The Strange Fate of Two Hill Shepherds in a Snowstorm
A Scottish tale recounts Jock Scott and Wat Dempster two shepherds who were close friends yet divided by pride after a deadly snowstorm rescue night. One saved the other amid blizzard extremities, bearing him through snow to safety, then their bond soured and they drifted to separate districts, ending in uneasy civility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jonathan
Jock Scott
Dempster
Free
Jock
Laighlands
Jack Shiel
Craig Slap
Burnside
Ruchill
Malta
Wat
Wat Dempster
Galloway
Diverse world notes from a late nineteenth century digest
A wide compilation reports on Germany’s coal finance plans, Dublin zoological garden profits, a lack of crematory facilities in Conde, labor conditions in Russia, Parisian hygiene rules, Trans-Caspian sulphur finds, a London inquest revealing an unusually large heart, and the Tara fort’s mute harp since 44 AD, with associated legends and curses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dublin
Conde
Deston
Presh Pond
Long Island
Russia
Trans-Caspia
Khiyd
London
William Rogers
Battersea
Ireland
St. Ruan
Tara’e Hall
Washington clocks and their curious history in the treasury
The article recounts the Treasury Department clock setup with Fleming earning 452 dollars monthly to wind and repair about 600 clocks. It details contract bidding, political influence, and price changes from 75 to 452 a month, noting other departments maintain time and the White House clocks, including a Napoleon clock gifted by Lafayette. It compares American timepieces to famed European clocks in Moscow and Strasbourg, highlighting grand automata and astronomical marvels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treamury
Fleming
Cleveland
Chicago Record
Treasury
Carlisle
Ary
Naval Observatory
White House
Green Room
James Monroe
Napoleon Bonaparte
Gen. Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Moscow
Russia
Amany
Foreigners barred from intimate Japanese intercourse
Fragmentary text describes prohibitions on foreigners engaging with Japanese people. It notes language remains essential, yet outsiders have never achieved genuine intimate contact with Japan or its people. The passage reflects late era attitudes toward cross cultural interaction and social boundaries.
Fragmented European and American Notes From a 19th Century Ledger
A hodgepodge of curiosities includes routes from London to Paris, gunpowder force comparisons, exotic flora in Louisiana, precise diamond scales, and a Vermont bar association election. It notes 11 000 rooms in the papal palace, mass European emigration, microbes on stamps, and beef and hay shipments to South Africa. New Scotland Yard houses 3 000 officers, Arizona population growth, yawning health benefits, eight hour work debates, and a New Jersey gambler’s penny wager tale from Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fae
London
Paris
Blindmann
France
Louisiana
United States
Jonathan Ross
Vermont Bar Association
Papal Palace
Europe
South Africa
Portugal
New York
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Canada
Transvaal
New Scotland Yard
Arizona
United Mine Workers of America
Indisnapolis
Atlantic City
Reeves in Train Waiting Room Foe Bragging Porter
A tale of the tenor Sims Reeves meeting a porter in a railway waiting room. The porter questions Reeves about earnings, Reeves asserts the porter earns eighteen shillings weekly, Reeves sings proudly and declares the porter has earned his yearly salary in a moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims Reeves
Ys Son McOuntey
Ter
Mr. Reeves
Sima Reeves
Dore
Excursion Sleepers and Scraps of Social Banter
A ragbag of brief items and quips from period papers. The notes touch on an art scene with a Scots speaker, a streetcar seating remark, travel ads for weekly excursions via Katy and M K and T lines, jokes about cooking clubs, and a quip about an aged reformer. The mix reflects light social chatter and transportation notices from early 20th century newspapers.
Headache Cure Promised by Dr Greene Westport Notice
A Westport woman testifies after thirteen years of severe headaches that Dr Greene's Nervora blood and nerve remedy cured her within a year. Reliable locals and a Justice of the Peace vouch for her. The advertisement urges readers with headaches or nervous weakness to seek the doctor at 35 West Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. C. Lasher, Jr
Westport
Teader
Cary
Dr. Green
Mrs. Lasher
Ein Groche
Creene
Dr. Greene
West Lab
Tres
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David and
Jonathan OF
the Hills
Foreign
Washington
Furnly
Hans Meee
Northside
Shadyside
Pittal Chronicle-Telegraph
T. Ry
St. Louis
Katy
Piyer
San ‘Antonio
Les
San Francisco
Eekly
M. E
Antonio
le Aneien
Sam Francisco
Tibbs
Indianap Journal
Philadelphia
North American
Pia Phin
Peotiessi
Robbins
Cincinnati Huguirer
Dr. Graene
MW. Fred
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