Marvels of Memory and Notable Memorists
The article surveys famous memory feats by Theodectes Hortensius Cineas Pascal Avicenna Francis Suárez and others. It notes Jedediah Buxton and Zerah Colburn for rapid calculation and recounts Garrick theater memory anecdotes. The narrator confesses envy of great memories and mentions memory-improvement recipes by Grataroli of Bergamo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodectes
Hortensius
Cineas
Cicero
Pascal
Avicenna
Francis Saurez
Strada
St. Augustine
Justus Drisius
Tacitus
Jedediah Buxton
Zerah Colburn
Colburn
Sodd
Garrick
Jedediah
Avincenna
Scaliger
Odyssey
Thomas Fuller
Cyrus
Mithridates
Grataroli
Bergamo
Domestic and World News Roundup From The Week
A wide survey of events includes smallpox in Tifa and Adelina Pattis in New York, 1 492 emigrants arrival, a Colfax Iowa boiler explosion with many dead, a Canadian Pacific seizure for taxes, and a proposed New York to Argentina steamship line. Also noted are a San Francisco area church dedication, executions in Florence and Illinois hazing fines, and Iowa political canvassing results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tifa
New York
Memphis
Harvey Carlton
Farmer
Knights of Labor
St. Louis
Colfax
Iowa
Mellette
South Dakota
Miner County
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Port Arthur
Ont
Kansas City
Florence
Ariz
Dudley M. Flowers
University of Wisconsin
Madison
W. O. Marquis
Columbus
FE. L. Lampson
Samuel Spencer
Albany
N. Y
Charles Richter
Rudolph Wiltman
Chicago
Alice
Mt. Pleasant
R. G. Wood
Campbell
Ohio
Emma L. Ross
Macon
Gustave Gross
Philadelphia
Gross
Annie Bettner
Wilkesbarre
William Jackson
Belton
John Ryder
Monongahela House
Pittsburg
New York World
Congress
Washington
Nathan R. Gorter
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Gorter
Boies
Hutchison
Poyner
Smith
Minutiae From Clark County Funds and City News
Clark County cannot lend ten thousand dollars from the school fund. President Harrison spent Sunday at his Indianapolis home then traveled to Chicago for the Auditorium opening. Charles S. Ostrom, Tribune building cashier and Pioneer Press representative, is arrested for $2200 short in his accounts and accused of setting the Tribune fire to hide guilt, which he denies. Cass County coroner holds three Christian scientists for malpractice after the death of Ethel Reis during a healing by prayer, triggering public indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Harrison
Indianapolis
Chicago
Charles S. Ostrom
Tribune
Minneapolis
Pioneer Press
Cass County
Ethel Reis
Atlanta Mourns Davis Death as City Plans Honors
The city flags at half mast and buildings draped in mourning as Atlanta leaders call for memorials. Henry Grady arranged a death mask, Orion Frazie to sculpt a statue, and a public fund aims to honor Jefferson Davis in West View cemetery or Richmond. Governors urge unified funerary events across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Capitol
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Grady
Farrar
Davis
The
Constitution
Orion Frazie
New Orleans
West View
Gordon
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
White House
Jeff Davis
Frazee
South
Still Room for More Public Domain Land
Joseph Nimmo Jr cites Frank Leslie's paper to claim the United States has, since independence, been the largest owner of arable land. The public domain totals 1,849,072,587 acres or 72 percent of U S area, with about 700,000,000 acres sold or donated and roughly 1,150,000,000 acres unsold. Alaska adds 369,530,000 acres, leaving about 780,000,000 unsold excluding that territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph Nimmo, Jr
Frank Leslie
Alaska
Christmas Toys and Drummer's July Drunk Joke
A New York Weekly quip contrasts a traveling salesman accusing an impresario of charging for liquor sold to customers. The dialogue riffs on selling Christmas toys and ornaments in July and the drummers who might attract customers with alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy. Jobber
New York Weekly
Not a Clean Verse From a Fractured Limerick
A fragmented, noisy poem line reads like a garbled verse about illness and weather with repeated wheezing coughing and blowing noses. It presents jagged phrases and stray quotes without a clear narrative or complete sense.
Indiana state news paths loss deaths and political notes
Multiple Indiana items include William Herrick 75 of Fort Wayne killed by his horse and Cyrus Fillmore 87 dying with his wife gravely ill. Five new House members named from Indiana, pension and public funds cases, and monument work halted for winter as stone laying progresses.
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William Herrick
Fort Wayne
Cyrus Fillmore
Lagrange
Indiana
William Parrott
Evansville
Jason B. Brown
Seymour
Geo. W. Cooper
Columbus
E. J. Brookshire
Crawfordsville
A. N. Martin
Bluffton
Charles A. O. McClellan
Auburn
William Bridenthal
Kidder & Son
Terre Haute
E. B. Reynolds
Hartford City
Phillip M. Gapen
Insana Hospital
John E. Sullivan
Indiana Pension Agency
Ilinois
Illinois
John M. Ingram
Jeffersonville
E. D. Chadwick
Ike Morgan
New Castle
Morgan
C. A. C. Howren
New Lisbon
Henry County
BE. E. Hollerew
Indianapolis
T. J. Linton
Trafalgar
O. Neidlander
D. Readon
T. Simmons
J.P. Naifler
Bloomington
D. ©. Smith
Mishawaka
Henry Springer
L. T. Michener
J. Peelle
H. Mol
J. N. Study
Rushville
W.G. Sayre
Wabash
E. H. Nebeker
Covington
A. E. Nowlin
Lawrenceburg
J. W. Johnson
Princeton
J.B. White
H. C. Tinney
Lafayette
C. W. Fairbarks
Wm. Farrell
Paoli
J.B. Homan
Danville
Indiana Tile-Makers
W. J. Woolley
Anderson
George S. Pollock
Sullivan
Pollock
Ding
New Associate Judge Named for Supreme Court
The president appoints Wednesday Judge David J. Brewer of Kansas as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Brewer is among the best known men in Kansas and has notable standing in legal circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Brewer
Kansas
Supreme, Court of the United States
Smyrna
Asia ‘Minor
Sre
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Westville Directory
A. Williams
R. W. Williams’ Store
T. Fravel
BW. Hollenbeck
T.w.combs
Helen Combs
W. Llliams
Doetofice
Bank GE Whitville
Mrs. Bloomhuff
Chic
Reynolds & Son
Pat
C. M. Williams
Furnishep
Eiwest
D. E
E. Ansley
R. V. Williams
Ichib
E. Nichols
Lumber Coal
R. F. Allison
N.henry
Amenzo Mann
H. P. Cole
Herrold Bros
Glass, &O
WM. Punsky
Bhults
Louis Cordes
Laporte Directory
A. A. Fahnestock
Fahnestock
Fahnestock Bros. Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Stedman
Ofice
Moore & Freese
Ndisua Avenue
J. W. Lambert
Stama
Teegarden
Bidils
Scott Building
Carter
Main St
WAY & Fisher
Crawford’s Crockery Store
Maple City Bakery
Stephen Zeltner
Wm. C. Weir
Undertaker
Telaphone No
Valparaiso
McClure the Jeweler
J. S. Louderback
J. S.louderback
Pealer
Imperial Ephoto Gallery
A. L. Hates
Nourthern Indiana
PF. A. Lepell
Mechanic St
Ocdere
Vianatah Directory
Julius Conitz
Damiler
Cort
Lakan
H.G. Root
M.C
Pease St
Geo. C. Dorland
Mortyce, Wills, &c
Alexander Bulldins
LaPoric
Police
Addrass
Richard E. Fox
Castoria
Miss
Castor
the News OF
Warden Brush
Charles McElwaine
Sing Sing
Indiana State News
Voorhees
Senate
Geo. McDougall
Secretary of the Interior
Court of Claims
Juhs Paul Jones
Willis Beanfield
Nicholas J. Bigley
Sylvanus Sandford
Harry A. Hays
Sewell Coulson
Porter, Harrison & Fistiback
Turple
Aquinla Jones
Geo. B. Roberts
Wm. B. Thayer
Thayer Brothers
Sarah McLean
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Raum
Gatos
Carroll
Clinton
Huntington
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Wayne
WHLIG
Whitley
State Horticultural Society
W. H. Ragan
Purdue University
Purdue
Troop
E. Y. Teas
Greenville
H. E. Stockridge
Stockridge
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