Temperance Reading and Chicago Police of Habit Detectors
A Chicago merchant notes a plan to form a private detective association to police workers private lives including gambling and drinking. He cites New York precedent where employers screened applicants by habits, arguing abstinence correlates with reliability and future employability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvate
Merchants of
Chicago
Heseinig
Canan
Amata
New York
Protective Society
Chicago Car
Minneapolie Commercial Ganetie
Workman and Whisky Decline in Labor Life and Law
A historical letter condemns drink as a curse on workers, arguing intoxication ruins skill and steadiness. It cites post mortem findings, fears loss of productivity, and notes labor groups and insurers opposing drink. References mass distillery output, tax, and government revenue practices, plus public response from Knights of Labor and newspapers.
The Chicken Business
A humorous column extols incubators and chicken raising as a path to wealth or pleasure, warning novices about false promises. The author admires the thrill of incubation, notes the hard work and vigilance required, and contrasts monetary gain with personal satisfaction, urging thoughtful, steady effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Patrick Henry
Ile
Million-dollar Pump Powers Pennsylvania Mine
The largest pumping engine, built in 1870 at Merrick's Foundry, Philadelphia, cost nearly $1,000,000 and was shipped to Friedensville, Pennsylvania to remove water from a mine. Its 110 inch cylinder, 14 inch piston rod, and 12 foot stroke push about 20,000 gallons per minute, over 5 million gallons daily, to a height of 130 feet, necessitating stronger bridges on the North Pennsylvania line to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedensville
Merrick's Foundry
Philadelphia
North Pennsylvania Railroad
Center Jey
Chicago Sun
Irregularity Charge Sparks Dispute Over Clerkship
A dialogue reveals a claimant denied a clerkship after a former employer accused them of financial irregularity. The applicant calls the charge false, noting a jury conviction and a judge's stance, while asserting no irregularity existed and claiming continued integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galt
Iceland in Summer for Curious Travelers
A Christian Advocate piece considers Iceland as a summer destination for curious travelers. It notes accessible transport from Copenhagen and Leith, Iceland’s sizable geography, a stable Althing, and the island’s focus on fishing and farming with limited manufacturing. It also discusses fisheries, trade with Spain, and recent weather impacts on harvests and livestock north and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Royal Mail
Copenhagen
Reykjavik
Leith
London
Carlisle
Althing
Foreign Office
Consul Paterson
Spain
Rare Old Wills and Peculiarities of Probate Records
A Philadelphia Probate Office review highlights historic wills from 1682 and notable figures. Thomas Freams’ 1682 will, Stephen Girard’s multi-page codiciled will, Asa Packer’s large estate, Matthew Baird’s one-sheet will, and a straw-paper 1840 will illustrate a spectrum of testaments. Also noted are quirky bequests for whisky and cider, and a Greely expedition member Sergeant Hampden Sidney Gardner leaving $900 to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thomas Freams
Stephen Girard
Girard
Asa Packer
Matthew Baird
Hampden Sidney Gardner
Greely
Camp Clay
Garlington Island
Cape Sabine
Arctic
Philadelphia Record
The Efficacy of Moxa in Japanese Practice
The article notes round white skin spots called moxa on nearly all Japanese people. Dr Baelz explains they result from burning flesh in a special method to treat disease. The belief in moxa’s efficacy is widespread in Japan and likely shared by Portuguese and others who observed it.
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Japan
Baelz
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Brookhaven, Miss
Famil Groceries
A. Lewenthal, Jr
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Brookhaven
Mississippi
Lincoln
Mississiipi
Ww. R.aia
Jevlenian
Rec
R. H. Thompson
Attorney At Law
J. W. Bennett
Orvice
Daushtry & Smylie
Phisoe
E. J. Bowen
Daughtry & Smylie’s Drag
J. O. Frilick
Cherokes Street
East
Railrows
J. B. Daughtry
Phoenix
Hart
Liverpool
London and Globe
J. Warren
Lightfoot
Ont Street
Lowen
Liewspaper
Prighatsch’s
Old Stand
Cherokee Street
Miss
Milburn Wacons
Max Priebatsch
R. K. Ledbetter
Pearl and
State Streets
Jackson
Johnsons
Temperance
Banda
Nigel Tisuey
Rom
Workman
Pawderly
Knights of Whorot
United States
Untey
Massachusetts
Sos
Africa
Internal Revenue
Treasury of
Nations
National Bulletin
St. Louis Knights of Labor
Ram
East River
Norristown Herald
Vor
Brown
Bulger
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