Global telegraph wires and a curious textile claim emerge
An 1890s style survey highlights vast telegraph networks with miles of wire in many nations and billions of messages. It also notes fabric preservation from birch bark substances and a claimed spiderweb cloth for surgical uses by Stillbers, per a Washington Post interview.
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Globe
United States
France
Great Britain
Russia
Australia
Italy
Sven
Canada
Egypt
India
England
China
Mongolia
Japan
New Zealand
Tasmania
Persia
South Africa
St. Helena
Ch Prohoert
S Tillbers
Washington
Washington Post
Early California Residents and Runaway Sailors
General Bidwell notes in Century that early foreign residents of California included many runaway sailors who changed homes. Sailors deserted vessels along the coast, often hidden between ranches such as Gilroy, and locals sometimes captured deserters for rewards offered by captains.
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California
Gilroy
Gen. Bidwell
Missouri Boy Hunts Deer With Marble Load
An 11 year old in Missouri used a marble as a projectile after his shotgun ran dry and, despite not being taught to shoot deer, fired and hit a full grown deer sixty yards away. He returned home with the deer and was briefly threatened with punishment before being forgiven.
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Missouri
Excused for Being Hungry at the Tacoma Eatery
A hungry old man enters Billy Robertson's restaurant on C Street and Eleventh, eats a large meal, and asks for excuse because he has no money. The proprietor initially threatens, then relents and excuses the man after he explains he just left a hospital and cannot pay.
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Eleventh Streets
Billy” Robertson
Billy
Tacoma Ledger
Chewing Gum and Digestive Facts From Youths Companion
A correspondent questions chewing gum benefits and finds one idle argument in its favor. The saliva, key to digesting starches, is increased by gum chewing but loses digestive power soon after reaching the stomach due to gastric juice.
Anecdote on Elizabeth Names and Moscow Bell Fragment
Afragmentary chat references a physician patient exchange about a husband’s behavior and jokes about a bell found in Moscow. It notes a giant eighteenth century bell piece weighing over 100 tons, 20 yards in circumference and 23 inches thick, damaged in a fire and later excavated to form a cheese mold in a New York Ledger item.
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Moscow
New York Ledger
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