Odds and Ends From The Register A Century Ago
A scattered collection notes from The Register cover statistics on Rome’s population, a claim about sunflowers yielding twine, a three hunter party and a big kill, wicker coffin ideas, the daughter of a Supreme Court Chief Justice entering law, a new English varnish, Chinatown alarm over telegraph pole orders, and Gladstone’s fingers. Other items include a Quebec rumor, Virginia land sinking, a Tennessean lake, a race between England and Germany, Indian starvation claims, Santa Fe postal cards stats, deaf rail car hearing, a Boston watchmaker’s complex timepiece, and colorful social notes about Miss Bonn and Miss Wilder. An escaped wolf at London Zoo tests keeper bravery, and a Louisville cathedral organ briefly goes out of tune.
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London Zoological Gardens
Louisville
Sparrow in organ pipe fixes by Meadville repairman
Joe Chase failed to find the cause until organ builder Mr Pilcher inspected the ten foot D pipe. A sparrow lodged inside, was removed, and the organ restored to good order. The rest of the piece covers assorted anecdotes and notes about Norwegian North Dakota settlers, Philadelphia moths, and a jewel smuggling incident involving a woman with a bustled dress.
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Joe Chase
Mr. Pilcher
North Dakota
Livery County
Dakota
Bite on the Boat Sparks Hidden Love
A freckled auburn haired girl proclaims a bite aboard a boat to Augustus, who jokes about danger as a small robin is hauled in. The couple confess their love at last, amid playful peril and relieved happiness.
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Augustus
Phen
Deception and Memory In a Forsaken Spring
A nostalgic verse recalls a vanished beloved as spring returns in memory. The speaker wanders wet woods and fireside loneliness, hearing the lost voice in the room and sensing violets, silk, and a whisper of kisses long gone, seeking solace beyond sorrow.
The Missing Bonnet and a Wife’s Quiet Storm
Mrs Prindle admires a new bonnet in Hutchinville then travels home by steamer to discover the bandbox with the bonnet is lost. Accusations fly toward a maid, a Captain, and passengers before the box reappears as a lunch box. The episode ends with a humorous streetcar anecdote and a closing wry note.
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Tom
Prindle
Phebe
Mrs. Prindle
Prindie
Wey
Mars. Prindle
Jack
Pan
Dack
Bridget
The Preacher and the Snakes and Other Odd Tales
A column recaps a fishing mishap story about Rev. J Wesley Johnson who loses three strings of fish to snakes at different lakes then taunts bystanders with his misfortune. A second vignette follows a railroad worker joking about testing patents and cranks, noting many inventions fail in practice and some builders end up injured or killed during trials.
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J. Wesley Johnson
Johnson
Adam
Tegele
Count Pulstor Preaches Love as Moscow Policeman Polices
In Moscow the celebrated novelist Count Jeon Pulstor interrupted a police halt to remind a police officer to love one’s neighbor after asking about Bible reading. The officer queried reading police regulations, and Pulstor admitted he had not, prompting the officer to advise reading them before preaching.
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Jeon Pulstor
Moscow
Gortaisky
Adam's Wooing and Deception as Told by Eve
The text describes a dialogue between Adam and Eve revealing a pattern of flattery used to control Eve. It portrays how Adam persuades Eve of her beauty and devotion, presenting a tale of manipulation through self serving praise. Eve questions if others were told of the remarks, while Adam insists the sentiments are unique to her.
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Adam
Eve
Temptation Solicited in Playful Eve Role Debate
A humorous overheard exchange shows Mabel proposing an Adam and Eve game with Willie and PM. Willie agrees to be tempted to bite the apple, while Mabel insists Eve role. The snippet appears in Aunsey's Weekly as a light, playful domestic scene.
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Willie
Mabel
Eve
Adam
Aunsey’s Weekly
Lor Randolph Churchill Oratory Echoes Dizzy’s Style
A Philadelphia Times summary notes Lord Randolph Churchill mimics Disraeli's Vivian Grey in posture and manner. It highlights his audacious, reckless rhetoric, shifts between confidential tones and dramatic gestures, and the audience’s desire for personal digs at mutual friends when Beaconsfield speaks.
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Randolph Chiurchill
Randolph Churchill
Disraedi
Vivian Grey
Lord Randolph
Lord Beaconsfield
House of Cononers
Ead Randolph
Mr. Speaker
Philadelphia Times
Lordon
Ancient marriage customs and rites across cultures
The text surveys historic wedding practices from different civilizations. It notes oathlike selemity of unions in early times, civil contracts under the Human empire, Jewish rules for betrothal and placement of the bride, Roman bride price, veil symbolism, and kissing after ceremonies. It also mentions Anglo-Saxon rites of hand fasting and informal pledges in front of kin.
Not Square Language Lesson Turns to Fractious Moment
A comic scene unfolds in a shop where a long resident with limited English corrects a grocer on being “square.” The merchant, irate at being accused of deceit, confronts the customer with a heated retort, insisting on fairness while denouncing the raised accusation.
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