Sam Turner recalls Mayflower era and rail rates in New England
The Register notes Samara Adams Turner known as Squire Sam in Heath Scituate Mass recalls Ebenezer Cobb who died at 107 after talking with Mayflower descendants. It mentions two New England rail lines with two cent per mile passenger rates, a Maine poultry trick tying corn cobs to a leg, a Connecticut man’s woodchuck joke, Gen Kimball riding a war horse 25 years apart, a Boston yachtsman iron keel idea, and Crystal Lake springs creating boat buoyancy in Ravenna Ohio.
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Samara Adams Turner
Squire Sam
Heath Scituate
Mass
Ebenezer Cobb
Crystal Lake
Ravenna
Ohio
Berlin journal describes disinfecting compound for air purification
A Berlin journal describes a simple disinfecting compound for purifying the atmosphere. Oils of rosemary, lavender, and thyme are mixed with nitric acid in specific proportions to produce a vapor claimed to control offensive odors and ethylvia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Swiss watch for the blind aids time reading
A Swiss watchmaker invention equips a center peg on each hour. As the hour approaches, the peg for that hour drops after the preceding quarter passes. The blind user senses the peg, counts back to 12, and can tell the time within minutes. With practice, accuracy becomes almost exact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watcnomakers
Remarkable Walnut Imitation From Pine Wood
A recent advancement creates a convincing imitation of black walnut from pine. The process uses one part walnut peel extract to six parts water to coat the wood, then, as it half dries, a solution of bichromate or potash is rubbed on, producing a ready-to-use walnut appearance.
Monument Erected by Forty-Niner at Alameda
A 77 year old forty-niner died recently in Alameda California and left a marble monument bearing his name and birth and death dates. The epitaph notes travel on the first railway in England and sailing the Atlantic on the first steamship to cross the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huen Wurttrit
Alameda
Cal
England
Atlantic
El Dorado Pioneer Remembered in Personal History Sketch
Joan C. Fremont, 74, prepares a life history with his wife, reflecting on a trek over the Rocky Mountains to a new El Dorado forty years ago. The description recalls his health, vitality, and a youthful romance with Jessie Benton despite her father’s protests.
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Joan C. Fremont
Rocky Mountains
New
el Dorado
Jessie Benton
Lincoln Era Car Still Runs On Auburn Branch
The former presidential car No 540 used on Lincoln's Buffalo to Albany journey to Washington remains in regular operation on the Auburn branch of the New York Central Railroad. Decorated with a national flag, Lincoln and Washington portraits at opposite ends, the car dates from February 1861 and was prepared for the President. Governor Gordon, in Philadelphia, says Georgia’s colored people are advancing with education, and educated black citizens strive to own homes and become self-respecting and better citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Buffalo
Albany
Washington
Auburn
New York Central Railroad
Lincoln
Gov. Gordon
Philaddelphia
Georgia
Emperors riches and forests in early 1900s notes
The article catalogs Francis Joseph I as Asia Europe’s wealthiest monarch with immense revenues and royal titles. It then shifts to U S forest data showing Florida holding 56.7 percent forested land and Minnesota leading growth, with Arkansas California and Oregon matching acreage. Mexico expedition confirms Sierra Madre volcanic eruption near Bavispa causing lava flows, ashy destruction, and the demise of Bavispaia.
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United States
Forestry Division
Florida
Minnesota
Arkansas
California
Oregon
Government of
Mexico
Sierra Madre
Bavispa
Bavispaia
Riches by Advice from Rich Men on Boston Herald Page
The Boston Herald asked several affluent figures for wealth tips. Barnum urged frugality and avoiding rum and tobacco. Butler endorsed improved real estate with cash and notes. Faxon preached sobriety industry economy and faithfulness. Wiman cautioned against speculation and urged honest work. Asa Potter advised a congenial, industrious, temperate business. Pillsbury urged hard work temperance and self‑assessment. Tussell Snee echoed Polonius to Laertes and predicted wealth with disciplined living.
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Boston Herald
Barnum
Gen. Butler
Faxon
Erastus Wiman
Asa Potter
Miller Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Tussell Snee
Polonius
Laertes
Execution in Japan described in Gentleman's Magazine narrative
The piece recounts a brutal Japanese execution observed in Yokohama with bandaged eyes, a crowd’s callous humor, and a swordsman ritual that ends with decapitation and display of the severed head. The observer notes merciful but prolonged preparations and vivid, troubling details.
Fashionable Follies and Social Masks in Bath
The piece reflects on 18th century social signaling through dress and speech. It contrasts Bath’s familiar symbols of status such as Nash's suits Raleigh's pearls and Adandy's coat with newer, more demure modern manners, noting how attire reveals rank from bankers to physicians and footmen.
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Bath
Mr. Nash
Raleigh
St. Paul’s
Ranelagh
Adandy
Nostradamus
Silvertongue
Browdbent
No. The Old Man and the Humorist Tale
A humorous office anecdote centers on a dour editor who despises newspaper jokes. He brings in a bizarre gag including an enormous egg and millet used to amuse a columnist. The joke about Matilda’s dress and tariffs meets mixed reception. The editor confesses theft, facing death soon after, with a Burdette quote on conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall-Corn and Silo
Matilda
Sile
Bob Burdette
Modest MP Compared With Our Time
A line from All the Year Round contrasts a MP with many postal franks and a mind given to misdeeds with the modest modern MP, highlighting changes in demeanor and duties across eras.
Sapphire Gems Draw Exploiters To Siam Mines
A native hunter unearthed sapphires in Siam inspiring a rush to Battambong and Chautaboon. Miners conceal gems while some prove highly valuable. one rough stone fetched 15 000 in Calcutta after offers of 500 and 7 500 elsewhere. The largest found weighed 370 carats rough yielding 111 carats cut. Ruby onyx and jade occur but lack value.
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Siam
Rangoon
Calcutta
Battambong
Chautaboon
Chantaboon
Progress of the Negroes to a higher civilizational plane
The Savannah News notes slow but steady advancement of African Americans toward parity with whites while maintaining a segregating line. It predicts growth of wealth and professional classes within the Black community in the South, with eventual presence in all professions and businesses as they remain in the region.
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Teven
South
Savannah News
Dem
Hats as Personality Indicators in Men's Fashion
A St Paul Globe column argues that men's hat styles reveal character. Silk hats signal financial ability, the derby shows energy and adaptability, while the slouch hat embodies American democracy and sociability. Hat wearers’ posture and orientation reflect self-esteem and independence, with caveats for nonconformists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Globe
A Terrible Chamber of Torture in a Quay Tower
The passage describes a ground floor chamber in a crenulated quay tower housing a long stone table used for torture. It recounts bindings, the hanging chain and hook, and infamous instruments and methods applied to victims like Rayaillac, Damiens, Desrues, Cartouche, and de Brinvilliers, with lurid details of water torture, saws, irons, and blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayaillac
Damiens
Rayuillne
Desrues
de Marchioness de Brinvilliers
Despairing shrieks Amid City Riverfront Memory
Hugo memoir excerpt paints a vivid urban scene with a tormented man’s cries outside, hurried citizens, women and children, sellers, and boats on the river. The description highlights the roar of city life under sunlit liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hugo
A Valuable Enemy in Lumpkin Battle of Hall and Driver
A Kentucky horse driver in Lumpkin County Georgia boasts of whipping any foe but meets his match in Old Hall a lean vicious local who defeats him in a brief fight. Hall then stands his ground as other locals threaten to join, while Hall vows to defend his reputation against the boastful challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumpkin County
Georgia
American Magazine
Old Hall
Hall
Old Lumpkin
Berrien
Loundes
Heller
The Arab and His Donkey in Egyptian Travel
A Scribner's Magazine essay celebrates the Arab donkey bond on a journey to Abou-Seer. It notes the donkey's patience under harsh sand, rough driving, and daily care by a devoted driver. Mutual affection, comic tenderness, and shared routine emerge in vivid human and animal portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Writing of
Egypt
Scribner's Magazine
Abou-Seer
How He Beat the Town with a Broken Sidewalk Tale
A traveling man recounts suing a Western town for 5000 after a foot injury from a broken plank sidewalk. He later slips on stone pavement, is fined for head injury, and reveals his motive was the financial difference plus an elopement with the mayor’s wife. Local papers note an ice cream shopkeeper watching youth enjoy themselves.
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Newman Independent
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Fifty Third Regiment of
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Boston
Eduoard Moxrcomsay
Nick Jordan
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Ivory
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