Beautiful Glass Wonders and Venice Glass Traditions
The article recalls the Crystal Palace structure of glass and marble with 960 columns and three stories, the Portland vase’s history from Barberini to Portland to British Museum, its breakage and careful restoration, and notes on the Strasbourg vase and Venice glass trade on Murano with strict laws to deter emigration, including severe penalties and assassinations for defying the ban.
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Scauras
Rome
Princess Barberini
Duchess of Portland
British Museum
Lloyd
Strasbourg
Venice
Murano
Up Fame's Ladder
Miss Louisa Alcott chronicles early success in the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette recounting $5 and $10 payments for her first two stories and the aspiring pride of a youth inspired by a poster proclaiming Bertha as a new tale. Her sisters later salvaged the wind torn placard as a family relic of youthful ambition and romance.
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Louisa Alcott
Boston
Evening Gazette
Bertha
Saturday Evening Gazette
Vincent Crummles
Fungi in Deep Comstock Mines Resemble Ghostly Forms
In the Comstock mines hundreds of feet below the surface curious fungi flourish, especially in long abandoned sections. Some grow enormous, filling drifts and resembling sheeted ghosts, horns of animals, or even a petrified devil fish. One specimen mirrored a meerschaum pipe so perfectly it could fool hands. Virginia City reports the find as a Biter prize.
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Erebus
Comstock
Virginia
Nev
Peculiarities of Statesmen in Public Life
An OCR stitched list notes how speech, dress, and manner shaped fame for leaders. It cites George Washington, Henry of Navarre, John Randolph, Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Thomas Benton, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Allen G Thurman, Tom Ochiltree, and historian Bancroft. It sketches reputations formed by habits.
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Geo. Washington
Henry of Navarre
John Randolph
Martin van Buren
Gen. Jackson
Gen. Harrison
Thomas H. Benton
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Allen G. Thurman
Tom Ochiltree
August 1819 Dutch ship lands twenty enslaved in James River
The record notes that in August 1819 a Dutch man of war anchored at the James River and landed twenty enslaved people for sale, an act reflecting the era's brutal slave trade and maritime involvement by foreign powers in colonial contexts.
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James River
Origin of the Word Blizzard in 19th Century Journal Origin
In the North American Review Mr Yucker traces the origin of Americanisms and focuses on blizzard. The piece notes the 1860 first print in the Northern Pindicator Wisberville Minn and surveys etymology guesses from blister to blitz. Tucker suggests the term imitates the whistling driving sound of a severe storm.
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North American Review
Yucker
The
Northern Pindicator
Wsberville
Minn
Blister
Bouisard
Blitz
Brisa
Blizgard
Baltimore
Tucker
New York in 1940 Described as English Style City
The text portrays New York in 1940 as brick built with English style areas and rough stone middle pavements. Broadway dominates as the main street for shops, fine houses, and business activity, yet flaws blemish the cityscape. The mercantile population numbers 300000 and English stock appears robust though harsh. The author notes red-haired damsels and questions American beauty praise.
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Broadway
Soucenio Dun
Russia's 130-Year-Olds Near Siberian Border
A Philadelphia Press note recalls a doctor claiming a region in Siberia, a level country about 100 leagues square, that sees a death at age 130 almost every year. A Russian physician allegedly confirms the records are kept by Greek church priests, strict on precise ages for faith reasons.
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America
Russia
Siberia
Philadelphia Press
King of Romancists Obituary Echoes in Period Review
The Saturday Review reflects on Scott’s death and the enduring impact on romance, noting how Ainsworth Bulwer and others failed to replace the original spark. Richmond’s State notes Mayor J A Gentry of Manchester cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil.
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Scott
Ainsworth
Bulwer
Jack Sheppard
Lucretia
Cleveland
Meg Merrilees
Richmond, Va
J. A. Gentry
Manchester
St. Jacobs Oil
Salt on silver mines and a boy's midnight dream
A boy asks about salted silver mines after overhearing men on a car talk of making a hundred thousand dollars. His father dismisses the idea as nonsense, prompting the boy to wonder about salt preservation and money, and he drifts to sleep dreaming of cyclones.
Fragmented 19th Century Observations and Remedies
A compilation of satirical and promotional fragments notes phrenology claims about noble traits in Indians, praises Shakespeare as modern and marketable, with quips from Puck and the New Orleans Picayune. Also mentions St Jacobs Oil cures rheumatics and Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as relief for unhappy women.
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Guysett
Yellow Dock
Saraaparilla
Elder Kite recounts rugged life and miraculous cure
The Troy Kansas paper recalls Mose Kite once a frontier fighter and revival preacher who endured illness from Bright's disease. He narrates a long struggle with dyspepsia, liver and kidney troubles, and a journey to the Rockies before healing via Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The piece endorses his tale as providential and urges others to consider his experience.
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iTroy
Kansas
Mose Kite
Petersburg Bottom
Pike's Peak
Henshall
Christian Church
Petersburg
Rockies
Republican
Warner
Rochester
N. Y
Kansas City
Kite
Corns Cure Pills and Humorous Quips From Local Ad
An assorted fragment from a 19th century newspaper ad section advertises Putnam's Paintess Corn Extragton as a universal remedy for corns with claims of rapid, painless results. Contains a mock quote about time and several pastor endorsements. Mentions a Weather in England joke and a traveler noting perpetual wet weather with dry people.
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Putnam
Lord, Stoutenburgh & Co
Chica
England
Purr Cod Liver Oil Offered By Caswett Hazanp Co
Purified cod liver oil product from Caswett Hazanp Co New York praised as absolutely pure and sweet. Doctors and patients prefer it, with physicians declaring it superior to other oils on the market.
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Caswett, Hazanp & Co
New York
How Owen Lovejoy Squelched Sam Cox in 1862 House Speech
The brief tale recalls Owen Lovejoy of Illinois halting Sam Cox during a tariff debate in the House in 1862. Lovejoy signals a privilege question and prompts Cox to yield the floor, then questions Cox in a mock manner provoking laughter as Cox seeks adjournment. A historian’s aside notes: it takes a smart man to guess what a boy’s pocket contains.
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Owen Lovejoy
Sam Cox
Ben Butler
Tlinois
Mr. Cox
Mr. Lovejoy
New York
New
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