Electric car pioneer relic in Baltimore recalls early transit era
A Baltimore World retrospective notes the 1886 first electric car by City and Suburban on Huntingdon avenue, its brief rise, and later replacement by improved rapid transit vehicles, with founder figures like W M Daft and President Perin highlighted as milestones in electric transport history.
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Balloon experiment in Paris aims for new air navigation
In Paris preparations begin for a balloon voyage by M. de Savine from the Champ de Mars. He hopes to reach Russia in days, using a gas balloon with 3,200 cubic meters of gas and a Montgolfier undercarriage. He seeks to exploit atmospheric currents to explore polar and other inaccessible regions.
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Income Compatibility Jokes in a Homeon Scene
A quip about marital harmony centers on money. Mrs Friendly ribbing Mrs Newlywed about a husband’s salary and whether he can manage income. The joke hinges on a pun about income compatibility and financial strain within marriage.
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Strategy in War
The exchange defines strategy as concealing ammunition shortages while continuing to fire. It presents a military mindset where deception about supply limits is used to sustain pressure on the enemy.
Personal crises mount around Paris Eiffel Tower says Herald
Miss Gramercy asks Evelyn about a new bathing suit from Bar Harbor. The maid reports it shrank and vanished when packed. The New York Herald notes nearly thirty personal crisis reports filed about the Eiffel Tower in Paris since its construction.
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The Dozen and Measures Across Trades
The article notes how the term dozen varies by trade with examples such as baker�s dozen being thirteen, and cases where a dozen cotton yarns or pottery pieces are defined by size or weight rather than count. It discusses technical perversions of English measures and differences between liquid and dry gallons, citing the Philadelphia Times.
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Attractive old fashioned work-baskets described
The New York Evening Post notes small exchange baskets with a hundred year look. Made from a cardboard base with flaring sides, covered in China silk or cretonne, joined neatly with matching stitching. Handles use cardboard or leather, interiors hold small pockets and cushions, patterns in Persian or tiny flowers are most pleasing.
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New York Evening Post
Bill Timmins remembered as a sadly careless death
A Northwest resident recalls Bill Timmins praising his game spirit and generosity while another asks if he is alive. The coroner’s verdict, delivered by a jury, declares Timmins died of carelessness, a grim note amid reminiscence and local gossip.
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Bearded lover ideal and dainty heroine described in romance
A golden lover with a careless laugh and rich voice exudes chivalry and ardor. She appears dainty and flowerlike in color and shape, a fresh girlish beauty. The passage hints at a continuing romance with a lordly, protective air.
Hyacinth Vane Meets Elmsthorpe Squire at a Park
Hyacinth Vane’s chance encounter in the Elmsthorpe park leads to a connection with Alan Branston the new squire of Elmsthorpe. Lady Rosedene schemes a match linking wealth and beauty as Hyacinth contemplates love and a life beyond youth. The mood shifts from playful flirtation to a dawning romance under summer light.
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A Silent Spark Between Branston and Hyacinth
Alan Branston falls for Hyacinth at a society gathering. He plans to escort Miss Vane to dinner, feeling profound jealousy yet drawn by her childlike gaze. The pair share a dazzling, indulgent dinner in a world of splendor, losing themselves to each other.
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Novel New York Police Awake Drunks With Ammonia Ball
The New York police use a 5 cent rubber ball filled with household ammonia as a wake up tool for sleeping drunks. Patrolmen in the Fourth ward squeeze a stream from the ball to revive a sleeper, replacing the prohibited club with this chemical method.
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The Tunic’s Transformation Into Modern Coat
A historical note explains how tunics evolved from high neck garments to tight-fitting outerwear. As fit tightened in the Renaissance, front openings extended and later left unbuttoned in warm weather, marking the shift from tunic to modern coat. The same garment shifts names: jacket when short, waistcoat when sleeveless.
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Reading and eating at once rouses mockery in diners
A friend notices another man reading his paper while dining and asks how he does it. He quips that he reads with one eye and eats with the other, a wry remark from L'Escaut.
Evening visits from Mr Jones Prompt a Song
Lucy notes Mr Jones calls at Fanny's house each night. Fanny confesses she has tried all methods to deter him but to no avail. Lucy asks if she ever sang to him.
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Vial to Them and Local Thrift on Childhood
Mrs Bloobumper laments growing up Johnny while Mr Bloobumper muses borrowing a boy for the circus. Worshipers dodge a Juggernaut car wheel. The Dresden antiquities museum reports a marble relief in Rome showing an ancient butcher figure split in two.
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Testing Cream and Milk for Butter Yields and Costs
Farmers and cream managers discuss testing methods for cream and milk to gauge butter producing qualities. Cream testing uses churned butter yield, while milk testing measures butter fat content after acid separation. Varying results arise from herd differences and manufacturing losses, but both tests align within normal fluctuation ranges.
Smut in Corn and Farm Practice Wins for Field Care
The article explains corn smut distribution and damage, prevention by crop rotation, seed selection, and manure handling. It also describes wagon jacks, a good cattle tie, and late summer to early fall feeding tips for poultry, including benefits of green crops and winter egg markets.
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Old World
Plan for Storing Onions Through Winter
The writer from Ohio Farmer describes digging a dry trench four to six feet wide and long enough for all onions. Place onions six inches deep with two inches of straw and a few inches of earth, freeze them quickly, then cover with manure a foot deeper to prevent rot. In spring thawed onions are returned to shelves for planting. this method is judged nearly perfect.
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Calf Scours Tied to Careless Husbandry Advice
A Rural New Yorker writer details how calf diarrhea stems from bad care. He cites cold wet beds, missed feeds, dirty pails, and sour milk as fatal causes, and in remedies suggests hot milk with raw eggs and laudanum for severe cases.
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New Yorker
Calf Recovery After Oil and Milk Regimen
A six month old calf treated with oil meal boiled to four muckage and given a pint raw to coat intestines. It received a quart of boiled whole milk and three raw eggs every six hours, plus a teaspoonful of laudanum every four hours, tapering off. The calf resumed its regular feed in about four days.
Salt for cattle free access better than timed feeding
The text argues cattle should have constant access to salt rather than fixed feeding times. Salt is essential for blood and overall health. stock will self-regulate intake if salt is always available, avoiding overconsumption when they are salt hungry.
Wintering hardier beekeeping and farm upkeep tips
Practical advice for farm management and orchard care. Emphasizes wintering strong colonies, tight orchard pruning, tobacco as insecticide, ant control with pine tar, rapid replacement of honeycomb sections, balancing swarm yields, grape and currant cuttings, seasonal insect activity, autumn plowing, feeding discarded apples to stock to curb pests, tick control in flocks, timely tree maturation, currant bush renewal, pruning young seedlings, and weed seed prevention after potato crops.
Treatment That Cured a Schoolgirl of Somnambulism
A Pearson's Weekly tale describes a schoolgirl who walked in her sleep for weeks. After failing sedatives and restraints, a padded nightdress was sewn into a bag with extended sleeves to trap limbs. She rose, stumbled, fell, and woke, then shifted to standing rigidly before tiring and returning to bed. The case ended effectively cured.
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The Elusive Eyeglasses Peddlers in a Street Stunt
In Barclay Street a man tries to offload stolen eyeglasses to a passerby claiming urgency and need. The report details how peddlers madly hawk stolen goods, disguising theft to create buyers, with brokering schemes and stray mentions of lace and gloves profits.
Thirst Boon and Odd Discovery in Uptown Cafe
A scruffy man with a bald spot boasts of a hidden find the power to create thirsts that mock others. He drinks heavily claiming a “great discovery” and tells of sweating in the gym and a hot bath to fuel his thirst, predicting envy as he seeks more drinks.
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