Silly Cloak of Wit and Odd News Bits
A collection of scattered anecdotes and quips from a late 19th century paper. Jokes include a punning speech on a dumb man’s value, remarks about a colored woman deemed an egress, and a line about young ladies with solitaire diamonds. Also noted are sermons, a critic and fiddler exchange, a lazy neighbor, Rothschilds’ reunion, a drinking impulse exchange, a road claim to Japan, Kansas Central rail progress, a wife’s view on facing a failed husband, and multiple lighthearted city notes.
Emersons Concord home destroyed in great sorrow
A fire devastated the Concord residence of Ralph Waldo Emerson, long a cultural landmark. The loss is described as a special bereavement for a circle of friends, admirers, and a city famed for genius, intellect, and hospitality. A separate report notes a New York press room fire at the Park Hotel and a rattlesnake egg tale from Kentucky’s Shady Grove.
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Boston Transcript
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
Lexington
Charles Coolidge
Joseph Coolidge
Emerson
Oerse
The
Christian Union
Henry Ward
Beecher
Park Hotel
New York City
Fiders
Davenport Board of Trade appoints Cincinnati visit committee
The Davenport Board of Trade with City Council support names W J Skinner E B Baldwin August Steffen Frank Miller J M Dalzell J F Gilman R Zig M Potter of the Gazette and D N Richardson of the Democrat to host merchants and prominent Cincinnati visitors around the 20th inst.
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Davenport Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Cincinnati
W. J. Skinner
E. B. Baldwin
August Steffen
Frank Miller
J. M. Dalzell
J. F. Gilman
R. Zig
M. Potter
The
Gazette
D.N. Richardson
Democrat
Prison labor protests and scattered 19th century notices
A London matmakers meeting denounces prison competition effects on honest workers. Tales of household chaos and a live worm and toad find after rain are reported alongside a San Diego railway survey with eight million raised. Walnut stamps gain value. ovens of Coop er's works win a wooden pail prize. Horace's rope factory in Portland burns, 100 workers lose jobs. Syracuse sash and blind works burn, $40 000 loss. Pohick Church restoration seeks $3,000 near Fairfax VA.
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Horace
Portland
N. B
Turbulent Indiana News From Several Towns
The Terre Haute Express notes the Wabash River is so low river men are ashamed. A river reunion at Lawrenceburg is reported with farmers placing names at gateways. Madison Council votes 7 to 8 to deny hogs run at large in streets. A boy named Stark died overboard at the Jefferson street wharf. A bolt of lightning in Plainville struck a boy, causing a blister but the child recovered. Union Literary Institute near the Ohio line plans to reopen with Miles Moore as teacher, though his Green party ties blocked appointment. An explosion at W C Barnett & Son flour mill in Innamac kills engineer James Coults and injures a son-in-law. The pumps lack water, boiler explosion follows. damages estimated at $8,000.
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Madison
Eorsig
Ohio Line
Randolph County
Union Literary Institute
Miles Moore
Richmond
Tencher
Noves
Moore
Greecy
Greeley
W.C. Barnett & Son
Innamac
Ind
Jas. Coults
Coults
Coutts
Cincinnati
Charming chromos depict children with pets and home scenes
A descriptive catalog of six chromos shows a boy decorating lambs with flowers, a sleepy child with a cat, a Newfoundland with a boy and mother in a kitchen scene, and a family drawing room scene. Each piece emphasizes domestic warmth and maternal endearment, to be mailed or delivered via subscription.
Rioting in Belfast Draws Martial Law Warnings
Dispatches report ongoing riots in Belfast with four killed and many wounded. Police and mayoral proclamations threaten severe penalties. troops deployed as rioters clash in streets. Related disturbances noted in Lurgan and Madrid amid wider European tensions. Geneva board of arbitration adjourns without Palmer.
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London
Dublin
Belfast
Lurgan
Ulster County
Ulster
Madrid
Isabella
Pampeluna
Cure for bone felon by London Lancet blister method
The piece describes a painful bone felon treatment from the London Lancet. It prescribes applying a fly blister the size of a thumbnail over the spot for three hours and then lifting the felon from under the blister with a needle or lancet.
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London Lancet
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W. C. Peale & Bro
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