miscellany of frontier figures and curiosities
Harriet Brecarr Stowk places her papers with her son for an authorized life story. Gry. Coon, the Indian fighter, has served thirty six years and stands six feet in his stockings. Gen. Cook on the warpath wears a canvas suit worth 1.25 and rides a mule with a rifle. A half mile long wine rope weighs seven and a half tons and is to be used in a North Wales colliery. Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy earns vast royalties with editions in America England Rome and Berlin. A Oakland California wife marries a man thirty years younger and secures a signed relinquishment to her property. America has over four million farms covering twenty million acres valued around ten billion dollars. yearly farm output between two and thirty eight billion. Tinker spirit forms allegedly materialized by Mrs Amanda Cowan in Boston are exposed as a hoax. a woman and others were found behind a cabinet curtain. the medium and husband arrested.
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Gry. Coon
Gateshead
England
Wales
Noe
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
America
Rome
Berlin
Amanda Cowan
Boston
United States
Her
North America
Restaurant keeper plays joke on hurried customers
In Rockland Maine a restaurant keeper tried to scare two patrons rushing to a Boston boat by imitating a steamboat whistle from his back yard. The men grabbed their hats and coats and fled, only to realize they had not yet paid for their meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Boston
Supreme Court Justice Strong Seen in Good Health at 60
Retired US Supreme Court Justice JeSren Winliam Strong appears youthful at around sixty, active and lecturing on constitutional law in Washington while earning £10,000 yearly. The Pall Mall Gazette lists world combat horse totals by nation, with Russia leading at 21,570,000 and numerous other countries cited alongside mule counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesrern Winliam Strone
United States Supreme Court
Gladstone
Justice Strong
Washington
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Russia
America
Argentine Republic
Austria
Germany
France
England
Canada
Spain
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Australia
Holland
Portugal
Monumental Tux Statue Plans at Duxbury and Barbers Plea
A granite Miles Standish statue will rise fourteen feet on Captain's Hill at Duxbury Massachusetts with a hundred foot shaft. The obelisk overlooks Plymouth Bay and the figure will face east holding the charter and sword. A Muscatine barber sentenced to prison becomes a tensorial artist amid silent inmate chairs.
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Miles Standish
Duxbury
Mass
Captain’s Hill
Plymouth Bay
Colony
Plymouth
Quiet Happiness Among Prisoners and Inyo Borax Beds
The article notes rare moments of happiness even among convicts. It describes inexhaustible borax deposits near Inyo Colorado with thick seams reaching two feet, covering thousands of acres. Adjoining are vast soda and salt beds with large salt mounds containing thousands of tons. Borax purity ranges from 30 to 90 percent and mined salt is shipped by wagon to Majove 160 miles away.
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Inyo
Colo
Majove
Millet's starving artist and a priestly challenge to spiritualism
The report recounts Jean Francois Minuet as the unappreciated genius whose Millet piece could fetch 15000 dollars, contrasted with a Brooklyn spiritualist challenging Rev. Dr. Talmage to a public debate. It notes Talmage's sharp rebuttal and a health board study revealing medical practitioners average life expectancy around forty five, with deaths from opiates and alcohol shown but declining due to better country practice and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jrnne Dainty
Brooklyn
N. Y
Talmage
Personalities and quirky claims in a nameless column
A collection of odd entries notes Rovert T. Lixcotn who can play poker SpunGEon who received a gift of 40 dollars and Spwin Boot a rare old books collector Kine KaLakava aims to be a coffee planter Prixet Groree of Wales's favored sport bowls Sir Joan E Mitxais smokes a short black pipe Prince Alpert Victor of Wales studies the violin Millionaire StupaENson from Wisconsin resembles a farmer Herbert SeENCER works three hours daily with a stenographer William O'Brien says journalists are civilization watchdogs Felix Camphen started as a mason and now owns golden bricks Henry J Coxwell the 70 year old balloonist has 700 ascents Senator MGaysegya claims Fingal's cave origins Barnes Greeley's brother is a 75 year old farmer in Pennsylvania
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Spwin Boot
Kine KaLakava
Prixet Groree
Wales
Joan E. Mitxais
Prince Alpert Victor
Millionaire Stupaenson
Wisconsin
Herbert Seencer
William O’brien
Felix Camphen
Henry J. Coxwell
Senator Mgaysegya
Fingal’s Cave
Horace Greeley
Barnes
Pennsylvania
Milk and Consumption Link Across Species Compared
Modern science pursues the idea that scarlatina and bovine tuberculosis may be identical in disease mechanisms. Experiments and expert testimony from Walley, McFadyen, Woodhead, and Koch suggest tuberculous lesions in cattle and humans are indistinguishable, with bacilli present in both. Noting milk as a transmission vector, the piece cites udder infections in cows, high death rates linked to milk supply, and spillover to pigs, while acknowledging laypeople may doubt the spread risk.
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Vine Scosman
Noch
Copenhagen
Walley
Mcladyen
Clyne
Koch
Sutton
Sims Woodhead
Bacilli
Woodhead
Ndinburg
McFadyen
How Baby Learns to Talk From Primitive Sounds to Human Speech
An exploration of language development in infants, tracing stages from instinctive cries to earliest human vowel and consonant sounds. The article notes that babbling reflects inherited patterns and mirrors historic language progress, while gesture and play reveal primal reflexes later refined by culture.
Proberbs and maxims from an old observer
A collection of aphoristic lines on life virtue and society notes values, self discipline, and human behavior. It juxtaposes optimism with caution, favoring truthfulness, contentment, and humane conduct while critiquing pretension and harsh rhetoric. It reflects a dated regional tone in concise, reflective distillations.
Some Gossip About Gloves Through History
The piece surveys gloves as status symbols and tools of power from medieval times to the 18th century. It cites regal disdain during Edward II era, poison gossip, and how gloves were used in vesting or depriving office, and notes auction prices for royal gloves and personal keepsakes while contrasting monetary value with sentimental attachment.
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Germany
Edward II
Earl of
Carlisle
Henry
James I
Eaward Denny
Queen Elizabeth
Planting and Reaping by Bill Nye
A satirical verse recalling hopeful planting of morning glory and moon flower, then failing harvests of oats, corn, and sorghum. The speaker questions whether climate stats drive change and mocks seed sellers for catalog promises versus real results.
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Sam
Bill Nye
New York World
English Aristocracy and American Travelers in London
Americans face a social system in England that elevates the rich English classes, shaping how they are treated and how they spend. The piece cites Americans’ costly habits as evidence of wealth, contrasts respect and scorn, and relays an anecdote about a boy and a bootblack to illustrate classized exchanges and perceived servility.
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America
London
England
Vanderbilts
Astors
Mackays
Ingland
Beotblack
Pittsburgh Dispatch
If the Ocean Were Only Dry
An essay argues for filling the oceans to reclaim land and boost taxes. It jokes about fewer drownings and fewer fisheries disputes while imagining city improvements, wine dinners, and altered shore resorts as outcomes of eliminating seas.
No Shipping Without Water Warns Sea Power View
The Losson Transcript argues that a navy accustomed to land service could endure shore duty if the sea were filled, claiming foreign navies would become useless and great seaports would escape tribute. It contends fortified coastlines would not be needed and mocks dependence on shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Losson Transcript
Chemistry in the Foundry Marks a New Era in Iron Trade
An analysis of the shift from rule of thumb methods to chemical testing in foundries. The article cites historic research around tariff impacts and credits Turner Tucker Gautler Keep and Fleming for advancing understanding of chemical composition versus physical properties. It predicts widespread adoption of chemist reports to optimize raw material selection and alloy performance.
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Cremian
Turner
Jlron -Ige
Bringing Up Children With Freedom and Boundaries
A 19th century column argues that children thrive with freedom and reasonable limits. Excess restrictions make them timid, except for a bold but deceitful girl who thrives on mischief. Grant reasonable requests and let children feel decisions are for their own good. Between strictures and carelessness, youth need occupation and safe exploration.
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Little Bessie
Ivounte
Tron and Stone Houses Highlight Iron Frontage Trends
The Philadelphia Times notes a shift toward stone and iron fronts in fashionable districts. Wrought iron doors and glass vestibules spread, with barred upper windows echoing medieval style. Behind the scenes, stories warn of strict domestic control, including a wife locked in a room and a Philadelphia belle confined by her father.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
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the Register
New Harmony, Indiana
Harriet Brecarr Stowk
Issu
Oakland
Cal
Muscatine
Iowa
Jean Francois Minuet
Quincy Shaw
Millet
Leonardo
Paris
Illinois State Board of Health
Rovert T. Lixcotn
Spungeon
Thave
Lowell
Baby
Uncle Ben
Tron
Stone Houses
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