Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction on Tahiti Sailor Death
A runaway sailor in Tahiti spent freely before declaring a long voyage. He died in his bed and was buried in a coffin. The coffin later moved, the man supposedly rose, and investigations revealed a complex prank that ended with the sailor fleeing, a doctor’s death, and a grave opened to confirm the deception.
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Rowal
Papeete
Tie
Hal
Tahiti
Cor
San Franciso Chronicle
Superstitions Shape Old New York Social Life
The Boston Journal notes persistent beliefs in ghosts and haunted houses in New York. Saturday is deemed unlucky, deterring leases and occupancy despite prime locations like Twenty third Street near Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue mansions. A haunted \nold man in a grand Madison Avenue mansion and other renowned homes repeatedly deter residents, with some houses eventually rebuilt as warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathans
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Bello
New York
Boston Journal
It Is Never Safe To Do Wrong Says American Manufacturer
A quotation from an American Manufacturer asserts that it is never safe for any person to commit wrongdoing including swindling cheating or bribery and stresses that exposure and accountability cannot be escaped. It urges strict adherence to moral law and the safety found in refraining from wrong and doing right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amertan Manufacturer
Fragmentary Galway Quotation and Homemaking Tip
A fragment cites a Galway line about tears being pebbles in heaven. It follows with a household tip that rubbing flat irons with clean lard then drying may smooth them. The text reflects stray wartime or domestic-era phrases.
Scientific Gleanings and Curiosities From The Era
Digest of items from Scientific American and other sources noting dry salt gargle for coughs, a glaze for bonding materials, a Yale Peabody slab fossil find, methods for crystalline tinning, a Delaware obesity remedy using Gulf weed tea, Agassiz on Peruvian coral limestone and ancient sea levels, tobacco as a sedative with volatile reactions, and a Hobart Town jury dispute over smoking during deliberations.
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Scientific American
Delaware
Detroit
Bree Press
A. Agassiz
Tilibichi
Peru
Agassiz
Pacific
M. Agassiz
Lake Titicaca
Hobart Town
Tasmania
Catamount Tavern Tale Has Bold Vermont Roots
The Green Mountain Catamount Tavern earned its name from a nine foot catamount slain by John Warner after it carried off a calf. Capt. Stephen Fay founded it in Bennington in 1766, and it hosted the Council of Safety, Vermont’s first Legislature in 1778, trials, and Stark’s 1777 battlefield headquarters.
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John Warner
Warner
Green Mountains
Green Mountain Tavern
Stephen Fay
Bennington
Theodore S. Fay
Switzerland
Catamount
Council of Safety
Vermont
Redding
Benjamin Fay
Fay
Nedding
Gen. Stark
Loyalist tavern anecdote after battle at Bennington
A Bennington account recalls Stephen Fay, landlord of a village tavern, greeting British officers after the fight. Col Baum had promised a 16th dinner, and as prisoners passed by the tavern Fay bowed with his three-cornered hat and declared dinner ready.
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Landlord Fay
Stephen Fay
Col. Baum
Baum
Fay
Bennington
Cor
Albany
N.Y
Charles Carroll Carrollton Last Signer of 1776 Decl
The Washington Intelligencer reports Charles Carroll of Carrollton the sole surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1826. He affixed his hand to a copy of the instrument, blessing civil and religious liberties and urging future generations to preserve the nation’s principles. August 2, 1825.
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Washington Intelligencer
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Spuriotuss
Carroll
City of
New York
Jesus Christ
Carrolton
A Georgian's Vicissitudes and Jake Rump's perilous ventures
A Savannah correspondent recounts the life of Jake Rump from Southwest Georgia. From witnessing lightning strikes, rattlesnake and cottonmouth bites, and a fall from a wild horse to a panther attack that left him battered, he survives each ordeal. After a failed escape attempt with a neighbor's wife, he is wounded, jailed for stealing a pig, and later vanishes from view in penitentiary records.
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Jake Rump
Georgia
Jake
Sevannah, Ga
Neu
Imponderable String and Parabola Idea Dialogue
In a lab scene Professor explains to Mr IL that winding a string with equal weights at equal intervals and stretching it infinitely forms a parabolic curve. The student enthusiastically confirms the idea.
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Eell
Mr. IL
Wisconsin farmer predicts severe winter after heavy hay crop
A Wisconsin farmer warns that a harsh winter is incoming if a heavy hay crop is harvested. He claims that when a large amount of hay is removed from the fields, winter follows with severity.
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A. Wisconsin
Sleep disturbance drains vitality says medical authority
A medical authority warns that a man loses one per cent of vitality each time he is awakened suddenly from sleep, highlighting the potential cumulative effect of sudden wakefulness on health and energy.
Varied humor and proverbs among 19th century zingers
A collage of quips on advertising, farming, dogs, fashion, love, and politics. It notes the value of bread, warns against musty hay, jokes about colorfully named clubs, and features quips about Philadelphia’s unmarried women, dressmakers, and the stubborn facts of life. It also includes tales of tobacco, pine forest humor, Sioux courtship, and a NY charity income survey.
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Folka
San Antonio
Tex
Syracuse
N. Y
Philadelphia
Gail Hamilton
Solomon
Samson
John Bull
Oregon
Mr. Singleman
Greenville
N. J
Norwich Bulletin
Connecticut
Detroit Ree Press
Iis
Owlyiad
Algy
Jack
New York
Balllions
Detroitree Press
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the Bidney
Selegraph
Kamer
Sidney
Mechanical and Scientific
Peabody Museum
Yale College
Franklin County
Mass
Hattle Tavern
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