Perpetual motion claims and political notes in The Register
The Register surveys varied items from Richmond Virginia a rich banker named James G L Pace to a London hint of perpetual motion in Ohio. It notes a New York congressman awaiting legal advice on a bill and reports counts in the United Kingdom Alliance, a Shiloh memory of Senator Isham Harris, and tariff practices of German royalty along with chess talk about Steinitz and Zukertort across multiple nations and a Stockholm find of a Saxon Germanic coin trove.
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Isham G. Harris
United States Senate
Shiloh
Harris
Tennessee
Albert Sidney Johnston
New York
Steinitz
Zukertort
Ireland
France
Germany
Austria
Jaly
Spain
Turkey
Russia
Persia
Dia
China
Japan
Australia
Siberia
Geria
Brazil
United States
Old Tecumseh and Berlin income tales in a single column
A mosaic of vignettes from wartime rumors to Berlin tax data. Gen Sherman quips on grocery corners, Aunt Mary Smith recalls Washington, Berlin incomes reveal wide gaps, Stanton and Anthony clash over suffrage history, and a Farlswood asylum inquest notes a 20 year old’s death from a bowel obstructing hair and fibre ingestion.
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W. T. Sherman
South
THE
Philadelphia Times
Aunt Mary Smith
Loward Street
Mary
George Washington
Laws
Massahy
de Genel
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Farlswood Asylum
Redhill
William Arthur Hawley
Cobbold
Bound to Be Agreeable in a Landlord Tenant Exchange
A Philadelphia Call cartoon dialogue features a prospective tenant praising a neighborhood while lamenting small rooms. The landlord cheerfully jokes that tenants may swing a cat if they wish, offering to provide cats if needed. The piece underscores light humor about rental spaces and quirky negotiation.
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Philadelphia
Semanthy's Offal Baby Name and a Parish Sermon
A humorous narrative follows a mother’s struggle over naming her son Semanthy. Family members propose names from Bible and heritage, while the father and relatives clash with the parson. An unintended mispronunciation by Uncle Silas leads to the disastrous christening tag Jethro or Jepthath, leaving the mother to grieve a name she cannot bear.
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Semanthy
Father
Silas
Widder Green
Brown
Harper's
Saved From the Storm Remembered Snowbound Morning
A first person reminiscence recalls a brutal storm that overwhelmed a farm family. The narrator and siblings dress, eat, and bundle to attend school as wind and drift reshaped routes. A late night dream spurs the mother to mobilize a rescue, leading to a dramatic snowbound sequence and a safe return.
Wylands Stay Until Roads Partially Opened
A brief exchange reveals a family memory as Wyland confirms the surname and Robin Wyland is identified as the reader's grandfather, tying the narrator to a lineage and a moment of patience during a road opening.
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Wylands
Wyland
Robin Wyland
Life Studies and Odd Sayings From Chicago Ledger
A cache of aphorisms and musings appears from the Chicago Ledger, mixing reflections on life, happiness, and human quirks. It cites Lige Brown, quotes about smiles, a $10,000 annual cook wage, and various witticisms about fame, marriage, and knowledge. The piece blends humorous anecdotes with social observations in a magazine-essay tone.
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Lige Brown
Chicago Ledger
Vanpernier
Hawthorne
Illinois
IsGmrsonr
Bob
Sheba
Sowenopy
Simmer
Heaven
Earth
Chicago Girls Slang Sparks Boston Debate
A Chicagoan in Boston reacts to an eastern journal story claiming Chicago girls slang heavily. She calls it a fish story and asserts most Chicago girls do not use slang, though some may occasionally. She compares Boston belles unfavorably in beauty and notes Chicago girls keep pace socially.
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Boston
Chicago
Listle
Wade
Hohlou
Basco
Duel Between French Editors Ends In Odd Save
In 1850 two French editors Charles Blane and Francis Lacombe dueled with pistols. Lacombe fell as a ball ricocheted off a belt. He survived thanks to a five franc coin in his watch pocket stopping the ball. Seconds Mery and Choymard, witty and spendthrift respectively, made quips about the near miss.
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Charles Blane
Francis Lacombe
Lacombe
Mery
Iris Wit
Laconthe
Choymard
The Indian Problem Civilizing the red man as solution
The piece argues civilizing the red man is the only solution to the Indian problem and insists reformers must persevere. It claims philanthropy lies in placing Indians on a level with whites, granting them all rights, and rejects extinction as a fate for native peoples. It notes an apparent steady increase in their numbers.
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Matilda
Father
Yomo
George
Bill
Grace
Mother
Grandam
Young's
Henry
Popped Rain Observation Inspires Child’s Snow Talk
A fragment describes a child exclaiming see mamma during a snow storm about popped rain. The remark reflects a window scene from Harpers Bazaar. A quoted line attributes a view on transitive people as conversation funnels from Sir Richard Steele.
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Harpers Bazar
Malaga Olives and Grapes in Seville Trade Styles
The article surveys Malaga olives including Queen olives near Seville and a larger inland variety. It describes harvesting, curing, and shipping methods for olives and provides a detailed account of Malaga grapes including wine, raisin, and a white table grape unique to the region. The raisin process is labor intensive and weather dependent, requiring large capital and sunlit drying floors.
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Malaga
New England
Seville
Spain
Boston
Pennies for a Wakeup on a Pullman Car Gone Wrong
A reporter recalls offering 50 cents to a Pullman porter for waking a sleeping politician. An anecdote from Georgia tells of a barefoot boy asking for five pennies to buy a show, a cautionary tale on improvised hustle. Also notes Africa’s ancient trees and the Tule cypress in Oaxaca Mexico with vast age and size estimates.
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Pullman
Jack Robinson
Union
Georgia
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Africa
Mexico
Santa Maria
Tule
Oexaca
Whenanboltd
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Uruguay
LE Understand
Somenopy
London
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Count Puckler
Count Pueller
Berlin
Count Frederic Perponcher
House of Commons
United Kingdom Alliance
Party of Temperance
William
Cassel
Frankfort
Prince Bismarck
Society of German Railwaydministrations
Isle of Gothland
Stockholm
Rober. Browning
TNE
E. T. Corbett
Samanthy
Reuben
Nather
Jotham
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Augustus Percival
Christian Maine
Parson Brown
Uncle Si
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BY. EE. Raymond
Erandan
Bill Kane
Susie Blake
Mark Moore
Fannie King
Kittie Barns
Jim Blake
Jim
Si Smith
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Bill Konkey
Blake
Tom Henry
Mim
Bt ‘Fom
Mrs. Wyland
Mr. Wyland
Mays
Mar. Wyland
Robin
Life Studies
Sir Richard Steele
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