The Bathory tale of a Transylvanian castle murder
The article recounts Elizabeth Bathori’s alleged century old crimes at Csejta Castle in Transylvania. It details the ritual slaughter of hundreds of maidens in a secret passage and a dramatic revelation in Presburg, ending with life imprisonment for Elizabeth and execution for her accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bathori
Poland
Csejta
Transylvania
Elizabeth
Vila
Presburgh
Elizabeth Batons
Palatine
Ceesta
Pageht
Four Puns on War and Language in Punch Verse
A Punch magazine quip contrasts a five and a half yard measure with a pun on a Hungarian, asking what will make a Hun garian and presenting Kossuth answering with a league as a wry whiplash on wartime language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
Kossuth
Funny White House coach and tombstone tale mix
A Clinton era anecdote recounts President Fillmore purchasing a carriage with Irish Jemmy the coachman claiming it is fit for a second hand president. In a Illinois town a stonecutter quips about a grave marker for Mrs Perry, noting she could not read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Corwin
White House
President Fillmore
Preston
South Carolina
Irish Jemmy
Fillmore
Wishshing
Jemmy
Illinois
Perry
Tobacco dangers cited by Boston Olive Branch in 19th century remarks
The Boston Olive Branch warns that tobacco harms youths by weakening bones and damaging the nervous system. In a separate exchange, a magistrate questions a prisoner about liquor and two policemen, with the prisoner admitting drunkenness.
Weathered Prose and Witty War Anecdotes
A fragment mentions cold weather proverbs about protecting the nose and toes in warm stockings. It recalls an Irish soldier joking about excessive hospitality in Holland and a line comparing a man to a watch, valued by his movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
The Book Farmer and the Lazy Neighbor Slack
The piece contrasts the book farmer who maintains neat barns yards and fences with a neighbor Slack who neglects repairs and allows cattle to roam. It notes the book farmer buys agricultural papers and stays engaged, while Slack rejects farming literature and clings to old routines. It then shares anecdotes about Northwestern Indians at the Columbia River salmon opening and a lazy man named John Hole who initials his name as J with a punched hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Agriculturaliat
California
Columbia River
Astoria
Portland
John Hole
Amazon Steamship Fire Tragedy Near Scilly Coast
Report on the Royal Mail Steam Packet Amazon from Southampton to the West Indies that caught fire around 1 A M off Scilly, destroying the vessel and most on board. Of 155 aboard only 21 survived after a 12 hour open-boat ordeal. 183 tons coal and specie were aboard. Captain Symonds led the voyage. the fire likely originated from spontaneous combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Royal Mail
Amazon
Southampton
West Indies
Scilly
Vincent
Panama
St. Thomas
Symonds
Harp Hit and Fire Annihilator Mentioned in Woodsocket Patriot
The Woodsocket Patriot suggests a witty scheme to strike two goals at once by noting that Philip's Fire Annihilator may extinguish Payne's New Light, implying a potential competition or clash of ideas. The remark blends playful rhetoric with local debate on competing technologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerton & Church
New York
Warren
Pittsburgh
Summerton& Church
Pittsburgh City Glass
Summertom & Church
Summerton & Churcil
Sheffield
Ile
Orwin Green
O. H. Hunter
Carver House
Jan
Woodsocket
Philip
Payne
Exemplary Young Lady Gates Curtain Why She Retires
An up town young lady closes her room curtains each night to keep out “the man in the moon” and protect privacy.
Unkind Word From Beloved Cuts Heart in Stirring Times
An old saying laments how a cruel remark from a loved one wounds deeply, more than weapons of hatred or malice. The speaker notes times are tense and people speak hastily, comparing harsh talk to a hurried stir of a pudding.
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Warren, Mall
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P. R. Bennett
Water Street
Warrant & Russel
Warren County
A. Wright
R. K. Russel
Hazeltine & CO
Variety Hall
Exchange
G. W. Hazeltine
P. Johnson
L. E. Guignon & CO
Sugar Grove
Hne O. Parmlee
Warren Co
Olney & Davis
Scofield & Brown
Waterst
Warren, Pa
Glenni
W. Scofield
William D. Brown
J. W. Breed
Waterstreet
Jutice Page's
D. TiTus
Ames & Davis
Benson & Ver
Towle & Couuse
Sh Wate
King's Gate
Wawen
J. H. Hur
Hickory
Pennsylvania
Diamond House
P. . Coxx
Court House
Youngsville Hotel
Wiliam Mead
Youngsville
Ugargrove House
J. J. Willson
Sugargrove
L.D. Wetmore
Johnson & Brown
Ludlow
Rasselas Brown
John WN. Miles
Carvers & Arnett
Exchan
Warren, Warren Co
D. M Williams
Temperance House
Yd. D. Summerton
Hickory St
Parmelee & Gilman
Carver
Water St
Z. Parmelee
H. Gilman
Water St. Warren
C. Ww
Rathby
Breeze Point
Gilman Merrill
Mansion House
Guysett
Hazertine& Co
BROWN
Phillips
Orkey
Maere Mail
Southern Mail
Watsburg
Waterford
Smithport
Ridgeway
Strattonville
D. M. Williams
P. M
E. Barns
Morocco
Buskins
Buffalo
Miner Curtis
Warren Oc
N. O
Stewarts
ORR, Henry & Co. Warren
Victoria and Bishop
Crystal Palace
Lewis F. Watson
Portsmouth
R. Townsend
G. Merrill
Hungary
Ganerals
Messrs. Phinney & Co
London Geographical Society
Lieut
Osborne
Wellington
Wellington Channel
Lancaster Sound
Melville Island
Baffin's Bay
Atlantic
Barrow’s
Arkansas
Charles
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