Notable Suggestions for a Paget Marble Bust at London College
The Register reports the Tar Council of the College of Surgeons in London asked Sir James Paget to sit for a marble bust to honor his work revising and completing the catalogue of the pathological collection and other services. It also notes an Iowa man recovering from brain fever after his wife’s death could not recall burial details, and recounts Jefferson Davis’s last Cabinet meeting at a Washington Georgia home with a fort site and the pen Davis used. Also mentions a Sandwich Islands letter recalling a Franklin Johnson anecdote and Johnson’s reply.
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Tar Council
College of Surgeons
London
James Paget
Iowa
Jefferson Davis
Washington
Georgia
Stephen Heard
Davis
T. M. Green
Sandwich Islands
General Grant
U. S
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Johnson
Great Britain
Johnson
Local idea to fund Grant monument with coins
Tun Lowell Citizen proposes a national collection of twenty cent and three cent coins to melt into metal for a colossal statue. He argues the plan would mobilize public contributions and retire the numismatic nuisance by creating a monument of intrinsic value.
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Tun Lowell
Grant Monument Fund
Guard duty at Presidents graves earns mild praise from troops
A grim tour of duty at the graves of two ex presidents draws amused remarks from guards. One soldier says the shifts are short and the life preferable to barracks routine, with the men taking oddly to the quiet post amid mud and memory.
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Garfield
Bible Freedoms Grow In Italy And Canada Visit
Twenty five words, a century apart, trace Italy easing bans on Bible ownership once punished by prison and galleys. An Italian storefront shows bold depictions of scripture while a Toronto tale recalls Lord Houghton’s 1877 city tour and a cheeky question at a sacred edifice.
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Italy
Corso
Rome
Toronto
Lord Houghton
Beer brewing and salmon canning tales in late 19th century US
The article notes Harper’s Magazine on American beer industry growth from 13 million to over 18 million barrels between 1880 and 1885, with United States ranking third in production. It cites 2,191 breweries employing 26,220, averaging high wages, and explains lager versus ale terminology. It also recounts a San Francisco view that flowers affect courtship, a tale of George Francis Train inspiring salmon-canning in Oregon, and Train’s prominent yetDistinct economic foresight relationships.
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Harper's Magazine
United States
Great Britain
Germany
England
Salmon
Train
Ile
Omaha
Tobacco production methods described in mid 19th century
The article outlines how plug tobacco is made by stripping leaf blades from midribs, fermenting in heaps, and sweetening with molasses or fig glycerine, then pressing into square cakes. It also notes fine cut tobacco is produced by shredding heated leaves and flavoring with machinery into fine threads.
The Dream of Life by George D. Prentich
Poem recalls dreams of pleasure friendship and love as life flows like streams toward eternity. The speaker laments betrayal and earthly passions, longs for a heavenly world of truth and lasting light, and wishes to sever bonds to reach a blessed home on high.
Somnambulist banker caught in sleep theft saga
Edward Radcliffe exposes banker Burkley’s sleepwalking theft over five months. In a moonlit confrontation, Burkley is discovered hiding stolen notes under a lounge cushion. Radcliffe is offered marriage to Edna and made a partner in the bank, sealing the tale at the daughter’s wedding.
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John Burkley
Burley Bank
Edna
Edward Tadcliffe
Radcliffe
Ratcliffe
Barkley
Edward Radcliffe
Edna Barkley
Papa
Hal
Sue
Banker Barkley
Mr. Barkley
Idna
Ned
Darkley Bank
Peddler sells memorials from grief to strangers in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn peddler admits he targets grieving families by claiming to have a memorial for a deceased child. He explains he combs newspapers for notices, fabricates memorials, and sells them for five dollars each, paying fifty cents weekly, though costs run about a dollar. A New York Sun quote follows about a rich Frenchman disinheriting kin in his will.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
The benevolent editor George W. Childs praised by peers
In a Philadelphia Press Club gathering President Amos Cummings lauds George W. Childs as the most generous editor. He cites acts of salary protection for a retired editor, a sober drinker turned temperance lecturer, and a generous loan to Col. John W. Forney. The anecdotal tribute spans decades and highlights Childs kindness in corporate and personal realms.
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George W. Childs
Philadelphia Ledger
Amos Cummings
Press Club
Childs
Chills
Philadelphia
Legger
John W. Forney
Forney
Vporney
New York
A Seven Year Sleeper and Star Dust from Space
A defunct desert snail at the British Museum slept through its voyage after being mislabelled in London in 1546. The piece shifts to two Russian astronomers detailing meteoric matter falling to Earth, its dusty interstellar origin, and the ongoing cosmic drift that adds nearly five thousand pounds hourly, shaping Earth over eons.
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Ephesus
Cornhill
Egypt
England
London
British Museum
Solar System
Earth
Arctic
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Sim
The Ice Man Relents for a Sick Friend in Texas Siftings
A scarcity of ice finds a man asking for a dime worth for a sick friend. The ice seller grants a chunk after the appeal. Exiting, the customer reveals the ruse and declares he felt ill only to obtain ice. Nearby Georgia features a blue lake called Lavy Lake, described as a rook shaped body of water.
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Georgia
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Wales
Lloyd's
Genevieve Ward
New Zealand
Tuowss
Barney Alprich
Church of England
San Francisco
George D. Prentich
George W. Symonds
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