Notable Inquiries and Oddities from Across The World
A wide array of items spans elite homes in New York, a French visit by Edward Everett Hale for a Franklin in France book, and a Boston court rebuke over underage marriage. Reports note Moody and Lanky’s Mount Hammon agricultural college, Hugo’s Caprera message, plover egg trade in London, a Western liquor dealer’s retirement sale, Northern Pacific Railroad workers finding ancient fir, and craft uses of soft fir that hardened into walnut-like material.
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Institution of Agricultural Learning
Messrs. Moody and Lanky
Mount Hammon
Franklin County
Massachusetts
Ice bound letter hints at £5000 bank check mystery
A London firm posted a Glasgow check nearly £5000 that vanished in transit. Despite inquiries the letter was never found until a police inspector recovered it stuck to an ice block in the Thames at Deptford after three weeks. The incident, linked to a snow storm, seems to imply the letter floated to the river and froze.
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Dourine
London
Glasgow
Thames
Deptford
Grand Old Man Gladstone a Geometry Punchline
The piece notes Gladstone's nickname G O M short for Grand Old Man and cites a joke about his favorite study geometry. It recounts anecdotes on religious funeral disputes, Sunset Cox at the White House, Kilimanjaro exploration, and a Jewish advocate's take on a new Bible translation, culminating in a personal creed to seek truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
Herne
England
The Aesthetic Pets and their Flower Dreams
A playful verse from Helen Gray Cone features a wild kitten and a puppy reacting to floral and colorful inspirations. A mother cat and pug respond with caution, urging maturity and focus on practical pursuits rather than lavish fantasies.
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Helen Gray Cone
The Family Black Sheep Brings a Double Wedding
Freda Lowell resists an arranged match with Mr. Comyn after meeting Walter Compton. Her sister Rita loves Comyn, while Freda helps Rita discover true love. In the end Rita and Comyn wed, and Freda marries Compton, leaving the family with two wealthy sons and a reconciled clan.
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Freda
Mr. Comyn
Papa
Rita
Henry Blake
Freda Lowell
Fred
Fam
March
Lake Pontchartrain
Tam
J'red
Halloa
Compton
Walter Compton
St. Louis
Reda Lowell
Walter
Mr. Lowell
Comyn
General Bartlett Reappointed Brigadier by Lincoln
Gen Joseph J Bartlett, once a captain in the Twenty seventh New York, had his rank restored to brigadier general by President Lincoln after Congress adjourned without confirming his appointment. A camp farewell at White Oak Church led to Slocum presenting the telegram and the reappointment.
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Joseph J. Bartlett
New York
Lincoln
Congress
White Oak Church
Bartlett
Slocum
Barlett
Washington, D. C
Apraham Lincoln
Portrait of Capt. Fred H. Marsh United States Marshal
Capt. Frederick H. Marsh is profiled as the successful aspirant for the Northern District of Illinois marshalship. Born in England on Sept 7 1843 he moved to Oregon Illinois in 1855 and became sheriff of Ogle County. His Civil War service spanned 1861 to 1866 after which he held roles as bookshop partner town clerk and express agent.
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Fred H. Marsh
United States
Northern
Illinois
Frederick H. Marsh
England
Oregon
Ogle County
Fifteenth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Forty-sixth
Clindia Volunteer Infantry
Baton Longe
Marsh
Charles F. Marsh
Marsh Bros
Late Sir Julius Benedict remembered in America
The late Sir Julius Benedict, famed composer who died in London, is recalled as the pianist and director who accompanied Jenny Lind to the United States in 1850. Born in Stuttgart in 1804, he studied under Hummel and Weber, led Vienna opera, conducted Saint Carlo in Naples, and managed London theatres and Drury Lane orchestras before aligning with Lind for her American tour.
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Sir Julius Benedict
London
Eng
Jenny Lind
Stuttgart
Hummel
Weber
Vienna Opera
Naples
Saint Carlo
Paris
Rossini
Meyerbeer
Bellini
Donizetti
Auber
Island
Opera
Beatre
Lyceum Theater
Drury Lane
Balfe
America
Ebers Papyrus Creator and His Egyptian Romances
George Moritz Ebers, famed author of The Egyptian Princess and Uarda, blended Egyptology with fiction after discovering a medical manuscript, The Ebers Papyrus, and presenting it to Orientalists. His career alternated between scientific research and imaginative works, while anecdotes reveal social quirks and local verses about marriage and widows.
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George Moritz Ebers
Uarda
Ebers
Christ
J'eta
Egypt
University Library
Leipsic
Congress of Orientalists
London
Brotherly Love and Budding Rivalry
A Texas boy asks his mother if he will always be younger than his brother and concludes that he will always be able to beat him and take his things. The tale reflects early sibling dynamics and playful mischief among brothers.
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Tommy
Texas
Sonny
Texas Biltings
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NEW Harmony
Ind
Tue
Barrios
Fifth Avenue
Epward Everett Hate
Franklin
France
Bob” Ingersoll
Boston
Allen
Wauewa Garabaldi
Victor Hugo
Caprera
Europe
Brittany
Wolds
Yorkshire
Devon
Wales
Hebrides
Brother B
Sister
Northern Pacific Railroad
South Prairie
Washington Territory
BurraLo Express
Welstely
Eingland
Sunset Cox
White House
Mr. Cox
Cox
Mr. Cleveland
H. H. Johnson
Zanzibar
Africa
Kilimanyaro
Kibo
Black Sheep
Ily
Wreda
Evizasets
Stuart Phelps
OUR Portrait Gallery
Boston Star
Burlington Free Press
Benedict
Marathon Independent
Plymouth
County
Mass
Richard Lawton
Richard
Jack
Philadelphia
Cal
PuwapEirain
Street Railway
Apa
Ada
Cincinnati
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