Rhode Island statue fund and world notes
The Register reports the Rhode Island Legislature will appropriate 10000 for a Burnside statue in Providence once a 20000 subscription is reached. Other items note Lapy Brasszy’s enormous moleskin sack bid at 200 guineas, census livestock totals for 1880, an obituary for Joel Barry, a remark by Rosert Burperre seeking a frost-free mountain home, Texas Congressman Cov Washington Jones as the tallest House member, and plans to reclaim the Zuyder Zee with a 25 mile dyke and steam pumps at an estimated 46000000 for 200000 inhabitants and 600000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Washington Jones
Congress
Texas
House of Representatives
Washington
Capitol
Hotzanp
Zuyder Zee
Netherlands
Beron
Wrigley predicts oil wells near end in New York and Pennsylvania
Mr H E Wrigley in a paper before the American Institute of Mining Engineers argues most wells will exhaust in four years. He estimates remaining certainly available oil territory at eleven square miles with uncertain area of 870 square miles yielding about 96 million barrels total. At 25 million barrels annual use the main supply would run out soon with price rising as exhaustion nears.
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H. E. Wrigley
American Institute of Mining Engineers
New York
Pennsylvania
Well Known St Louis Citizen Sorts Out Street Car Track Incident
A prominent St Louis resident in a buggy on a street car track faced a loaded petroleum wagon. Several street cars arrived as crowds gathered and police intervened. After a quiet directive, the buggy man moved, the petroleum carrier passed, and the track was cleared. The scene recalled a road duel between two men with shifting loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Friends of Petroleum
Thayersus Road
Outburst Over Eviction Threat Sparks Confusion
A tense exchange unfolds as one man recounts a coworker’s eviction threat by another. The threatened man capitulated, then questioned the aggressor about how he had “served the man yesterday” as a warning. The incident highlights coercive pressure in a local dispute.
Seven Gloved Hands and a Drowning Tale in Boston Car
A Boston street car episode notes seven young ladies with mixed gloves and diamond rings. The piece segues into a melodramatic Ohio tale where Mr. Farney dies, reappears, and marries again, while the original bride marries another after a series of fatal and fateful misunderstandings.
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Boston
The
The Picture Primer for the Children of Today
A playful catalog of figures and scenes labeled in a 19th century style. It features a Cincinnati girl, a boot, a poet in an Elevator, an editor, a rich and healthy Old Gentleman, Miss Lucy with a Sealskin, and a young man in a yellow ulster. The verse mocks childish vanity and warns readers about gambling on horse races and editors’ salaries. It ends with questions about elevators and their operation.
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Farney
Buena Vista
Ohio
Woolftan
Woolfians
Burns
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Lexington
Mr. Farney
Tommy
Brika
Isherich
Chicago
Lucy
Highand
Hop Bitters touted as popular medicine for general health
A Nunda Newa ad claims Hop Bitters is widely used and helps people feel better. It compares the drink to boneset tea and notes it is not a whisky flavored bitter. The message urges readers to try Hop Bitters when unwell.
Daughter’s Faithful Parting Words in Brief Encounter
A Methodist minister’s daughter visits a friend for a few days. Before leaving she reassures her worried mother that she will not be lonely because the Lord will be with her, and that she will return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
To Bear to Nurse to Rear and Then to Lose
A mourning speaker recalls a mother’s lifelong duties and sorrows. She describes bearing nursing and rearing children only to watch them depart. The poem contrasts divine calling with human loss and the mother’s enduring quiet endurance.
The Tiger at Baron Staloff’s Dinner
In a Russian tale retranslated, the narrator visits Baron Staloff after a friend lures him to dinner. A treacherous plot reveals a captive tiger guarding escape routes, with the narrator surviving by patience as music calms the beast and the Baron's widow later aids his escape, ending in the Baron’s death and the narrator marrying the Baron's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
N. Petrovitch
Baron Staloff
Staloff
Petrovitch
Pavlovski
Dragoons
Gregordi Altoff
Thad
Macbeth
Divination by Sheep Bones in Greek Tradition
The Nineteenth Century recounts M. G. Perrot on sheep bone divination in Greece. Peasants use bone augury at home, believing the blade-bone predicts fate, including a daughter’s death. The practice influenced wartime decisions and brigand customs, requiring the sheep be purchase by the eater and kept three days.
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M. G. Perrot
Achaia
Aigion
Mourla
Karaistratris
Morning Nap Delays Spur Retailer’s Warning
A clerk named Henry arrives an hour late for work and faces a stern lecture from his employer. Henry jokingly offers excuses about skipping breakfast and morning naps but is quickly rebuffed as his arrogance and complacency threaten his place. The tale portrays a young man aiming to become a commercial traveler despite lax habits.
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Henry
Income of 10000 per annum noted
Boston Transcript notes an annual income of ten thousand dollars as a point of reference in a financial or public record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Birds of legend and medicine in All the Year Round
The piece catalogs mythic and observed traits of various birds, from the phoenix and eagle to the peacock and swallow. It notes folk beliefs about their behaviors, healing lore, and symbolic powers, including the caladrius as a sign of impending life or death.
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Serre
Jerusalem
John Trevisa
Rochester Names and English Conquest Myths in Roman Britain
In a discussion drawn from The Cornhill Magazine, the piece traces Rochester's dual names from Durobrive to Rotibis and to Hrofceaster, arguing that early etymologies blend myth and guesswork. It critiques the English Chronicle's Cissa tale, notes King Alfred’s restraint, and contrasts button manufacturing in Bohemia Vienna Paris and England.
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Britain
Rochester
Durobrive
Beda
Justus
Ceaster
Hrof
Chester
Breda
Alfred
Hrofi Ceaster
Ritusburh
Richborough
Athelbert
Kent
Bzda
Chichester
Cissa
Regnum
Portsmouth
Portus
Port
The
Cornhill Magazine
Scientific Miscellany Highlights Curious Global Folk Beliefs
A survey of notes covers Dr Extaiorr Cones bird list with 888 species versus Audubon era knowledge, life expectancy gaps between London Jews and Christians, disease patterns among city Jews, inventive micro-telephone water detection, arctic animal remains puzzles, an ancient New Zealand burial, horse and cattle ventilation health gains, and dramatic lightning damage. An Oriental burial method from China describes painted coffins, jade and silver placements, quicksilver internment, and remarkable preservation followed by rapid dusting when exposed to air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extaiorr Cones
North America
Audubon
London
Gibbon
von. Eugenberg
Ybol
Professor Norpensksonp
Spitzbergen
New Zealand
M. Amaor Mori
Paris
France
Argo
Cornouilles
Manchester
China
English manners spread among East coast readers
The piece notes English influence in East Coast life and media. It cites Bret Harte and Lowell as examples of Americans adopting English style, cadence, and social posture. A London lifestyle trend colors journalism and culture, with critics labeling such figures as fashionably bored.
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the Register
W. Slater
Isher
Rhode Island
Gen. Burnside
Providence
Lapy Brasszy
Census Office
United States
Joel Barry
Machias
Barry
Rosert Burperre
Children of
Grace
Tean Ingelow
Russia
Bohemia
Vienna
England
Bass
Charac
East
Bret Harte
West
Europe
America
Harte
Lord
Earl
Glasgow
Mr. Harte
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