Amber museum and varied notes from the era
The report surveys diverse topics from W H Jones in Konigsberg to Venice cafe life and New Zealand flora. It notes a 205000 mark amber museum, a Venice cafe open day and night for 150 years, eidelweiss in New Zealand, and regional Italian sewer use. It details Russian dividends, Wien streetcar fines, Norway taxation, and the paradox that hot drinks can cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konigsberg
Prussia
Venice
New Zealand
Alfredo Nicefore
Russia
Moscow
Popova
Wienbaden
Wiesbaden
Norway
Europe
Railway timetable notes for Chicago area lines and connections
A fragmented timetable lists departures for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul trains and connections with Chicago and Northwestern routes. It mentions passenger and freight services with times and notes on connections to St Louis Kansas City Grinnell and Iowa Central and Western lines. The fragmentary text preserves agent Klingler details and various through connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Iowa Central & Western
Himpton
Hot Weather Advice From The Past
Guidance to endure high heat urges slow movement and sun protection. Advises walking on the shady side, avoiding heavy meals, and minimizing talk of weather. Suggests minimal clothing for torrid conditions and hints at a distant explorer Peary as a mental distraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
Korea
KNOWN IN OTHER LANDS AND MISCELLANY OF NOBLES
The new Japanese prime minister Viscount Katsura distinguished himself in the Chinese war by winning a great battle at Kangwasai. Duke of Cornwall, born in England, speaks with a German accent as does his mother, while the king speaks with odd r’s. M Paul Revoil, new governor of Algeria, is 45 and brother to explorer George Revoil. originally a journalist. Lord Dufferin, at seventy five, called himself maid of all work due to many offices held. In Scotland a lawsuit questions whether Sir W Cunliffe Brooks was domiciled in England or Scotland as he reportedly made 200 wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Viscount Katsura
Duke of Cornwall
England
M. Paul Revoil
Algeria
George Revoil
Lord Dufferin
Scotland
Sir W. Cunliffe Brooks
Sir William
France Posts Sample Wine by Parcel Post to Individuals
Facts from France describe wine growers sending sample bottles by parcel post. A French company launches a new steamship line linking Antwerp Havre Havana Mexican ports and New Orleans. Paris census counts 2 714 068 residents up 149 104 since last count. Paris now trails New York by over 700 000. The Boulevards Montmartre pawnshop is said to receive over 1 000 pledges daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Antwerp
Havre
Havana
Mexican
New Orleans
Paris
New York
Boulevard Montmartre
Signaling Mars Impossible Says Independent Comment
Sir Robert Ball argues in the Independent that even the largest city on Earth would be invisible to a Martian with a powerful telescope. He suggests Earth’s Lake Superior burned with petroleum would appear only as a tiny light, and that signaling Mars is beyond human capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Mars
Saya
Robert 5. Ball
Independent
Lake Superior
Percival Lowell
Falkestall
Mara
Queer cats in Maine entertain readers with strange habits
An eastern paper reports odd Maine felines. A Portland woman’s striped tabby drinks hot water daily for six weeks and thrives, while a Biddeford resident raises a two legged cat with forepaw absence, walking erect without issue. Bar Harbor enthusiasts claim profits in coon cat efforts but warn against scaling up due to diseases in young cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Biddeford
Bar Harbor
Private Cars for All Budgets Transform Rail Travel
A New York refitting firm turns old Pullman coaches into private cars tailored to buyers. Customers choose parlors dining rooms sleeping compartments and more with full equipment. Prices range from 1500 to 15000, making private rail travel accessible to small businesspeople and vaudeville performers alike, reflecting American manufacturing thrift and rising wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Cooking Tips and Cenotaphs of the Ceara
The text offers culinary maxims on digestion of uncooked bananas, testing pulled bread, beef thickness, white versus pink fish, searing meat and fish, and fish accompaniments. It then shifts to cenotaphs of the czars of Russia, noting a memorial chapel on the Neva islands containing identical white marble cenotaph blocks with minimal decoration and a single distinguishing inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceara
Russia
Peter the Great
Neva
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Amity
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Austin
Pan
Minneapolis
G. L. McAlpine
Ardrick
Uae
Cabbagh
August Huenhold Mggregor
Northwestern Railway
Han
A. D. Clarke & Co
North Dakota
Algona State Bank
Algona, Iowa
D Clarke
C. Chubb
J. W. Hinchon
Geo. L. Galbenith
Myron
Schenck
Fred Miller
Thos
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A.D. Chanka
Cruns
Tos. H. Lanary, Cash
County Savings Bank
Geo. C. Call
E. J. Gilmore
F. 4. Vesper
Cashier
Geo. O. Call
W. B. Quarton
C. B. Hutchins
J. Vesper
C. J. Lenander
Frank Wiemer
Geo
W. Hanna
E. Boyle
Moore Bros. & Felthous
Iowa Central Elevator
A. T. Carr
East State
C. E. Lampright
Algqwa Ige Gream Factory
People’s Savings Bank
St. Benedict, Iowa
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