Flags Speak Louder Than Names on Sea Ships
An exploration of how national flags and naval ensigns convey rank, allegiance, and identity across vessels. The piece explains flag codes, color schemes, and the history of ship numbering adopted to uniquely identify up to 50 000 ships, detailing Marryat’s code and the involvement of the Admiralty and Board of Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Red Squadron
Buenos Ayres
Iolland
Egypt
Belgium
France
Austria
Italy
Mexico
Venezuela
Peru
United States
Russia
Denmark
Wellington
Philadelphiia
Marine Department of the Board of Trade
Registrar of Shipping
Meg Wi¢N
Marryat
The
Board of Trade
Trinky
Howe
Liverpool
Honghe
Bow
Howline
New York Fortunes Exposed by Tribune Interview
A Tribune conversation with a well connected New York reporter reveals common rumors over the wealth of Astor Stewart and Vanderbilt. It estimates Astor at 45 to 50 million, Stewart at about 25 million, and Vanderbilt controlling about 40 million in stock with uncertainties about final estate value and market effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
William B. Astor
A.T. Stewart
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Astor
Stewart
Vanderbilt
New York Central
Hudson River
Commodore
Tribune
Longfellow
St. Louis Republican
Eprntts
Burlington Hawk
Boren
McClure
Butler
Mr. McClure
Boston
New York
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Graphtec
Virginia
Parnastes
Caroline Herschel The Humble Helper of William Herschel
A compact portrait of Caroline Herschel highlighting her quiet devotion and crucial role beside her brother. It recounts her early knitting and singing, her work in the observatory, and how she independently computed comets and nebulae. Her careful recordkeeping and support amplified William Herschel's astronomical legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
England
Bath
Herschel
Mra. G
Sir William
Dow
Bae
Alligator Hunt Ends in Major O Klantikop Tombstone
The tale recounts Major O Klantikop’s inventive but deadly methods for hunting alligators on the St. John’s River. After first using a condemned Fort Sumter gun and a ten inch shell, he shifts to a fishing rod and feather tactic, capturing sixty seven alligators in four months. A misadventure with a drifting skiff’s obstruction reveals his tombstone protruding from a gigantic gator’s mouth, sealing his fate with a dramatic, novel end.
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Maguffin
O'Klantikop
O’kiantikop
Florida
Charleston
Fort Sumter
St. John's River
O'Klantikep
St. John's
Jacksonville
Maj O’klantikop
Maj. O'Klantikop
O’klantikop
Sun
Japanese Fans and Their Place in Culture and Trade
The writer notes Kioto Nagoya and Tokio as major centers for fan making with Fukui home to many shops producing ogi folding fans and uchiwa. He contrasts Western and Japanese etiquette for fan use, observes mass production for export, and highlights the cultural and economic implications of Japanese fans in art, labor, and daily life across cities like Yokohama.
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Europe
Fukui
Longfallow
Tokio
Kloin
Grig
Kioto
Nagoya
Ogi
Japan
Bonom
America
Fulkuiang
Yokohama
Crying Down Victuals at the Tea Table
A National Weekly column riffing on a housewife who frets over meals and pretends to cry down her victuals to draw praise for her cooking. The piece blends humor about the host’s failing recipes with social observation of guest reactions and the habit of seeking compliments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anis
Thorn
Y. Weekly
Paris land values show vast variation across arrondissements
Tie Reform Economique reports Paris soil valued at 12,706,000,000 francs excluding buildings. Highest square meter prices range from 1,800 francs in the Second Arrondissement to 975 francs in the Ninth, with the Fifteenth as low as 7 francs. Recent records show 14 francs per square meter in the Twentieth. Deserters from the army totaled over 90,000 in the five years to 1875.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Reform Economique
Paris
France
Pisce de la Bourse
Antoine
Boulevard Havemann
Rue Malakoff
Twentieth Arrondissement
Louteville Courier-Journal
Scattered woes and oddities of a news page
A collage of quotes and anecdotes from 19th century life. References range from political rationing and smallpox in San Francisco to temperance bootmakers and maid mischief. The piece parodies public discourse with brief jabs at fashion, finance, and street life, citing Longfellow, Goethe, and local gossip.
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Hare
San Francisco
Conngaron
Goethe
Stanpino
Chicago Journal
Prcx
Wes Aman
Oes
Acros
Norwich
Lancaster
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New York Fortunes
Caroline Herschel
Magufin
Army
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