Jumble of Anecdotes and Oddities from The Register
A varied column notes Gen Surniay and Stonewall Jackson relatives sharing a law desk, Stowe’s health, a Pa farmer’s wagon diary, a long lived newsboy, a Georgia woman locked in a church, NY Jewish garment industry hints, a Hungarian naturalization rebuff, a frog brain experiment, an aged Cortland woman, Venada ruler Rong Mossxan described, a Warrenton potato specimen, Bulgarian brigand Eva Viassinere, Alfred Austin on Keats’ grave, and two young women near Atlanta tilling fields.
Peculiar Costumes Draw Laughs and Georgian Election Toss
An Atlanta Journal observer notes mischievous dressing by young women in striking outfits then traditional attire at home, while old father advocates dress reform. The piece also covers hydrophobia skepticism about Pasteur, Georgia farmers defeating a constitutional amendment, a Long Island goat joke, and stories of Bishop Joel H. Opening and young Oberly in the Illinois Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
Supreme Court
Joel H
Speaker
Young Oberly
Long Jones
Unknown Race Monuments A Treasure of Brittany Stones
Monuments from Brittany and France reveal neolithic builders who left dolmens menhirs cromlechs and alignments. The French government preserves 6800 France and 1600 Brittany stones with vast chambers in dolmens some stones weighing tens of tons. The piece notes Menec Carnac and Mount St Michel scale and density of ancient stones now silent in time.
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France
Europe
Brittany
Mgr
Thomas Wilson
Irench
Mount St. Michel
Menec
Carnac
Arkanu
Inside a ring workshop with heat, hammers, and lathes
The piece describes a ring workshop where gold is melted in a crucible, rolled through grooved dies, stamped, and cut. Workers shape settings, solder, and fit stones while machines like a lapidary lathe and enameling furnace aid finishing. Electro plating gilds objects via electric current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
The Widow and the Shoemaker in Ohio Prank
A playful Ohio shoemaker who cobbled shoes for a comedic widow sent home a note promising three kisses would settle the matter. The widow, indignant and insulted by the elderly, twice-widowed cobbler with a large family, confronts him at his bench seeking redress and revenge. He greets her with a merry twinkle as she arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Crispin
Enamored Cobbler Wins Widow in Sudden Romance
A cobbler in a Texas town is enchanted by a widow after admiring a small pair of shoes. He declares love, falls at her feet, and promises to marry her. The widow blushes and agrees, with a wedding planned for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Reading Old Letters Reveals Youthful Echoes and Romance
A Boston Herald reader muses on the romance found in time stained letters from youth. Letters from a mother, schoolmates, a sister, and peers evoke fears, hopes, dances, class day triumphs, and faded failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sceen
Damon
Pythias
Tom
Virginia
Mary Phelps
Susan Alcott
Cicero
Demosthenes
Burke
Felow
Steen
Boston Herahl
Funeral rites of old Swiss peasants in Keller tale
The scene depicts lavish pre death and post burial customs among wealthy Swiss peasants in remote districts. Neighbors and strangers visit in the dying moments, visit again after death, share wine and heavy foods around a long table, wax candles by the coffin, and end with a lavish hot meal and hard drinking at the chief mourner's return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottfried Keller
Upper Austria
Ian
Misspent Time and a Life Dedication Revealed
A fragmentary exchange recalls a man who saved a life by pulling someone from water. The tale contrasts his long years spent fishing for mulligrubs with a claim that half his life was wasted. The clipping also mentions an ancient manuscript from the Iliad found in Upper Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Egypt
The Big Mississippi Poker Game of Slavery Era
The article recalls antebellum gambling on the Mississippi with planters and river traders at social halls aboard steamboats. It highlights draw poker games, notorious gamblers like George Brooks and Bullet-neck Green, and a record hand where Green won over 250 000 with four aces and a king after a 200 000 pot. It notes weapons on the table and a shift from knives to banco play in later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Red
Tlinois
George Brooks
Green
Indian preacher Nah-be-nay-ask in Munising seeks peaceful change
Charles Burr Todd describes a visit to New Munising Michigan near Lake Superior where Rev Thomas Nah-be-nay-ask, an Ojibway Indian preacher, guides visitors through the remote region. The piece portrays the village, its rail access, and the preacher’s aim to blend Ojibway traditions with white norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiannce
Munising
New Munising
Bluff
Nah-be-nay
Thomas Nah-be-nay
Marquette
Lake Superior
Tecumseh
Pontiac
Charles Burr Todd
The
American Magazine
A Dog That Delivers Papers in Harlem
Edward Gallagher a Harlem news man relies on a large Newfoundland named Rex to deliver newspapers at dawn. Rex guides the routes, grabs papers in his mouth from Gallagher and serves customers on both sides of the street. Eddie says he could not reach all patrons without the dog’s aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Austin
London Times
Keats
Rome
Edward Gallagher
Harlem
Eadie
Rex
Eddie
New York
Stern
Boucicault Conducts Galateas at Madison Square Theater
The article profiles Boucicault directing a group of young actresses at the Madison Square Theater. It notes a Westward mix of students, their raw dramatic instinct, and Boucicault’s focus on natural acting and clear diction. Rehearsals run three to four days weekly with onstage cast practice and immediate feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Boucicault
Madison Square Theater
California
New England
West
Boucicault
Mr. Boucicault
Beck
Did You Ever Kill Anybody
A reflective column argues that many people harm others or themselves through everyday actions and attitudes. It provocatively asks readers to consider if they have "killed" someone through neglect, cruelty, or quiet daily torments, comparing social and domestic harm to hypothetical murder.
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Uurder
Yankee Blade
Curious Manistee Fish Featured in Chicago Menu
The Manistee fish, a rare Florida river species, was showcased in Chicago as a novelty on a restaurant bill. Described as large and wary, the fish reportedly grows to sturgeon size and is hunted by local spearfishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Manistee River
Florida
Life Is Fell of Misery and Engagement in City
A distressed mother asks her daughter about her head while the girl laments misery. The daughter explains Frank has left the city on business and will not return until tomorrow, suggesting their engagement remains in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Philadelphie
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Senator Evarts
Harner Beecher Stowe
Farmer Aulpertz
Center County
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Henry Warinen
Ansonia, Conn
Americus
Jewish Gazette
City of
Axwnaa Dirkinson
Joupce Annoy
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
St. Louis
Lana Rocswoop
Cortland
de. Chaslin
D. D
Groton
S&s
Willian Prescott
Bunker Hill
Rong Mossxan
Venada
J. GL. Marinewas
Warrenton
Mgr. Mathews
Eva Viassinere
Aman
Atlanta, Ga
M. Pasteur
Long Island
England
St. John
Mr. Sinjon
Salem
Edward Crowninshield
Youth
Manheim
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