Odds and Ends From a Distant World
A scatter of notes reviews diverse curiosities from 19th century life. Items mention coal near Winnipeg, Kansas school growth, German unrest, Tennessee penitentiary health, rail and lighthouse topics, and oddities from Philadelphia to New York. Multiple brief items touch on science, trade, and society without a single unified event.
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Winnipeg
Kansas
Germany
Tennessee Penitentiary
Thomas A. Scorr
Hollidaysburg
Philadelphia
Alexander Stuart
New York
Supreme Court of Ohio
Erie
Sryocardens
Silwort Cpys
Japan
Italy
Baltimore
Agricultural Department
Pakota
Washington Territory
Atlanta
Mansfield
Boston
Ute
Colorado
Congress
Jacob Reese
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Hooker Precinct
Dixon County
Nebraska
Ionia
Thrupp
Naples
Relief agitation rises as destitution climbs in Ireland
Reports note increasing distress in Ireland with calls for relief and land reform. Official stats show Canada's convict population nearly doubling in five years while a Salt Lake Mormon agent seeks permission to settle in Mexico under religious liberty guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dominion
Salt Lake City
Mexico
Mansfield
Connecticut
Anmong
France
Paris
Viney
Indiana Inklings and Local Incidents Update
A spring flood hazard appears on a Wabash street while Mrs Fussel baugh nearly ninety is found dead in Rockford. Reports note a Navy boiler contract in Virginia and a fatal injury from a Fortville quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Fusselbaugh
Rockford
Fr. Wayne
Navy Yards
Newfolk Virginia
George W. Painter
Indianapolis
Herbert Brothers
Muncie
Boston
P. 8
Gilnoure
Augusta Witzner
Wanatah
struckCharles Faulkner
Billy
Robert Shinn
John P. Kinnard
Andersen Herald
Shinn
Anderson Herald
Allen Makepeace
Bee Line
Chewing Gum and Its Surprising Ingredients
An Indianapolis or Cincinnati Gazette excerpt explains chewing gum’s history and production. It details substituting pine resin and petroleum waxes for spruce, describes the refining of coal oil byproducts into wax, and notes common gum brands and uses among youths. It also mentions makers like Riggs & Co and notes flavoring and coloring practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gagette
Chewing Sun
Riggs
Riggs & Co
South America
Central America
West End Lady Sparks Talk of Republic and Titles
A West End woman with bold views on a republic remarked she would like to see monarchy restored and for the people to hold titles, while a Michigan youth replied he would like to be a duke of Pontiac and his mother duchess of Kalarhazoo as a playful exchange on love and grit.
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Tus
Ross River
Colchester County
The
Herald
Robert McLaughlin
McLaughilin
Adams
Maleol
Southampton
Uprignp
Evansville
Parsons and Scoville
Tis
Mt. Vernon
Newark Savings Association
Louris Burxer
Congregational Church
Fort Wayne
Eva Worden
Seymour Worden
Carr
Indiana
Rush County
Ile
Indianapolis
IND. Sentinel
State Board of Agriculture
Ragan
Miss Naylor
Women’s Industrial Association
Shev. Wain. H. Ragan
Clayton
Hendricks County
N. T. Sample
Lafayette
Alexander Heron
Carlos Dickson
Chicago
James A. Wildman
Dickson
Wildman
Fielding Beeler
Marion County
West End
Pontiac
Kalarhazoo
Vehicular Accident Yields $15,000 Damages
A Superior Court jury awarded $15,000 in damages to a man run over by a Third Avenue car.
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Sullivan Union
Odds and
Europe
United States
Russia
Austria
John Taylor
Utah Mormons
Tabernacle
Taylor
Recen
Washington
Supreme Court
Bayard
Muhammedan
Porte
Cincinnati
Liverpool
Parnell and Dillon
Brooklyn
England
Henry Ward Beecher
Panama
United States of Columbia
M. de Lesseps
Fijit Islands
Australian Wesleyan Methodist Church
Spain
British India
Pennsylvania
Texas
Missouri
Canada
Lyttleton
Montreal
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Lake Winnipeg
Port Nelson
Hudson's Bay
Hudson’s Bay Company
Northwest
Thames
Hudson’s Bay Navigation
Eugenie
Zululand
Prince Imperial
Upper
Silesia
Tucson
Arizona
Victoria
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Sweden
Indiana Inklings
Kate Jackson
St. Clair House
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Maggie Thompson
A. J. Singer
Monks
Av Anderson
Edward Fledge
Dr. Wickersham
Warner
Craig
Bright
Varner
Warner's
Medicine Everywhere
H. H. Warne Co
Propri
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