuing, allowing bodies to be transported as prisoners. The concept aims to ease war horrors though raises ethical concerns about warfare and treatment of combatants.
The One Horse Farmer Sketch
A humorous portrait of a one horse farmer famed for his deliberate frugality and stubborn habits. The piece jokes about waking early, shirking work, mismanaging costs, neglecting chores, and comic missteps in farming and town outings.
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Navasota
The Little Folks Poem Nighttime Calling
A poem describes eight chimes of the clock as children drift to bed across town. Stars gleam overhead while marches fade and each child, in white gowns, glances back to wish good night. Margaret Johnson. Ian Widewale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Johnson
Ian Widewale
Gentleman Will the Newsboy Wins Through Hard Life
A hunchback newsboy nicknamed Gentleman Will shares a quiet dignity on a city street. Dr. Avery, a physician, discovers Will’s thoughtful plans and helps him, revealing Will’s sister Letty and a Savannah family past. After a near-fatal accident, Will gains education and purpose, proving character outshines deformity as he pursues a meaningful life with Letty and a new start.
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Vimes
Donquirer
Press
Eiverybody
Dr. Avery
Will
Bill
Willie
Chestnut Street
Willy
Philadelphia
Letty
Medin
Savannah
Charles Gilbert
Avery
Jim
Glowing tribute to a rural lady and quilter
A New Haven Tid-Bits excerpt notes a rural district obituary praising Mrs Jane H wife of William H H as a good, admired figure. It highlights her butter and lug cabin quilt prizes and quilter reputation, calling her loss a community impact while praising her character and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane H
William H. H
Oxford graduate tames savage horse in boxing feat
A young Oxford graduate Hon Sidney Lawford tames a vicious horse by boxing a saddle and bridle into a stall. He enters the beast's box, lands decisive blows, and earns the horse as a prize, proving calm skill and nerve under danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Sidney Lawford
A Tree as Old as Columbus in Indiana Forest
An American Naturalist recounts a colossal oak near Rockville Indiana blamed to be over 600 years old. The tree was six to seven feet in diameter, forked high, doughy in heartwood, and toppled a year earlier. Marked by irregular ring patterns reflecting centuries of growth and misfortune.
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Paris Conservatory of Music
Renie
Juliette Bone
Namur
Belgium
Joseph Hoffmann
Warsaw
Henry Vartean
Rheims
Rhine
Hagel
Bamberg
Erfurth
Nordhausen
America
Rockville
Ind
The Secret Of Pressured Laundry Work From Steam Mills
The article explains how steam laundries use two hot cylinders to press and polish linen at 120 pounds of pressure. It outlines ironer technique, starch varieties, and cautions against foreign additives, praising pure starch for excellent laundry results and noting the value of learning from mistakes.
Executions by bamboo crosses in Siam described in detail
Col Jacob Child reports from Siam on a public execution of three robbers. Prisoners kneel on banana leaves, bound to three bamboo crosses, and are beheaded by three executioners in red costumes. Heads and severed hands are displayed on poles as the crowd watches in orderly silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Jacob Child
Siam
Richmond
Japan Seen by Austrian Consul Report Highlights Islands Harbors and Quakes
A Vienna journal reprint from Yokohama notes Japan has 5100 islands mostly volcanic. It lists best harbors in Yesso Nippon Shikoku and Klusilu, cites Fuji Yama’s long dormancy and historic eruptions, and records frequent earthquakes. It covers climate differences, coal output of 700000 tons in 1881, petroleum history, and that mines are government property with strict foreign access limits.
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Kreitner
Austria- Hungary
Yokohama
Vienna
Japan
Yesso
Niphon
Shikoku
Whinsin
Matsunai
Hokudachi
Jetsu
Shimidzu
Toba
Matoya
Nagata
Kobe
Nagoya
Mitaroi
Nipbon
Jackamatsu
Sanuki
Kagojima
Nagasaki
Klusilu
Tokio
Isles
Iceland
Sicily
Negasakis
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the Register
New Harmony, Indiana
Dom Pepino
Brazil
Liverpool Astronomical Society
Mr. Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Tiffin
Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio
Grovers
Solomon
Texas
Prince Bismarck
M. de Lesseps
Berlin
Montana
E. Stone Whams
Prof
Proctor
Wiggins
Earth
Jupiter
Senator Ingalls
Kansas
Albany Evening Journal
Frontier
West
New York
Anna Cheeseborough
Ingalls
New Haven
United States
Columbus
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