Episode #75: 1841 Timeline Twist & A Charcuterie of Rebellion

8/13/2025: On today’s episode, Valerie presents the birth of the stapler, the monkey wrench, and hypnotism (Yay!), we discuss William Henry Harrison’s giant inaugural poundcake and Crème de Cassis desserts, gush over a stunning painting of Prince Albert’s favorite dog Eos (Queen!), and talk Classified Ads for female physicians, in the 1841 Timeline Twist. Next, Amy Jo covers the Guria Rebellion, along with a smattering of other 1841 events such as the Cincinnati Riots, the Rebecca Riots, the Potato Riots, the Dorr Rebellion, and the Creole Case, as we discuss what causes a population to rise up against oppression and push back against a reigning power structure. Power to the people, ya’ll!

Cover Photo: Gurian Warriors

Braid's "upwards and inwards squint" induction method, as demonstrated by James Coates (1843–1933) in 1904.

SPICED: This poundcake has cinnamon, mace and nutmeg. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Lejay Crème de Cassis

Sir Edwin Landseer (1803-73) - Eos - RCIN 403219 - Royal Collection

Ad for female “issue” from December 1841

A fan pleads for a “miracle”—Deadhead code for a free ticket— in 1987. (Lynn Goldsmith/Getty Images)

Guria under the Russian Empire

Depiction of the Rebecca Riots, Illustrated London News 1855

An illustration of the bread riots in Richmond, Virginia

Daguerreotype of Thomas Wilson Dorr, c. 1842

Madison Washington of the Creole Case

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

https://www.smugglerscovesf.com/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Smugglers-Cove-Exotic-Cocktails-Cult/dp/1607747324

Timeline Twist Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841_in_science 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapler 

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1558761/cheese-to-pound-cake-william-h-harrison 

https://www.recipezazz.com/recipe/president-harrisons-poundcake-1841-36765 

https://escapementmagazine.com/articles/lejay-creme-de-cassis-drinks-feature/ 

https://www.librarycompany.org/shadoweconomy/section4_13.htm 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/1841  

https://numberonelondon.net/2017/03/eos-prince-alberts-beloved-greyhound/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Favourite_Greyhound_of_Prince_Albert

Timeline Twist Photo Sources:

https://www.latimes.com/style/la-fo-inauguralrec14a-2009jan14-story.html 

https://escapementmagazine.com/articles/lejay-creme-de-cassis-drinks-feature/ 

https://www.librarycompany.org/shadoweconomy/section4_13.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Favourite_Greyhound_of_Prince_Albert#/media/File:Sir_Edwin_Landseer_(1803-73)_-_Eos_-_RCIN_403219_-_Royal_Collection.jpg 

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/groundhog-day-bill-murray/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Braid_%28surgeon%29#/media/File:Braid's_%22upwards_and_inwards_squint%22_induction_method.tif 

https://www.vintag.es/2017/05/on-tour-with-grateful-dead-25-candid.html

A Charcuterie of Rebellion Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_in_Guria_(1841) 

https://walnuthillsstories.org/stories/riots-of-1841/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_riots_of_1841 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Riots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_riots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_riot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_riots 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Rebellion 

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/creole-case-1841/ 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-review-of-social-history/article/all-we-have-done-we-have-done-for-freedom-the-creole-slaveship-revolt-1841-and-the-revolutionary-atlantic/E3E603AB597D0992A87D59A7D84E9A9C 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_mutiny 

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/the-creole-case/ 

A Charcuterie of Rebellion Photo Sources:

https://www.vintag.es/2017/05/on-tour-with-grateful-dead-25-candid.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Riots#/media/File:RebeccaRiots.gif

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_riots#/media/File:Apr2_richmond_riot.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Rebellion#/media/File:Thomas_Dorr_photo.jpg

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/creole-case-1841/