Traced by a Bluebottle Fly and Other Odds and Ends
A collection of short anecdotes including a naturalist using a bluebottle fly to locate rats under a floor and reveal their precise location. Also notes on John Rich producing England’s first pantomime Harlequin Executed in 1717, and a few witty quips about cleverness and philanthropy. The passages mix humor, literary trivia, and social jests from historic sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Detective
New York Mail
John Rich
England
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Rich
Drury Lane
London
Washington people pay for inaugural celebration funds
Washington reporters note Congress gave no funding for presidential inauguration, leaving locals to raise the sums required. The fund totals 86,160 dollars with 82,187.50 already paid, and the Pension Bureau looms as the assured site for the inaugural ball. Also reported are pension grants to several individuals in New Jersey towns and a parliamentary shift as Rep Wood takes a seat on the Claims Committee. Rev E F Garrett visits Washington en route to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Pension Bureau
Howell
Henry A. Tolbert
Barnegat
Committee On Claims
Georgia
Mr. Tolbert
Gardner
Jennie M. Stevens
John Barry
Robert R. Nible
Vineland
Mary J. Craig
Eldredge
Joseph T. W. Finnaman
Ocean City
William Bedle, Jr
Keyport
Thomas McCormick
Elizabeth
Clarissa W. Ackley
Manasquan
Farmingdale Grange
Loudenslager
Samuel McLaughlin
South Fourth Street
Camden
Charles Johnson
Alloway
Representative Wood
Trenton
Lilley
Connecticut
E. F. Garrett
New Brunswick
Virinia
Garrett
William O. Daniel
N. J
George Urban
Princeton
New Hampshire
Constitution
Origin of Old Glory and its private arms
reminiscences of Lord Ronald Gower recount the origin of the United States flag from a 1622 brass in Northamptonshire and Washingtons private heraldry. It notes the shift from crosses to stars in 1777 and claims the symbol became a national emblem through private arms adopted by Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Gower
American Republic
Northamptonshire
Robert Washington
Washington
United Colonies
Will of a Father Leaves Money to Asylum
A dialogue notes a father finishing his will and leaving all his funds to an asylum for "hopeless diets." The excerpt appears in Tit-Bits and the nearby Cass County Democrat urges readers to supply fresh news, while the HVHNING NEWS claims over 20,000 local readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Cass County
Democrat
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New York
Smith Street
R&g
Poets’ Hospital
J. Kreielsheimer & Son
Perth Amboy
Deiches Bros
Astrachan
State St
H. Philo
The
Wo. H. McCormick
Perth Amboy, N. J
Nathan Jacobson
Smith St. I. Singer, Prop
Jersey
Roger
Mary
Harper’s
Tommy
Jane
Boston
WM. Murdoch
Percale
Madras
Oxford
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hilsdorf’s Grocery
Best N
A Gamera
Phonograph
Eastman
Edison
Waterman
A. A. Waterman
All-Eaton-Hurlbut
Dennison
Elizabeth Novelty Co
State’ St
Perth Amboy, NJ
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