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Odds and Ends From The Times Of 19th Century News
A roundup of curious facts and statistics, including 5000 patents on churns granted by the government, a large bed of oyster shells found in Florida, and cigars totaling about 3 billion annually. Notes on Sir Moses Montefiore, Illinois liquor laws, Vermont school figures, Campanini’s varied pursuits in Italy, and British paper from yuces. Also mentions London fire of 1686, canal mail savings by Canadian merchants, lace fashion shifts, William III and Queen Anne expenditures, and the Tell apple story linked to Altorf.
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A. Talahassee
Nebraska
Moses Montefiore
Ilinois
Vermont
Campanini
Italy
Arizona
New Moeszieo
California
Great Britain
St. Paul’s London
Omon Liddon
Robert Peel
Ctesias
Thomas Browne
London
United States
William Itt
Ince
Medlin
Brussels
William Tell
Altorf
Lake
Luzerne
Schiller