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Oddball Snippets and Quips From a Late 19th Century Page
A collage of mismatched items from a 19th century paper notes curios, random facts, and society tidbits. It covers biographies, odd inventions, local curiosities, and brief social updates from New York, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Georgia
Astor
Nutchison
Danbury
Conn
Boston
Joseph
Johnston
North Carolina
Carlotta
Artemus Ward
Maine
Rhode Island
Non
Yelverton
China
Cambridge
Chicago
Cardinal Antonelli
Columbia
Tenn
Dawson
Detroit
Washington
Kaiser William
Griffin
Dinah Vick
Tennessee
Wilkie Collins
Atlantic
Jerusalem
Baroness de Rothschild
Iowa City
Maggie Mitchell
James Gordon Bennett
Montgomery
Alabama
Chattanooga
Gambetta
Caledonian Gold Reef
New Zeland
Geo. McDonald
Pittsburg
New Bedford
California
J. Walker
R.H. McDonald & CO
San Francisco
Cal
Commerce Street
New York