Diverse 1860s items on commerce and society
A collage of notices and anecdotes covers patents, hotel construction in London, emigration schemes in Mexico, and vast fortunes of Queen Victoria, Vanderbilt, and Gould. It notes canal plans around Mussel Shoals, Texas movers from Des Moines, spools and thread usage, and a Cincinnati court ruling on teacher corporal punishment. An English straw hat exhibit in London highlights the Luton trade, with broader reflections on poverty and royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
London
Iit
Luton Beds
Luton
Cave in Knoxville city prompts wonder and legends of a giant tomb
In Knoxville Tennessee a cave beneath the city has drawn attention as a mammoth cavern eyed by locals. An entrance opens 200 feet below the surface with a larger shaft reaching an unknown chamber. Water erosion may enlarge the cave, while cistern bottoms have previously fallen away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris
Knoxville
Tenn
Early West experiences of Sylvester Marsh in 1820s Ohio
Sylvester Marsh of Concord New Hampshire and White Mountain Railroad discusses early Western expansion. He recalls traveling from Boston October 2 1828 to Ohio in seventeen days via Buffalo then notes Erie Canal completed to Buffalo in 1827. He describes Detroit as a fur trading post, Fort Gratiot Mackinaw Chicago troops, and his crude cattle packing near Chicago. He recounts carrying 700 barrels of provisions, slaughtering hundreds of cattle and hogs, and starting a packing business by hanging cattle on an Elm near the post office. He also notes Chicago hogs and the rise of beef packing in Kansas and Missouri, and mentions Concord Vermont founding the first Normal school in America in 1623.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Marsh
Concord
New Hampshire
White Mountain Railroad
J. W. Patterson
West
Boston
Ohio
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Erie Canal
Cleveland
Detroit
Fort Gratiot
Snake Huron
Mackinaw
Chicago
Nath’ Pease
Lake
Michigan
Wnll
Times
Kansas
Miscous
Lcago
Origin of the first United States coin in old Hartford
A fragmented account recalls a copper coin modeled in English style with the date 1787 on the obverse and an endless chain of thirteen links with the motto We Are One on the reverse. It notes the Sun on the obverse and a Franklin connection with the motto Mind your own business and the legend United States surrounding the central message We are one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Old Hartford
Secente
Franklin
Christmas rink confession ends in swift engagement shift
A Parisian-tinged tale at a skating rink follows a man torn between two loves, Clara Alden and Daisy Lyle, as Daisy captivates him, Clara rebuffs a proposal, and a Christmas Eve ball leads to an unexpected happy ending with Daisy as the new partner in a curried love triangle turned wedding prospect. Clara concedes, but the night culminates with Daisy and the narrator stepping into a private room and a mutual “congratulations” signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Existance
Clara Alden
Clara
Miss Alden
Leagerly
Lhials
Daisy
Miss Lyle
Misa Tiyle
Jor
Uether
Porter
Qlara
Mies Alden
Sean
Fairy Land
Tiek
Christmas
Santa Claus
Ghastly museum exhibit lists crime relics at Vincennes
The Cincinnati Commercial catalogs a Vincennes Indiana exhibit of grisly items from murders drownings and accidents. Among the pieces are a bloodstained ax tied to Provosts 1878 Watchell family murders a rope a towel knives masks and other items tied to deaths in 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 and 1879. Mgr Gardner built the museum a decade ago aiming for a respectable collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Comercial
Vincennes
Indiana
Provost
Killine
Watchell
Samuel Perkins
Philips
Mitchell Mallett
Joe Ouslemair
Smythe
Wabash
Watts Bend
Oaktown
D. Prenell
Jno. Carroll
Harry J. Ryerson
Union Depot
S. Lt. Cows
Cal. Ferguson
Tom Lindley
Charles Taylor
Wiliam Thomas
Mr. Hawkins
John Miller
Coleman
Miller
Mgr. Gardner
Emerald ring tied to Admiral Shovel murder tale
In England, a Berkeley family owns a large emerald ring set with diamonds once belonging to Admiral Sir Clondesley Shovel who drowned at Scilly in 1707. An old woman revealed on her deathbed that she murdered the admiral for a finder’s fee, and the arson passed the ring to Lord Berkeley aboard a fleet ship during the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
England
Sir Clondesley Shovel
Scilly Islands
Shover
Lord Berkeley
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
C. W. Slater
Postasser
Davi Davis
Henry Winter Davis
Germany
Enprson
Patent Office
Mussel Shoals
Tennessee
Paducah
Hamilton, Nev
Holborn
Warwick Court
Holburn
First Avenue
San Antonio
Tex
Des Moines
Iowa
Texas
Yar
America
Vanderbilt
Gould
Europe
Treasury Cattle Commission
Lorraine
Scotland
Frances Hodgson Burnett
North Carolina
John C. Fremont
John McCullough
Crozier
New York
J. NM
Harris & GO
Holman
Kolman
Zail
Express
Wade
Salem
Wells, Richardson & Co
Hops
Axp Tre
D I. C
Rochester
N. Ee
Torento
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