Bellairsia: 19 century

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Something About Sir John Bennett

Labels: 19 century, people, places - england

Keeping to his schemes, the hours tick away.

Something About Twisted Fire Starters

Labels: 19 century, places - us - illinois, places - us - michigan, places - us - wisconsin

Danger illustrated.

Something About the Winterborn Silverware Company

Labels: 19 century, things - metallurgy, treasure of alpheus winterborn annotations

Cast your fate.

Something About the Art of Henri Matisse

Labels: 19 century, letter the witch and the ring, people - artists

Quelque chose sur l'artiste.

Something About the Stoddard's Lectures

Labels: 19 century, house with a clock in its walls

Now's the time, the time is now, to travel on.

Who’s Who: John Stoddard

Labels: 19 century, house with a clock in its walls, people - authors

A book Lewis finds in his uncle’s house is Volume IX of Stoddard's Lectures, labeled "Scotland, England, and London" [The House with a Clock in its Walls; 18-9].

Time Capsule: 1885

Labels: 19 century, beast under the wizards bridge, series - lewis barnavelt

December 21, 1885: The sight of a comet, a brightly-lit fireball, blazing across the darkness of space can be a memorable and awe-inspiring scene. That’s just what happened 126 years ago tonight when such a chunk of rock landed on the Clabbernong Farm in Capharnaum County.

Time Capsule: First Agriculture College

Labels: 19 century, house with a clock in its walls, places - us - michigan

February 12, 1855: Today the Spartans celebrate the date when Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed a bill establishing the nation's first agriculture college, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan in East Lansing, Michigan.

Time Capsule: 1860

Labels: 19 century, house where nobody lived, places - us - michigan, things

1860: At the northwest corner of Michigan and Kalamazoo Avenues stands one of the most unusual pieces of architecture to be seen anywhere in the United States and it's celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.

Time Capsule: 1820

Labels: 19 century, places - us - minnesota

January 1820: 190 years ago this month, the John Keats poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” was first published. The five stanzas that make up the well-known verse include such lines as:

Time Capsule: 1870

Labels: 19 century, doom of the haunted opera, places - us - michigan

April, 1870 – Marshall is celebrating the official opening of Eagle Hall, or the Eagle Opera House. The first performance was an operetta called The Naiad Queen. For history buffs, the original entrance to the structure was at 101 South Eagle Street; the entrance was later moved to State Street until January 1890 with another entry area back on Eagle Street [Marshall, 186]. You can read about the New Zebedee Opera House – and the Day of the Dead – in the Bellairs/Strickland collaboration, The Doom of the Haunted Opera.