Odd News And Reflections From A Bygone Era
A mixed column quotes Porter on the navy as “officers and water,” notes Justice Hans’s improved health after a near death, and reports a 15 year old in Georgetown ate a large brined mackerel. Paris reports costly city works and upkeep. A Sedalia farmer’s dream leads to his servant girl’s arrest. A San Francisco note details a teenage suicide after family scolding. Writings on brain tension describe effortless thought. New Orleans residents discuss cremation vs vault burial on Metairie Ridge amid climate concerns.
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New Orleans
New Orleana
Metairie
Frank Curstin Emerges as a Fashionable NYC Figure
Frank Curstin stands out as a stylish New York figure known for sharp dress, upscale smoking, refined drinks, and billiards talent among his peers.
Court Clears Woman Dressed as She Pleases in New York
A widow from New Orleans, Frank de Nyse, was confronted by police after a Broad Way sighting. She faced a judge who allowed her freedom to dress as she pleases within decency. Earlier notes describe a Pittsburgh family dispute ending in tragedy, and a military assessment by General Emory Upton on China’s army, noting weak drill and outdated weapons but potential reforms. estimates show up to a million in emergency, with gradual Europeanization unevenly adopted.
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Broadway
Frank
Frances de Nyse
New Orleans
New York
Pittsburgh
Emory Upton
War Department
Upton
Pekin
Empire
China
Hair Arrangements Read Social Roles in Japan
A Philadelphia Call item notes how a woman’s hair signals status in Japan. It describes widowhood, marriage intent, age cues from neck tuft and crown rings, and styles from bow and butterfly to waterfall, shell pins, and short cuts for widows who will not remarry.
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Japan
Hera
Philadelphia Cail
Governor Seward and the Forger
The piece recalls Thurlow Weed’s account of Benjamin Rathbun, a Buffalo trader who forged notes to gain wealth. Rathbun’s pardon petition to Governor Seward failed, he served his term, rebuilt his life in New York, and later honored Seward’s firm stance, with Weed noting the justice of the punishment.
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Seward
Maz
Hin
Thurlow Weed
New York
Benjamin Rathbun
Rathbun
Buffalo
Empire State
William H. Seward
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Pharlow Weed
Mr. Weed
Vorulh
Swearing at the Mules in The Continent Opinion
A Continent article defends English as the most comprehensible form of speech for animals, citing plainsmen who swear at mule teams to drive work. It argues that tone and denunciatory cadence rather than words trigger animal response, noting English offers the richest range of expletives for this purpose.
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Continent
Ghostly Apparition Stuns Revelers at Late Hours
A group of men, after a night of drink, report seeing Reinhardt appear as a burning ghost in their midst at one o clock. The figure vanished within a minute, leaving the witnesses both frightened and puzzled by the uncanny scene. Reinhardt’s identity and fate remain unclear.
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Reinhardt
Ghostly return sparked by the scent of fire
A fragment recalls a spectral figure drawn back to familiar haunts by the overpowering smell of burning. The line hints at lingering dread and a preference to endure known ills rather than risk unknown harms. The narrator muses on fear, memory, and the haunting presence of a dead companion.
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Euchanae
Jacob and Rachel courting debate over proper introductions
A column contrasts ancient and modern courtship through Jacob and Rachel, examining whether strangers may meet without formal introductions. It riffs on romantic missteps, public decorum, and imagined scenarios that end with comic punishments or social backlash.
Time is Money Man in Pawtucket Runs on Time Motto
A Providence Journal clipping describes a Pawtucket man whose day is rigidly scheduled to save time. He rises, dresses, breakfasts, and reaches his store at 7 sharp, preaching time efficiency. He once cut a cat’s tail to avoid extra time letting it in and out, illustrating his obsession with time savings.
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Witxie Collins
Pawtucket
Providence Journal
Quotes on fault thinking and tempering anger for harmony
The saying notes a tendency to envy others faults over their virtues and warns that soft speech calms anger while harsh words fuel conflict. It asks if adding fuel to a burning house could ever quench the blaze.
Richest Maiden Ladies In New York Named Harner Lenox and Kitt Wolf
Miss Harner Lenox and Miss Kitt Wolf are identified as the two wealthiest unmarried women in New York, highlighting their social standing and notable fortunes. The note underscores their prominent status among high society figures in the city.
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Miss Harner Lenox
Miss Kitt Wolf
New York
Bees Visit One Flower Class Per Trip, Then Return
The article notes that bees do not visit multiple flower types in a single trip, instead gathering a full load of nectar from the first class of flowers and unloading at the hive before foraging again. It also covers potato sprouting, sparkling milk, sorghum for cattle, and various agricultural observations.
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Admers
Kedzie
Michigan Agricultural College
Tose
New York
Housekeepers Help Recipes From a Historic Cookery Page
Classic home science notes describe sugar and sour cream batter, cocoanut jumbles, orange cake, lemon tart, and silver cake with jelly layers. It covers apple souffle, yeast and non yeast cakes, baking times, and oven heat tests with practical tips.
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Cowley Trentleman
The Rattlesnake Den Across Locales and Legends
The piece surveys rattlesnake abundance across regions from Warren County New York to Crawford County Ohio and Utah plains to Pyramid Lake Nevada. It cites historic slaughter and large colonies including 14 100 snakes in three days and seventy six massasaugas in a cranberry marsh, noting dangers where snakes colonize on a pyramid lake island.
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de Kay
Warren County
N. Y
Tongue Mountain
Crawford County
Ohio
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Warm Springs
Utah
Pyramid Lake
Nevada
A Providence Lawyer's Trout Tale By the Pond
A Providence lawyer fished a country pond and hooked a pound bass with a tin kettle in its mouth. The fish struggled as mud filled the kettle, its mouth wide, and the pail handle tangled with a book until they surfaced. The note finishes with a motto on success through common sense will and perseverance.
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Providence
Providence Press
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the Hegister
W. Slater
Pusisser
Avwinst Porter
Hans
United States Supreme Court
Georgetown
Del
Public Works Department
Paris
Simon Ganson
Sedalia
San Francisco
Dolly St. Clair
Curstin
Jacob and
Rachel
Jacob
Jakes
Jake
Haran
Chicago
Ilkiman
House of Correction
Pechk
Greville
Agricultural
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