Diverse items and notes from The Register newspaper
A collage of shorter items covers topics from US tobacco share, a misdelivered mourning hearse in Norristown, Canadian annexation opinions, Waterloo survivor death, tall London flats, Russian Jewish emigration, panther attack in Tennessee, Apache chief’s Christian work, glove makers’ philanthropy, women lawyers in New England, a Mass. case of hunger and thirst, desertion in the Army over low pay, Canadian bank charter issues, Alabama iron development near Florence, Dom Pedro’s graceful exit, John Crear’s Chicago legacy and library, Harrison badge discovery in Klamath lands, Potter’s Field on Hart’s Island, and an Arenac County Indian heir claim.
Mixed historical notes span treaties to electric firearms
The passages recount a 1819 treaty record gap on land disposition, a Paris merchant enforced to advertise honestly, a Richmond belle Mar ia Mayo with Gen Winfield Scott, goose hunting on Lake St Croix with an electric lure, a New Jersey farm boy’s fatal muzzle incident, a Philadelphia reporter hiding aboard the Baltimore, and Army notes on smokeless powder and electric firing in future rifles.
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Lake
St. Croix
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Europe
The Huaso of Chile A rugged rancher of Indian descent
The Huaso is a Chilean cowboy type. He rides continually on hacienda cattle drives and is described as dark fierce and largely Indian. He wears a wide straw hat hides a unshaven face and uses a Mexican saddle with a dexterous inuso handling. He is portrayed as unscrupulous and dangerous when intoxicated and night encounters are feared.
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South America
Why I Love Thee As Natural Force And Light
A New York Weekly verse uses grand natural images to declare enduring love. The speaker compares love to rivers to the sea and stars to heavenly guidance, ending with the claim that the beloved’s gaze fuels the speaker’s soul. The archaic cadence mirrors a poetry page from a periodical.
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Love
New York Weekly
Inventor John Yuletide’s Venture and a Hard-Won Win
In a city street tale, inventor John Yuletide perseveres through bank failure and mounting poverty while pursuing an electrical engine. Millie Morris supports his dream, Aunt Martha aids with fans, and a desperate sale paves a path to patent success, wealth, and marriage.
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John Yuletide
John
Bernard Palissy
Yuletide
Martha
Jana
Mariha
Mecca
Lady Pilgrims
Arkwright
Whitney
Stephenson
Howe
Morse
Fulton
Nellie Morris
Evening Journal
Canada
Greinshaw
Millie
New York
Millie Morris
Engineer Donahue Averts Trains Tragedy Near Little Chute
Kankauna Times cites engineer Donahue recounting a near fatal incident when a train delayed on route approached a curve near Little Chute. A man ahead stepped off as the train neared, then three women briefly returned for a dropped handkerchief, forcing full brakes and a stop within ten feet. He quips that women often hesitate where to step, preferring not to risk lives.
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Donahue
Times
Here
Kankauna Times
Helping a Sparrow Up in University Place
A boy finds a paint-dazed sparrow unable to fly. A passerby helps by removing the paint and urging the bird to regain flight. The man comments on kindness and resilience, noting how society often kicks those down. A stray remark on fashion makers and aging follows.
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University Place
Mini
New York Sun
Skin poker playing revealed by a concealed table
A Boston Globe report describes a con game where a gambler demonstrates a hidden lever under a parlor table that slides cards in and out of a concealed slot. The table’s surface appears ordinary until a thin wire, a spring, and a clamp system reveal a mechanical method to drain and return cards at will.
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Tremont Street
Boston Globe
Tennessee Election Day Fracas Ends In Brawl At Public House
The crowd in a Tennessee town turned tense on election day as a dispute over hog theft sparked a street fight. Reuben, urged by his father to stay calm, challenged Parke and was struck, suffering a broken nose and jaw among other injuries. The father then joined the fracas, injuring Parke, before leaving to return home.
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Tennessee
Reuben
Kase
Old Park
Reube
Old Parke
New York Sun
Pretty Faces in Watches in a New York Jewelers
A broker visits a John street jeweler to have a sweetheart photographed inside a watch. He and the shop head discuss the fad as photographers put portraits on inner watch cases. The jeweler notes costs about 15 dollars and jokes that such images rarely go to pawnbrokers.
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John Street
New York Maining Journal
Journal
Seth Low
Brookyln
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