Odds and ends from a bustling era of curiosities and notices
A jumble of snippets covers demographics, international notes, inventions, curiosities, and local habits. It cites imbalances in district populations, counts of animals in London and new patent figures in Washington, plus street lore, weatherless observations, and a Hàndful of quirky vignettes from journalism of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbis
United States
London Zoological Gardens
Latah
Wash
France
Ae. Poien
Hat Sheerinas
Bohemia
Brooklys
Supreme Court of Errors
Connecticut
Yale
Germany
Baltimore
Shoes of Shakspearean Fashion and Bird Migrations Restless Times
A historical note traces shoes shaped to right and left in Elizabethan and earlier fashion, cites King John on contrary feet, and discusses evolving footwear and taste. It then surveys bird migrations, food cycles, and seasonal abundance, explaining how habitats drive avian movement and survival across Arctic to tropics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Italy
New York
Wyoming
Vienna
Guiana
James Venney
Shekspeare
John
Hubert
Arthur
Shakspeare
Aldis Wrigh
Ail
Arctic
Scotland
Loest
Cornhill Magazine
Prof
Sully
Fiji Islands
Ceylon
Paradise
Pacific Islands
N.o. World
Wrestlers of the Hindoo and Punjab regions
The piece describes North Indian wrestlers trained from infancy, detailing their hard conditioning, diet of milk ghi and sugar, and their tied fortunes with patron sports. It mixes anecdotes about eye irritation from cinders and a cautionary tale about treating eye injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punjab
Jumbled Quotes and Quips From Late 19th Century Puns
A mosaic of comic lines and wry remarks culled from newspapers such as Buffalo Courier and Washington Star. Jests on politics, memory, marriage, travel, and social manners appear through brief quips, quips about love, work, and daily life with a dated editorial voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jtam
Gulonston
Buffalo Courier
Syracuse Courier
Galveston
Richmond
Dennis
Wigwag
Philadelphia
Boston Transcript
Booboy
Detroit Tribune
Hayseed
America
Jillson
Jon
Smith-Jones
Smith-Brown
Detroit Prep Press
Jollicus
Enyway
Henpeck
Meorville Journal
Canada
Washington Star
Gettysburg
Haarlem
Uncle Eben
Browning
Bridget
Ruth
Vassar
Malstop
Emily
Pan
Harper's Bazar
Styx
Pluto
Key West
Dark Angel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ieal
Washington
India
Bombay
China
Imperial Canal
London
Parente
FP. Boyer
Innee
England
Gordon
Brooklyn
Taavite
McConney's
F.C. Park
Mx. Geo
Cook
Mx. Cook
Berlin
Hierwwro
Chicago
Sinc
Yara
Hamburg
Boston
Leipsic
Lee
St. Louis
San Francisco
Bristol
Arkansas
John Sorensen
Ravenna, Ohio
Meridian Street
Main
Aving
Stoge
Willimantic Thread CO
Willimantic
Conn
Milburn, Studebaker
Champion
Main and Prospect Sts
Ravenna
Bargain Shoe House
W. F. Towns
Keystone Watch Case Company
E. C. Belding
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co
Fourth St
Cincinnati
F.C. Pare
Riddle Bisok
G. P. Heimes
KORTE
Eurme Borcpixe
Nostra Cazsisur Sr
Mecca
P. Heimes
Palmyra
Massillon
Youngstown
Erie de
Risdon & Jor
Ae J. Andrie
C. S. Leonard, M
Impine
Spters
Ene Geraee
Binks Pigs
H. Griffin
Ile
Ana
Guam
IseManus Agendy
A. & Cole
F. Douteset
Coles Dounels
oSey
GKG
J. H. Dusser
Zeorney Ax Cays
Ant
Notamy Acoust
D. Panesaria
J. H. Nichols
Zotery Public
Plenls Biock
Secom Fationad Samet Ravenna, Ghie
F. Hanselman
Jena
Ules
Hout Anemas
L@sinpan
Phanix Biock
Harry L. Beatty
Ttorney
Itary Porug
Roos li
Kiddie Dstock
Mimi Ravens
Ohio
Carrrau
Surrius
Partonan
Chas. Merts
H. L. Huse
T. R. B. Carwanan
Cashier
H.L. Hine
H.W. Riddle
C. 8. Leonard
Orrin Stevens
Carrian Pam Ur
U.S
U. S. Cauron
C. A. Reep
Wanzer Hotcoms
F. H. Cannavan
Teller
A. Reed
Powell & Bob
COAL
Morgan
Ray, Brick & Tink M'ra Co
C.J. Stanford
Carters! Tittle
IVER
Atillous Atete
Erie
Talentio Action
Jedicine CO
New
Addrons
C.A
Puente
Munn & Co
Kre
Wien
Portage County
Ernan F
Eitgau
C. McShane
LaSalle
Btrwee
Chicsio
Titavis
Ites
Anna Se Racha
Core Dourmre
Hee
Havenna
Augusti
Ebb
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