Evolution of Tableware Through the Ages in a Revue Article
A Revue de Famille piece traces the history of dining implements from primitive tableware to modern utensils. It describes plates evolving from china origins amid poison fears, early wooden and metal vessels, pocket knives, spoons shaped by hippocratic, and finally Louis XV era silver spoons, plus the fork’s contested arrival in Europe and Britain.
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Revue de Famille
Europe
Saint Simon
England
Gaston de Foix
Rome
Greece
Nile
Alps
Louis XV
France
Father Adam
Tom Coryat
Italy
Ventilation tips to keep cellars cool and dry
An article from Colman's Rural World explains proper cellar ventilation, warning that warm air causes dampness and mold. It advises opening windows at night when outside air is cooler, closing before sunrise, and using lime to dry damp cellars or milk rooms.
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Colman
Marvelous Clock to Crown Philadelphia Public Tower
The Philadelphia public buildings tower will feature a world class clock with a 25 foot dial center 351 feet above street. A 20 000 to 25 000 pound bell and Westminster style chimes will ring quarter to hour. Electricity will illuminate the dial at night and a steam engine will wind the mechanism daily.
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Philadelphia
Montreal Cathedral
Westminster
Pologists Claim Ocean Depth Surpasses Land Elevation
Pologists argue that if continents and ocean floors were leveled, water would cover the world about a mile deep. They emphasize the ocean’s low mood compared with land elevations.
A Clam State Man Kills a Robber for 10 Percent
A stagecoach party from Anton Chico to Santa Fe with six armed men encounters a robber. A Rhode Island passenger Hastings offers to defend the group for 10 percent of the loot. Hastings shoots the robber as he tries to loot the coach, securing two revolvers, a shotgun, two watches, and $170, plus about $200 more. Hastings then claims his 10 percent and offers to continue at 5 percent for the rest of the trip.
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Anton Chico
Santa Fe
Rhode Island
Hastings
Enna
New York Sun
Long-Haired Poet Seeks Baltimore Ride on Pass
A lean young man with long hair asked Baltimore & Ohio passenger agent Ed Smith for a pass to Baltimore. He offered poems as payment, reading two lengthy pieces in the office before clerks sent him to the sidewalk. The story ends with Baltimore staying safe for days.
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Ed Smith
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Prediction of August Star of Bethlehem Reappears
European scientists predict a reappearance of the Star of Bethlehem in August based on Tycho Brahe’s 1572 bright star and records from 945 and 1264. Critics doubt the link to the biblical star and call the idea miraculous and improbable in the Palestine sky.
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Bethlehem
Tycho Brahe
Cassiopeia
Tycho
Palestine
Police Custodial Adventures With A Bevy Of Oxen
A Lewiston Journal item recounts a local police officer arresting a yoke of oxen and driving them to a Franklin street stable. The officer errantly approached from the wrong side, tried to command gee-haw and bucked with the beasts as the team veered toward Chapel Street, drawing a country lad’s advice and ending with the oxen finally heading away toward the hay-laden harbor.
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Franklin Street
Reader
Chapel Street
Lewiston Exchange
Anchorage
Lewiston
Ammonia Cleaning Tips for Skin Clothes and Decor
Guidance on using spirits of ammonia for skin cleansing stain removal window cleaning and color restoration. Includes ammonia usage for grease spots brass carpets brushes and personal care with cautions on dilution and methods.
Sullivan Causes Tense Scene at Washington Resort Event
At Chamberlains in Washington a lively scene unfolded as John L. Sullivan entered with Jack Barret and sought to greet John Russel Young and others. Bromley refused to shake hands, claiming he would not meet a bully, creating an uneasy atmosphere though no confrontation occurred.
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Chamberlain's
Washington
John Russel Young
Senator Squires
Representative Crain
Isaac H. Bromley
Phil Thompson
Kentucky
John L. Sullivan
Jack Barrett
Sullivan
John L
Young
Bromley
Mr. Young
U 93
James Tanner
Pi Pensions
Washington, D.c
Gure
Aeca
Express and Post Office
B. G. Root
M. C
Pearl
T. New York
Women Patents Spark Many Household Inventions
The piece highlights several women patenting diverse devices such as a war ship design by Mary Montgomery a cigar machinery improvement in Iowa and a mustache spoon by Ellen A Mitchison. Blanche Willis Howard Mary Walker and Dr Mary Walker are cited for baths shoes music racks and a spelling invention while the patent office catalog grows with jars lifters bag holders fish boners raisin feeders and other curious appliances.
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Mary Montgomery
Iowa
Blanche Willis Howard
Mary Walker
Patent Office
Mary
Ellien A. Mitchison
Ellen
Cor
New York World
Passenger recalls odd London railcar exchange about light
In a London Letter, a traveler describes a fellow passenger touching his arm and asking about light from above. A man across the car counters that the company would not misplace the light on the floor.
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London
England
Robin Comes Wooing in the Greenwood
A lyrical scene unfolds with verses about a maiden and her admirer Rob in a rustic wood. The speaker recalls the purple sent and hawthorn swaying as Robin sings in olden fashion, dropping a flower to signal his feelings while the maiden wonders what she should say.
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Robin
Bers
Louisville Courier-Journal
Funeral Duel Over Ike the Half Brother Preacher Saga
A circuit rider new to Black Sulphur Shrings faces Wiggs Bailey who pushes for Ike s funeral sermons. Three requests spark threats and manly posturing as the preacher resists overbearing zeal and a looming clash in a rural community.
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South
Anderson Lipscomb
Simeon J. Boyle
Conferrence
Boyle
Wiggs Bailey
Wiggs
Jes
Ike
Feller
Oscar Miles
Rasslin
Teron
Historic chairs tell the story of Lincoln to Garfield
The Libby Priecon War Museum displays chairs linked to U S history. From John Hancock’s Declaration chair to Lincoln era items, Ford’s Theater box chair, Jefferson Davis’ post evacuation office chair, to Grant Hayes Garfield era office chairs. Garfield’s recliner chair is noted as the only chair to witness his assassination.
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Chicago Herald
Libby Priecon War Museum
John Hancock
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
White House
Washington
Jefferson Davis
Potts
Richmond
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Guiteau
Angler battles loon on Savin Rock shore fishing line
Alfred Hills describes a dramatic tangle when a loon grabbed his bait off Savin Rock. He fought the bird for a mile before the loon snapped the line and escaped, a rare feat of hook and line with a diving bird.
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Alfred Hills
Savin Rock
Mr. Hills
Great Northern
The Corn Doctor Dare In A Lady’s Parlor
A married woman on K street endures a painful corn on her left little toe. Fear of surgery delays relief until a chiropodist arrives. The visit ends when a book agent distracts her with a sales pitch, and the real corn man completes the procedure. The wife later recounts the comic ordeal.
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K Street
Washington Crald
Cities Change Their Latitude Observations Suggest Axis Variations
Dr. A Supan reports in Petersmanns Mittheilungen that long term latitude changes in Berlin, Potsdam, and Prague indicate small variations in the earths axis. Helmert notes 1889 fluctuations and a year end reversal, observed across three observatories, prompting a commission of the International Geodetic Conference to pursue explanations.
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A. Supan
Petersmann
Helmert
Berlin
Potsdam
Prague
Supan
Freiburg
New York Sun
Georgia man lives after 26 year-old bullet wound
HinaM DaRNELu of Jasper Georgia had a bullet cut from his back after it remained there for twenty six years. The bullet entered his hand and hit his cheek before lodging near the shoulder blade.
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Hinam Darnelu
Jasper
Insurance man meets language barrier at Fulton Street laundry
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts a humorous scene where an insurance man tries to inspect a laundry for fire risk. The man speaks broken English and Cantonese, arguing over the purpose of the visit until a Chinese proprietor punctures the confusion with a sharp comeback.
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Fulton Street
John
Hong Kong
Melican
Canton
Brooklyn Eagle
Romance of a Count's Daughter and a Double Twist
An exchange on a train reveals a tale of romance and deception. A man recounts how he schemed to win a Russian count’s daughter after she rejects a suitor who only wanted her fortune. The count dies indebted, blocking the marriage.
Clergymen as Business Men in Globe-Democrat article
Rev Dr Wilson argues many preachers fail to make money without sacrificing ministry. He notes Methodist and Baptist clergy are often poor, Presbyterians better paid, Anglican ministers wealthy with high salaries and mansions. He highlights rich Methodist Bishop Hendrix and Central College benefiting from his generosity, while other Southern bishops remain poor.
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Dr. Wilson
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Church of England
Great Britain
York
England
Canterbury
All England
Methodist Church South
Church North
Warren
Denver
Hendrix
America
Central College
Not so Blamed Funny Heir Joke in Texas Siftings
A humorous exchange asks if a cured uncle could be an heir, with playful back and forth about mortality and inheritance. The quip centers on whether an heir would be less amusing if it came from a relative who outlived the speaker.
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Star of Bethlehem
Waller
Old Lige Moore
Sam Tillotson
Calvin Green
Dock Vance
Opie P
Chinaman
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
California
North- Western Line
O. Ry
Chicago
St. Paul
Norrh
T. W
Gen
Allen
J.P. Allen
Minn
C & Co
U. S
Canada
T. A. Strocum
Pearl Street
New York
Long Branch
Thompson
Blackguard
New York Evening Sun
Hood
Prepared Only &Co
Lowell, Maas
Carters
Carter
Small
Castoria
Tutt
Springfield
J. R. Littell
Washington D.c
Capital City School of Shorthand
Des Moines
Tallimadge
In& Wash
U.S. Pension Bureau
Sockfe
Hunter
Atty
Ss. F. Heath
Hennepin
SOULE
Big G
G. H.ingraham
Amsterdam
N. Y
Ag Mipiven
D. RB. Dyche & Co
C.d
Chichester Chem’s Co
Hadisop Sq
R. McAllister & CO
Wm. Conard
Irocers & Ordway
ST. Paul, Minn
Monteonery Ward
Sapolio
T. Hazerrine
Warren, Pa
Northwestern Newspaper Union
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