An Irish Schoolmaster and Wartime Women in History
An Irish schoolmaster tale recalls old schooling and poetical feats while a Century article highlights Dr. Edward Eggleston on frontier women who fought Indians. It cites Hannah Bradley of Haverhill and Esther Jones among others who protected communities with soap, muskets, and courage.
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Edward Eggleston
Philadelphia
Hannah Bradley
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Talcott
Hadley
Boston
Dorchester
Maine
Bickford
Oyster River
Esther Jones
Heard
Dover
New Hampshire
Bogarth
Dunkard’s Creek
Pennsylvania
Trust in a butcher and the limits of meat knowledge
A Springfield su ss Republican columnist notes public naivety about meat. The butcher warns customers must trust experts, as many claim they can identify cuts but are often wrong. He cites experience, saying learning meat work is ongoing even after decades.
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Childliks
Springfield
Suss
8. B. Hartman & Co
Osborn, O
The Modern Son-in-Law and Family Comedy
Dialogue reveals a rich mother-in-law using a son-in-law to gain social standing. The son-in-law’s dissipation is tolerated for his wife’s position, while poorer girls face bleak prospects. The piece closes with a bitter note on consolation for unattainable social ascent.
Drunkard's Diary Reveals Town's Nightlife and Detentions
A found diary from a stranger describes a night of drinking in Fine town with repeated tavern visits, trains the eye on local sights such as City Hall and opera houses, and notes a police detainment ending with the man carried away in a bali knot.
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Det
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Great Rush
Fleel
P’lecceman
Shaw
Bleceman
Childish threats and wardrobe woes amuse dinner guests
A church clerk’s risky ad causes a deacon to faint with embarrassment. At a dinner, a hostess’s son teases for more fruit and threatens to tell if refused. He is quietly escorted out after shouting a comic line about his trousers inside out from his mother’s curtains.
Inventor Works On Electric Headlight For Locomotives
An Indianapolis inventor develops an electric headlight claimed to light the track for a mile, promising brighter illumination for trains.
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Indianapolis
Insurance Club Seeks to Save Detroit Family
Carl Dunder joins the United Order of Half Shells to insure his life for ten thousand dollars to protect his widow and daughter Katie. The plan involves a fraternal lodge initiation, a lively meeting, and a controversial push for lager and cigars as a cost of the policy.
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Carl Dunder
Katie
der United Order of Half-shells
Detroit
Peer
Eaferybody
Brudders
Oudt
Detroit Free Press
Superstition of Mole Spots as Fortunes and Fortunes
A 19th century belief item lists mole placements and their supposed meanings. Armpit moles imply wealth for the wearer and honor. ankle marks modesty in men and courage in women. right breast signals honesty, left poverty. chin wealth. right ear respect, left dishonor. center forehead treachery. right temple friendship with the great, left temple distress. right foot wisdom, left rashness. right heart virtue, left wickedness. man knee rich wife, woman knee large family. lip gluttony and talkativeness, neck wealth. nose great traveler, thigh poverty and sorrow, wrist ingenuity.
Tragedy of a Wronged Father on the Northern Island
An old man, claiming descent from a mixed Ojibway and white heritage, recalls his white father who prospered by cheating Indigenous people in a northern island village. He says a dying Ojibway chief cursed his father's line, foretelling suffering for the guilty bloodline as the family now lives in distant wealth. Mackinac Cor. Inter Ocean.
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John Raster
Mackinac Cor
Inter-Ocean
Brown
NY Saloon Exudes Luxury Rich as a Palace
In vogue New York saloon described as a palace of light and luxury with bronze statues, velvet walls, heavy chandeliers, carved mahogany, bentwood chairs, and fine goblets. Attentive waiters serve on silver platters. pretzels arrive on decorated porcelain, all under gleaming glass and marble. Source: Cleveland Leader correspondent.
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New York
Austria
Vanderbilt
Cleveland
Gallon Pomexeen
Ave
O.wWeevien
D.C
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Gould Interrupts Train Talk At San Antonio Depot
The San Antonio Times reports Jay Gould and party were paused on a track near a regular train. Gould stepped from his car to question Conductor Marshall about the road. Marshall, not recognizing him, politely answered until Gould pressed for time and was left to continue alone.
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Gould
International Depot
San Antonio
Marshall
SIEGEL & SONS Fall and Winter Stock Inspection Ad
A Warren Pa advertisement promotes SIEGEL & SONS inviting inspection of their Fall and Winter stock. It condemns trashy goods, guarantees workmanship and durability, offers money back, and claims sole agency for the Flexor hat in Warren County.
Depart Garfield Junction East Branch Wood’s Mill
Fragmentary notice lists places Garfield Junction East Branch Wood’s Mill MecCalmont Underwood’s Clarendon as locations or route milestones in a historical item.
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Clarendon
Underwood’ McCalmont
Wood's Mill East Branch Junction
Garfield
Junction
East Branch Wood's Mill
MecCalmont
Underwood’s
Clarendon Or
Beechers and Copeland Advertise Mowers and Tools
Beech er and Copeland promote Walter A. Wood Enclosed gear Mowing Machine at 65 dollars with optional Reaper attachment. Walter A. Wood and Anson Wood mowers priced 63 dollars. Meadow King Mower 60 dollars. Also echo a broad array of farm implements and supplies including plows, cultivators, rakes, drills, wagons, fencing, cement, paints, stoves, ranges, sewing machines, and hardware at low cash prices.
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Walter A. Wood
W. Anson Wood
Chase Taylor & Co
Buckeye
Jackson
Wetherill
Paris
NEW Hartford
James Ross Gold Watch Case Standard Established
This historic note details James Ross’s 1854 invention of a watch case process, patent-protected and unique to the James Doss' Gold Watch Case. It traces public prejudice against plated goods, the rise of trust in genuine gold plates, and claims the product as the standard with solid gold components for wear parts like bow, crown, hinges, and thumb-catches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ross
James Doss
Oil City Franklin Stoneboro Jamestown Arrive Ashtabula
Oil City and nearby towns Franklin Stoneboro Jamestown and Youngstown arrive in Ashtabula for a Cleveland to Pittsburg run with a 5 00 figure noted.
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Oil City
Franklin
Stoneboro
Jamestown
Youngstown
Andover
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Wee
Angovor
Parker
Foxburg
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