Odds and Ends A Curio Mix From Global Gossip
A jumble of brief items spans names and places from Bisitor Porter to Cornelius Vanderbilt and Queen Victoria. Notes mention the Surgeon General, a Cherokee chief, Dublin and Boston figures, and oddities from Paris clubs to a strange wallet find in California. It surveys society, science, and curiosities with quick factlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisitor Porter
Paris
Dina
Yu Shan
Cornell
London
Procton
Dinnan
Parnell
Dublin
John B. Dillon
Messrs
Kipper
PeaBupy , Co
Boston
Nellie Grant-Sartoris
Queen Victoria
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
Zachariah Sc. Simmons
Union Pacific Railroad
Ite Oakes Ames
Air Play
Cal
Bennett
Cincinnati
Iowa
Financial and political notes from December reports
December summaries show U S public debt drop to 4 251217 million, Sherman calls 5 million in bonds, Japan earthquake shocks and Hakodate fire losses reported. Edison stock surge to 5000 a share. 1879 bank circulation up 18 985 109 with total 840 389 042 in national banks. Chicago deaths 8614 in 1879. US imports rise to 403 532 059 in 1879. Russia Herzegovina unrest worsens. Italy bread shortage and bread riots amid famine conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Electric Light Company
Japan
Tokio
Hakodachi
United States
Charles Parkhurst
California
Watsonville
Philadelphia
Texas and Pacific Railway
Fort Worth
el Paso
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Indiana Inklings and Local Happenings
A Winchester resident Degre won a $1 000 lottery prize recently. A New German Baptist church was dedicated in Warsaw on New Year’s Day, and $37 stolen from Father Lordeman by a thief. Willie Ryan of Hope faced an ax attack by David Hopper, receiving a brush by the weapon’s edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Worth
Lady Lytton
New York City
Grace Church
Broadway
Fourth Avenue
Erie
Marquis
Pennsylvania
Damascus
Cochocton
Bavaria
Austria
Denmark
Scotland
Germany
France
Italy
England
Roumania
Ireland
Greece
Warsaw
Father Lordeman
Willie Ryan
Hope
David Hopper
Ryan
Practical Advice for Young Men in Business and Life
A column offers timeless guidance on honesty, self reliance, and prudent spending. It urges steady work, promptness, and saying no when needed, plus a humorous tale about a bridal night mix up to illustrate miscommunication and restraint.
A Smart Wire
A Detroit man repeatedly swapped door keys at a Woodward avenue hardware store asking for a key to fit his house door. After exchanging keys twice daily for four days and failing to fit, he finally brought the door to the store and laughed at the long search. The story ends with a disparaging remark about his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
Jock
Tom
Wedding Night Surprise at Lagonda House in Springfield Ohio
A newly married couple from a neighboring town visits Springfield Ohio for a bridal tour. They check in at Lagonda House where the groom registers as husband and wife. After a brief appearance in the bridal room the groom sits apart in a shadowed chair awaiting explanation from the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Muanner
Clerk
Springfield
Ohio
Lagonda House
The Bridge of Tay Disaster and Engineering Debate
The article recounts the Tay Bridge disaster near Cleveland where a steam ferry route between Edinburgh and Dundee was replaced by a two mile iron bridge. It details construction methods, sinking of masonry cylinders, and the collapse during a gale with many lives lost. It reflects on engineering choices and cautionary lessons for future bridge projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge of Tay
Cleveland
Lovada
North British Railway
Edinburg
Dundee
Frith of Tay
Prinr
Tlon
Board of Engineers
Detroit
Rive
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The
Sullivan Union
Odds and
New York
Ethan Alen
Ethan
Balmoral
Senate
Morrill
Dillingham
Vermont
Hamlin
Paul
Hannibal
Stanton
Steubenville
Elizabeth Comstock
Michigan
Prince von Rveiss
Mlle
Claude Loisset
Sherman
Jim’ Keene
Fort Abraham Lincoln
D. T
Berlin
Westphalia
Russia
Carel F. Brusn
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Herzegovina
Army of Occupation
Roberts
Afghanistan
Vable
Hayden
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of
Lacuza
Ravenna
Sermide
Rome
Silesia
Rybuick
Silesian Gazette
Indianapolis
Lenia Overhulser
Howard County
Spencer
State House
Plymouth
Adjutant General's Office
Secretary of War
Tere
Kokomo
Thomas Doyle
LaPorte
T. J. Quick
Tridiana
Goshen
Fort Wayne
Baltilazer Bescher
Richmond
Peru Road
Green Oak
Calvin Hooben
St. Omer
Shelby County
William Arnol
Arnold
Hoben
Pittsboro
Frank McLean
Santa Claus
McLean
Tipton
Supreme Court
John Waltz
Lawrenceburg
Dearborn County
Miami
John
Indianapolis Journal
Board of Commissioners of Printing and
Covernor
AL T. Whittlesey
Indiana Inklings
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