Calvary era entries and oddities from the register
The register recounts a mix of curious facts and historical notes including militia strength in war, a Californian named Hogshead seeking a name change, D Dunn of McVeytown profiting from a sand bank, Gevorce Train railing at American economy, Sebastopol’s pauper gap, Moscow’s 42000 on its books, and details about Venetian glass making and the late S. S. Cox and wife sharing plans and Cox’s unfinished manuscript drafted in Congress.
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Tur
S. Cox
Mrs. Cox
Mr. Cox
Congress
Philadephia Mint Gold Dollar Issuance Restricted
The issuance of gold dollars at the Philadelphia mint is capped at 6000 annually and the coins are retained by the Treasury to provide exact change for gold bullion deposits. People repeatedly request the coins to fashion charms or adornments, but the Superintendent consistently refuses to honor such orders.
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Philadelphia
Left Leg Strength Dictates Movement and Episcopal Car
An English physician links left leg use to right headedness noting right handed stride biases. The Bishop of North Dakota plans a travelling chapel car for episcopal visits, offering beds and shelter to spread hospitality among scattered parishioners as a mobile social space.
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Tus
North Dakota
Lisoe
New York musician touts American musical culture gains
A leading New York composer returns from Europe praising the rise of American orchestral music. He notes European opinion has shifted, admitting American progress and calls the United States a paradise for musicians with New Orleans born pianist Gorrscurana highlighted as a premier figure. Rev Joseph Cook buys Mount Defiance land to memorialize soldiers and erect a memorial dedicated to Civil War dead with hopes of a future park.
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New York
Europe
Tumelan
Gorrscurana
New Orleans
Paris
Joserh Cook
Mount Defiance
Ticonderoga
Burgoyne
General St. Clair
Port Ticonderoga
Tax Government Will Soon Move to Curb Liquor Sales
A brittle OCR fragment notes that tax authorities plan action to prevent liquor sales or distribution abuses. It hints at upcoming measures and government involvement, but lacks specifics on scope, dates, or entities.
Alcohol Abuse Among Arctic Whalers Provokes Alarm
The text notes rising demoralization among Alaskan Natives due to drink, with liquor smuggling into Behring Sea as a containment issue. It cites axiom of native craving after first taste and improvised distilling from molasses and flour when liquor is unavailable. A parallel anecdote recalls Prince Bismarck’s cognac purchase and Hamburg citizen buying the glass plate and bread crusts for five marks.
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Arctic
Cape Barrow
Point Hope
Behring Sea
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe
Prussia
Hamburg
Naval prep and warns of future conflict in Samoa
An unnamed U.S. navy officer says Germany would have declared war if prepared, but the Samoa crisis forced concessions due to Germanys unprepared state and exposed shipping. He notes Germany’s likely better naval readiness next time and urges American preparation.
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United States Navy
Crermans
United States
Germany
Congo River Trade Expands as Ivory Flows to Banana
The report notes dramatic changes along the Congo as ivory shifts from slave caravans to river routes ending at Banana for shipment to Europe. By 1879 Stanley’s visit marked a rise in white traders, with twenty steamers on the Congo and growth of Belgian Dutch and French companies from Stanley Pools to Falls. The Hartford tale of Mrs Stowe’s celebration recounts Mary Livermore recalling wartime poverty and a moral about publishing access and the personal cost of sharing secrets.
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Vira
Congo
Africa
Zanzibar
South Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Upper
Stanley Pools
Stanley Falls
Congo River
Stanley
Boma
Congo State
Hartford
Stowe
Mary A. Livermore
Washington
Te National Dri
Amy
Mead and Grateful Mr Albert Be the gentleman
A playful 19th century style exchange between Mead and Albert on fatherhood and literary duty. A daughter, taught charm, responds to her author father with politeness and a witty takedown about her invitation. The piece satirically links responsibility, books, and children in narrative form.
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Albert
Ross
Eccentric Cold Remedy From Sailor Story
A traveling circus worker recounts a traveler’s remedy for a cold in England. A French sailor applied a raw onion, coal oil soaked wrap around the throat, claiming a German family tradition uses it for generations. The narrator credits quick recovery and notes the matron’s endorsement.
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England
Pittsburger
Nature’s phrasing of longing for thee in New York Weekly
A sonnetlike meditation from New York Weekly expressing a searched distance between lovers. The speaker compares memories of a beloved to flowers stars and natural scenes in the Southern and Northern skies. Passion exceeds words as the speaker declares boundless love and desire for the beloved.
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New York Weekly
Death in Life on a Leper in Maine Prison
A vainglorious European traveler learns he is dying of leprosy after missing the Bordeaux disaster. He confides to Dr. Frank Carson in Maine, where he lives under strict confinement as Walter Marshall, formerly Rev. Ranald Gordon, tied to a grim contract of isolation and secrecy with doctors and a caretaker.
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New York
Havre
North River
New World
West Street
Bordeaux
Lnot
Lower Broadway
Henningway
Ronald
Hemingway
Trench
Honeld
Battery Park
Cea Wall
Battery
Europe
Lows
Davra
Gut
Hennineway
Lowi di
Hemingwayv
Tain
Snow
Laura
Boulogne
Walter Marshall
Henninewa
Fon
Shera
Laure
Ler
Felon
Maine
United States
Marshall
Lani
Chicago
Ranald Gordon
Mr. Marshall
Marshal
Dr. Carson
Carson
Mr. Carson
Pete
Tudian Pete
Frank
Niver
Vey
Gordon
Ronald Gordon
Leper Ronald Gordon Ends Sufferings in Maine
A fragmentary report notes Ronald Gordon, afflicted with leprosy, dying in Maine as a physician departs after locking the door. The passage hints at a dialogue about kindness and confidentiality toward Laura, reflecting a somber tone of mercy and medical burden.
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Laura
Maine
Ronald Gordon
The Bear Bones Eulogy Hoax At Little Falls Memory
In Little Falls New York a dig uncovered bones claimed as Revolutionary patriot ashes. A public funeral was held with a eulogy by Rev Dr Gulick and a scene of pomp. A plain bear-bones reveal caused laughter and a scowling bishop.
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Little Falls
New York
Gulick
Val
New England Bargaining Over a Boat Hire
A Boston man seeks to hire a boat in New Hampshire but a wary farmer delays. The farmer cites a previous offer from another man and inflates the price, finally agreeing to let the boat for 25 cents after bargaining. The encounter highlights frugal, wary New England bargaining traits.
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New England
Boston
New Hampshire
What News Means in Shakespeare Era Origins of the Word News
An analysis tracing the term news from Shakespeare and early writers to its German and French forms. It challenges the compass-origin theory, supports a Low German or native English origin, and cites 15th to 17th century texts showing the evolution of the word news and its singular usage.
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Shakspeare
Macbeth
Wint
Tale
John
England
John Floria
Wits
Iony
Beire
Skeat
Berner
Froissart
Desyrou
Surrey
Virgil
Rhodes
John Kay
Caxton
Juerries
Prepared to Defend Either Side
A dialogue from a Boston Transcript exchange shows Publisher Mr Delver pressed to review statistics on bicyclists and public health. Delver affirms study but asks which side to prove, healthful or harmful, before writing the verdict.
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Delver
Boston Transcript
His Claim Badly Spoiled
A Maine man faced embarrassment when a trunk he claimed was lost turned up at Bangor depot. An employee found the box contained only a peanut sack, a monkey wrench, and a wagon jack, missing the items billed, leaving the claimant to explain the small haul and inflated charges.
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Maine
Bangor
Lewiston
The Garretts Rise With Miss Mary Garrett at Helm
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the Garrett family fortune grew under Miss Mary Garrett who, despite tragedy within the family over five years, steered railroad and banking interests. Her father John W. Garrett’s decline preceded her quiet rise, as Robert Garrett’s illness and a brother’s death reshaped leadership and capital, with Mary reportedly managing three million of her own and strengthening the Baltimore and Ohio holdings.
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Robert Garrett
Garrett
Garrett’s
John W. Garrett
Harrison Garrett
Chesarente Bay
Chitlen
Robert Crarrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mary Garrett
Robert
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Miss S Garratt
Baltimore East Ohio Railroad
Lilladelphia Inquirer
Missing Ball Dress Sparks Fashion Anecdote
Le't Smithers questions Dashaway about not attending the ball. Dashaway explains he lacked a dress suit. a prior sighting was his brother's, who returned home yesterday afternoon.
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Le‘t. Smithers
Dashaway
Smithers
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