Behring Sea echoes and diverse 19th century notes
A collage of items from the era includes a medical claim about tight lacing and a red nose, wages for Weppino outfits in New York, Chicago divorce terms, Behring Sea sealing stats, ice prices, and assorted curiosities. It also notes Oregon railway steamers to China, eclipses in March, postal costs, a Wisconsin submarine toy, and a progressive euchre prize shift from a handkerchief to suspenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
China
Japan
Pacific
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Dresden
Milady
The Freaky Engine and Its Whimsical Locomotives
Chief Crawford notes locomotives behave like wary beings and women, with quirks such as jumping when blocked, foaming boilers, and erratic throttles. He explains engineers must know their engines, as control relies on throttle, reverse lever, and airbrake amid unpredictable machine behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Crawford
Constructing Engineers’ Corps
Baldwin Works
New York Advertiser
Japan
Chief Crawford
Untitled fragment hints at disposal timeline
The passage notes objects begin life at the shop and persist until they are finally sent to the junk pile, outlining a lifecycle from sale or creation to disposal.
Rare Portland vase copy owned by New York heiress
Mrs. Edward L. Coffey of New York holds one of two rare copies of the Portland vase in existence in that city. The vase, about ten inches high, depicts Peleus and Thetis and once contained the ashes of Mammea. Its famed history includes the Barberini and Portland collections, a 1845 damage, and Josiah Wedgwood copies sold for £50 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Edward L. Coffey
New York
Charles de Kay
United States
Berlin
Portland
Peleus
Thetis
Mammea
Alexander Severus
Barberini
William Hamilton
Naples
England
Duke of Portland
Duke of Marlborough
British Museum
Josiah Wedgewool
Gathered Tales From A Rural and Urban Notebook
In Santa Teresa Galluri Sardine a 111 year old peasant Magdalena Pisciotta dies leaving sixty grandchildren. In Mississippi two men fight and fall thirty feet with none hurt. Liverpool appoints an official ratcatcher for St Johns market at 150 dollars to clear rats and 100 dollars annually thereafter. First parish in Hingham Massachusetts exists since 1635 worshiping in the same building since 1631. Canada bars posters of living pictures at Toronto fort returning lithographs to Charles R Ffoulke of Washington who owns a vast tapestry collection and is preparing a book on tapestries with European and American publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Teresa Galluri
Magdalena Pisciotta
Mississippi
Liverpool
St. John’s Market
Hingham
Mass
United States
Toronto
Charles R. Ffoulke
Washington
M. Froulke
Europe
Cincinnati Opens Police Library in City Hall
Cincinnati has opened a police library in City Hall. In recent months donations of books and periodicals have arrived and while not yet fully equipped the facility promises to be a great success. One of the department’s best educated men has been detailed as librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
A Pot of Gold Found After Storm Hits Farm
A storm overturned a large oak on M. D. Cartwright's Ripley Mississippi farm. While hunting, B. S. Saunders of Indian Bay Arkansas uncovered beneath the roots a pot of gold and silver coins valued at ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Cartwright
Ripley, Miss
B. S. Saunders
Indian Bay
Ark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Downsend Messenger
John RE. Stout
Behring Sea
Germany
Lorp RayLeien
Professor Ramsey
Hartford
Conn
North
South America
Atlantic Ocean
North America
North Atlantic Ocean
Post Office Department
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Navy Department
Hood
Elizabeth Wolfe
Clara
Sophia Wors
Zaleski
Ohio
Toven
Tod
Zazalas
Kitbelman
A. Ridgeville
Ndia
InsufMrato
DR. Sykes
Sioux City Engine & Iron Works
Pech Mfg. Co
Sioux City
Low
Union Ave
Kansas City
Chicana
Buckbee
Locktert
Halsted St
Ckeng CO
Graipke
NSIO
Washington, D.C
Successfuil
Ate
PxAminer
U.S. Pension Bureau
Aadjudicat
Atty Ainca
T. J. Skinner
Columbus
Kan
FP. Simpson
Spokane
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
L. WU
Xindty
Lorillard
Lorillard’s
Ang
Brandenburg & CO
Chicago ST. Louis
Cobbler & Harness Mender
Colchester
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