Southern Songs and the Legacy of Dixie Dialect
An analysis of southern dialect songs and the composers who shaped them. The piece surveys Foster, Hare, Emmett, and others, noting how white composers used dialect, the spread of Dixie tunes across Europe, and the cultural impact on minstrelsy. It cites specific works like Old Kentucky Home and Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Favorthe
Sevthers Cocapeuces
Dixies Land
Ercumert
Fars
Fars Row
Ballie
Reided Furs
Reided Furs | Nuunber
Saure
Ben
Tepetatron
Europe
Porthern
Foster
Ohio
Kentucky
S Hare
Marster
Africa
Massa
Darky
Texas
Hoyt
Dixie
Emmett
Leon
Mopey
Washington Post
Early stoves and a trunk with pasted labels
The article recalls early attempts at iron stoves including Polignac and Franklin designs progressing to coal burning. It then shifts to a Chicago woman’s trunk repair tale where a workman reaffixes torn travel labels, sparking the owner’s distress as she departs for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Europa
Ranolphetree
Loncos
Paris
Herlin
Vienna
Rome
Constantinope
Cairo
Pest
Fragmented OCR Note With Nonsensical Phrases
A garbled OCR passage mixes names and terms like Ocala and Chicago with stray phrases. It reads as an unreadable composite of words and partial sentences, lacking coherent events, dates, or clear entities to summarize into a news item.
Unorthodox Hemedy and a Parson Pig Prayer Tale
A humor piece from The Suodsy Magazine recounts a superstition tale where a parson prays over a pig to test if it lives or dies. The story contrasts credulity with ritual around healing and belief, then shifts to a personal anecdote about a boy injuring a nail in wood and his father teaching consequences of wrong acts with a lesson about choices and honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suodsy
S. Baring-Gould
Mars
Chinea
Arfrican Iskes
J. B. de Motte
John
How She Fixed It by Mrs Billtops Watch Repair
A New York Sun piece recounts Mr Billtops praising his wife Mrs Billtops for fixing a stopped watch with a penknife. He lists numerous household repairs she handles and bets she would repair ordinary watches up to four to five dollars without hesitation, though pricier chronometers might go to a jeweler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Billtops
Mr. Billtops
Mrs. Billitops
Malibran's Contralto Voice Charms Audiences Across Years
The article notes Malibran's contralto with soprano reach, allowing her to pass as a mezzo unexpected flaws hidden, and praises her unique quality and improvisations within tasteful bounds. It mentions her stage debut in 1824 and final appearance in 1836, shortly before death from carriage accident injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mailibran
Malibran
Blondin's Gath and Tour Preparations Revealed
Blondin's baggage details include a main rope of sixty feet and various gear. A traveling tent is described as capable of seating 24 000 people and valued at £1000, with three days needed for preparations aided by a dozen assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondin
Southampton
Melbourne
Chambers
English and French novels contrast in Passion and character
The article discusses the English and French novel traditions, comparing passion, character drawing, and narrative scope through Manon Lescaut and Robinson Crusoe. It cites The Saturday Review praising both works as masterpieces, noting Manon’s lifelike portraiture and Crusoe’s individual focus. It also comments on wartime cash hoarding and public finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Crus
Chevalier Des Grigux
Moon
Goyety
Crowne
Saturday Review
Gentlemen in Poker Gatherings Unmask a Habit
Two pedestrians near a semi business district house witness five men emerging and greeting each other with the term gentlemen. The writer notes amateur poker players call the group gentlemen to remind peers that dishonest tricks are not expected at the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilemen
Gentlenen
Neo
Chicago Herald
Smoked Parties in Constantinople and Odd Tales Told
In 1876 Eugene Schuyler, then U S consul general at Constantinople, hosted a European party with aromatic smoke in an octagonal hall. Guests puffed from agate mouthpieces as one American youth gasped of heaven, then a river of odd dialects described a lost encounter near Valerian Street. Also noted is a brief on early money's origins, citing Pheldon of Argon, with coinage spread in western Europe before Christ and England's first gold coins in the 11th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wight
Atver
Europe
Apari
Chambers
Eugene Schuyler
United States
Constantinople
Schuyler
Sala
Chappie
Repie
Maker
Pheldon
Argon
Western Europe
England
St. Lous Republia
Van Beest Trick and a Swindle Recounted in Odd Tales
A San Francisco Argonaut recounts William Bradford and Van Beest in a tale of a 60 loan, a counterfeit bill used to trick Bradford, and a $30 nets payment, followed by a boastful nonchalant reveal. The piece also includes a Humorous superstition vignette from Youth's Companion about signs at table and a meal shared with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Beest
William Bradford
New Bedford
Bradford
San Francisco Argonaut
Ear harp facts from 19th century Republic article
The piece describes a small stringed instrument called ear harps named after Corti. Each harp has four strings of varying length and thickness, with extremely thin components, claimed to vibrate in correspondence with sounds heard. It explains how vibrations travel to the brain via the auditory nerve, linking sound perception to the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eopic
Baing
Corti
St. Louis Republic
Stolen mare tale from an old Arabian text
A fragmentary quotation from Blackwood's Magazine recounts a daring theft of a mare in a desert setting. A narrator describes stealing the mare and her foal from a tent, evading pursuers, and the owner learning of the loss as the scene shifts through night and dawn with vivid, perilous detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saider
Blackwood
Geumeel
Tweedix
Acre
Seone
Bius
Tess
Meyer
Thas
Shabeka
Taxation Tales From France and the Decaying Bicycle Tax
A Paris budget report shows taxes on dogs clubs billiards and bicycles yield millions for the state. It notes 2 847 000 dogs taxed 283 400 club members and 299 bicycle owners in the Mont de Piété as well as poetic toils about horses and wheels under pressure of economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Waldeck- Rousseau
France
Mont de Piete
Arles
Casa
Ioan
New York World
Collingwood at Trafalgar described in vivid combat scenes
An excerpt recounts a Trafalgar era naval battle with description of the English admiral in his uniform and a dramatic charge by officers and sailors. The text mentions a heroism moment as waves of action unfold around cannon, boarding, and a tense contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingwood
Trafalgar
Anna
Knevdreeches
Eerne Bray
Macmaillan
Fragmented Exotic Rome and the Apennine Centerpiece
The excerpt traces a densely described Roman region and surrounding Apennine characteristics, noting geographic merge of Rome with central Italy, nested in a mosaic of historic and geological imagery. It mixes literary travel prose with cultural vignettes and appears to cite Contemporary Review passages and anecdotes about families and society.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polignac
Desangliers
London
Frankun
Frankin
Benjamin Thompson
Count Burford
Franklin
J. J. Moot
St Louis Republic
Itaranka
Sa Atroions
Library
Ouida
North American Review
Sam Bealous
Esmeriog
Sulin
Ralustorius
Mastuustand
Australia
Tina
Bayleh Creative York
Dros
Richmond
de Fontates
Mes
F.G. de Fontaine
New York City
rr-Confederate States
Folkai
Southern Historical Societies
Marsland
Aimedig
Iady
Weros
Valerian
Jess
Hiram Berry
Hiram
Mary
Aaron
Settman
Sia-Sa
Odofties OF Taxation
Mitdon
Cory
Italy
Aloe
Ruthe
Bayouss
Bonhaus
Lyons
Mametes
Cocsin
Wille
Braco
Feyland
Netherlands
Germany
Seine
Paria
Mont Deo
Geneve
Seite
Marne
Ourey
Vievre
Eline Heelus
Contemporary Review
Failadelphia Press
Royal Insurance Company
New York
Philadelphia Record
Cape Colony
Attica
Madagascar
Layard
Esmgbets Jcuursi
Etarol Rusia
Fredenscorm
Bow Strong
Albeston
Windsor Castle
Duke of York
Sandringham
Munich
Lavaria
Lohengrin
Ramiy
Beriin Nan
Hoe
Thames
Ike
Cieamwar
Majwsty
Abern
Cascell
Jonebal
Deztag
Adaume
Simnes
Kopa
Vischer
Seatty
Hormiess Tischer
Sam Pot
Tma
Pepe
Armand
Chicago Mail
Conan Doyle
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