Fragmented miscellany from The Register column
A jaunty collection notes rival editors in Georgia, discoveries in Egyptology, cancer tongue surgeries in Manchester with outcomes, North American migration patterns, spider silk strength, Lydia Sexton the elderly preacher, a deep well near Wheeling, camel humps explanation, ostrich balance, U S county sizes, a London Paris clock telling seconds, political campaign jitters, two Donald Mackays in Englewood, walking speeds of humans and animals, and a German chemist’s shoe sole treatment claim.
Novel water proofing for boots and a blue lobster boom
The article notes a German army tested waterproofing for leather and sole treatments with Bavarian sales rights. It then highlights New London and Maine lobstermen catching rare blue indigo lobsters, alongside incidents of paralysis recovery, beaver cultivation failure in Philadelphia Zoo, throat pouches for hiding valuables in India, and an electric direct acting elevator with automatic safety features.
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New London
Conn
Tisher’s Island Sound
Maine
Boston Postmaster Aims to Ban Hello Salutation
A Boston assistant postmaster leads a campaign to end using the word Hello as a telephone greeting at the central office. He argues politeness demands prior introductions and suggests sending cards and references before speaking to the young lady, urging public support for the reform.
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Ernst
Boston
Young Framing Fathers Shaped Early American Statecraft
The piece argues the framers of the Constitution were largely young, not old men. It cites ages at the 1787 convention, highlighting many under 40, with Benjamin Franklin the oldest at sixty. It notes Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison as notable youths who shaped policy, law, and the judiciary, challenging the myth of elders steering independence.
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United States Senate
Benjamin Rankin
Roger Sherman
Depuy
Jonathan Dayton
New Jersey
William Jackson
Fennsylyvania
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
Alexander Hamilton
New York
Rufus Wing
Massachusetts
Gouverneur Mortis
James Mundison
Virginia
Johnson
Lamillen
Gongarneur Morris
Marrison
King
Bancroft
Madison
Uaimillen
Marshall
Jefferson
Sjfamilton
Treasury
Washington
United States
Henry Clay
Senate
Supreme Court
James Iredell
John Adams
Bushrod Washington
William Johnson
John Jay
Iredell
Superior Court of
North Carolina
New York College
Warvard
Yale
Howard P. Clark
A Time in Possum Ridge Fourth Celebration
A rural Fourth of July speech from Elder Tooter at Possum Ridge recalls independence, Old England history, and frontier bravado. The oration urges fearless celebration, unity, and patriotic display, hailing Possum Ridge as American and unafraid to challenge imperial rule.
Russian officer’s sentence commuted to monastery detention
Prince Bartenterr, a young Russian hussar, was condemned to eight years’ penal servitude for killing a Polish actress in Warsaw. His sentence has been commuted to one year’s detention in the Solovetsky Monastery near Archangel, a clemency that astonishes the Empire due to the murder’s cowardly nature.
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Prince Bartenterr
Hussars
Saghalien
Warsaw
Solovetsky
Archangel
Gran'ther Fights at Bunker Hill in Old Devilkin Ballad
A rough frontier ballad recalls Gret Gran'ther riding to war on a warm day with no hat and mask, taking command of a six-pound gun at Bunker Hill. He fires until Redcoats fall, loses an arm but continues fighting left handed, then returns to a farm as the school bell rings for a rally to American freedom on Possum Ridge with boisterous cheers and wild celebration.
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Bunker Hill
Solomon Judd
Bill
Possum Ridge
Tim
Hill Top
Inoculation Debate Ends in Spain After Study
A long inquiry into Ferran's cholera inoculation system concludes after seven years. Five eminent Spanish physicians sign a report recommending that inoculation not be permitted, a finding approved by the royal health council. General Lawrence Pike Graham, now in Washington, is noted as the son of revolutionary army figure William Graham. David Blacklock of Decatur, Ill., is cited as another believed living son of a revolutionary sire.
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Spain
Cattalan
Ferran
Royal Council of Health
Lawrence Pike Graham
Washington
William Graham
Revolutionary Army
David Blacklock
Decatur, Tl
Ancient London Beneath Modern City Pavements
Harpers Magazine traces London's deep past from Roman walls to later fortifications. It notes a planned grid of4 straight streets, a forum south of Cornhill, and a harbor buzzing with ships, while describing the later Roman wall and subsequent rebuilds by Saxons, Normans, and English rulers over fifteen centuries.
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Tower
London
Cripplegate
Thames
Pompeii
Liudum
Cornhill
Mansion House
Britain
Dover Street
Alfred
Pym
Hampden
Harpers Magazine
Spectacles and theTurning Point of Sight
A Youth's Companion excerpt reflects on the long period before accepting spectacles. It highlights varied responses from middle aged people including a stylish woman who finds daily comfort in glasses and a pretty woman who tacitly pretends, while a witty old gentleman claims he needs glasses but proves otherwise by reading print from a distance.
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Mary Ann
Empress Delights in Cooper Novels at Imperial Table
An Empress who favored Cooper’s novels led me to a front seat near the imperial family. Mrs. Dallas and my daughters sat beside the grand duchess. The Empress spoke keenly in good English about Cooper’s works, noting her favorites like Pioneer and The Last of the Mohicans, while she had not read his England book.
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Cooper
Dallas
The
England
Rough on Rowdies and the Electric Policeman Club
A galvanic battery powered club used by police shocks a rowdy attacker, stunning and paralyzing him and making capture easier. The device represents an early electrical weapon concept in law enforcement.
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