Spider Web Fabric and Notable European Trade Ties
British manufacturers lament U S produced street cars and Belgian steel girders for Glasgow while Sheffield steel leavers and cheaper Liverpool cotton threaten English goods. The piece notes a marvel of spider silk and a 18 000 foot thread feat, plus oblique poems and a Cardinal Antonelli obituary in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Glasgow
Belgium
Liverpool
Manchester
England
London Society of Arts
Queen Victoria
My Little School-Girl A Portrait of Kindness and Loss
A narrator recalls a shy schoolgirl who rides a city horse car, shares courtesy with strangers, gives joy to a sick baby, and befriends the narrator through small acts of kindness. The story ends with the revelation that the girl has died, leaving a memory of warmth and community.
Quiet tribute to a kind student in a shared grief
The narrator recalls a sweet girl mourned by classmates and a busy horse-car rider who found time to miss her. Students wore black bows as they mourn the unnamed girl's wholesome character, and the author recalls the warmth of her nature despite not knowing her name.
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Louisa M. Alcott
Missy
Irl
Miss Goldilocks
South End Square
Gastronomy and Taste Across Nations Highlighted
A historical discourse surveys global eating habits, noting lentils versus beans, regional diets, and how climate and race shape food. It cites travelers including the Prince of Wales and other royals, and concludes national cuisines reflect custom, prejudice, and cultural identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esau
Egypt
India
Italy
London
United States
Maine
Florida
California
Indiana
Delaware
New Orleans
New York
Prince of Wales
America
Philadelphia
Pressmay
France
Enduring Truth About Prosperity and Honesty
A moral exhortation warns youths against relying on deceit to prosper. It contrasts short lived gain from trickery with lasting success built on honesty and the enduring truth, asserting that prosperity based on dishonesty collapses like a house on sand and true happiness comes from integrity.
Religious notices and church developments in Victorian era reports
The item notes Newchurch in San Francisco with Rev Y Newton as rector, Catholic and Protestant shifts, and German synod movements. It cites Bishop Havens Liberia voyage, New York Baptist mortgage debts, a Presbyterian ministerial application, and a British clergy growth amid awakenings. It ends with papal finances and European royal gifts.
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San Francisco
Rev
Y. Newton
Pacific
Smith
Jenny H. Caldwell
Hannah M. Chipperfield
Dixon
Rochelle
Illinois
Ohio
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Bishop Haven
Liberia
New York City
Cumming
London
Tuer New York Herald
Presbyterian Church
Virginia
United States
South Carolina
Baptists
Wake County
Congregationalists
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Pius IX
Peter
Ferdinand
Austria
Duke of
Modena
Danbury Centennial tree misadventure and Hamlet skull tale
A Danbury resident plants a Centennial tree at the curb and endures a long failed dig to anchor it, causing a horse carriage collision and eighty five dollar damage. Evening Chronicle reports a Hamlet prop skull shortage for a show, with spoof bids and a bull pup skull loan.
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Danbury
Virginia
New
Evening Chronicle
Yorick
Talbot
C Street
Bob Taylor
Jim Orndorff
James
Shakspeare
Jim
Butcher Town
Graham
Doctor Schilling Swindles Brown County Family
A Brown County farmer hires Dr Schilling of Cincinnati to rid his home of evil spirits. The doctor takes $50 in advance and claims success, but nightly disturbances resume, leading the family to denounce him as a swindler and demand their money back.
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Enquirer
Schilling
West End
Brown County
Dr. Schilling
Cincinnati
Morse
Tinker Learns a Lesson in a Cunning Exchange
A weary tinker trades meals for work at a tavern and is hired to mend leaks. A sly glazier obstructs him by creating leaks to secure future work, then the tinker repays the favor by breaking every pane in the church, leaving the glazier ruined and furious.
Ancient Roman Glass Vial Foiled by Imperial Fury
A London Times note recounts a Roman artificer who tempered glass into a nearly unbreakable vial. He impressed Emperor Tiberius, boasted of the craft, and was punished when the emperor learned of the technique. The tale links to later reports of tempered mirrors sent to the King of Spain in 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Rome
Cesar
Tiberius
Cexsar
Cassar
Sophy
Ersia
Spain
MacMahon Stands Up To Thiers In Quiet Clash
An 1871 clash unfolds as Marshal MacMahon refuses Thiers orders during the early Paris fighting. Thiers arrives shouting, claims fortifications, and is dismissed by MacMahon who warns of leadership overreach. Valaze recalls Thiers’s fear and the moment as a near explosive exchange.
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MacMahon
Thiers
Valaze
M. Thiers
Marshal
France
Baptist population projections smash century marks
A Victoria Baptist predicts rapid growth to 20 million Baptists by the centennial. A New York brother argues, using growth ratios, that the U S Baptist count could reach 114 million by 1976 with a total U S population near 450 million and Baptists at 52 percent. The contemporary’s view settles for 225 million people with 50 million Baptists in 1976.
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Victornia
New York
United States
Baptiste
Advertising rates for legal notices and business cards
The Glermont Courier lists advertising charges: legal and transient ads 1.00 per square for first insertion ten lines, 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly liberal reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines 6.00 per year.
Put Down the Brakes Message Warns Against Excess
A fragmented exhortation urges temperance and self control in the face of temptation and debt. It cautions readers to slow life’s pace, avoid drinking excess, and resist risky behavior, urging the audience to pull down the brakes to protect health and future.
Fragmented thoughts on virtue and life from a bygone era
A mosaic of quotations and reflections on morality, fate, love, and human folly. The text threads together Luther's views on hope and death, an amateur bullfight anecdote, musings on self knowledge, autumnal imagery, dialect speech, a Congregational preacher anecdote, and admonitions about charity and the mite.
Animals in a Cyclone Aboard the Ossipee
A Key West correspondent reports the Ossipee faced a terrible cyclone at sea. Cats vanished before the storm, a parrot enjoyed the scene, birds were drawn on board, and hens and turkeys lost appetite. Personal items were ruined. the ship appeared dilapidated after. Debris from other vessels suggested greater damage nearby.
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Key West
Baltimore American
United States
Ossipee
Daniel
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Sir Thomas More
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