Our National Museum Curiosities and Telegraph History
Washington reports on a visit to a premier national museum with vast exhibits spanning Japan art and porcelain, swords and indigenous tools. The feature traces Morse telegraph origins, historic items, Grant collection highlights, and notes on Banerett the historian, with anecdotes of early American telegraph development and notable artifacts.
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Washincton
National Museum
Europe
Japan
Sevres
Worcester
Hnie
Alaska
Central
Africa
Corea
Powder Mine Hero Reese of 48th Dies in Bold Petersburg Mine
George L Kilmer recounts Oliver Reese and fellow miners in the 48th Pennsylvania during the Petersburg siege. Facing exhaustion and foul air, Reese masterminds a tunnel under Confederate lines and defuses a fuse delay, leading to a massive explosion that devastates the enemy and secures a crucial advance for Union forces.
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Penny Avese
Southwest
Mississippi
Peters
Petersburg
Lucius
Rooi
Dor Ce
Oxfort
Welael
Iis
Oliver
Arnl
Bessi
Reese
Reese Elmod
Thas
Bowe
List
Sit
Masisins
Mtr
Lee
Richmond
Moose
Gen. Grant
Meade
Tam
George L. Kilmer
New York Mail and Express
Weddings in Colonial Days
Weddings in early colonial days were quickly at the bride’s home and proclaimed in church. Wealth increased and hospitality grew, with guests entertained at the bride’s house. Dances followed the marriage including jigs, contra dances, minuets and hornpipes.
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Jay Rauskels
Connecticut
Mrs Landry and Her Business Ways Curtain Stage Rituals
In a fragment from the Boton Transcript, Mrs Landry is described as indefatigable in business, with backstage routines noted. Between acts her maid tucks her skirts, covers them with white aprons, and she returns to the stage to give directions, while a general tone suggests a quiet focus on details and timing.
White cow spotted by a child amid herd mystery
A four year old girl named Edna in a tangled rural tale notices a white cow amid red brown and multicolored cattle. The scene evokes a quaint moment as the child points out the rarity, prompting local wonder about the lone white animal.
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Little Edna
Harper's Bazar
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!