Vast Miscellany of Global Facts From Past Echoes
A wide collage notes street railroads employing 71,000. Irish printing of the New Testament in 1602. electricity slaughter of cattle in Scotland. a 26 ounce potato. and United States church membership over 20,000,000. It lists many scientific, linguistic, and geographic items with dates, places, and figures, including art, engineering, and natural history anecdotes from Europe, America, and Asia, with remarks on beer consumption, elections, and notable curiosities such as an ice yacht and superlative mountains in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Gastana
United States
Stirling
Utah
Holeho
Paris
England
America
Berlin
Isaiah
Babylon
Germany
Thebes
Washington, D. C
New York
Gladstone
Winston
N. C
Pocketed Independence in Pocketa Women’s Pockets Debate
A Boston Globe excerpt lampoons women’s purses and modern independence. It notes women lack pockets while men carry fortunes, keys, and trinkets. The piece humorously asks if grandmothers’ pocket decor can restore balance and protect women from snatch thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boelinda
Belinda
Sumer
Boston Globe
Old Siasconset Whaler Spins Tall Tales to Summer Guests
An elderly Siasconset resident entertains a Detroit Free Press reader with nostalgic yarns of whales, oil, and village life forty years ago. He recalls whales so abundant they stranded like turtles, burning whale oil in stoves, and a dramatic death by a spark and a whale explosion, leaving listeners amused yet skeptical as they drift away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siasconset
Detroit Free Press
Finnally
Sisconset
Tuckador
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Sunbonnet Society Girl Foiled by Pink Bonnet Scene
A vivid Denver Sun story describes a society girl strolling Sixteenth Street in a striking pink sun bonnet. She hides her face, is teased by a bank doorway observer, then retreats into a bank carriage, pleading with her father’s demand for a sunbonnet. She reveals a $30 price tag and fear of gossip. The tale ends with a separate note on an old North Carolina $10 bill from 1778.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Street
Denver
People's Bank
Bonnets
Paul de Musset
Georges Sand
Eugene Dela Croix
de Brosquer Restigneailles
Delacroix
Jenny Leguillon
Paris
Conjuror secrets and Georges Sand in Paris tales
An interview reveals a conjurer’s essentials dexterity finish originality and showmanship. He describes a dangerous vanishing elephant trick and other acts while a Paris literary tale recalls Georges Sand and Delacroix amid gossip and past romances.
Gallant Soldiers Routed By Courtship Plot In Civil War Tale
A reprinted Athens Banner reminiscence recalls a Civil War prank at Camp Callaway in Virginia. Two soldiers attempted to court two sisters, guiding a plan that ended with the gallants routed by flirtation rather than force, leaving them embarrassed and the event remembered as a vivid camp memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Atlanta
Newton County
Camp Callaway
Carolina County
Virginia
Peer Urear
Lee Lyle
Bil Dearing
Jim
Lyle
Pera
Indies
Saved by the Microphone Mystery In St Petersburg House
Dr Lonkhmanov visited a house where a woman was alleged near death and subjected to nervous attacks. He installed a microphone over the bed to verify truth, discovering the device still warmed faintly. Remedies were applied and the woman rapidly improved. The report notes land elevation of 2250 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonkhmanov
St. Petersburg
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Mount Blanc
Serosa
Folke~ Atone
Boulogne
France
Hugo Grotius
Justus Lipeius
Tacitus
Macrocisus
South Pacific
Dareste
Beilin
Colorado
Alaska
Mount Ellis
Glasgow Herald
London Times
Washington
Khandala
Karli
India
Richard Heverly
Buena Vista
Pleasant View
Amherst County
London
Youssoupoff
Georgibis
Calais
Philip TV
Spain
Servius le Roy
Nea
Gabe
Empire
Brixton
Mme. Ronner
Cat Jovers
More. Ronner
N. F. World
Sein
St. Joseph
CIAL
N. Y
Euane
Misa
Sproule
Mia
Son of
Tail
J T
John Smith
Ayers
Sarsaparilla
H. Boa
Hansbangen
Lagoda
Ind
B. C. Dorsey & Sons
Perry
B.C
Jon
Hton
Lawrence
Kas
Joseph Haas
Ra Usama
Rua
Rata
BE. C. Belding
Ravenna
Jos
Indianatoles
Carters
Sas
Mall of New York
War
Alway
WouLrr & Randolph
Philadelphia
Pik-Ron
S Pal
Orolock
A.m
Te Ofice
A. L
Barry Havenna
Pariage
Olin
Coolman
Puinyrs
Yard
Scrantons
Khedapat
Ttisdon & B Taylor
Willie
Aindeie
Nellie M. Ellsworth
John H. Ellsworth
John May
John B Eileworth
Hudson
Summit County
Ohio
Court of Common
Portage County
John Ellsworth
Streetsboro
J. A. Nichols
Plaintif
Inve
Garrettsville
Kent
Build‘ng
Haymaker
Clers
Isa Bory
Ae Sires Ok Seer Eeaareene
Iw. L. Douglas Shoe
Cenficinen
Wenwine
Palace
Blas
Taetics
Reniyin
Ecade Sires Cset
Fuaf
W. L. Douglas
Douglas, Creckton
Mass
BP. Chapman
E. C. Belding
Holt
H. Belt
Cean
Sattern
Auy Dry Goods
Canramers
Senil
Bortree Mfs
Jackson
Mick
Leat Ifort
Athma
Orvale
South Prospect St
J. R. Burns
U. S. Patent Office
Lawn
C.a.snow &Co. Orr
Stone Store
Soadss
Waterman
G. P. Heimes
Noremioy
North Chastaus
Wheeler & Wilson
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. CO
Fourth St
Cincinnati
Sara
Park
Neil RiweLey Brook
Kern,in & Co
Core
Sprueé Sts
Kavenpa
Robert Doig
F. J Campbell
Campbellopart
P. OU
Havenna
Scientific American Agency For
Jee Broadway
Odee Test Bureau
Amari
Notios
Scientific American
Broadway
M. A. King
Riddle Block
Miller
BS Boolinger’s
Tarollavilleo
Blackstone Block
HaVenns
Webs & Porter
Baverra
Wao & Purtee
Enna
H. Griffin
Ofice
Ma. Mo
P. Wi
H. H. Piers
Dillee
J. H
Tiomney
Norsur Fansisa
Ued Foreign Assortes
Agency
Coamenip Iice
Nice
Fiath
Kayeuna Ca
Atorney
Oftes
Phenis
Bec
Phar Bask
F. Hanselman
Tiorney
Art
Blackstor
Je Block
Bddall
F. Doutrett
Siddall & Douthitt
Altorneys At Law
Oftee
Phenix Block
Ravenes
Harry L. Beatty
Notary Publis
Biddis Block
Havents
Mariéth T
T. Jenkins
A. EF. Watt
W. T. Grendel
Levels
Pri Fenns
Vani
Gensral Macaper
Rate Aveeheoks
Fang Trahning
Ttsburgh Line
Bury
Ffingstop
E.A. Ford
Cenerel GH
Loffore
Marth
Coe
Raveama
Rere
Windhamskrar
Apt Ravens
Pittsburg
Chicago
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