Van Buren Dumped In Mire On Indiana Road Joke
An 1830s incident near Indianapolis recounts President Van Buren being dumped into mud from a stage coach. Driver Mason Wright agreed to the stunt for $5 to ensure the President saw the road’s bad condition. The stage toppled into a mire near Plainfield, with Van Buren and his secretary resurfaced by an old woman’s aid and cleaned at the McQaslin Hotel.
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Indianapolis
van Buren
Wciw
William Hate
Terre Haute
van Berea
Mississippi
Hale
Mason Wright
Plainfield
Wright
McQaslin Hotel
The Origin of Mr and Mrs In
The article traces how ordinary names like William and John gained distinctions. It explains how nicknames formed from trades or places evolved into surnames such as Smith and how the Norman French maistre and maistress shifted to the modern titles Mr and Mrs. The rise of social status based on wealth or position led to widespread use of the titles.
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Wiliam
John
William
John Smith
Maistre
Maister
Maister Smith
Maistress Smith
Dover Plains Lovers Persist Despite Deputy’s Watch
In Dutchess County New York Miss Minnie Reimer and Archie Hoffman pursue marriage after two thwarted elopements. Deputy Sheriff Frank Fen weighs over 300 pounds and blocks the couple from leaving the Reimer home while the couple continues courting on the marble horse block in front of the house. The couple, aged 19 and a bank clerk, remain determined though prospects appear slim.
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Dover Plains
Dutchess County
N. Y
Minnie Reimer
Archie Hoffman
Reimer Pere
Frank Fen
Papa Reimer
Mr. Fen
Miss Reimer
Forest Giant Redwood Tops Washington Timber
A redwood cut in Washington stood 465 feet tall with its first branch starting at 220 feet and a base circumference of 53 feet 11 inches. If milled, it would yield 6 845 feet of board enough for eight two story cottages with seven rooms each. The tree was said to be 6 4 years old.
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Washington
Baby dies after mosquito sting tragedy in New Jersey
A Swedish woman near Union Bay, New Jersey left her baby in a hammock for an hour or two while berry picking. Upon return the infant was dead, reportedly killed by mosquito bites.
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Union
N. J
Chile
Curious claims and notes from past science trivia
A collage of observations on vehicles colors, toad survival in stone, glow worms, cheap light, veneer slicing, historic earthquakes, earth’s life, fungi on humans, yeast and moulds in food, and train air drafts. The items read as quick nontechnical curiosities spanning transport, biology, geology, and physics.
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Vanderbilt
London
Jelliffe
Curious Facts From The World Of Oddities And Inventions
A medley of strange claims spans nails production ratios and state water area to insect behaviors and ancient telephonic rumors. Florida allegedly holds the most water within its borders. sexton beetles bury a mole in an hour. moths discard mouths after maturity. a Galicia salt mass is vast yet oddly defined. speculators debate a plumb bob moon. pain timing, sunburn reach, Arctic night discipline, and a claimed two temple telephone in India are noted with Egyptology references.
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Florida
Galicia
Hungary
Greely
Harrington
India
Pauj
Odds and Ends of Curious Facts From 19th Century News
A round of brief items notes China joining the postal union via inspector general, a UK divorce where the woman prevailed, Rouen’s 500 year timekeeper, Redditch needle production dominating trade, and cable rope length differences in East River bridges. It mentions the lord chancellor’s mobility limits and a Kansas City girl from a line of five generations.
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China
Inspector General
England
Rouen
Redditch
East River Bridge
Brooklyn
Great Britain
The Hunter's Lesson to a 16 Year Old Driver
A hunter in Nova Scotia tells of a 16 year old boy who drove them sixteen miles at night. The boy learns astronomy from the hunter who explains the north star Jupiter Mars and the sun’s distance. The tale ends with locals joking that the hunter earned the title of the biggest liar in Nova Scotia due to his grand claims.
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Tly
Nova Scotia
Jupiter
Earth
Mars
Haskins
Aphorisms from a Varied Moral Tradition
A collection of brief maxims and reflections from Voltaire Henry Fuller Cotton Hazlitt and others. The excerpts offer insights on pride reason prudence prosperity adversity civility friendship punctuality economy affection and social behavior. Each line presents a compact moral or practical truth to ponder.
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Voltaire
M. Henry
Fuller
Cotton
Hazlitt
Cervantes
Rochefau
Lord James of Hereford Receives Gold Badge After Rail Pay Dispute
A labor dispute on the North Railway ends with Lord James of Hereford praised by workers who sent him 260 thanks. The company grants him a gold badge as a token of appreciation for his efforts in settling the fees and negotiations.
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Lord James
Hereford
Notice for horse services in Silver Lake this spring
Rural notice invites readers to visit a horse owner’s barn near the depot in Silver Lake to hire a Norman or Clyde horse this spring. Terms are stated as reasonable.
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Silver Lake
Versatile Uses of Sawdust Across Industries
Sawdust serves as floor absorbent and litter material and as spit-box filler. It可以 be compressed with pitch to form resin blocks used as kindling or fuel in special fireplaces. By products from factories include distillation for lighting and ammoniacal by products. oxalic acid can be produced. It also lends itself to fertilizer, egg packing, briquettes with various additives, and construction uses with lime and gypsum mixtures.
Iceberg Island Svend Foyn Named Belief of New Land
H J Bull in Antarctic waters describes sighting a long flat top island that stretched about fifty miles, only to discover the tract was a massive floating iceberg. The berg rose 600 feet above water and likely extended 1 000 feet below, its gray color from ash. The crew hailed the discovery as new land then christened it Svend Foyn before realization it was ice.
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H. J. Bull
Antarctic
Mr. Bull
Svend Foyn
Cats as workers of the SF business district
A quirky San Francisco feature profiles Eckhuser, a cat raiser who houses 150 to 200 cats daily to combat rats in docks and business warehouses. He charges a monthly fee for cat services and notes he rarely sells cats, instead placing them where needed. A side note cites life expectancy gains and a royal family tidbit about language.
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Bulwer
Confucius
de May
Emerson
Henry Clay
Kerts
Eckhuser
San Francisco
Wis
Kitty
Sitty
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W. J. Fitton
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