The Fur Trade and Pioneering Courtships Shared
The piece surveys Hudson Bay Company furs including sable, fox, otter, beaver, and ermine with prices and trade routes to France, Germany, Russia, and China. It also recounts pioneer courtships and a humorous railroad baggage anecdote, plus curious historical vignettes on cashmere shawls and a Dutch cheese battle at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay Company
New Hampshire Statesman
England
Henry I
Lincoln
Russia
Corporation of
London
Hudson's Bay Company
France
Germany
Martin
Canada
China
Turkey
Greece
Europe
Hudson’s Bay Company
Lowell Journal
George
Cobb
Virginia and
Tennessee Road
How Type Is Made in Early American Foundries
The article describes the rise of machine casting in American type foundries about thirty years ago, noting widespread use except for some large ornamental styles. It explains the five step process from punch preparation to matrix formation, molding, casting, trimming, and bearding, highlighting the roles of punches, matrices, and the caster’s motion in producing type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Germany
England
Darned Stockings and Tiny Tales of a Busy Parlor
A little girl Ruth endures the dull chore of darning stockings while dreaming of being a grown woman and a seamstress. Her mother jokes and shares old proverbs as Ruth finally resolves to follow the adage a stitch in time saves nine. Also a string of humorous vignettes follows, including a deacon’s noisy revival mishap and quick witted quips from a Boston tailor and a Western publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buyahoga County
M.T
Plymouth Rock
Ile
Hlcetson
Puss
Ruth
Grandma
Mr. Longpurse
Betsey
Mamma
Betsy Bluestocking
Railroad rules and city quips fill odd pages
A New York piece notes legal rulings on rail travel fare delivery and ticket validity, claiming conductors must not make change and tickets stay valid all day. It wanders to a dog boarding house, rat catching depots, then quirky quotes about marriage, apples, and proverbs from a Maine pair and a boy narrator about tight boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Forty Fifth Street
Astor
St. Nicholas
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Big Bend
Warren
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean
Glade
L. R. Geer
Fanny Osborn
Thomas Struthers
P. D. Fitch
Morrison House
C. W. H. Verback
Second Street
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co, Pa
Richard 8. Barbour
Temperance House
P. S Cole
Court House
High Street
Warren, Warren Co
American Hotel
Independence Hall
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Watt & Herings
Wetmore and Clark
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
R. Clark
Scofield
Brown
Ofice
Liberty Street
Glenni W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
L. E. Guignon
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
R. D. Bartlett
Orr & Henry's
Water Street
A. Fingers
Stranahan & Randalls
G. N. Parmlee & Co
Carver House
Cc. W. Rathbun
Point Breeze
D. M. Williams
Hackney Hose
Chauncey Hulburt
Swim, Merry & Co
Great Pennsylvania
Market Street
Church Alley
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Hunter and Waters
Ous Warren, Pa
H. Hunter
M. Waters
Hazeltine & Co
Berlers
Variety Hall
Johnson’s Exchange
Hazeltine
S. P. Johnson
Danforth
E. H. Danforth
Tranahan and
Randall's Store
Geo. F. King
J. Taylor
Taylor & King
Bankers
Brokers and Collectors
Waterford
State of New York
Neilson, Wardwell & Co
Wright & Co
N. Holmes & Sons
Pittsburg
Gilmore & Brotheron
Cincinnati
Ohio
C. B. Wright & Co
Erie
Hunter & Waters
Don Dodd
Stranahan & Randall
Warren, Pa
Justices of the Peace
Justice
Daniel
As Puch
South Carolina
Tennessee
Paisley
Scotland
Salinas
India
America
Paris
Lydia
Thibet
Ranjeet Singh
Lahore
Coe
Montevedian
Buenos Ayers
Santa Marie
Admiral Brown
Adam
Eve
Avorure
Boston
Maine
Rich
Wing
Illinois
Jane
Jouder
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!