Alarmed mail box units and other odds ends from a long column
A survey of assorted notes includes electric alarms on street letter boxes to alert police, a new anti fat spring found in Anaheim, water cures for obesity, and samples sent to the Smithsonian for analysis. The round of items moves through church finance, political shifts, social clubs, and eclectic anecdotes from Boston to London.
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Anaheim
California
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Coe
Jason Carter
Noppit
Jack
Dan
Jason
Tolland
Taylor
Phebe Coe
John Wires
Boston
Jenison
Scranton
Jase
Celia
Nappit
Phebe
New England
Hartford
Billy
Addy
Obituary Notes on Generals Hooker and Chandlar
General Joseph Hooker aged 68 and Honorable Zachariah Chandlar aged 66 were noted with their respective ages in the report.
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Joseph Hooker
Zachariah Chandlar
The Path to Fortune Is Not Luck but Hard Work
The piece argues wealth comes from effort not luck, noting twenty clerks or apprentices may seek success but the worthy path hinges on mastery of work, integrity, clean living, learning, earning trust, and prudent savings. It concludes most achieve fortune by a steady, honest life over quicker, faded gains.
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Texas
Board of Immigration
Port Lavaca
Burlington
Dennis Kearney
Dennis
Paris
Cincinnati Gazette
Henry Watterson
Ohio
Virginia
Republic
Jefferson
Washington
Congress
New York
Society of the Cincinnati
Capitol
Democratic Party
William Allen
Watterson
Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson
France
Blondin's Daring Rope Feats Stir Vienna Crowd
Blondin, calling himself the Hero of Niagara, astonishes Vienna by rope walking on stilts blindfolded and backwards at 250 feet in the 1875 Exhibition building. He pretends to falter mid crossing, then regains balance as the audience gasps. The Emperor and Empress attended without screaming.
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Jenison
Mr. Wires
Noppit
Jenison Wires
Jack
Dan
Botany Bay
Blondin
Vienna
Niagara
Dear Duchess Pup Questions Meat or Biscuits
A London Punch quip depicts a husband and wife debating proper spelling as a duchess asks how to feed a St Bernard pup. The joke hinges on odd spellings meat with two e s and biscuits with a k, prompting playful avoidance of correct terms.
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Ponsonby
London
Two Ladies Enter Ball Deny Special Costume
Two women arrive at a formal ball and on being asked by the usher what character they played reply they are not in costume. He exclaims in mock surprise that they are “Two ladies without any character.”
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Lexchange
Mild Atlanta Man Objects to Freedom of City for Sherman
A mild mannered Atlanta man opposed honoring Gen. Sherman with the freedom of the city. He argued against granting the honor, citing past conduct and concerns about appropriate recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Gen. Sherman
Gossip at the Manor: A Love Letter Read Aloud
A servant tells her mistress she has a love letter and asks to read it aloud. The reader is offered cotton to stuff her ears as the mistress requests the reading be done in private.
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England
Emily Faithfull
London
Adams Wins Support in Massachusetts Governor Race
Adams, the Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor, receives 9,000 votes. The Democracy there rival counts seen in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Massachusetts
Maine
Magistrate and Barber Exchange Artistic Identities
A courtroom dialogue features a magistrate pressing clarity while a barber asserts an artistic identity as an elegant hair artist. The exchange highlights misunderstandings between profession labels and creative craft.
Treasury Gold Stock Reaches Three Hundred Forty Tons
The United States Treasury reports a growing gold reserve totaling 340 tons and expanding daily as part of the national wealth and monetary backing.
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United States
Moody says few are converted by a sermon in New York
The speaker notes at a New York gathering quote Mr Moody saying he has hardly ever met a man converted by a sermon. The remark emphasizes skepticism about sermon effectiveness and highlights Moody’s candid view during the meeting.
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Mr. Moody
New York
Call for Stronger Army and War Department Control
The Cleveland Herald argues for a large army under the War Department to protect frontiers and punish Indian outrages. It condemns civilian traders and agents, urges eradication of bounties and rations to Indians under military care, and says mass resignations and killings justify tougher policy and swift punishment to restore safety and save government funds.
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Mr. Meeker
Thornburg
Congress
War Department
Civil Service
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Opbera House
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von Wert
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Jeferson
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M. D
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Secnd House
Bridge
W. Depuy
van Wert,o
William Smith
van Wert
Union Block
Pennell’s
Main
Jackson Sts
Attorneys AT Law
H. C. Glenn
G. M. Saltzgaber
Salt Gaber & Enn
McCurdy
H. Kemper
G. E. Welle
LAW
Notary Public
OmMee
Herst’s
E Courts of
D. Clark
John Darnell
James M. Barr
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Ira P. Sissler
Price & Shissler
Iron Block
Boumback’s Dry Goode
D. Beers
Wil
Jas. Clark & Son
Nagee
Dr. C. Emerson
J.M.C. Marble
WM. H. Pennell
Emerson, Marble & CO
Gilmour
Ireland
Chandler
Republican National Committee
Ela Thomas
Cleveland Herald
Hannah
Hudson
Farmer Hudson
Rose Terry Cooke
Mount Lincoln
Rocky Mountains
Park County
Colorado
Haydon
Washburne
Philadelphia
Central Station
Jay Coke & Co
Dolar
Coke
Dunway
New Northwest
Salem
Oregon
Daddy
Mr. Carter
Jennson
James Carter
Craig & Swisher
Abers
Main Street
J. W. Penn
Swineford & Sons
Grocers
van Wert, Ohio
Wert
DR. Knapp
Krout
McKim’s
Alvin Knapp
D. C
P. H. Anschutz
Ek. A
Navy
Root & Company
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
van Wert County
Col. Ostheimer
ACTE
L. F. Gackenheimer
East Main Street
Ohio Drug Store
S. Washington Street
OHLO
Ohio Druc
Pike's Opera Building
W. Fourth Street
Cincinnati
J.w.shults
el Principe de Gales
Key West
Apollinaris
Lim
Hoaglin Township
the Army
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