New Zealand Shipping Co. Offers Royal Mail Steamers to London
The advertisement promotes the New Zealand Shipping Company's Royal Mail steamers to London via Montevideo Teneriffe Plymouth and other ports. It highlights sailing lines with classes of passenger accommodations and notes Clayton’s patent fire extinguishers as featured safety equipment. The listing also mentions the company’s establishment in 1859 and tonnage details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VRE
NEW Zealand Shipping Company
Royal ‘Mail Steamers
London
Tia
Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Parotograph and the promise of voice photography
A Paris correspondent reports on Dud dell and M Charbonnel advancing voice photography through a Blondel oscilloscope connected to a microphone. The Parotograph could record spoken words on film, aiding crime detection and silent witness testimony, while acknowledging challenges in wave interpretation and practical costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charkoniel
Pitman
M. Charbonnel
M. Pharbonnel
Duddell
A Painful Predicament in Scots Wagery and Defiance
A Manchester issued circular from the Brewery Shareholders Defence League denounces Government as a band of arrogant Scots. A speaker, claiming English birth, rejects Scottish rule and contemplates action against political leaders. The piece explores fear of sectarian blame as destinies place Scots in power.
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Burny
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Bronchial Coughs
An old advertisement touts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for bronchial coughs priced at 4s 6d. The copy promotes the remedy as a restorative balm and salve for respiratory irritation.
King making in Morocco by English adventurers in Fez
A London Express report recounts six English king-makers backing Mulai Hafid in Morocco. Led by Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, they offered concessions for railways mining and finances in exchange for influence and control, navigating rival German and Portuguese interests and a risky Fez arrival to gain Hafid’s favor.
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Morocco
London
Gary Express
Fez
Ellis Ashmead Bartlett
Morning Post
Mulai Hafid
Express
Mulai Hafiid
Hliis Ashmead-Bartlett
Abdul Aziz
Gai
Eilig Ashmead-Bartlett
Ashmead-Bartlett
Tangier
Belton
Beadle
Redman
Teutonic
Musai Hafid
Carnegie’s rise from bobbin boy to telegraph messenger
The Century Magazine piece recounts Andrew Carnegie’s early years from working as a bobbin boy in Allegheny City to a telegraph messenger in Pittsburg. It notes wage shifts, a pivotal raise, and Carnegie’s belief that poverty shaped his values. It also recalls his 1853 correspondence praising liberty and cross-Atlantic ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Magazine
D. H. Bates
Carnegie
Alleghany City
Pittsburg
Telegraph Corps
Andy
Scotland
Great Britain
United States
St. George and the Stars and Stripes
Alcohol use discussed by Vienna physician in gout patients
Professor Van Noorden addressed alcohol use in relation to gout during a medical lecture. He clarified in a May 16 letter that gout patients should avoid alcohol entirely, but moderate use is not condemned for healthy individuals, and he opposes alcohol abuse while opposing extreme anti alcohol agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Chamber of Medicine
van Noorden
Proessor van Noorden
Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
The
Times
Polish spread over Boots preserves leather quickly
A fragment notes Polish spread over boots to preserve leather and polish surfaces rapidly. The wording lacks clear context or attribution, making details uncertain.
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Best
SSG
Claytons
Tarakina
Auckland
Welingt
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Ons
Tate
Wellington
Wallington
jDec
tAlso
Rio de Jantero
Nicoll Bros
Hew
Zealand
Islington
Islington No
Turnip
Robinson
H.M. Mail
Paris
the Drapers
Christchurch
Henry Patents
Hereford Street
Kaye and Carter
Grain and Seed Merchants
Ashburton
Government OF Nsurang ‘Department
Sterling
Undertakers
Telephone
Paeenanam
Harry Thompson
Galmon
Hepworth, Ross and CO
New Zealand
Colman
Abermain Coal
TOR
Abermain Colliery Co., Ltd
Sydney
Thos. Brown
Pete
Furnishers & Importers
Next Building Society
Cince
Commete Tascried Street
Colwyn
Snait
Mali
R, Terris A. & Fe
Parolograph
Daily Mail
English Savant
M. Devaux Charbonne
Government Telegraph and Telephone Department
French Academy of Selerices
Peckham
Asquith
Balfour
Koscery
Grim Keir Hardie
Ange
tWwe
London Times
Chas. Garrett
Liverpool
England
Ob Wu
Ayer
Ayor
Ayhe
Lane
Canterbury
White Glover
Req Glover
Allyke, Timothy
Trefoil
Hurst
Vv, Carrol, Tailor and Outfitter
Burnett Street
Ashburt OR
Quality Drapers
Aland
Banner
Redrock
Arcade
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