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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1894

Page

3

Antisepsis and Chloroform in War Time Medical Care

Paris Herald notes advances in antisepsis and dressings reducing infection in wartime surgery. It cites experiments on firearm wounds showing clothing-borne germs, and reports on Koerfer using inhaled chloroform for severe sunstroke with improved pulse and reduced convulsions.

Societe Imperio-Royale Des Medecins de Vienne M. Hobart M. Faulhaber M. Koerfer Paris Herald

A Long Felt Want Mrs Young Housekeeper Market

Mrs Young Housekeeper asks Mr Cleaver at the market what meats are available. He lists beef mutton veal and pork but she notes she has had all of them recently and asks what else is on offer.

Frank T. Remieres Garner of Ellery A. Dunbar Philip Brady Aalesman E. A. Dunbar Ibrenes Fred Fish Mrs. Young Mr. Cleaver

Girth of the Earth Measured by Coast Survey

Washington Post reports that the coast and geodetic survey will spend two to three years on a global arc measurement to determine Earth's circumference with high precision. An 8 000 mile arc along the 39th parallel from Atlantic to Pacific will link triangulation across the continental divide, aiming for a diameter error under 60 feet.

Gon Aguo North Pole Andrew Braid Coast and Geodetic Survey Atlantic Pacific Ocean Washington Post

Prices tumble as electric railways bloom across the nation

The Electric Railway sector shows a six year price collapse from 4500 dollars to 640 dollars for complete car equipment. Seven manufacturers vied for a single order while 1888 had seven railways and by 1894 over five hundred cities used electric lines, with rapid expansion ongoing.

United States

Days of Grace and the Tramp of Lyons

A Paris tramp, Edmond Viscount dela Morte, once a Lyons noble and royal chamberlain, is found penniless near the opera house after attempting to pawn a diamond bracelet. He explains he survives by selling orange peels to liqueur makers. A second item notes New York will end days of grace for notes after January 1 185, with debtors urged to settle or face protest.

M. Duranton Paris Opera House Edmond Viscount Dela Morte Lyons London News New York State Cincinnati Times

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