The March of Progress and a Mountain Girl
A long reading captures two narratives. First, a verse fragment laments progress from candlelight to electric streets and rail, ending with a note on steam and modernity. Second, a California mountain tale follows Amarillo Billy, a lively girl linked to a dog and a boy, whose bold acts provoke neighbors and lead to a dramatic rescue of a lost child with mountain lion danger exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Fromer
Hilo Mountain
Volcano
Abe
Wey
Mt. Brn
St Bernard
Serry
Billy
Pete Pelter
Spesk
Amarillo
Mr. Pelter
Jerry Fromer
California
Jerry
Mr. Fromer
Pete Peltar
Billy Pelter
Peter Pelter
Pelter
Peter
Miscellany of curiosities and world notes from a late 19th century paper
A collection of brief items covering explorers myths about Central Africa, marine jokes about Neptune and adoption of a uniform scale, Mexican attitudes to doctors amid patient tallies, a Paris epitaph joke, a bank president’s view on bank losses, an Ohio farmer’s fatal bull, hints of undiscovered land north of Alaska, English burial reform debates, immigration statistics, and a description of the whistling tree in tropical regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trivier
Central
Africa
Triton
Neptune
N. Y. Sun
Sam
New York
Ohio
Alaska
Leavitt
Point Barrow
England
Great Britain
Germany
Norway
Sweden
France
Ireland
West India Islands
Nubis
Soudan
Barbadoca
Home Made Cabinets Show Simple Shelves and Color
Amateur carpenters craft charming cabinets to hold fine bric-a-brac and china. A twelve by twenty four inch frame features lower and upper shelves, white enamel, and decorative gilding with crocuses. Collective suggestions include a pilgrim bottle, Moorish blue accents, and space for lace, coral, shells, and heirlooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
N. Y
First iron works and new trades in early America
Items note 1621 Chesterfield Virginia iron works and a Philadelphia trade school for young women. Other notes cover experiments in potato paint and coal gas compression, a French Eiffel Tower observation aid, and an artificial sponge industry. Also quoted are pithy paragraphs from several publications and a tale of the 1804 silver dollar found in Minnesota with big resale potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chesterfield
Philadelphia
Paris
France
Australia
Minneapolis
Sir Frederick Abel
Royal Institution
London
Europa
Eiffel Tower
Oscar Schmidt
University of Grat
Styria
Dalmatia
Theophilus Jones Hind and Tears of Youthful Worries
A Victorian tale segment follows Theophilus Hind as he fears expressing feelings, tips on managing emotions, and a family warning that overemotional outbursts may lead to real misfortune. The piece shifts to a domestic scene with children writing on trees’ usefulness, then recalls Grandma’s memories of school days and a youth’s peril at sea, all told in a homespun, moralizing tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fromer
Billy
Bill Brown
Jake Fromer
Ranter
Fromer
Amilosphy
Geneezer
Denison
Jacob
Polydore
Virgil
Catallas
Cowley
Aristotle
Greece
Ganges
Buddha
London Graphic
Persia
Mousheer-ed-Dowleh
Kaswin
Cor
London Times
Hobbes
Rousseau
Nere
Tf Rousseau
Uap
T. H Huxley
Cassie
Sydney Smith
N. Y. Ledger
Texas Siftings
Jamestown News
Munsey's Weekly
Cadley
N.o. Sun
Texas
Mrs. Washington
Washington Post
Tommy
Figg
Terre Haute Express
Women’s Equal Rights Club
Hobbs
Willie
Boston ‘Transcript
Bully Bag
Archibald Edward Theophilus Jones Hind
Moana
Theophilus
Fred
Harry
Fanny
Susie
George
Mamma
Amazon
Para
Brazil
Tropics
Pacific
Botanical Gardens
Grandma
Ames
Beag
Bons
Grandma Beam
Ohio
John
Father
Satan
Hiram Day
Mr. Day
Mr ~Ing
Santa Claus
Imposaihie
van Ocean Steamahip
New York
Allright
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perindicals
Mori
Progrea
Eden
Progres
March of Progress
Ev'ry
Blaae
Fiavel Scott Mines
Puck
Hilo
Congress
United States
Scotland
Canada
Senate
House
Beck
Kentucky
Dumfriesshire
Pasco
Florida
John M. Clancy
John Quinn
John M. Farquhar
Ayrshire
John M. Wiley
William G. Laidlaw
Jedburg
Sheffield
Georgia
Minnesota
Towers
Morse
Masschusetts
Guenther
Wsconsin
Bourke Cochran
T. J. Campbell
Patrick A. Collins
Massachusetts
O'Neill
Missouri
Lrland
Chicago Times
Indu
Anger
China
Roanoke Herald
Boston Advertiser
Barry
Georgele
George Asgely
Weema
Frank H. Stouffer
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