Curious Snippets From A Northern Paper Parade
A jumble of quips and puns from editorials and notices. Items reference Boston and Glasgow, Burns Monument subscriptions, rail depots, North Pole tales, dyspepsia linked to streetcars, and a Bombay pagoda subscription. Various witticisms touch on editors, temperance, manners, and odd provincial sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nace
Paris
Burns’ Monument Fund
Glasgow
Bay State
Massachusetts
Robinson Crusoe
Tarvyard
Hallfine
North Pole
Terr
Mississippi
Philadelphia Star
Towa
Lynch
Awny
Milwauker
Chicago
Fhe
Zuyder Zee
Dusuguse
Thousan
Avermono
Trevor
Bombay
London
Vishnu
Siva
First Notable Torpedo Attack by Glassell on Ironclad Trentsides
John G. Barnwell recalls an 1863 Charleston harbor torpedo assault described in Lippincott's Magazine. Lieutenant Glassell and crew piloted a cigar boat toward the ironclad Trentsides, aiming to lodge a torpedo under its hull at night in slack water amid fog and darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Barnwell
Lippincott’s
Charleston Harbor
Glassells
Virginia
United States Navy
Glasselly
Charleston
gillantDon
Fort Sumter
Gallant rescue amid a daring river attack at sea
The event recounts a sudden nighttime boat assault on a ship. The attackers fire buckshot and a torpedo, the ship fires back, water and flame pour over the bow, a fireman and pilot abandon the boat, and the Glassells bravely survive with marines aiding. The pilot swims back, both return to the city, and Glassells is hailed as gallant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watch
Glassells
Glassels
The First Autumnal Cyclone on the Southern Coast
A report from New York Herald notes the first autumnal cyclone approaching the Southern seaboard, tracing its path from West Indian waters across the Gulf to Georgia and the Carolinas. It discusses forecasts, wind speeds, and calls for telegraph-based windward intelligence to improve advance warnings for ships along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indian
Eastern
Gulf
Georgia
Carolinas
Lakes
South Atlantic
Savannah
Charleston
Virginia Capes
Tropics
Alantic
Signal Bureau
West Indies
Washington
N.Y
German Prejudice Against Potatoes
The article notes German bias against potatoes due to their high water content and low starch. It contrasts French and Italian bean consumption, cites Dioscorea japonica as a potential substitute, and quotes Voigt Mulder Leidinfrost on potatoes weakening physical and mental traits, linking nourishment to social change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Italy
China
Museum of Natural History
Paris
Carl Voigt
Toland
Mulder
Leidenfrost
Deathbed Request Reveals Dissipated Life
In a hospital ward, a dying man named Jack urges his friend Dick to obtain a drink of whisky, not common whisky but a specific remedy. Despite hospital rules, Dick secures the whisky and two days later Jack dies, illustrating the old adage of a ruling passion lasting to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack ‘Emple
Dome
Jack
Ember
Lippincott
Lois
Women soldiers in history and legend across eras
A survey of women who dressed as men and fought, from Amazons to Marguerite of Anjou and Joan of Arc, through Norwich maidens, Anne Sophia Ditzlein, and soldiers in the French Revolution, Peninsular War, and Franco-German War, noting brigadier roles and honors such as the Legion of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonowens
Siam
Marguerite of Anjou
Countess de Montfort
Joan of Arc
Saragossa
Anne Sophia Ditzleilin
Colberg
Prince Frederick
Cuirassiers
Kunersdorf
Bunberg
Grenadiers
Torgau
Isla de Leon
Treader
Seventy-ninth Foot
London
Leipsic
Lorraine
Legion of Honor
Chambers’ Journal
John Bulls Morals On Barmaids And Publican Society
A column criticizes barmaid culture and liquor industry in England, warning of barmaid shows and publican excess as demoralizing for women. It contrasts British practices with American standards, urging vigilance at home and reform of law enforcement. The piece includes a quip about schooling and a rural exchange on teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
London
Ieaven
Jonathan
Reddy
Uquor
England
Perdition
Americ
Barnard
John
F. Herald
New Caledonia as a Model for Reforming Society
Article describes Balarde, the penal colony in New Caledonia, housing about ten thousand exiles under French guard. It outlines the island’s geography, coral reefs, two main channels, historic explorations, native population decline, missionary influence, and its potential as a paradise for experimental reform and a model community with abundant resources and metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Australia
New Caledonia
Balarde
Captain Cook
Mary
Trench
French pact frays as Gambetta denounces assembly collapse
The Bordeaux pact frays with Gambetta denouncing the Assembly from Grenoble and turning sharp against Conservatives. Thiers contemplates removing Gambetta allied mayors while debates over strategy and power unfold, amid broader political and journalistic commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
France
M. Gambetta
M. Thiers
Assembly
Grenoble
M. ‘Thiers
Fou Furieux
Thiers
Gambetta
Gandetta
M. de Mazade
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Loire
Frederic Charles
Glycanin and home remedies for cures and poisons
An old list of beverages and preparations describes glycanin as a glycerine egg yolk mixture for wound healing. It mentions a calomel and flour poison for mice, a suggested smallpox scarlet fever remedy with zinc digitatis and sugar, and celery as a nervine. It adds a Germany Belgium washing formula, a grain bushel rule, Perry Davis’s Pain-Killer endorsement, and praise for Walker’s California plant tonic with various claimed cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digitatis
Practical Farmer
Germany
Belgium
Ammons
England
California
Weavinhood
Waard
Watkins
United States
Missippu
Ma Ouri
Minow
Penarety
Cumberland
Arkansas
Red
Colorado
Dragon Grande
Pea
Mariana
Savannah
James
Amann
Mercanal AG
Watree
Wasnisr Partons
Walker
California Vinegar Bitters
de Warste
Wackee
Jawalker
Prop
R. RI
McDonald & GO
Gen
San Francizco
New York
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Hobson
National School
Pye
Wasimaron Ciry
Poison “Vy
Bigelow
Weert
Perry Davis
Galen
Jenner
America
Ins Geneva Conference
Enghind
Alabama
Parnen
Ayain
Franklin
Charles IE. Brigham
Yale
Fowler
Wood and Holbrook
Laight Street
John 33
Alden
Tostetter
Malarion Jimmense
Osteter
D. Ransom, Son & CO
Buinto
Jayne
Wits Paper
Ghallenge
Allen
Tennessee
Sparnamena
Tenn
Pieasa
Nurs, Hort & Tanner
J. N. Harris & CO
Cincinnati
Hyvernad
Ainer
Will
Wuel
Saint Louis
HY. Benjamin
St. T. Louis
Chang
A. Coulter &O
Charlotte, Mich
A. N. Johnson
Cannon & Co . Publianers, Cincimati
Wayne
Juniver
Acktath
H, Beata & Co
St. Lous
Pe Eureka
HL. Stoxk € Co
Scranton
Maeno
Lyg
J. C. Tilton
Pittsburgh
Joe Tantend
Russell
W. Powritt
Thera Y
Elventiura
Haven & CO
Chaelinatl
G. Stinson & Co
Portland
Aintue
Radway
Mashray
Haleanwiy
Pever
Rapway
Pines
Vitor
Way
Radway & CO
Warren St
Gina
DR. Whittier
NEW York Observer
Sidney FE
Morsey& Coo
Park Row
DOD
Dobson
Haynes
St. Loui
Chunctt
Spcelman
Joan Chuuncit & Co
Cinehinatl
Orass
Secomn € Co
Boston
Miss
St. Louis
Tnlon Pacific
Millbron
Foote
Lexington
New York City
Louis
Néotar
Ut Auce
Ahlen
Palmer
Geo. F. Root
Nees
Sia
Speehuen
Creenete & Co
Commercial & Telegraph College
Sth
Olive Streets
Jonathan Jodks
W.johnson
Beutzzs
David
United
Williams
Pr. Whit
Anl
Dobe
Wasty
Fyfthrbirt
Prof. Fowler
Na+TIONAL PUBLISHING CO
Ctor
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