Giants of Patagonia and the Patagonian peoples
The piece surveys tall tales about Patagonian giants from explorers like Drake and Darwin, noting wildly varying height claims and the likelihood that giants never existed. It discusses Patagonian tribes, their customs, decadence under civilization, and the Pampas Patagones subdivided into four groups. It also shifts to anecdotes about actor William J. Florence, including a dying act of charity, and ends with a quip about society’s needs.
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Patagonia
Toree del Puego
Lees
Mayne Reid
Robinson Crusoe
Millizeo of
Heya
Diane
Patagonian
North America
Santa Cruz
Punts Arenas
Pampas
Patagones
Fannie B. Ward
Generals Jackson politest man Crockett ever met
Judge Bage quotes James E Murdees recounting Davy Crockett’s story of meeting President Jackson at the White House. Crockett recalls Jackson offering a drink without glasses, handing him a demijohn, and turning away until Crockett finally said “Bob,” calling Jackson the politest man he had ever known. Cincinnati Times Star report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Bage
James E. Murdees
Biu
David Crocxett
Crocxett
Murdoch
Crockett
Gen. Jackson
Jackson
White House
Bob
Cincinnat
Timestar
The Chicago Tribune Excerpts And Johnson Anecdotes
The piece compiles a fragmentary set of anecdotes and dramatic dialogue including a tense request from a young man to a woman, a Nashville revisit with Andrew Johnson and Laura Carter Holloway, the unveiling of Johnson monument in Greeneville, and a humorous office card at the Big Four. The fragments mix literary dialogue, Civil War era recollections, and light social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Capt. Holloway
Federal Army
Medora Carter
Major Stevens
Johnson
Greeneville
Laura Carter Holloway
Chicago Tribune
Supt
Bender
Chicago
Big Four Lines
A Thoughtful Suggestion and Other Humorous Snippets
A collection of light verse and quips from 19th to early 20th century papers. Included are river rescue one liners, tobogganing verse, fashionably styled canes, election gibes, social banter, and playful dialogue about luck, love, and everyday life. The snippets feature named papers and period voice with brief punchlines.
New Jersey's Changing Shape Stirs Geological Debate
A Record inquiry quotes geologist J. Peter Leslie on New Jersey's shifting size. The eastern shore sinks one to two feet per century while rainfall drains land toward rivers at about one foot per five centuries. Storms erode coast, but tidal currents may add area, making net change hard to judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
J. Peter Leslie
Hudson
Delaware
Philadelphia
The Czar and the Unworn Field Marshal Badge Tale
The article notes the Czar owns forty four uniforms and has never worn the Buselan field marshal outfit, vowing to don the insignia only after the rank is conferred following a victorious war. It mentions Jay Gould as a cigar connoisseur, a chicken feeding machine from Connecticut, and a giant chicken ranch on a Puget Sound island. It also reports an egg in Newburyport News with gold specks, and a Portsmouth woman finding a one cent piece in an egg followed by another with a ten cent piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery
Willian J. Florence
Donpellan
Florence
Philadelphia Inquirer
Laura
George
Chicago Tribune
Hen
Montreal
Aman Io
Connecticut
Bellingham Bay
Puget Sound
Iisa
Newburyport News
South Stockbridge
Portsmouth
N. H
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Wone
Andy Johnson
Nashville
Ben Truman
Andrew Johnson
St. Cloud Hotel
Summer Street
Browning
Sam Carter
Sam
Ove Dey
Gen. Dumont
Attleboro Chronicle
Bruce Hannah
Dass
Hannah
Mao
Antonio
Herald
Dakota
Beatt
Somerville Journal
Albuquerque
Yonkers Gazette
Hunker
Miss Scadds
Jack
Tom
Harper's Bazar
Harper’s Bazar
Rasper
Dryenforth
Sawyer
Wayback
Eldora
Ian
Mr. Clark
Clark
Willie
Olid Porkrich
Mrs. Porkrich
Elwin
Czar
Jay Gould
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L. W. Randolph’s
West Front St
Plainfield, N. J
Rogers Bros
Jan
Priges
barGo
Mason’s Materials
Park Avenue
Miller Building
Elgin
Utter
United Tea and Coffee Growers Association
West Front Street
Elk Wood
West Second Street
J. B. “Miller
M. Ulrich
Crescent
Plainfield Produce
Ratitan Mills
North Avenue
Rk. J. Shaw
Shaw
Front Street
Ya Espin Oe Gas A. M. Griffen
East Front ST
Methler
O. M. Dunham’s
Derby
Coal & Blood
E. H. Holmes
Lehigh Coal
W. & B. Yard
Madison Avenue
A. D. Cook & Bro
Lehigh
D. J. Boice
John H. Sayres
New Goods
East Front Street
M. J. Coyne
East Fourth ST
Tyr
New York
Somerville
Easton Malia
A.d
Clowe
Trenton
Dr. Mu
Bunday Maila
B. R, Pope, P.M
John Johnston
South Avenue
John N. Schenck
Manning Ave
Plainfield
My. Leal’s School For Boys
John Leal
Collier
Optician
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