Billiard shot and global notes amid mid century chatter
The item recalls a billiards mishap on a Sunday as Srosson plays at 45 degrees, a narrative fragment from The Register. It surveys Irish juries, debt imprisonment in England, and territorial admits, then shifts to Uriah Wolseley’s Irish birth and a long career, plus remarks on Utah New Mexico Washington and Dakota statehood and the Lick Observatory project, ending with Blaine in Augusta and an English fashion note on the word smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srosson
San Francisco
Utah
New Mexico
Washington
Dakota
Wisiine
Granite State House
Augusta
Blaine
Senate
Kennebec Journal
Hall of Delegates
First Railways and Pioneers in Britain and America
A compact history traces wooden rails in 17th century collieries near Newcastle to England’s first sanctioned iron line the Surrey railway in 1801. It covers Trevithick’s locomotive in 1802, the Stockton and Darlington’s 1825 general-traffic start, and the Liverpool and Manchester line’s 1830 completion, then notes American early rails by Gridley Bryant and Col. Perkins at Quincy in 1826, the Mauch Chunk line, and early Baltimore and Ohio and Mohawk and Hudson milestones through 1831.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle-upon- Tyne
Surrey
Thames
Wandsworth
Croydon
Richard Trevithick
England
Merthyr-Tydvil
Stockton and Darlington
Edward Pease
George Stephenson
Liverpool and Manchester
Gridley Bryant
Col
T. H. Perkins
America
Quincy
Mass
Mauch Chunk
Lehigh River
Maryland
Ellicott’s Mills
Honesdale
Delaware and Hudson Canal
Mohawk and Hudson
Charles Dickens on punctuality and earnest effort
A meditation on habit discipline and focus. Dickens argues that success comes from steady hard work and wholehearted dedication. He dismisses flashy talent as insufficient without perseverance and insists on giving full effort to every task, large or small.
Huff and Tiff Runway Romance Turns to Riches
Huff and Tiff Thwaite, young lovers in New Lancaster, wed despite opposition and soon face hunger and hardship. A rash scheme, pin money, and a lucky purse rescue them as Esther thwarts despair with a dramatic family twist, Father’s pardon, and a grand reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Featherly
Thwaite
Huff
Victor Hugo
Tiff
Mrs. Thwaite
Europe
Huff Thwaite
Tift
Moses
Hugo
Tam
Tiff Thwaite
Goose
Esther
Will
Miss Thwaite
Will Thwaite
Chicago
Papa
John
Bessie
Jose A. Lathrop
Harper's Weekly
Culinary Recipes and Food News From 1882 Minnesota
The item lists recipes for cakes pies and desserts including Kitchen Sponce Cake Scorcu Cake and Fruit Prr with detailed ingredients and directions. A separate note reports that over 9 000 new farms were started on Government lands in Minnesota and Dakota during the year ending June 30 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakota
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Register
Co. W. Slater, Pustisnen
Ireland
Tur Lick
San Jose
Garnet Wolseley
Commad
Egypt
Sir John Cheape
Myalloon
Sebastopol
Lucknow
China
Canada
Red River
Riel
St. Michael and St. George
India Office
Ago
Tony
Javer Baxter
United States Circuit Court
Ohio
McCoy
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
United Railroad
Baxter
Charles Dickenson Industry
Imp
Hell
Cambridge Tribune
Huff and Tiff
Mrs. Browning
Hnuff
Mrs. Tiff
Brian
Roman Puxcu
Jamaica
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