Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and the World’s Irony
A Boston era piece reflects on wealth’s power and its corrupting tide. It follows Premium a rich bachelor as a symbol of society’s worship of money and asks what a fortune buys beyond status while contrasting acts of charity with ostentation and greed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
France
Italy
Joe Miller
Brown
Mr. Switch
Premium
Grand Bubble Copper Stock Mining Association
Smith
The Year 1856 In Chronology Across Calendars
A compact survey of global dating systems in 1856, listing the Christian era and other calendars. It notes the year 1856 as the 5859th since creation and contrasts Julian, Alphonsine, Chinese sexagenary, Talmud, and Samaritan counts while asserting the Christian era as most correct.
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United States
Rome
Varro
Construt Story of Pigeon Hunt on Pine Limb
A New Hampshire man went hunting in spring and shot at a flock of pigeons perched on a pine limb. The shot split the limb trapping the birds, he tied two balls together and fired again, cutting the limb and sending the load into the river. He waded out and recovered the birds and found two portions of shad in his boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Downieville Snowballing Amid Public Amusement
Snowballing is cited as a popular amusement of the locals in Downieville, reflecting community leisure activities and social camaraderie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downieville
AnotHER Edictor Gone. Judge Hinckley Weds at Shasta
Judge Hinckley editor of the Shasta Republican married at Shasta last week. The item notes the union and offers a sharp opinion on the editor's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinckley
Shasta
Reminiscence on a Sacramento Wedding.
A neighboring city celebrates a wedding of a resident groom and a former local belle. The reminiscence recalls a notorious California year, a house with eight daughters, and the bustling foot traffic and shirts with starch it inspired. The article ends by noting the couple’s happiness and the couple’s descendants.
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City
Sutter House
California
Sacramento
Earth
State Journal
County road petition granted from Stockton to Fifteen Mile House
The Board of Supervisors has granted the petition of C. Grattan and others to locate a county road from Stockton to the Fifteen Mile House. The action is reported by the S. J. Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Grattan
Stockton
Fifteen Mile House
Board of Supervisors
S. J. Republican
New Route to Salt Lake Kept Fast by Pack Train
Enoch Reese of the Utah Legislature reports a party of seventeen with a pack train found a new route from the Valley to Salt Lake City. They completed the journey in seventeen days, the quickest pack train trip on record, noting time spent reconnoitering the country and ensuring livestock feed.
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Salt Lake
Enoch Reese
Utah
Carson Valley
Col
Reese
State Horticultural Society Forming Fair Body
The State Horticultural Society organized at San Jose on the tenth of last October plans an annual fair to promote horticulture. Officers include President F. W. Macandry of San Francisco and Vice Presidents Wm. N. Thompson, A. H. Myers, Wm. Daniels, and George H. Beach. Secretary O. C. Wheeler. Treasurer J. L. Sanford. Directors B. S. Fox, J. W. Osborn, A. P. Smith.
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State Horticultural Society
San Jose
F. W. Macandry
San Francisco
Wm. N. Thompson
A. H. Myers
Alameda
Wm. Daniels
Santa Clara
George H. Beach
Yuba
O. C. Wheeler
Sacramento
J. L. Sanford
B. S. Fox
J. W. Osborn
Napa
A. P. Smith
J. J. Republican
Cat Worship and the Mysteries of the Eye
The essay discusses how Egyptians revered cats as sacred animals with a link to the moon through the eye’s pupil. It notes how this ocular quirk sparked superstition and idolatrous affection among old ladies, reflecting on whether lunar phase timing influenced the belief.
Lost Biblical Books Named by Voice of Israel
The Voice of Israel lists books mentioned in the Bible that are lost, with the count exceeding common belief. References include the Book of the Wars of the Lord, Iddo the Seer, Nathan the Prophet, the Acts of Rehoboam, Jehu the son of Hanani, and the five Books of Solomon on trees beasts fowls serpents and fishes.
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Israel
Iddo the
Seer
Nathan the Prophet
Rehoboam
Shemaiah
Jehu
Hanani
Solomon
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New York Herald
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Slidell
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George Armor
San Andreas
Gatewood
S. W. Broceway
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Brockway & Gatewood
Calaveras County
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Supreme Court
P. Goodwyn
Benjamin & Co
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Cal
Austin
Ringo H Ave
Dr. Brotherton
Kee
Main Street
West Side
Odd Fellows’ Hall
S. Guthrie
Knickerbocker Hall & Billiard Saloon
Bee
WM. M. Buffum
S. H. Marlette
Judge Thompson
Centre Street
Sturges
Jackson’s
Jackson
Amador County
Calaveras
Amador
S. HH. Marlette
EL Dorado
Cave City
Mountain Ranch
Hartford & Irvine
Proprietors
Thiand
Kinderhook Exchange
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N. B
L & J, Oppenheimer
L. & J. Oppenheimer
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Murphy’s Camp
Fea
Murphy’s
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