Ducks on a spree and a trick that pays
A 16 year old girl shoreside near Chesapeake Bay uses soaked whisky corn to lure ducks ashore. More than 50 ducks were intoxicated and captured, netting her over $25 in one haul. The piece quips on ducks and market profits and notes the coach between Holland House and Ardsley fails to pay.
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Chesapeake Bay
United States
Alfred Vanderbilt
Holland House
New York
Ardsley
Hudson
One-Piece Corset Cover Pattern No 2004 Described
Paris pattern No 2004 offers a one piece corset cover with adjustable seams and peplum details. Describes fabric options such as lawn jaconet and cambric, sleeve variations, gathered neck and waist with ribbon, and required yardages for bust sizes 32 to 42. Submit 10 cents and pattern number to Pattern Department with full name address and state.
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Paris
Paris Pattern No. 2537 Childs Frock Description
Paris Pattern No 2537 offers a daily wear dress for girls aged two to twelve in natural colored fabric with a flat collar turn back cuffs and embroidered details. The pattern includes six sizes and requires varying yardage by fabric width. Order details request name address and pattern number 2537.
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Paris
Gibson
Pattern Department
The Khedive as a Poet in Arabic Verse
The Khedive of Egypt is described as a poet of merit in Arabic. Critics note Abtas Hilmi style as melodious and allegorical. A paraphrase recalls a former visit to England when he sent Queen Victoria a bouquet with a verse praising her.
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Heypt
Abtas Hilmi
England
London Globe
Oriental contrasts in dress and demeanor noted in Mme Wu Ting Fang and Mme Takahira
The passage compares Mme Wu Ting Fang as distinctly oriental in every sense to Mme Takahira, the wife of the Japanese ambassador, who dresses in European style and adopts western ideas and topics. It notes Mme Takahira has not yet learned English but will likely pick it up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme Wu Ting Fang
Mme. Takahira
Europe
North Carolina Mountaineers Live Isolated, Honest Community
A Cincinnati Times-Star report describes Bat Cave North Carolina as a remote, industrious mountain community. Missionary Henry Mitchell notes self-sufficient families, wool spinning, simple dress, and high value on education as children walk miles to school.
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North Carolina
Henry Mitchell
Whitield Avenue
Episcopal Mission Church
Bat Cave
Sisters of the
Glendale
Asheville
N.C
Commie
Cincinnati Times-Star
Deceit and Calender Reform in Chesterfield Era
A reflection on Lord Chesterfield orchestrating the calendar reform through cramming and flattery. He claims using astronomical terms to fool peers into believing they understood the topic, improving reform while maintaining mutual deceit among them.
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Bismarck
Lord Chesterfield
Bathing of an Indian God Draws Thousands of Pilgrims
Pilgrims from Hooghly districts and nearby regions flock to Jugernath temples from early morning. The deity is displayed prominently for viewing by the crowd. The bathing ritual begins at a fixed hour only if a small bird sits on the temple banner. Believers say the bird travels from Puri for Mahesh, signaling the ceremony to start, then vanishes after the bath.
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Hooghly
Jugernath
Calcutta
Puri
Hindoo
Mahesh
Idlehurst and old remedies in 19th century health lore
The piece surveys quirky remedies and superstitions from Sussex and Britain, noting a milk with shot for lung inflammation, sparrow shot used as folk cure, and a doctor’s ice on a boy’s temples tale. It recounts the 1834 apprenticeship scheme for enslaved people and large slave compensation, plus dramatic storm-wave feats near Skerryvore lighthouse and rock falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idlehurst
Sussex
England
Tommy
A Dead Soldier Recalled From the Battle of Galway
A veteran recounts the brutal fighting at Galway on May 27, 1802. He describes being left for dead, captured by Confederates, and later recovering in a hospital camp after a heavy Confederate assault that year. The account highlights the chaos and memory gaps common to veterans of the era.
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Mr. Hullard
Avery
Veldier
Min
Bivages Station
Thane
McClellan
Thomas
Escape and Return of Civil War Soldier Ballard
Ballard, once believed dead after captivity, survived Libby and Gettysburg. He was exchanged at Annapolis and rejoined the Eleventh at Harper's Ferry, later earning a long Boston postal career and a gold watch from Dwight Street residents. A Scottish street anecdote recalls a dusty soldier bragging of an army contract.
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Ball
Bayages Station
Maxwell
Boston
Ballard
Richmond
E. M. Morse
Charlestown
Mr. Ballard
Gettysburg
Hallard
Hoston
Dwight Street
Edinburgh
Sandy
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