First Aeronaut Pilatre des Rosiers Pioneered Paris Air Flight
The 1783 Paris trials began balloon ascents with Montgolfier designs and the first manned flight by Pilatre des Rosiers and d Arlandes from the Jardin de la Muette. They reached about 1290 feet amid stormy weather, celebrated by crowds including Benjamin Franklin as witnesses.
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Pilatre Des Rosiers
Versailles
Montgolfier
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M. Girond de Villette
Rosiers
Dauphin
Marquis d’ Arlandes
Jardins de la Muette
Chateau de la Muette
Benjamin Franklin
Blanchard
Dover
Calais
Pilatre
Pilatre Des Roswrs
France
New York Times
New York Crowds Stimulate One Visitor While Depressing Another
A New York Times piece contrasts two Western visitors reactions to New York City crowds. One man finds the energy uplifting and restorative after two weeks in the city, while the other feels overwhelmed by crowds, noise, and solitude, seeking escape in theaters before returning home.
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New York
New York Times
Spool Mills Use Vast Birch to Produce Massive Thread
Spool mills consume about 2000 cords or 16 million feet of birch annually and output 810 million spools. Each spool holds 200 yards of thread. Winding all thread would encircle the world 3600 times at the equator and still leave some for mending.
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Equator
Ipaye
Banker's Accident Insurance Co. Safety and claims leadership
An advertisement extols the Banker's Accident Insurance Co. as the most reliable in Iowa with high claims payout, promoting One Minute Cough Care and native herbs via agents Loughran & Bauer, Wesson and Mercurin, claiming satisfaction and refunds if not cured. It appeals to families and asserts product effectiveness for coughs and rheumatism.
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Banker's Accident Insurance Co
Iowa
F.L. Mercurin
W. T. Wesson
Gholsonville
Loughran & Bauer
B. Cowdrey
RAILWAY RUMBLES AND FARES AROUND EUROPE IN HISTORY
A survey of rail growth notes Canada granting extensive land and cash to railways while Europe expands first and second class distinctions by seat color. It cites 45 million annual passengers through Boston stations and details costs of electric cars, including body, trucks, and motor totaling 4100. An Austrian practice of numbered seats is described along with a Hungary incident where a train paused for payment of taxes.
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Dominion of Canada
North Union
South Union
Boston
Kutas
Hungary
Palfalva
The Lick Lens Demonstrates Heat Effect on Glass
A Cambridgeport visit to Alvan Clark reveals how a massive flint glass lens for the Lick telescope responds to heat. By holding a hand near the lens, observers see jets of light and vibrating color as the glass expands and contracts.
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Alvan Clark
Cambridgeport
Lick
Clark
Why His Clock Was Slow
An Italian fruit dealer near a suburban railway station uses a deliberately slow clock to lure customers. A commuter argues his train is in five minutes, but the seller says the clock is fifteen minutes slow. The tactic keeps buyers from rushing away, turning the crowd toward Pedro's stand.
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Pedro's
New York Commercial Advertiser
Household Hints on Pests Glasses and Flowers
A column of practical tips covers using a sulphur candle to curb pests, proper washing of milk glasses, reviving wilted flowers with hot water and ammonia, avoiding soda on gilded china, and using moderately hot water for glass to prevent damage from temperature change.
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China
Insect War the Citizen Fights Summer Plagues
The entomologist wages civilization’s war against minute pests. He battles Hessian fly, wee vil, army worm, tent caterpillar, and forest borers to protect crops, grain, cattle pastures, and forests from ruin.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hat Creations Turn Heads In Paris Style Tribute
A playful exchange in New York Weekly centers on a wife’s self made hat and a husband’s jab at costly millinery. The husband praises the artisanal piece as art while noting the era’s fashion trend.
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Paris
New York Weekly
Extravagance Drives Money Circulation Says Galveston News
A Galveston News opines that extravagance among wealth holders motivates rapid spending and circulation of money, boosting the economy by expanding in circulation.
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Aveny
Galveston
Rattlesnake Wisdom on Hole Entry Tactics
The writer recalls twenty years on Montana and Wyoming ranges observing rattlesnakes. He explains their head first entry is deceptive as they quickly turn to let the body slide fully into the hole, keeping an eye on the entrance.
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Montana
Wyoming
Snake
Brooklyn Life Quotation Reflects Reluctant Boys
A Brooklyn Life excerpt shows Bridget asking if the boys were called. Ol claimed to have tried every possible prompt, yet the boys would not rise or respond.
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Bridget
Brooklyn
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