Oddities and anecdotes from a bygone era in brief
A miscellany notes curious facts from culture and nature. It cites Marlborough women in England, California housing Chinese women, three barkingless dog varieties, Surinam lantern fly eyes, a giant tortoise of Walter Rothschild, and Paderewski’s piano feats. It also mentions a spring turkey with bell in New Jersey, Buddhist rock carvings, Swedish brides sharing bread, a sheep theft in England, a Chester woman aiding a tramp, Dutch Rosemary streets, and Indiana tribes exempt from laws.
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America
California
Thibet
Surinam
South America
Walter Rothachild
Philadelphia woman awarded damages for hand injury
A Philadelphia woman sued after a hand squeeze caused permanent injury and won $10,000 in damages. Admiral Kautz was exchanged from Richmond in Lincoln era, the first prisoner exchange approved by the president. The prince of Wales reportedly will quit yachting, having withdrawn from two clubs. Ida Grove Ohio digs a large well, 20 feet diameter and 26 feet deep, near the pampling station, with about 12 feet water. Ohio law allows Polish and German notices plus English, Bohemian publications may follow. Bohemian communities exist in Cleveland and Toledo. Mexicans bury their dead unconventionally with coffins wrapped in matting carried on heads.
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Kautz
Richmond
Lincoln
Ida Grove
Pampling Station
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
World livestock counts estimate huge animal totals
Estimates place global totals at 62,050,000 horses 195,150,000 cattle and 484,500,000 sheep reflecting large livestock populations across regions and markets.
Smuggling of Apparel Ordinance Sparks Cuban Protest
The Times of Cuba protests Havana’s new municipal ordinance requiring public wear of apparel over undershirts. It questions a possible Cuban American Pajama Trust influence and mocks residents with no undershirts. Cotton manufactures value in 1880 was 267,981,724 dollars with 14,188,108 spindles. current estimates place product value at 255,420,958 dollars despite growth in spindle numbers and capacity.
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The
Times of
Cuba
Havana
United States
Legal question on spendthrift status in Chicago will suit
In Chicago a probate case tests whether T. W. T. Palmer is a spendthrift after receiving $20,000 from his mother's will. Trustees claim he frittered away about $100,000 in two years and may prove a $59,000 stock loss in three months on the New York Stock Exchange, with the jury to decide if that defines spendthrift behavior.
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Chicago
T. W. T. Palmer
Benedict
New York Stock Exchange
Reward offer and medical cures in 19th century ad copy
A mixed compact item presents an advertisement offering a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure. It highlights Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from druggists and chemists, plus testimonials and price notes. The piece also includes a brief naval note from the London Daily News about Karlskrona and a line about ancient Roquefort cheese with a Boston Transcript quip.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney &Co., Propa
Toledo
F.J. Cheney
London Daily News
Gerzog
Distinct claim sparks dialogue in Brooklyn Citizen quote
A literary exchange quotes a gay coquette and a lovelorn caller with witty dialogue. The excerpt, attributed to Southey, segues to a moral reflection noting that a good and wise man may feel anger or grief, yet remains content when he fulfills his duty.
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Brooklyn
Southey
Peruna Sold As Absolute Cure For Summer Catarrh
The advertisement states cholera morbus cholera infantum summer complaint bilious colic diarrhoea and dysentery are all catarrh of the bowels. Peruna is presented as a universal remedy with Dr. Hartman claiming forty years of practice and a perfect record. Free literature titled Summer Catarrh is offered from Dr. Hartman Columbus Ohio.
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Richmond
Chicago
Ill
Hartman
Margaretha Dauben
North Superior St
Racine City
Wis
Peru
Columbus
Columbus, O
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