Marriage of Lieut. Fitch and Miss Sherman in Cincinnati
Lieutenant Thomas W. Fitch of the Engineer Corps and Miss Maria Sherman wed at St. Aloysius Church in Cincinnati. Archbishop Purcell officiated as Gen. W. T. Sherman and family observed, with a large military and civilian gathering, followed by a reception at Gen. Sherman’s home and a planned bridal tour northwest.
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Wasureton
Thos. W. Fitch
Engineer Corps of the Navy
Maria Sherman
W. T. Sherman
St. Aloysius
Purcell
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Lizzie
Ella Sherman
Phillips
Fanny Marcy
Gen. Marcy
United States Army
Alice Bartley
Washington
Maria Patterson
St. Louis
Ella Ewing
Bessie Smith
Charles Rae
Engineer Corps
Lieut. Hunter
Cochrane
Edwin Wells
Wood
United States Navy
Lieut
Russel
Marine Corps
Thomas E. Sherman
Miscellaneous brief items of interest and oddities
A Utica physician earns about 4000 dollars a year while Porter Maine reports skating-thick ice. A New Hampshire jury awards 145 dollars to a man after his servant was enticed away, with 50 dollars previously paid for her passage. At a Sacramento theater loft riot youths caused a panic as plaster fell. A New York well rescue saves a nine year old, and Virginia City mules mockily dodge a price sign. Miner Frank Mayer survives a shaft fall amid snakes and carcasses, recounting a dramatic deathbed marriage in Buffalo. Dr Moyes dies after leaving his fortune to his bride, who marries his mother and sister.
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New Hampshire
Providence Journal
Metropolitan Theater
Sacramento
Cal
Frank Mueller
Exchange
East Twelfth
West Sixteenth Streets
St. Louis
Virginia City
Nev
Hank Blanchard
Fagan
Hank
Frank Mayer
Chestnut Hills
Emma
Buffalo
Bavang
Moyes
Detroit Free Press
Wedded and Widowed in Rochester Society Scene
Miss Emma Hulsizer of Rochester, Oakland County, a talented painter and musician, graduates from Villa Maria Montreal and becomes betrothed to Dr S E Moyes. Preparations for a European bridal tour and a lavish wedding on the 24th filled social circles with plans to eclipse local nuptials.
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Emma Hulsizer
William Hulsizer
Rochester
Oakland County
Hulsizer
Villa Maria
Montreal
Emma
Trousseau
Europe
Detroit Justice Recites Classics Before Sentencing
In Detroit, Judge presides over a vagrant case with theatrical sternness. He questions the defendant about ambition and references Cicero Plato and Demosthenes, ultimately sentencing the man to four months in jail. A bystander notes the court’s solemn tone and the unusual courtroom rhetoric.
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Detroit
Llere
Aslijah
Cicero
Plato
Athens
Demosthenes
Romance of an Organ Grinder on an Atchison Curbstone
A German widow’s tragic tale unfolds after her daughter Kathrina’s fiancé sails to America for marriage only to lose his life with the voyage of the Fille du Havre. The widow survives in New York’s asylum and then wanders poverty on a curbstone in Atchison, half-fed and half-witted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Kathrina
America
New York
Curbstone
St. Louis Republican
Luminous agate polishing in Oldenburg works
At agate polishing mills in Oldenburg a century old phenomenon shows stones becoming brilliantly luminous and transparent under strong friction. Workers grind with stones five feet in diameter rotating rapidly while water streams over them. The description notes the worker lying prone during grinding and the high speed of grinding surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldenburg
Germany
Red light from grinding stones in workshop experiment
Noggerath observed intense red light and numerous sparks when a quartz hardness stone pressed against a revolving grindstone. He noted all hard stones produced light, with chalcedony giving fiery red, chrysopase a little red, rock crystal rose red, coralline bright red, amethyst pale violet, and many opaque stones no light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Noggerath
Rattan trade and its varied uses across the East US
The article outlines rattan supply from the Moluccas and Asia, noting the United States consumes about three quarters of global output totaling over 6 million pounds. It describes quality grades, uses for outside and inside rattan, chair cane production in a single US factory, and widespread manufacture of baskets, mats, furniture, and demi johns. It cites a New England factory employing 1,000 workers and a total rattan workforce around 1,800, with about $2,000,000 capital, and compares to Singa pore styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moluccas
Singapore
Pedang
Penang
Samarang
St. Simon's Bay
United States
India
New England
New York Times
Children Must Learn to Obey, A Sallie Adventure
Sallie, six, loves her primer with pictures especially the "printin" under the pages. She slips away from home to Gibson's for a treat, meets blasting rocks and arrives late to school to hear Amos Ransom read "Children must learn to obey." After tears and a stern talk from Mam, Sallie learns a vivid lesson.
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Sallie
Papa
Mamma
Bridget
Gibson
Mamie
Amos Ransom
Gibson's
Tean
Thad
How a Bindery Dresses a Book in Morocco and Gold
A fifth story bindery turns loose printing sheets into bound volumes. Folders prepare pages, hydraulic presses flatten sheets, and a sewing machine assembles signatures. End papers, glue, edge trimming, and mill-board covers follow, with head-bands and gold stamping completing the elegant dress for books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iere
Morocco
How Eclipses Occur and Moon Paths Explained
A 19th century explainer outlines why eclipses happen, detailing the sun and moon paths, nodes, and their crossing points. It describes the moon's shifting path over years, the cyclic nature of eclipse seasons, and notes predictions for future occurrences. Also included are odd anecdotes about a leg needle burial shroud and a note on Pennsylvania Railroad stock certificate reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ti Ferther
Aldebaran
Simon Newcomb
Harper’s Magazine
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Berne
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York Tribune
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Avention
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
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Ala
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Postoffice Department
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Milwaukee
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Cleveland
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East Liberty
Beeves—Best
Philadelphia
General Sherman
Republic
Ewing
House of God
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Gen
Mrs. Sherman
Marine Band
Sny
Porter
Rattan
the Skool Boy
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Enny
Daniel Webster
Bekum
Josh Billings
English Mechanic
Mary C. Bartlett
Mamie Sims
Jane Ann Jones
Harper’s Bazar
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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