Predictions From a Curious Era Of Science And Inventions
A collage of 19th century observations and rumors covering animal aging bird gizzards and night teeth. Whale longevity. Sun bright vision in bats and owls. Electric branding in Australia stock branding by storage batteries. A trolley chair for judges on a track. Chameleon color change puzzle. Net oil alternative for sea safety. Cryostasis a heat solid and cold liquid chemical mix. Photographs of a rapid talker lips deciphered by the deaf. Serpent movement and horizontal windings. Nautilus air water ballast inspiration. Mammoth flesh preservation and permafrozen bodies. Large lens being cast at Jena for a massive telescope larger than Lick. One ton rough weight and $75000 cost. Cold versus warm skin heat transfer explained by poor skin conduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavier
Australia
Siberia
Jena
Germany
Lick Observatory
California
Forty Three Years in the Dark Woman in Indiana Recovers
A Warren County Indiana woman kept in seclusion for forty three years due to insanity begins to regain reason after her husband and later her daughters cared for her. She now converses clearly about common topics and seeks to rejoin society. The spectrum of delusions fades as her mind clears with prospect of full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Warren County
Indiana
Perry James
St. Louis Globemocrat
Mirage on the Western Plains Recreation
The article describes desert mirages and miragic landscapes across Oklahoma, eastern Washington and Oregon, the Gila Desert, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. It notes shifting sand dunes, lakes, and surreal visions such as a buffalo skull with a raven and a coyote appearing as a lion, reflecting on the exotic feel of western plains recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Washington
Oregon
Gila Desert
Arizona
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
Laramie
Vizion
Our Pleasure Club Scribbles on Letters and Inquiries
A humorous dialogue scene in a social club touches on study, finances, writing noises, and a joke about public figures. Characters Mr Beenthere Yale and Mrs Yale debate Yale's finances while Whiffers objects to writing noises. A playful aside mocks the Goddess of Liberty and a rural lamb joke, ending with social manners at a card party.
Echo of the Naval Parade in a Witty Hotel Scene
A garbled humor column presents tangled banter among guests and locals. Jokes touch on Yankee sailors, last words, tank drama, eye pain from bangs, tombstone sayings, jury foolishness, soup complaints, and a hunter’s setter. The piece reads as a clipped vaudeville style dialogue with playful mishearings and social quirks.
Farmland tips on cultivation and pumpkins in old journal
The piece discusses shallow cultivation to suppress weeds, warns against deep root cutting, and recounts a pumpkin planting tale tied to corn. It shares observations from Acton Massachusetts on pumpkins, corn, and hoeing, plus notes on growing pumpkins with seed placement and pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Biggle
Parm Journal
Grange Homes
Acton
Mass
John L. Shawver
Ohio
Woman's World: Miss Sadie Swift First Woman Court Reporter
Miss Sadie Monroe Swift of Massachusetts is officially recognized as a Middlesex and Barnstable court stenographer, the first woman in that role. She also set a remarkable cycling record by riding 88.5 miles from Yarmouth to Boston in under ten hours, reportedly the first woman to complete the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Monroe Swift
Massachusetts
Middlesex
Barnstable
Supreme Court
Yarmouth
Boston
New York Ledger
Widow builds fortune running boardinghouse in New York
A young widow in New York has made a fortune in boarding houses, buying a hundred thousand dollar house with elevator and hotel luxuries. She charges Waldorf level prices and provides monogrammed napkins and linen. She says young men dine there when they tire of Delmonico’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Delmonico’s
Detroit Free Press
Traveling Amanuensis Concept Sparks Shared Clerk Idea
A New York Times idea suggests a busy woman could hire a traveling amanuensis by forming a network where one clerk serves multiple employers. The plan envisions one hour per day per client and rest of day handled by other women, creating relief and aggregate pay with a small per-person cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chafing Dishes Through History From Greeks to New World
The piece traces the chafing dish from ancient Greece and Rome through Seneca and Cicero to 18th century America. It notes its refined symbolism among the wealthy and cites Pliny on Aesopus and Selion’s stories, with New York Post reference to 1720 when brass chafing dishes cost four shillings each for a wedding outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Soyer
Cicero
Rcselon
Pliny
Aesopus
America
England
New York Post
Gould daughters join law class to study for mental discipline
The Atlanta Constitution notes two of Jay Gould's daughters have enrolled in a New York university law class. They seek legal knowledge to safeguard their estates and understand real estate and personal property laws. The piece suggests other rich women could follow suit to gain independence and avoid exploitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
New York University
Atlanta
The German Housewife Work Ethic Across Nations
The article contrasts saving habits of German women with French, noting German women save as a strong trait but play a smaller role in national affairs than their French counterparts. It discusses cultural emphasis on frugality and domestic responsibility shaping social norms.
Fashion Notes Preview Latest Hauls in Autumn Wardrobe
The article surveys current fashion trends including bold shades like tangerine topaz maize amber and bronze. It highlights hairdressing curls, petite silk checked petticoats with pinked ruching, Paris silk skirts, dress improvers of light haircloth, crepe tissue colorways, bouclé fabrics with mohair loops, and grey cloth evening attire trimmed with fur or lace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The German housefrau as ideal modern wife
A Chicago Record portrayal of the German housefrau outlines her as a model, skilled in managing home finances, practical arithmetic, and cultural knowledge. She is adept in seamstress work, cooking, laundering, and shopping, with broad literacy in native literature and foreign languages. She travels a path of education and utility, equipping her for married life as companion to an educated husband and for domestic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Burgerliche
Chicago Record
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Popular Science
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Mr. Widehat
Harlembridge
Penniper
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Jimmy
Jack
Miss Primper
Tommy
Stassfurt
Cleveland
Chicago
Shfe
Jay Gould’s
Fashion Notes
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