Notable Odds and Ends From a Busy Era
A roundup of short items includes Beecher’s lecture cash, a Brooklyn merchant’s death, Rear Admiral Landa’s retirement, French rifle trials, Edison’s chandelier idea, an insane patient muzzled in Indianapolis, Claire Young’s capture, BanCroft’s eighty third birthday, carp and alligator lore in Florida, Major Penn’s evangelistic converts, Belgium bells for Philadelphia church, and various political, legal, and strange local incidents across the United States.
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James
Godfrey
Brooklyn
Joshua Landa
United States Navy
Claire Young
Young Brothers
Texas
George Bancroft
Emoath
Railroads and political reform noted in 1853 surveys
The selection quotes editorials on railroad rate uniformity and state versus federal power, calling for investigations into public officials and praising measures to curb railroad profiteering. It also references political shifts and frontier views amid national debates on unity and governance.
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Senatorial Committee
Medill
Chicago Tribune
Vote for Baker and the soil moisture guide excerpt
Sir Humphrey Davy noted fertile soils that absorb air moisture and retain moisture when exposed to sun useful for selecting fields for premium crops. The text warns against misidentifying drainage, advising careful field choice for sowing seeds. It also mentions rumors among colored politicians about nominating register Bruce and elevating a class member to vice president.
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Humphrey Davy
Register Bruce Asdview
Fred Douglass
Louisville
Skeleton of Guiteau Exhibit Draws Crowds at Army Medical Museum
The Times-Democrat reports the display of Charles Guiteau’s skeleton at the Army Medical Museum in Washington. A skull skin preserved in alcohol and a cremation note accompany the exhibit with minimal labeling. The museum plans to attract spectators next week.
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Washington
Chas. J. Guiteau
Garfield
Army Medical Museum
Guiteau
Vote for Mat thews in Victorian coastal politics
The Villard newspaper party reached Victoria where Hon Wim. Smith, Prime Minister, declared that annexation of any part of British Columbia to the United States was impossible but foresaw time altering this and possibly annexing part of the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
British Columbia
San Francisco
Columbia
Villard
Victoria
Wim. Smith
Pacific Coast
Politeness Begins at Home Instructs Youth
A civic exhortation urges boys and girls to cultivate courtesy and propriety first at home in the sitting room and kitchen. It warns that politeness shown only in public is hollow and that true grace should be natural and constant, not merely a social impression.
Vote for An drews in LaFayette election
A short prompting call urging residents of LaFayette to support An drews and avoid leaving a Democrat unsatisfied with voting. The message stresses that no Democrat should fail to back their ticket.
Hamp ton votes spurred by late sculptor Clark Mills
In a Seattle style note, the article recalls Clark Mills the sculptor recently deceased. It highlights his pecuniary approach to education for his children. Mills favored frugality and self reliance, sending his sons to Munich to study while keeping budgets tight to teach economy and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Mills
Febildren
Himin
Munich
Economic contrasts in a foreign city and student life
An opinion contrasts living costs in a city with free art and compares American and German student budgets. It notes that what a U.S. college student wastes could support an art student in Germany, and discusses parental allowance for clothing and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Railroads Devour Passenger Baggage in Fiendish Rampage
In a chaotic rail tale, a baggageman roped trunks for a quarter, smashing luggage with a cruel flourish. Passengers watch as trunks shatter, timetable unchanged, while officials and riders lament the carnage of modern travel.
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Gageman
Texas
Baggageman
Saratoga
Tyria
Sidon
Rome
Fishes Fall Like Rain Across Mexican Coast
Reports from the coast of Mexico near Vera Cruz describe a shower of live fish causing alarm. A similar episode near San Luis Potosi sparked superstitions about the end of the world. Scientists theorize the fish were lifted and transported by air from brackish ponds, possibly thirty miles. Similar events in India and Wales are noted.
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Mexico
Vera Org
San Luis Potosi
Wales
India
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Sardie
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Oexmnat Sure
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Main Street
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Attorney AT Law
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Miss
C. L. Carter
Oxford, Mi&s
Attorney
John H. Kimmons
Attorns
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Stowers & Pettis
A. J. Baker
Miss. A
W. H. Garothers, JR
Taylors DE Pov
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Jas. G. Trigg
Correspondance Soliciter
J. T. Hamblet
Water Valley, Mississipri
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Xford
Norway
Henry Ward Beecher
Mia Edison
Indianapolis
Florida
The
Fish Commission
Major Penn
Belgium
Holy Triity Church
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Pacific
Astery
New York
Conkling
Platt
Treasury Deartment
Asong
Free Trade Conference
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Col
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Des Moines
Iowa
Boston Transcript
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Lincoln
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Douglass
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Ala
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Natches Democrat
Brewton
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Congress
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Waldin
Times-Democrat
Matthews
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Southern Musical Journal
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Texas Silving
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