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Odds and Ends Collate Curious 19th Century Oddities
A kaleidoscope of tiny items notes birds spreading disease to cattle, Dutch puns on venison, royal telegraphs, debt imprisonment in Maine, and ex-governors resuming law practice. It cites population stats, literary curios, weight facts, Archival quips, and international market notes from 1870s reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Charley Ross
Telegraph
Maine
Gaston
Massachusetts
Hus
Lowell
Kansas
Marquis of
Ripon
San Buenaventura
Cal
New Smithfield
London
Canada
Indinapolis
Henry Clay Dean
General Schonck
Grant
Boston Globe
Byron
Gov. Rice
Shakespeare
Stratford on-Avon
Philadelphia
Egypt
Hennepin
St. Anthony Falls
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Delmonico
Morton
Great Britain
New Zeland
Macauley
Richmond
Atlantic
Denmark
Baltic
North Sea
Jease Pomeroy