Armor Plate and Telecommunication Experiments Revealed
An article describes scientific apparatus and experiments including armored hull plates, underwater transmission wires, and telecommunication tests. It notes demonstrations at Cherbourg, mentions a Swiss railway line, Italian reports, and inland laying costs for sleepers. The piece touches on deep sea diving in the Clyde and a new fatty substance for soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Sciences
Cherbourg
Banare
Letter Touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A New York woman recounts severe headaches and chills. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and energy, easing pain from head to shoulder, improving sleep, and overall well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Iken
The Hero of El Caney Gen Chaffee Led Bravest Force
General Chaffee, hailed as the hero of El Caney, led our army in the cabin battle of July 1 and earned a promotion to major general. He commanded a brigade comprising the Seventeenth Seventh and Twelfth Infantry, opening the fight and directing the peak assault that secured a decisive victory despite heavy resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adnak. Chaffee
el Caney
General Adna Chaffee Hero of Early Civil War Firefight
An eye witness recalls General Adna Chaffee urging troops amid fierce fighting as the army won a victory. Chaffee joined in 1861 and earned his first lieutenant's badge at Gettysburg, later becoming captain for gallant action at Dinwiddie Court House. He continued in the regular army, rising to major and lieutenant colonel through Indian campaigns in Texas and Arizona, serving as inspector general with General McCook and later directing cavalry and infantry training at Fort Riley, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
Gettysburg
Dinwiddle Courthrouse
Texas
Arizona
Gen. McCook
Cavalry and Infantry School
Fort Riley
Kaa
How People Haul Firewood Over Snow and Ice
The piece notes Newfoundlanders born seamen use sea gear ashore to haul firewood in winter. It describes sledges loaded with logs, pulled by dogs, with wind forcing motion and creating striking, furious results along the shore and in inland snow.
Frame of four sticks with red white and blue paper
The instructions describe assembling a small frame using four sticks two straight cross sticks and two bent side sticks. Cover the frame with red white and blue tissue paper, placing red and white stripes on the bottom and a blue field with white stars at the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York
Cradled in a Sea Shell Near Sulu Archipelago
A fragment describing maritime findings in the Sulu archipelago southwest of the Philippines mentions numerous non described items preserved in shells or shells containing objects. The note hints at nautical or natural history context from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulu
Philippines
Swiss Farm Products and Sea-Shell Cradles Mentioned
The article notes sea shells used as cradles by native women and mentions Swiss Farm Products. Switzerland's agricultural products are valued at about $104,000,000 annually, comprising roughly 70 percent of domestic consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Rheumatism cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills
Lorenzo Neeley of Horton Jackson County Michigan recounts lifelong chronic rheumatism with dizzy spells. After trying many doctors and cures, three boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured his pains and dizziness for over a year. He endorses the remedy and notes all druggists sell it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newa
Jackson
Mick
Williams
Wil-lames
Lorenzo Neeley
Horton
Jackson County
Michigan
Miscellaneous World Facts From 19th Century Curiosities
A roundup of curious claims and figures from various regions including Wisconsin Indian populations octaves of eggs in a codfish toe and oddities in science and industry. It notes extraordinary plant heights exotic livestock trades and engineering feats with a mix of improbable numbers and historical notes.
Carlist Upheaval In Spain Long History Of Claimants To Throne
The Carlists led by Ferdinand’s brother Charles claim the throne by older right, sparking uprisings in Spain for over 50 years. Basque clergy and shepherd farmer regions supply fighters while cities push for republic ideals. The 1873 republic still shapes liberties enjoyed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Ferdinand of
Isabella II
Carlos
Ferdinand
Basque
Leslie
Sleep Deprivation Sufferers Seek Stomach Bitters
A Indiana man has not slept for five years and is now a gaunt skeleton. The article notes many suffer from insomnia tied to nervousness and digestion and promotes Hostetters' Stomach Bitters as a remedy. It then reports Pintsch gas usage for lighting cars and locomotives worldwide, highlighting Germany leading in car lights and noting no US locomotives equipped yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiee
Woolrich
France
Kansas
Florida
Tampa
Windsor Castle
England
Niagara Falls
Persia
Aves
Indiana
Germany
United States
India
Caltrornia Fia Syrup Co
California Fia Syrup Co
Catfornia Fie Syrup Co
Creat Nerve Restorer claims cures and free trial offer
An advertisement blitz promotes Dr Kline's Creat Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle and treatise. It cites nerve relief after one day and lists addresses in Philadelphia and Portland as distribution points. Additional items tout Allen's Foot Ease and a weed killer machine, with scattered notes on bait fish and a passenger ship rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kline
DR. R. Hy Kline
Arch Street
Philadelpha, Pa
Maine coast lobster hatchery may rise on the sea
A Bangor dispatch reports the U S government is restocking Maine waters with seed lobsters. The Graimpus collected 1 750 seed lobsters yielding 18 000 000 eggs hatched at Gloucester with 5 000 000 fry released in Casco Bay and more planned from Portland eastward. A hatchery on the Maine coast seems likely in a few years.
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United States
Maine
Bangor
New York Sun
United States Fish
Graimpus
Gloucester
Mauss
Casco Bay
Portland
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AVS
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Hugo
Chicago
Ted
Italy
Clyde
Pinkstam
Walter 5, Budd
Pate Rogue
Iliat
Downing, Hopkins & Co
Seattle
Wash
Marilack
All Gene Mores
Y, Will & Finck CO
Market Street
San Francisco
Cal
Gen. Chaffee
Adna Rh. Chaffee
Newfoundland
Naby
Sulu Archipelago
Georgia
Dad
Bill
Wisconsin
Caspian Sea
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Sabastis Road
Lewiston
John Poole
Morrison Street
Portland, Or
Saiibel Island
Fla
Schilling
Fall
Tree
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druvawists
Niall
Colorado
T. H. White
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco, Cal
Louisville
New York, N
Fender
Etrag Dafiir
van Lafje
German Publishing Co
Cutler
H. Smith
Buffato
N.Y
Opiu
J.C. Hoffman
Isabella
N.P.N. U
Juuen
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
Keokuk
Iowa
Andy
R. LeRoy
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