Oddities from a long ago era spark mixed notes
A collage of brief items recounts quirky tales and curiosities: maggot farming halted as nuisance in Paris, Maine whisky-filled eggs sold for a dollar fifty, marksmen and muzzle loaders debate, and a coroner's jury in Arkansas on a fatal bowie knife wound. The piece also covers a Japanese persimmon introduction, a Boston and Albany car shop fire, and various political and social notes alongside a sprawling wartime reminiscence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Jim Blarkin
Henry Loomis
San Francisco
Digging His Own Grave Ends In Tragic Suicide
Elijah Brown, a 65 year old Crooked Creek resident, incurred chronic mental distress and made multiple suicide attempts over a year. On Sunday night he prepared a grave and contemplated using a rifle, then later bought morphine and drank two thirds of a bottle, dying at 5:25 PM the following day. He had planned the act and urged his family not to blame them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
Martinsville
Indiana
Tom Ewing
George Pendleton
Reese River
Texas
Dr. Wixom
Austin
New York Sun
New York City
New York
Albert Edward
Prince of Wales
Gotham
Kirtland
New York Herald
Mecca
Joe Smith
Sidney Rigdon
Orso Pratt
Heber C. Kimball
Smith
Young
Rigdon
Pratt
Kimball
Empire
Lake Erie
Chagrin River
Old Dame and I
Harper’s Magazine
Switzerland
America
Europe
M. Favre Perret
Neuchatel
Geneva
School of Watchmaking
Basle
Zurich
United States
M. Grenier
Agricultural Society of
Canton de Vaud
States
Canada
M. Bally
New World
Schoenenwerth
Broadway
Paris
Fertig
St. Nicholas
Brown-Bird
Humming-Bird
Mosquito
Red Lady-Bug
Squirrel
Roy
Rob
Lou
Riar
Rial
Jimine
Pinkiewinkle
Pinkie-winkle
Carmel
Ill
Elijah Brown
Crooked Creek
James R. Brown
Harris
Brown
Russian cavalry general praised for tactical knack
From the Louisville Courier, General Tchoutchowassoff is described as a man of genius whose remarkable name aids mobility. The piece notes an army officer benefits from a memorable name in a well watered country, likening it to using a plank floor as a pontoon bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier
Tchoutchowassoff
Giving Him a New Skin. Boy Recovers After Skin Graft Planned
An Auburn Advertiser report describes Frank Hanafin receiving skin grafts from eight or nine Irish schoolmates. Doctors Picot and Maynard performed the grafting on his back, using about thirty skin pieces to cover the large wound. The boys, aged eight to fifteen, volunteered, some giving multiple pieces, while others watched from outside as the operation proceeded. The procedure aimed to hasten Hanafin’s recovery and ease his pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Advertiser
Frank Hanafin
Advertiser
Drs
Folger Picot
Hanafin
One of the War's Tragedies Revealed at Pittsburgh
A lecturer recounts a Civil War incident where rebel prisoners drew blanks to avoid execution after a soldier from the Thirtieth Illinois was murdered on March 2, 1866. Seventy escaped death. ten drew loaded ballots and the doomed man was executed at the edge of a clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Marvin
Maj
Florida Woman Dies After Husband Administers Chloroform
Mrs Julia L Key daughter of Caroline Lee Hentz long ill in Calhoun County Florida urged husband to end her pain by chloroform as she faced death. He gave the drug without doctors present and she died quietly after placing the bottle to her face. The husband says he believed she wished to die and the case will be investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midasvar
Transylvania
Orsova
Jannissaries
Spahis
Prince of Coburg
Hussars
Riment
Cincinnati Enquirer
Atlanta
Florida
Julia L. Key
Caroline Lee Hentz
Calhoun County
Nineteen year old Annie Garvey in Tombs Court sobs
Annie Garvey a pretty nineteen year old is found drunk and disorderly in Baxter Street and weeps in Tombs Police Court as Justice Duffy questions her. Her mother testifies the girl was a good girl who had been drunk by accident. The mother pleads for leniency as the two leave sobbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Annie Garvey
Tombs
Baxter Street
Justice Duffy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dan Allert
Opera House Blook
ER. L. Wilkinson
Union Block
Newcomer’s Grocery
Georgiana OC. Glenn
van Wert
North Side
First Street
Washington and
Jefferson
H. G. Davis
Kepler
I.K. Woods
D. A
Washington Street
Bridge
GEO
W. M’gavren
H. C. M’gavren
H. C. McGavren & Son
McGavren & Webster
William Smith
O. C
A. L. Teubner & Co
Main
Jackson Ats
B. Steinnan
Burt’s Bank
Main St
I.M. Stutsman
McKim’s Store
Washington Streets
East Main Street
Phillips Patent
P. Clark & Son
South Washington Street
Goshen
Noble County
Italy
Germany
Moody
Hartford
Daniel Ward
Stickneyville
Rondout
N. Y
Virginia Bell-Punch
Maine
Boston and Albany
Springfield
Mass
Canada Southern Railroad
Hayden
Irasburg
Vermont
Dallas
Ohio River
Paducah
S. E. Jacobson
Theodore Thomas Orchestra
Mendelssohn Quintette Club
Christian Church
Decatur
Joe Johnston
Shaeffer
U. S. District Court of Utah
Ben Hill
John W. Young
Brigham
Chamberlain
N. G. Parker
South Carolina
Esau
Aray
Calvary
Os Son
Szekler
Ohio
Hirtland
First Temple
House OF the Lord
Church of Christ
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith Jr
Mark .P.D
Melchisedec
THE
Salt Lake
Utah
California
B. Young
Amboy
Tinsley’s
Rossett
Sketer
Attorneys AT Law
Ahijah Jones
AT Law
Convoy
EB. Wells
LAW and Notary Public
Helst
Courts of Ohio
A. J. Porter
Glenn & Porter
McCurdy’s Block
John Darnell
Van _Wert
Heist’s Block
G. M. Saltzgaber
I. N. Alexander, Alexander & Saltzgaber
Ttorneys AT Law
James M. Barr
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Ira P. Shissler
Price & Shissler
Iron Block
Boumback
Dry Goode
W. 7. Beers
Jas, Clark & Son
J. B. Brodnix
Evans & Collins
D. A. Newcomer’s Grocery
PENN
Court House
Main &T. van Wert. O
Swineford & Sons
FIN
Arcdae
van Wert, Ohio
Swineford & Sonb
Wert, Ohio
C.N. Yokel
Hertz
American House
Recisai
C. P. Clark & Son
C. C. Knapp
H. V. Olney
South Washington St
A. P. M’conahay
Ss. Hamilton
Pittsburg, Pa
A. W. Fritz
Cales Mining
Wenger & Pennypacker’s
Weible & Thomas
Michigan
Grand Rapids and Indians
R. R. Co
W. C. Hughart
Grand Rapids
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