Paris Well Depth and Odd Bits in The Register
A curious collection from The Register notes a Paris well 2359 feet deep with a 114 foot high water plume, hints at strawberrry cleaning by towel, a colt shaking trees for fruit, Paris centenarians led by M Chevreul, and a British Museum papyrus of the Book of the Dead. It also reports Columbus Georgia mill plans for seersuckers and ginghams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
British Museum
Thebes
Crrtain
Columbus
Long Service Honored at Lowell Mill with Gift and Watch
Miss Sarah Norcross, fifty years at a Lowell cotton mill with only illness breaks, received $100 and a gold watch in recognition of faithful service. Reports also mention Rep Suir viewing Bierstadt’s ocean painting, a Dr Durand hospital prank, and various other notes on society and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Norcross
Lowell
Mass
Rep Suir
Ocean
Albert Bierstadt
Mr. Bierstadt
Wives by the Numbers and a Brooklyn Electric Shock Tale
A Berum merchant sought a wife and received 277 replies from women aged 16 to 52. Of 186 remaining prospects, most were under 31, with 71 photos submitted and 31 praised as pretty. In Brooklyn, Lizzie Porrer felt a strange surge aboard an electric car, then fainted, leaving a paralysed left side. Doctors blame an electric shock, while the company owner cites hysterical paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berum
Lizzie Porrer
Brooklyn Electric Railway
Harriet Beecher Stowe and other 19th century tales
Harriet Beecher Stowe, aged seventy six, lives near Hartford and remains active, walking and playing piano amid vines and a cottage. Prolix anecdotes recount Matthew Arnold’s poverty, his son’s debts, and Arnold’s death as relief. A John R. Thomas from Illinois endures illness yet plans to return to debate. A bitter joke quotes a voter’s tariff speech as a slender, thin charm. Baltimore impostor tale ends with a curious hotel ruse and swift exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Rosa Bonheur Early Life and Rise to Fame
A concise biography of Rosa Bonheur tracing her humble Paris upbringing, early toil, and artistic breakthrough. It recounts her father guiding her drawing, schooling struggles, time spent painting animals, and her ascent with works like Cantal Oxen and Horse Fair. The Empress of France awarded the Legion of Honor pin during a studio visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Bonheur
Paris
M. Bonheur
August
Isadora
Juliette
Rosa
Government School of Design
England
America
A.T. Stewart
New York
France
The Hill and Stephens Quarrel Duel Challenge Recounts
A recount of a 19th century quarrel between Alex Stephens and Ben Hill, sparked by a duel challenge delivered in La Grange. Hill refuses the duel, drafting a public rebuke that swayed local opinion, while Stephens scorches Know Nothing rhetoric and attacks Hill as a coward in public discourse and press comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creorgian
Ben Hill
Farrels
Judge Bull
Binghaim
Bacon
Ridley
la Grange
Thomas W. Thomas
Mr. Hill
Alex. Stephens
May
Hill
Bar
Tim
Mr. Stephens
Stephous
Dads Pscariot
Judas
May Stephens
Bill Arp
The
Atlanta Constitution
Man-Eating Tigers On Road Provokes Careful Travel
Reports from Sungei Ujong describe a growing menace of man eating tigers along a road in Ma- Jacew. Locals now travel in groups, often escorted by a long line of carts, to avoid attacks as officials note years of tiger killings have risen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma- Jacew
Sungei Ujong
Enormous Abductions Plague Principal Road
Paragraph details abductions along a twenty four mile principal road with as many as three men seized daily. A single brute has been taking two or three men weekly for five months, another for three months, and similar incidents occur at five or six other spots on the route.
Haiphong Emerges on the Red River Delta Frontier
The Haiphong area on the Red River delta is described as a large flat plain with rice fields bamboo groves and betel nut palm orchards. The south bank sits by Haiphong near a smaller channel with low ground and tidal overflows gradually being remedied by raising land levels. Workers including Anamite women and girls haul mud to create solid ground under supervision of a French official. The native town nearby houses about fifteen thousand residents in bamboo matting homes along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Haiphong
China
Anam
Aiile
How to Make Well-Bred Men In Victorian Etiquette
Education in right breeding begins in childhood with manners such as rising for mothers and ladies, offering chairs, raising hats in public, and proper table conduct. A well taught boy adapts to social by laws, earns quiet esteem, and avoids social gaffes that offend hosts and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imin
Aun
Wen
Saintly Dispute Over Discipline Sparks Quaker Meeting
An annual Quaker gathering sparked debate over changes to the Book of Discipline. A staunch woman interrupted, invoking a Pennsylvania law phrase to halt the discussion. Separately, a brief weather note claims continents and oceans differ in cold by several degrees with figures from Gen. Title and the Arkansas Traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Friends
Friends
Detroit Free Press
Pacific
Native Kalua Poi Making Described In Aloha Scene
A narrator watches an old Hawaiian woman pound kalo into poi using a convex wooden rock. The text details the sticky, grayish mass and its fermentation, poi’s uses, and the social ritual of shared meals, including a tale of Kamehameha I’s wife being fed while lying down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamehameha I
Salt Lake
Prophecy of Pueblo Indians on Iron Roads and Rain Signs
An old Pueblo prophecy foretells white men building endless iron roads and fire wagons, with rains and corn growth signaling fulfillment. The piece notes climate changes, drier March and April, and unusual early greenery, suggesting the prophecy’s possible nearing completion per the Albuquerque Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Dios
Pueblos
Atfatus
Elijah
Mis Paanor Prankish Man Dialogue in a Turkish Bath
A humorous exchange between a wife and husband centers on who caused his cold after a Turkish bath. The man feigns humor while denying the bath caused the ailment, and the wife pokes fun at mishearing statements. The fragment ends with a witticism about an eighteen year old girl who Waltzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Advances in Gas Engine Design and Welding with Electricity
English engineers explore thermodynamics of gas engines aiming to remove water-jacket losses and improve efficiency. Guthrie presents a self contained gas engine with gas generator, claiming triple power from a single cylinder and reduced emissions for city use. Welding of steel rails by electricity promises rapid joints with continuous rail systems and lower maintenance costs. Costs for street railways show electric, cable, gas engine options with varying yearly operating expenses. A Philadelphia gas firm reports low cost fuel gas production at 16 cents per 1,000 cubic feet and optimistic views on future gas lighting potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Guthrie
Manchester Association of Engineers
Guthrie
Philadelphia
Krupp
Essen
Prussia
Unprofitable Bribery and Carnot’s Bouquets in History
The piece contrasts bribery in France and the United States noting pot-de-vin as gifts to gain contracts. It recounts Carnot’s wartime episode where a bribe led to a misleading advance payment, effectively charging the firm fifty thousand francs to the government. It ends with announcing E. K. Sniper as Yale University President-elect, described as a game man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Carnot
Bourquet
Department of War
E. K. Sniper
Yale University
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
Wew Harmony, Indiana
Ivis
M. Chevreul
Benedict
Durand
Cor. Dosx V Prarr
Mac-o-Creek Valley
Ohio
Henry Gronee
Cleveland
Diniel Dougherty
Ayter
Montreal
Ottawa
London
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion
Agnes Mcrnay
Bridgeport
Conn
Miss Murray
Prorak
Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Wasnineros
John R.thomas
Ilinois
Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Bill Springer
Baltimore
Willie Serviers
Maryland
Lord
Hotel Hills
Mada
Balfinearo
the Hill
Stephens
Tonquin Delta
Science Notes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!