Variety of 19th Century Notes and Oddities Across Cities
A wide compilation covers James Warner's death in Union town Ohio his thrift and bonds to dodge taxes St Augustine Florida to boast a 4 million hotel Cumberland Presbyterian Church bell from Malaga a temperance revivalist in Louisville and a look at British land ownership large and small. It also notes streetcar etiquette in Lewisville and Bishop Spalding's eloquence. An ornithology anecdote recounts a Madison Avenue car filled with bird parts prompting concern for bird extinction and Oliver Wendell Holmes backs bird protection.
Broad notes on birds and fires and poetry careers
A collection of remarks on wild birds near the Charles estuary and calls for legal protection, followed by fire loss estimates across U S industry, Bowdoin and Harvard professors, the Bristol wedding chest gift for Princess Beatrice, and Hon Hasrpan Hawain at the Tarratine Club with Hampden Hamlin's card play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Bristol
E Elizabeth
Henry VII
Sebastian Cabot
Beatrice and Battenberg
Trapnell
Princess of Wales
Wit and Court Etiquette from Jere Black Trial
A Chicago Ledger item recalls Judge Jere Black meeting a sharp clash with veteran Chambers in a neighboring county. After a sharp exchange, Black rebuilds rapport from the bench, quoting Othello to ease tensions. The note ends with a cheerful counsel: be cheerful and you are bound to be healthy.
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Chambers
Gray
Mr. Chambers
Chicago Ledger
Memory and autumn in a seaside scene poem
A reflective poem from Dickens Household Words recalls a loved one as seasons shift from summer to autumn. The speaker links memories of shared moments by the sea with the quiet, aching wish to reach a distant shore and keep her companionship across the undimmed sea. The verse blends loss, nostalgia, and hopeful recollection.
The Scribe's Grim Year of Poverty and Escape
A Newark in winter 1876 crisis details the narrator’s step through joblessness, debt, and a hostile landlady. Nellie, the landlady’s daughter, funds frequent searches for work while the narrator rehearses a daring midnight escape with a rope-made valise, boarding a westbound train to Philadelphia, then returning two months later to settle accounts and regain forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Micawber
Joan
New York
Eag
Nellie
Mr. Bohemian
Eheis
Mrs.Landlady's
Saratoga
Brooklyn Bridge
Philadelphia
Bohemian
Valise
Pennsylvania Station
Honest Policy Quip Sparks Candid City Discourse
A remark attributed to Monau noting honesty as the best police man drew attention in city circles. He added a pun suggesting policy instead of policing, prompting debates on governance and public integrity. The brief exchange hints at ongoing concerns over civic accountability and political rhetoric.
Why young writers fixate on minor chords and gloom
The piece argues that many young writers focus on melancholy topics in poetry and prose, with few cheery or religious verses. It notes the flood of juvenile sketches, editor shortages of lively Thanksgiving or Christmas tales, and marks literary markets as crowded yet in need of wholesome, uplifting work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Hawthorne
Longfellow
Fortright
The Morality Market Insight on daily acts of kindness
A short dialogue explores a moral scheme where every person performs one practical act of kindness daily. Voices imagine a market of benevolence leading to overproduction and humorous barter to avoid exchanging kindness, highlighting the challenge of true disinterested benevolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Smith
Brown
Leris Siflings
Cough Drops On Street Corner Draw Odd Exchange
A red nosed man with a flannel muffler offered cough drops on a street corner. He muttered about medicine and fees as a Newsman quizzed him. The exchange mixed garbled speech and a comic, nearly nonsensical tone from the Philadelphia News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gough Drobs
Odely
Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia News
Feather in Your Cap Origins and Odd Talk
A compact mock dialogue critiques harsh parental discipline and money, then traces the saying feather in one’s cap to barbarians adding a feather for each enemy slain and Scots sportsmen honoring a woodcock shot. It also notes the line about Mrs Jones age given in a household quip.
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Caffirs
Capul
Scotland
The Krupp Works at Essen in the 19th Century
A detailed portrait of Alfred Krupp's industrial empire in Essen and surrounding districts. The article describes the vast Krupp works, 500 acres, 19,605 workers, 65,381 supported, numerous mines, railways, ships, and laboratories. It notes the hotel's presence, central supply stores, and worker colonies, framed by a view of the city’s dramatic growth and national impact.
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Krupp
Essex
Essen
Frederick Kyupp
Alfred
Krupp Works
Fred. Krupp
Neuweid
Sayn
Spain
Bilbao
Germany
Fissen
Koupp
Brahma
Siva
Harpers Magazine
The Kentuckian Hotspur in James Lane Allen’s View
James Lane Allen writes in Harper's Magazine that the Kentuckian Hotspur echoes bold bravado and temperamental daring. He contrasts romantic Kentucky lore with burlesque exaggeration, noting the ubiquitous yet imperfect portrait of Kentucky life and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGary
Kentucky
Hawthorne
England
Collins
Pepin
Hotspur
James Lane Allen
Harper's Magazine
Girl and Mother Visit Louvre Cartoon Moment
A Chicago News brief recalls a six year old girl Laura and her twenty six year old mother viewing the Venus de Milo at the Louvre. Laura asks why the statue has no arms and the mother provides a playful answer about poking fingers in her nose.
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Laura
Louvre
Chicago Newsetter
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
NEW Harmony
Ind
James Warner
Uniontown
Ohio
Waga Miser
United States
New England
St. Augustine
Florida
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Lebanon
Malaga
Alexander G. Drake
Louisville
House of Commons
John Ramsden
Sir John St. Aubyn
Lewisville
Bisnor SpaLpine
Peoria
Ryan
Mgr. Capel
Bishop Spalding
Madison Avenue
New York City
Science
Cary
North America
Europe
Oliver Wendell Holmes
the Charles
Bowdoin
Harvard
Hasnrpan Hawain
Lewiston Journal
Royal Worcester
Tarratine Club
Mr. Hamlin
Jere
Black
Homo
Warry Baldwin
Monau
Bippy
Mrs. Jones
Biddy
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