Spelling and Composition in a Cherry Hill Tale
Mrs. Jones plans a grand reception to honor her uncle John Jones as ambassador to China, but the event turns comic when Uncle Jones reveals he is a salve salesman and leaves early. The piece contrasts high society vanity with a tongue in cheek moral about spelling education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Heatherley
Speakwell
Cranberry Swamp
Helen Jones
Cherry Hill
Mrs. Jones
China
Philadelphia
Mr. Jones
John
Polk and Dallas
Fanny
Spagnette
Ethel
Constantia
Miss Bulkley
Saratoga
Antwerp
Uncle Jones
Peter
Electric Agony Eradicator
Louise
Newtonland
Nova Scotia
Furr
P’r’aps
John J. Jones
Washington
Jacob
Ness
Cherry Hill Joneses
Col
F. W. Parker
Minnesota Journal of Education
Commenius
Diverse notes and curiosities from a late 19th century issue
A wide array of brief items including boxing in New York, crimes in Jacksonville, leprosy in the Sandwich Islands, social quirks in London and Ireland, legal actions in California, a fatal wagon accident in Georgia, beer laws in Berlin, a long hair loss case in Utica, exchange of sheep for detectives, antique harps in auctions, a Tilton fire engine legacy, oaths without Bible kissing, civil rights of Indian Territory Blacks, a Boston cooking joke, Patrick Henry views by Josiah Quincy, streetcar money quirks, U.S. stamp use on railroad bonds, and miscellaneous humorous and curious notes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Jacksonville
Fla
Sandwich Islands
D'Oyley
Matthew Arnold
Albany College of Pharmacy
Sarah E. Simonet
Lewis County
New York
Washington
Ireland
Belfast
Miss Chamberlin
Cannes
Miss Crabbe
Portsmouth
N. H
California
Central Pacific Railway Company
Ringgold
Berlin
Alexander H.tilton
Tilton
Mass
Episcopal Church
Georgia
Indian Territory
Congress
Augustus Roberts
Tilghmanton
Boston
Patrick Henry
Josiah Quincey
John Randolph
Randolph
Internal Revenue System
Apparent Pictures The Wood Haunter Dream
An archaic two part verse featuring a rainbow spirit, a rain drenched girl with azure eyes and roseate limbs, and a somber warning about the rainbow and the rains. The second part, The Ferryman, depicts a devil ferry ride and a dark knight, ending with a caution about rowing the devil home to hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Minneapolis Flour Exports Reach Remarkable Volumes
Minneapolis ships about 1 650 870 barrels of flour annually beyond local needs. If stacked end to end they would stretch 780 miles and bake roughly 495 255 000 loaves. A rough pyramid of the flour would form a square base 300 feet on each side and reach about 1 000 feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Ribune
Careless Trick Ends With Unpaid Debt
A Baltimore hardware dealer bearing a bill against a village blacksmith sent a collector to collect. The smith refused, claiming he has failed in business and will not pay. The collector notes the shop door open and demands full payment, insisting public law requires payment despite the smith’s protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Wall Street Daily News
California climate praised yet harms consumptives in San Francisco
The article argues that while California climate draws visitors, San Francisco's sea air is deadly for consumptives. It claims the city's harsh air mows down patients as a symbolic scythe of death, contrasting with the health benefits touted elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
San Francisco
Notable author earnings across centuries show varied sums
A historical tally lists payments to authors and translators from Milton to George Eliot, Pope to Dickens era figures, with figures in pounds, guineas, and dollars. Highlights include Pope earning £9000 for Homer translation, Fielding £1600 for Tom Jones and Amelia, and George Eliot at about $40,000 for Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Scott
Samuel Clarke
Richard Savage
Thompson
Akenside
James Macpherson
Ossian
Hugh Kelly
Burns
John Tillotson
Fielding
Tom Jones
Amelia
Johnson
Rasselas
Doctor Hawkesworth
Captain Cook
Pacific Ocean
Pope
Dryden
Virgil
Prior
Earl of Oxford
Gay
Polly
Lintot
Homer
Constable
Charles Reade
Emerson
Holmes
Bayard Taylor
Hugo
George Elliott
Marion Evans
Middlemarch
Daniel Deronda
Poe
Willis
Aldrich
Trowbridge
Higginson
Paper Dome at Columbia College Observatory Described
Prof. discusses the fourth paper dome in the world made by Waters & Sons of Troy. The 24-section shell, 20 foot diameter and 11 foot height, rests 100 feet above ground with a wood reinforced shutter over the telescope opening. The structure is near completion with the dome already in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia College
Ees
Waters & Sons
Troy
Troy Polytechnic Institute
West Point
Beloit College
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Helen Forrest Graves
Cincinnati
Michigan
London
Oscar Wilde
Sarah Bernhardt
Boston Star
Arkansaw
Sussex County
England
Gotham
Brooklyn
Bismarck Tribune
Dubuque
Boston Post
Kentucky
Mrs. P
Mr. P
Belva Lockwood
Maine
Lowell Courier
Capitol
Potomac Flats
Dead Sea
Detroit Free Press
Connecticut
Harlem
Illinois
Beaver County
U. T
George
Arkansaw Traveler
Fogg
Yaxchange Hotel
Geo. H. Leonhart
Water Street
Warren
Yt & Dunkle
Attorneys At Law
Warren, Pa
Scofield Block
Story
N. M. Orr
J. W. Dunkle
Osmer, Dale & Freeman
Scofield
W G. Trunkey
A Caners Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
U. H. Noyes
L. D. Wetmore
C. H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
J. Muse
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren Pa
Cobham
Gatener
W. A. Greaves
Beaty Block
Ball, Co
Bch & Thompson
W M. Swanson
Feared
WM. Schnur
Prown & Stone
Kirst National Bank
H. Kb. Brown
Hk. Brown, Co
W. Slone
H. E. Brown
Eee
Lindsey & Parmlee
Johnson's Exchange
Ss. P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. O. Parmlee
Insmoor & Cable
C. Dinsmoor
JAS. Cable
Cornelius
Reverdy B. Stewart
High Street
Hickory
Richard B. Stewart
Drug Store
Second and
Liberty Sts
Court House
Abbie Evans
Liberty Street
P Baptist Church
R. J. M. Davies
Warver
W. King
DR. Blodgett
Blodgett
A. M. Belnap
Sugar Grove
Wellman Bro’s
Russellburg
Triges & Russell
Fentonville
A. Nichols
Pittsfield St
Connelly
THE
Adie
Christian Smith
Warren County
First National Bank
Thomas
Liberty
A. A. Davis & CO
Warren, Penn’s
Second & Liberty Lts
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Simond’s, Disston’s, American Saw Co
Holmes Patent
Log Dog
Carver House
Jes. Bherkcstresser
Hiwars Zeon Dentist
Morek
Hickory Streert
T. S. Messner 4
Thas
Copee
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