Diverse 19th Century News Snippets From Various Institutions
A compilation notes amid 19th century items: US wine sacraments consumption. Amherst President Seel comment on college journalism. Rev T D Witherspoon elected Davidson College president. Tennessee public school stats by race. judge teaches independence to a New York teacher. Harvard Latinizes names in catalogs. Ashdon Baptist beans fund-raising, profits cited. tobacco use among Piqua boys in city schools. La Grange Female College students start a printing program for their campus paper.
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United States
Chicago Journal
Seel
Amherst
T. D. Witherspoon
Louisville
Davidson College
North Carolina
Tennessee
New York
N. Y. Sun
Harvard University
Banks
Chicago
The
Baptist Church
Ashdon
Eng
N. S. Examiner
Bennett
Piqua
ABC
Cleveland Leader
Young Ladies of
la Grange
Rentan
A Cat Donation Party Provokes Rat-Tormented Family Tale
A Norristown Herald item from Montgomery County recounts Mrs Smith hosting a dinner with twenty guests each gifting cats to combat rats. The tale spirals as guests bring many cats from common house pets to alley strays, raising caution about cat overflow and roving appetites.
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Norristown
Montgomery County
Max Adeler
Conshohocken
Philadelphia
Norristown Herald
Grandfather clocks and Coptic Church life in Egypt
The piece compares pendulum timekeeping and the old grandfather clock with a heavy uniform power to a modern spring driven grandson’s clock. It then surveys Coptic Church structure in Alexandria, its rites, languages, fasting, sacraments, and remarks on Saint George and a Cairo sight visit by Latin nuns.
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Theodore B. Wilson
Popular Science Monthly
Alexandria
Cairo
St. Mark
Peter
Lot
St. Anthony
Abyssinia
Iran
Vansteb
Siout
Virg N
St. George
England
George
Cappadocia
St. Athanasius
Harper’s Bazar
Not Dare Speak or Cavort Before I Married You
A fragment from a Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegram item features sharp dialogue between a wife and husband. The wife protests a rude address, and the husband retorts about behavior before their marriage, leading to a dramatic exchange.
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Zon
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telearanh
Wildcats for sale on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh
A Westmoreland man attempted to sell two wildcats to bystanders on Smithfield Street. He bragged the male weighed twenty three pounds and described the cats as fierce and well trained while detailing the capture method and price, which was declined by the onlookers.
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Pittsburgh
Westmoreland County
Leighton
Smithfield Street
Westmorland
Jim Dandies
Blaisville
Wal
Westmoreland Nimrol
Uite
Znitsburgh Dispatch
Strong at Eighty by a Self-Discipline Advocate
An older man credits exercise and a strict daily routine for his health and longevity. He details rising at six, riding, walking four miles, and a fixed diet avoiding alcohol and tobacco. He urges eight hours sleep and steady work, praising a civil code project and contrasting it with older lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere Yacinthe
Humorous Bits From The Era Of Roller Skates And Banter
A collage of humorous lines and quips from early newspapers. Jests about roller skating seasons, room sizes, manners, and slang. Snippets include a boy’s complaint about eye feet in a bed and a butcher’s dialect joke. The material reflects light satire and social humor of the period.
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Norristown
Seth Green Named Editor of The American Angler
Mr Seth Green renowned for pisciculture takes the editorial chair of The American Angler published in this city. Independent note confirms his appointment.
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Seth Green
Independent
Noted Writers and Artists Highlight Early 1900s Culture
A collage of remarks and anecdotes on Paris and London journalism, Rufus J. Childress the Louisville writer, Rufus Choate’s wit, Sarony the New York photographer, and discussions about "The Moneymakers" and "The Bread-winners." It also mentions David Kimball of Portsmouth and veteran policeman Richard L. Eldredge of New York, with Civil War Lafayette memories and the Helen Jewett case.
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Rufus J. Childress
Louisville
England
London
Ns Ts
Vegicirehneeeraes
America
Rufus Choate
N. Y
Mr. Sarony
New York
Ace
WN. F. T
Conn Martin
A. Foran
Cleveland
Chicago
Inter Ocean
David Kimball
Portsmouth
N. H
O'D
Topsfield
Mass
Boston Journal
Richard L. Eldredge
New Yok
Eldredge
Casile Garden
General Lafayette
Helen Jewett
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the Review StaseOkeayon
J.R. N. Bell
Proprietor
L, FP. Lane
John Lane
Attorneys AT Law
Nce
Main Street
Cosmopolitan
J. C. Fullerton
Marks’ Brick
A. F. Campbell
AT Law
Orrice
Hogan’s Store
W. N. Moore
Court House
Roseburg
Oregon
RE. G. Scroggs, JE
Lane & L
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Rosebuarg
Douglas County
J. Jaskulek
Desler
Orfice
Hamilton Brick Block
Langenberg’s
Boot and Shoe Store
Roseburg, Oregon
Jackson Street
Post Office
San Francisco
Warran
Louis Langenberg
Mintie
Kearny St
Cal
Luuc
University of Penoansylvania
Br. Mintic
Kearny Street
Sherman Invigorator
DR. Liebig
Liebig
Liebig & CO
Luebig
Lichig & Co
Geary St
Rad
Douglas
RDS
Bill Heads
LEGA
Samuel Marks
the Coptic Church
Egypt
General Merchandise
Ealdouces UF
W. G. Woodward
Roseburg Or
Business Association
W. F. Owens
Portland
Roseburg Soda Works
John Neville
Prop
Oakland
Richard Thomas
John Fraser
Wilbur, Oregon
Do’ County
Labor Agency
Sam Young
Bowen
Clark & Baker
Taving
E. Stephens & Co
Win Hallett
Terma Free
T Boor Co
Portland, Main
J. A. Smith
Ant
Candy Factory
L. Belfils
Hayiie
Montgomery Ward & Co
Hacheny & Benno
Wildcats
David Dudley Field
Joseph Marmaduke Mullally
St. Louis
Chronicle-Telegraph
Boston Post
Illinois
Bill” Nye
Prince of Wales
Pat
Boston
John
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