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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Boston, Massachusetts
The Rev. W. H. H. Murray warns a Boston congregation that even a man of great self-command carries hereditary danger in every glass of liquor — a striking early statement of the idea of inherited susceptibility to drink.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876
A statistical filler item tallying the previous year's fire losses across the United States, breaking down which industries and months suffered most.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876
A learned essay tracing the ancient practice of cremation among Greeks and Romans and explaining why the early Christian church abandoned it in favor of burial — a window into the Victorian debate over cremation's revival.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 21, 1878
A religious meditation from a Sunday-school lesson comparing the eternal, egalitarian kingdom of Christ to the earthly kingdoms of kings and queens, including a pointed contrast with Queen Victoria's court.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · Glasgow, Scotland
A brief report that the Coats thread manufacturing firm cut its prices by a fifth, a small note on global commerce from 1895.
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · Cape Verde Islands
A brief wire dispatch reporting a series of earthquake tremors across the Cape Verde Islands, a small item easily lost amid bigger news.
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · Liverpool, England
A short shipping notice naming a few notable travelers, including the financier John Jacob Astor and his family, aboard a transatlantic liner.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876
A column of miscellaneous short news items from around the world in early 1876 — deaths, gossip, labor conditions, and dry political jabs — offering a grab-bag snapshot of the era's preoccupations.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876 · Carson City, Nevada
A short item on the astonishing precision of the bullion scales at the Carson City mint, said to distinguish the weight of a single hair by color.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 14, 1878 · Bradford, England
A London Methodist columnist's grudging praise for American Bishop Bowman and Dr. Haven, the Methodist Episcopal Church's representatives at the Wesleyan Conference, offers a glimpse of transatlantic church diplomacy in 1878.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 21, 1878
A devotional reflection praising the sacrifice and quiet heroism of Methodist circuit-riding preachers, who endure poverty and hardship to bring the gospel to remote and poor communities.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · April 17, 1870
A brief circulation report on the translated writings of the English Catholic writer Frederick William Faber, showing their remarkable international sales across Europe by 1870.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876 · England
A short, absurd anecdote about a literary quarrel between William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb's brother that turned into a scuffle over the merits of Holbein versus Van Dyck.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 14, 1878
A fire-and-brimstone devotional essay, reprinted from the American Tract Society, systematically demolishes the excuses a sinner might offer at final judgment — a vivid window into the moral rhetoric of 1870s Southern evangelicalism.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · April 17, 1870 · London, England
A period anecdote about the days when women were barred from the English stage and men played female roles, illustrated with a wry remark about King Charles II's impatience at the theatre.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876
A dispatch from the ecclesiastical council convened to examine the charges against Henry Ward Beecher and Plymouth Church, covering debate over which outside witnesses should be heard and a tense evening examination of Henry C. Bowen, a key figure in the Beecher-Tilton scandal.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 20, 1873
An 1873 editorial warns that America's vast public lands, once imagined as boundless acres for settlers and immigrants, have in fact been swallowed up by a handful of subsidized railroad corporations.
Daily Inter Mountain · July 13, 1900 · Cleveland, Ohio
A behind-the-scenes account of Mark Hanna's Cleveland meeting to name the new Republican National Executive Committee ahead of the 1900 election, including the reshuffling of party officers.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885 · Washington, D.C.
An editorial from the closing days of a Congressional session recounts a House floor fight over the formal declaration of Grover Cleveland's election, then catalogues the long list of bills — from coast defenses to international copyright — left to die on the calendar.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 20, 1885 · New York, New York
An 1885 editorial on how European nations allegedly dumped paupers, lunatics, and criminals on American shores, and on the inadequacy of New York's enforcement of the new federal exclusion law.
