Swallows at Sea and Gold Curse Stories
Swallows at sea near Port Said fled a storm with hundreds alighting on the ship and dying others on deck. Captives released next day. one bird died. Text contrasts English swallows with golden brown markings and white breast. Also recounts The Coincident Curse of Gold detailing miners killed or ruined after discovering mines. numerous named figures and fates cited from St Louis Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Egypt
England
New Castle
America
Australia
George H. Fryer
Fryer Hill
Denver
Great Standard
California
Colonel Story
William Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Farrell
Meadow Lake
San Francisco
Homestake
John Homer
Fryer
Ninemile Clarke
Eureka
St. Louis
Notable Carpets of Napoleon III at Gobelins Estate
Paris letters describe two colossal carpets transferred to Fontainebleau by the president, ordered by Napoleon III in 1868 for Gobelin manufactory. Sizes nearly thirty feet square and eleven by ten yards, valued at 440000 and 50000 dollars respectively, with real worth likely double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontainbleau
Napoleon III
Gobelin
Les Gobelins
Louis XIV
la Savonnerie
Louvre
Versailles
Paris
How to Dig Earthworms With a Sturdy Stick
A man explains a worm gathering method using a four to five foot stick sharpened at one end. Insert the stake several inches into the ground, twist, and periodically hammer the top to push it deeper. After about five minutes worms emerge, allowing easy netting into a can per the St. Louis Glob-Democrat account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Getting Something to Be. Few Practical Hints for Job Seekers
A Philadelphia Ledger piece urges persistent effort over reliance on influence. It stresses proficiency and demonstration of skill, the value of a strong sample of work, and loving one’s craft. Real success comes from training, timing, and creating demand for one’s wares or labor.
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Julian Hawthorne
Colonel Forney
Philadelphia Ledger
Biegfried & Co
Warren
Breadcrumbs and deception in Roquefort cheese
A historical note laments fraud in Roquefort ripening as breadcrumbs mixed with curd hasten green mold signals. It argues this is commercial trickery, not true cheating, driven by competition and economic pressures, while brass pins and beer culture are dismissed as myths and exaggerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Dar
Green Corn on the Cob Dining Scene
In a Detroit Tribune excerpt, a couple at a conspicuous restaurant table becomes paralyzed by indecision over green corn on the cob, their anxiety rising as they struggle to eat. They finally confess hunger absence and leave their meals untasted, amid stifled social scrutiny. A Chicago Tribune piece follows with a mother and daughter exchange about wealth, taste, and inner worth versus outward adornment, the daughter quipping she looks like a sardine in that hay.
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Mollie
John
Detroit Tribune
Marie
Chicago Tribune
Silk and china store mishap and witty quips
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press joke tale recalls a girl asking a china store proprietor to match silk sample, leading to a fainting proprietor. It also cites humorous exchanges about sewing a button and a doctor’s quip on a baby’s ear.
Gossip and Gags From Old Papers
In a satirical exchange, Life and Miss Seventeen dish witty banter about marriage and embarrassment during a ceremonious moment. Consoling and Jester echo humor on Job’s illness with a pun about breaking out, reflecting a flavor of early entertainment column chatter in period newspapers.
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Jester
Job
Quester
Boston Courier
Favorite Remedy touted to cure widespread rheumatism
An advertisement extols Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. It asserts the medicine clears rheumatic poison from blood, restores circulation, strengthens nerves, and shares several customer testimonials of dramatic improvement after short use.
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David Kennedy
Rovdout
N. Y
Elp Tayer
East Nassau
N.Y
Phsicians
Kenneuy
Mer Jan Ts MeFarland
DeNomes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gavan Duffy
Cromley
Shelley
Daniel O’connell
Duffy
O'Connell
London Star
Wen
George
Drake’s Magazine
Somerville Journal
Gough Gures
Dr. Acker
A. Hets
W. H. Hookel & CO
New York
WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
George Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
U.S
C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Washington, D
Kopf & Ek
334
Warner So
Wea
Nene
Conserse
Penone
P. O
Laura E. Parrarson
Newtons
Iowa
Orie CO
LS. Johnson & Co
Boston
Mass
Chase
Lap
L.C. Chase & CO
Boston, Mass
Jian Furniturestore
Olly
Geo
Davis
Pate
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