Fragmented 19th Century Tidbits and Notes From Fragments
A collection of miscellany items includes reflections on wisdom ignorance and social norms, a Frankfort club intrigue with self harm notes, juvenile court views, typhoid links to contaminated cream in Liverpool and Glasgow, and philanthropic drives. It mentions an Italian countess gifting estates for a hospital and discusses gas interactions with caoutchouc, tire nitrogenization ideas, wireless printing, and foodless eating. The writeup closes with Becker’s capital punishment stance and grim humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Institute
Routhampton
Manby
Liverpool Health Authortiea
Glasgow
Liverpool
White Lady apparitions tied to Austrian and German dynasties
A desultory essay surveys reports of the White Lady ghost at Schonbrunn and other palaces, linking apparitions to calamities in the Austrian imperial family and Prussian royal house. It recounts similar legends of White Ladies and a Red Man in various courts, and ends with a dandified wariness about fate and omens.
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Austria
Caxtle
Schonbrunn
Imperial House of
Sen
Maximilian
Mexico
Arelydus Rudolph
Meyerling
Schantvunn
Juha Orth
Valparalgo
Schon‘brinn
Dave
Hohenzol- Vorn
William I
Alon
Frederick III
Sho
Berlin
House of Austria
Prussia
Ellawbrth
Ann Boleyn
Hesse-Darmatadt
Poker Game Tale From Kentucky Coroner Inquest
In a Fifth Avenue cafe story a Kentucky coroner famed as a poker player visits a distant county for an inquest. That night he, with three jury members, joined a poker game at a club revealing the era’s social blur between official duty and late night gambling.
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Gary
New York
Wicks Haughton
Louieville
Fifth Avenue Bute
Mr. Naughton
Kentucky
Te Furoman
Ghosts and apparitions haunt historic places in lore
Terrifying tales recount spectral visitors at Windsor Castle and the Tuileries. A black-clad woman with four eyes frightens a guard, while Catherine de Medici’s Red Man haunts the Red Catholic palace. Napoleon reportedly spoke with the phantom before his Moscow retreat. Empress Eugenie feared what omen the ghosts foretold.
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Philipps
Righard
Bosworth Field
Tuileries
Red Man
Catherine de Medici
Napoleon
Fnesla
Moscow
Eugenie
Thrilling Rescue at Seaside Park Rope Walk
A years ago a tight rope walker slipped while crossing a rope in a public park. He hung by his hands at a great height as the crowd watched in fear. Coast guard rockets and a crew member aloft saved the performer, lowering him to safety.
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Coast Guard
Haringworth
Hope to Supprew Bull Fights in Spain
A correspondent visiting Spain reports on bull fights in small villages where cheap Sunday spectacles draw crowds. If the bull refuses to fight, locals rush the arena and attack the animal with knives, reflecting harsh costs and dangers of these brutal events.
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Spain
King of ita Gypatns crowned at Yetholm Scotland
In Yetholm Scotland a man named Fan was crowned king of the Gypates in a ceremony honoring his Tata mother Queen Esther. The tin crown was placed by the village blacksmith as the king rode in a carriage drawn by unique animals. The passage reflects on envy of greatness and limits of power.
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Tlemen
Mr. Haughton
Yetholm
Scotland
Fan
Esther
Bells on Bicycles in Manila Stir Protests
A Manila Times editorial labeled Bells on Bicycles harshly criticizes local cyclists, urging regulation of riders on Luenta sidewalks. It notes accidents involving English residents’ children and calls for cyclists to ride on the road with bells and warning for pedestrians.
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Tesulta
Luenta
Steam Motorcycle Gains Ground Across Nation
A year after its debut, motor driven tandem racing spreads from France to every state east of the Mississippi, with Salt Lake City and Pacific coast tracks soon to hear of it. The steam motorcycle, faster than petroleum types, now claims the world's mile record and is aided by triplets and quads with two engines delivering three to four horsepower.
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France
New England
South Atlantic
Louisiana
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Fournier
Midch
Manamotor Hand Driven Tricycle For Disabled
A Bay City resident, severely crippled, commissioned a bicycle manufacturer to build a hand driven tricycle. The firm succeeded with an initial device and expanded to produce driven wheels for crippled customers seeking street and road transit closer to bicycle speed. An illustration displays the original Manumotor and reflects the same care and workmanship as bicycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cruteboy
Dany
Audi
Brake pattern and bicycle club declines described in 1890s Denver article
The piece details a brake mechanism with a front frame attachment and adjustable lever, describing its parts and function to transfer friction from tire to roller. It also notes the closing of the Ble Wood Wheelmen and Ramblers clubs, their old quarters, and shifting cycling organizations in Chicago and surrounding areas.
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Teana
Blewood Wheelmen
Ramblers
Clng Club
Denver
Rooma
Thomas
Englewood
Chicago
Bon Homme
Oo St
Big South Side
Chicago C. C
Eat
Columbia Men
Etuba
Logan Square Club
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Silver Messenger
Challis
M. Sweet
Idaho
John the Baptist
Frankfort
Tid
Talon
Winieelf
Atander
Réna
Paris Academy of Sciences
Rome
M. P Arconyal
T la
Lnte
Becker
Windam Castle
Quenn Bess
Bult
Comte de Segur
Aldo
Windsor Castle
Elizabeth
Vantahdng Indy
Lim
Carlyte
Wesel
Manila
Arient
Mockiow
Mantle ‘Times
Bay City
Mich
Kenttoker
Senta
Undianiapoli
Rallor
Dimacf
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