Duties of Congressmen's Wives and Fashion Notes
In a Buffalo Commercial correspondent's column, the piece surveys social duties of new Senators and Representatives' wives in Washington, noting their rounds of calls, dress expectations, and remarks on etiquette. It chronicles fashion history from bonnet styles to button trends across decades, plus anecdotes of society observation and the shifting tone of hostess duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington Waya
Buffalo
Mia
Maud
Missouri
Cleveland
Pho
Angel
Fashion Notes from a Bygone Era Reflect Unclear Trends
A garbled fashion summary lists pashing notes, buttons, handkerchiefs, ferns as designs, silver braids, Milanese gloves, gilt cords, catogan braid, moire fabrics, jet pendants, crinkled seersuckers, and new colors like grayia and brilliant pearlet. It hints at upcoming autumn styles, straw goods, underclothes tucked with fine stitching, and high bonnets, noting a shift toward elaborate fabrics and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batin
Moireath
Fragmented OCR note with unreadable lines
The readable parts show a fragmentary line of text likely from a newspaper page but the majority is garbled. No clear event, person, or place can be identified from the legible content.
Home Doctor: Odd Remedies and Health Advice Recounted
A garbled excerpt lists home cures and instructions from medical periodicals. It mentions sugared remedies for infants, chloroform inhalation via a jelly bowl, a French method using castor oil, and various activities for healthy development. It also describes an eye irritant removal technique using a horsehair loop and eye maneuvers.
Swiss Travel Tales of Vendors and Glacial Grotto Wonders
The narrator recalls Swiss scenes with hawkers on country roads and lace tables near chalets. He describes a glacier visit to Grindelwald with a tunnel through blue ice and a grotto lit by a lamp where two elderly women perform a mournful ice act for visitors. The tale ends with the chill of a winter ascent and a note of St Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Spitos
Grindelwald
Alps
Agee Trang
Arotte
Ice
Ing Einerhone
Larry Tors
St. Nichols
Washington as a Sportsman in Early America
A brief sketch describes George Washington as a keen hunter who rode with Lord Fairfax and his friends at Mount Vernon. It notes a nuisance hunter from Maryland who trespassed on the estate and ignored warnings, sparking warnings to deter him from shooting exotics and trespassing while the hunt season unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Fairfaxes
Belvoir
Mount Vernon
Lnte
Maryland
Fragmented OCR Note With Unclear Figures
The readable text shows a garbled excerpt likely from an invoice or ad noting injections and prices such as three dollars and ten dollars, with stray phrases about rides and a person named Son. Details are fragmented, unclear, and do not form a coherent report.
Fragmented dialogue and prankish chase in era fare
A long, quirky excerpt recalls a talkative crowd debating dogs and revenge, a mule driver taunting a mule, and a canal-boat ascent chased by comic peril. Vivid characters and odd humor animate a rural scene with banter, cynicism, and a dramatic tail twist.
Errand of Charity and a Lawyer's Reminiscence
Fragmented reminiscences show Uncle Stead aiding a needy woman with provisions after arranging via Lovejoy, then a lawyer recalls a ten year old debt and a self defense incident in Dawson County. The passages mix local charity and courtroom recollections with vivid, if disjointed, regional scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stead
Winthrop
Rendfield
Lovejoy
Loveey
Peng
Livesey
Steadman
Lewiston
How a Reporter Charged It Up
A dated reminiscence on Kenward Philp from New York Mail and Express recalls his humor and audacious reporting style Born in England he reportedly found laughs in ghastly topics including hangings The piece describes a travel expense mischief where he padded his bill to cover the first sum after a jail visit in a foreign town and explains the jail entrance gifts given to reporters to gain access to the jail and local favors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenward Philp
England
Philp
New York Mail and Express
Life Stones by Lise Brown and Lost Fragments
A fragmented historical snippet presents Life Stones by Lise Brown alongside fragmented aphorisms and musings. The text wanders through misquoted maxims about wealth, fools, spiders, wisdom, and humor, with garbled references to teachings and a few scattered lines about women and healing without coherent narrative.
Fragmented OCR Notice About Local Event
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a local notice involving a person or group, possibly a legal or civic action. It lacks clear names, dates, or places but signals an official alert or proceeding. Details are unreadable and no concrete outcome is discernible.
Curious Facts From A Long Ago World Of Books And Feasts
From ancient libraries to royal curiosities this item recounts wonders such as the world’s largest literary work a 3000 volume Chinese set now in British collections the smallest book owned by the Earl of Dullerin and a half postage stamp edition. It notes secession cockades in the Southern states and Paris and Rome arenas famed for mass spectacles, plus Heidelberg’s Great Tun a 51020 gallon wine reservoir built for a 500th university anniversary to be refilled in 1769 with quality wine at a special price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eer
Earl of Dullerin
France
St. Louis
Henry Itt
Rai Im
John of
Tates
Charleston
Paris
Rome
Augustus
Probus
Heidelberg
A Cavalry Charge at Nashville Ends in Duel and Capture
Night fell on the second day near Nashville as Union and Confederate troopers clashed on Granny White Pike. A mounted clash tore a breastwork, officers misidentified troops, and a fierce duel on horseback between Generals Rucker and Tucker followed before a Union trooper mortally wounded Rucker and forced surrender. Tucker spent the night with General Wilson and was sent to hospital next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Donnybrook Fair
Taybow
Laural
Rucker
Racker
Tucker
J. H. Wilson
S Hospital
Washington Star
Products of the Desert and Apache Land Secrets
In the Apaches land nature seems spinescent with mosquites wild rose-bushes and brambles covering vines. A descriptive note hints at Lesser wing moisture and arid soil secret in the environment.
Fragmentary baseball note from a wartime practice session
An unclear OCR fragment describes a brief baseball practice period and mentions players and activity but lacks coherent names, dates, or location. The readable text is nonsensical and cannot establish a full event or outcome.
Lead poisoning and colonial notes in old writings
Fragmented text recounts topics on lead poisoning among women sewing, silk processing hazards, and colonial Massachusetts governance under James II with Dudley’s role. It mentions English wall partitions, Windsor masons, and an inked claim about rapid penmanship and long pen travel. The garbled source weaves multiple historical anecdotes without a single clear event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James II
Massachusetts
Joseph Dudley
Rhode
Nova Scotia
England
Ificent Castis
Windsor
Elword
Central America Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity Analysis
The article discusses Central America’s complex geology with ancient lava flows, cinders, and tufas creating bad lands. It notes frequent earthquakes and subter ranean noises called returbos, estimating 250 shocks felt annually. Data from 2,332 registered destin y lakes since the conquest infer equal tremor distribution across months, with maximum eruptions in July or August, and questions the link between seismic activity and barometric changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mss Mene Anys
Central
Popular Science Monthly
Central America
Chile
Mexico
Pereivs
San Salvador
Lake Ilopan
Tetarabos
Bluge
Wi Globe
Surore
Berope
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tifuegan
Baden Coerler
Marchand
Imarch
FTN
Nat
Mike
Exstan
Newfoundland
Massie T
Arrah
Mia Jones
San Francisso
Chemunt County
Sullivan County
Pyek
Steve
Linider
Dawson County
Aes
Lise Brown
Trea Atrexip
Real
Isp Baskirs
Acholaca
Java
Dio Lewis
Ian
W.cuge
Uae
San Francisco
Es Nappa
Cal
New Pasais
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!