Diverse Victorian Tidbits From The Register Column
A collection of society notes describes Mrs Henpricts receiving a Senate inkstand worth at least 300, William W Astor aged 40 as a youthful American novelist and athlete, Princess Isabella with millions and twenty dogs and cats planning a home for the aged, a Sacramento grand jury report on foot binding of Chinese girls, cocaine’s rising accessibility via synthetic means per Vienna Medical Journal, and other brief items in period tone.
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Isabella
Pasteur
Parisian
Maryland Fisherman Recalls Sturgeon Tale on Pocomoke
A Maryland fisherman recounts capturing a large sturgeon on the Pocomoke. He enlisted a friend to help haul the fish aboard, but the frightened helper fled. The narrator then wrestled the creature ashore by clinging to its gills and riding it to shore.
Curious Auction Of Frederick The Great Cup Sells In Berlin
A silver cup once owned by Frederick the Great sold in Berlin for 2000 roubles. It bears inscriptions of his victories and was reportedly used by him on the battlefield. The German ambassador offered 5000 roubles previously, but the seller declined. A long note on cattle magnate Cranmer of Colorado and a Shakespeare quip follows, then commentary on pricey New York lofts and land in London. Waste in hotels is detailed, with Mercy Sisters salvaging scraps for the needy. A Washington tale tells of Minister Anderson in Denmark and a Queen who laughed at his Danish chat.
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Frederick the Great
Berlin
Frederick
Cranmer
Colorado
Shakespeare
New York City
Broadway
London
Chicago Times
Sisters of Mercy
Washington
Rasmus B. Anderson
Denmark
Mr. Anderson
Royal visit and executioner profiles and industrial gas gains
The article sketches a royal farewell with Danish and English dialogue and notes barber Berry the English executioner, his pay, and traits of his predecessors. It then shifts to fashion’s impact on polygamy, Utah dresses, and the spring bonnet. It concludes with Pittsburgh iron and glass benefiting from natural gas, fuel cost savings, sulfurless advantages, and broader market implications for steelmakers and gas infrastructure.
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Utah
Sandford and Merton revived at public school
A narrator contrasts two angelic boys Sandford and Merton with public school life. The piece predicts rough treatment as the boys mingle with others, noting that healthy American lads reject overclean, never-erring youths who never steal or speak up.
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Sandford
Merton
Puch
Ambiguous Claim on Oysters as Morning Aid
A Boston Courier fragment notes a medical authority praising raw oysters for digestion if eaten before breakfast while questioning the logic of breakfast after oysters. The item also mentions Kate Fieto comparing Dickens to varian as a painter.
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Boston Courier
Kate Fieto
Dickens
Varian
The Tale of a Dry Plate
A merchant partner recounts a voyage with Mrs Selby and her daughter Clara. He falls for Clara, awaits meeting in Paris, and learns Clara survived a shipwreck while Mrs Selby died. Months later a photo of Clara is developing when the valet reveals Clara has arrived in Plymouth aboard a sailing ship.
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Singapore
Tilbury
Liverpool Street
Selby
Colonel Selby
Col. Selby
London
Clara
Colombo
Thad
Devion
Calcutta
England
Penang
Calentia
Allaha
Not Frightened by Storm, Child Delights in Wind
A four year old girl slept in the third story when a thunderstorm struck. Her mother expected fear from lightning but the child exclaimed with delight that the wind blew the strap, showing fearless calm and curiosity during the tempest.
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Detroit Free Press
Bancroft Eulogy on Lincoln Draws Capitol Crowd
George Bancroft delivered a lengthy eulogy on Abraham Lincoln before Congress in the House Hall. The event echoed the Lafayette memorials of 1834, with seating filled by dignitaries, military officers, and diplomats as President Lincoln, Supreme Court justices, and cabinet members listened to Bancroft’s address.
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George Bancroit
Abraham Lincoln
George Bancroft
House of Representatives
Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams
Lafayette
Henry Clay
Joint
Senate
House
Adams
Congress
Lincoln
Crator
Jackson
John the Baptist
Capitol
Lords of Creation
Gov. Smyth
New Hamshire
William Whiting
J. M.S. Williams
Storer
Patterson
Cols. Moor
Rives
Daniel Webster
Foster
Speaker Colfax
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Hitchcock
Curtis
Bovee
Meigs
Pry
Shubrick
Davis
Dahlgren
Shiubrich
Gaunt
Frederic Bruce
James Watson Webb
Baron Stoeckel
Ordway
Chaplain Boynton
Seward
Hma
Senate of the United States
Brown
Mr. Foster
McDonald
Tester
Colfax
Guardians of the Union
Freedom
United States
Foot
Webster
Douglas
Seceretaries
McCulloch
Stanton
Wells
Harlan
Dennison
Speed
Bancroft
President Foster
Supreme Court
Chase
Wayne
Nelson
Clifford
Swayne
Miller
Fields
Grier
Clifford Rose
French
Boynton
Washburne
Celestial Humor and Lessons From Laughter
The China Review gathers Chinese anecdotes from Hsiao Lin Kuang. Witty scenes show tempers and folly, from a stove chat about burning clothes to a boy’s joke that books are printed, a farmer’s hoe heist, and a widow’s opera-seat grief as satire on human foibles. Dakota death rate noted.
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The
China Review
Hsiao Lin Kuang
Duce
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Vienna Medical Journal
W. Merck
Darmstadt
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Binns
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Cleveland
Carrie Stevens Waller
Nature
Papa
Pape
Thea
Allegho
Somerville Journal
W. $. Gilbert
Bombay
Marseilles
Messigeries
Mirzapore
Alexandria
Briny Disi
Paris
Trousseau
Italy
Europe
Nord
Calais
Dover
Oxford Square
Mrs. Selby
Devonshire
Mme
Perley
National Opera
Dakota
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