Plexus of 19th Century Oddities and Notables
A miscellany notes India snakebite deaths and humane actions, Beso the 6'10" Georgia blacksmith, Herr Staude as Kaiser Wilhelm's barber, and Mr Saxrey planning a $25,000 YMCA library in Newcastle. It also mentions a Wuanscron judge fining beer thieves, uses of slag wool in building, a Sheridan joke, Carlyle letters in Harper's, and the Garfields' Cleveland residence with family details.
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Saxrey
Mr. Moody
Northfield
Newcastle
Pennsylvania
Young Men’s Christian Association
Europe
Moody and Sankey
French scientist Curevarc reaches century milestone breakfast routine
M Curevarc, the French scientist now in his 100th year, starts breakfast at 7 with two es, pate de volaille, and a pint of raffe au lait. He works through his day from 9, then has tapioca soup, a mutton chop, grapes, cheese, and water for dinner. He restricts to two meals daily, with twelve hours between, and avoids wine or alcohol.
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M. Curevarc
Eads abandons Brazil survey plans and returns retainer
James B. Eads abandons plans to survey bars at the Rio Grande mouth in Brazil. The government had paid him $10,000 with $15,000 promised on harbor improvement plans. To avoid health risks or jeopardizing his Tehuantepec ship railway project, he returns the $10,000 and stays in New York.
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Cart
James B. Eaps
Brazil
Rio Grande River
Capt
Eads
New York
Bewster’s Clerk Mystery in Doj Romance
The Washington Capital narrates a tale of Attorney General Bewster retiring from the Cabinet with a single request to his successor to retain a female clerk. The story recalls a young romance bookmarked by a declined proposal, later revived when she, now a widow in reduced means, sent congratulations. He then appointed her as a clerk and asked that she be left undisturbed.
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Gen. Sheridan
Phil
Gen. Sherman
Sheridan
Grant
Washington
Department of Justice
Bewster
Brewster
Hayden
Cavalry Tribute Arches Stir Pension Office Tour
A Congress member and former cavalry officer visiting the pension building fainted and was carried out by ambulance. He noted that the terra cotta bas relief frieze shows riders holding reins in the right hand. He argued a pension inquiry is needed to relieve the distress and quipped that a man who misdraws a bridle rein should not draw a pension or manage a pension office.
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Congress
Washington
Slag Wool Production Grows In Industrial Use
The THR report notes rising production of slag wool and its growing industrial applications. Strong steam jets convert slag into a fibrous whitish silicate cotton that is superal and incombustible like asbestos.
Rock painter George Mayer a German and devout cranksman
Connecticut papers profile George Mayer who paints on rocks across several states with the message Prepare for Eternity. He says he has inscribed 2700 sentences since January and saved 520 souls in Paterson New Jersey in one day. Mayer travels with paint and brushes, sleeps in barns, works for no pay, and follows what he calls the Lord's summons to paint whenever asked.
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Connecticut
George Mayer
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Paterson
Dirty Finery and the Dirty Finery of Society
A writer calls dirty finery the broader stain of dusted manners and polished appearances. Polished people with dishonest business habits and beautiful lives without virtue illustrate the term. The flaw spans politics and religion, where touting virtue masks neglect of duty, with "dirty finery" pervading society. The Georgia station name Mother Hubbardville is noted as a railway stop.
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Mrs. Brown
Merchant Traveler
Winter Blues In Town A Humorous Verse
A humorous verse from Harper's Magazine bemoans the cold city mood and missed matches. It recalls dances, fashion, and social longing among girls and bachelors, noting idle summers, waiting for a next season, and the lure of water and moonlight as hopes fade.
Prince Charming in a Country Romance
Myra Floyd yearns for city life on a sweltering farm day until Prince Charming arrives. Hayden and Matt Sedgewick complicate her emotions with flirtations and deception, leading to a dramatic chase and a final choice of love over fantasy. Myra’s revelation to Matt seals a country wedding, while Hayden bitterly reflects on being outwitted.
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Myra Floyd
Myra
Matt Sedgwick
Matt Sedgewick
Prince Charming
Tam
Father
Farmer Floyd
Matt
Hayden
Oscar Hayden
Old Floyd
Dentistry Sees Bite in Fashionable Cookery Change
The Argonaut notes a trend toward softer foods in high society meals such as soups stews boned braised and hashed meats soft biscuits and pastries reducing chewing and raising concerns among dentists who warn that teeth need hard materials to grow strong and durable.
Unconsidered Trifles and Market Land Offers
A miscellany of witty quips and notices. a Tand agent in Rome, Georgia seeks 100000 to 500000 acres of interspersed farm land for immigrants with timber, sourced from London. Lourillards ask 400000 for their Ochre Point house.
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Rome
Georgia
London
Tur Lourillards
Ochre Point
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the Register
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Ind
Philadelphia
Chicago
India
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German Empire
Herr Staude
Kaiser Wilhelm
Ems
Wuanscron
Conn
England
Harper's Monthly
Thomas Carlyle
Beverly Tucker
Carlyle
Adam
Mus
Garfield
Cleveland
Louisville
Euclid Avenue
Jolleb ON
Mand
Madda
Lillie
Viola
Narcissa
Beau
Araminta
Mnima
Serson
Harper
Clyde Raymond
Elma
Servikov
Norebt
Stepriak
Russia
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Virginia
Barney McAuley
Messenger
Jarvis
Bismarck
Cincinnati
Prince of Wales
Milwaukee
Wah Liuuig
Five Points
MeceChelan
Hancock
Mac
McClellan
Gen. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Bowery
Fallow
Gen. McClelland
Little Mac
Gen
Astor House
Peel
Hoston
Gazette
Onida
Fittsburgh Chronicle
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