Ancient water heaters in Pompeii museums reveal 2000-year heat tech
The Boston Transcript reports on Roman water heaters in Naples museums showing early water tube boiler design. W T Bonner of Cincinnati studied two vessels with bronze tube gratings, inner and outer hemispherical shells, and tripods for air access. Heated by charcoal, they may have warmed wine or water in Pompeian cafes.
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Naples
W. T. Bonner
Cincinnati
Pompeiians
Pompeii
Boston Transcript
Outwitting an Editor and a Gubernatorial Scheme
A St Louis Globe Democrat incident from 1888 shows David R Francis benefiting from a full page display ad purchased by his allies to boost his governor bid. Editor McCullagh stormed the office after discovering the scheme, which triggered the paper’s largest newsroom upheaval, as subscribers protested and readers demanded refunds.
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David R. Francis
Missouri
Globe- Democrat
McCullagh
Dave
Francis
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Fast Mail
Southern Hotel
Fourth
Pine Streets
Rise of Jewell from saloon keeper to judge in Kentucky
James R. Jewell of Lexington Kentucky rose from a saloon keeper in Versailles to magistrate lawyer and judge. He used bold persuasion with cigars to avoid indictment, then shifted to confectionery and restaurant while pursuing law and public office. He held magistrate and recorder roles and even influenced courthouse control via a legislative bill.
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James R. Jewell
Lexington
Jewell
Woodford County
Versailles
Jim Jewell
Recorder’s Court
E. L. Hutchinson
Joshua Soule Smith
Judge Smith
Fiscal Court
Louisville Courier Journal
Manhattan Island and Drydock Village in historical note
A historical note explains the term Manhattan Island and describes its original knoll near Corlears Hook, once marshy and submerged, later the site of Drydock Village and shipbuilding. It recalls Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer’s Century quote on manners and mentions the Mississippi delta flooding and 180 foreign correspondents in Athens awaiting developments as spring approaches.
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Manhattan Island
Island of
Manhattan
Corlears Hook
Drydock Village
Schuyler van Rensselaer
Rhodes travel reaches near world tour distance since resignation
Cecil Rhodes has covered roughly 24,700 miles since stepping down as premier of Cape Colony a year ago last January. His journeys include Cape Town to Kimberley and back, Cape Town to London, London to Beira via Suez, Beira to Bulawayo and back, Beira to Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, and Cape Town to London again, totaling substantial tracts across Africa and Europe.
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Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Cape Town
Kimberley
London
Beira
Suez
Bulawayo
Port Elizabeth
City Bonds Signed By Comptroller And Mayor
Comptroller Fitch of New York completed the signing of coupon bonds from the last city bond sale. Fifteen thousand five hundred ten signatures were required. The mayor is near completion of his signing, and the clerk of the common council applies the city seal.
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Fitch
New York
Eagle captured by hunter proves 1646 collar in Slavonia
A citizen of Essegg in Slavonia shot an eagle that bore a steel band around its neck engraved with a coat of arms and the date 1646. The bird's residence during the 250 years before the hunter’s shot remains undisclosed.
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Essegg
Slavonia
Suit for possession of a mule drags on in Greenville
A Hunt county citizen filed suit years ago for possession of a mule. The animal died recently, yet the case continues with $800 in costs accumulated and about 100 witnesses attending the trial in Greenville per the Dallas News.
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Hunt County
Greenville
Dallas News
Literary Tragedy and a Foreign Mission Refused
A fractured verse note tells of a writer seeking a foreign mission and Europe for money. The tale shifts to a precinct amid yellow fever and a poet faced with expulsion, leaving the author unsettled by misdirected destinies and abrupt dismissal.
New York Board of Education to Ban Pie at Schools
Superintendent Jasper urges a plan to curb pie consumption by public school children. He cites indigestible pies and sweets bought near schools and proposes lunch counters in school buildings offering hot soup and light digestible foods at nominal prices to replace pie.
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Board of Education of
New York
Jasper
Board of Education
President McKinley Hosts Unusual Eight-Inch Cigars
At a cabinet dinner President McKinley revealed cigars eight inches long and one and a half inches thick. Guests including Gage Bliss Hanna and Herrick tried them, praising the flavor but not the time to finish. The cigars came from Havana for an order destined for the Austrian emperor, costing twenty dollars per box of ten. The tobacco hailed from Cuba and the cigars were crafted with notable care, containing as much tobacco as a box of one hundred regular cigars.
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McKinley
Gage
Bliss
Hanna
Colonel Herrick
Cleveland
Havana
Austria
Cuba
Cece
Electric smoke control via incandesent wires proposed
Chicago Inter Ocean notes a German patent for smoke prevention by wires inside chimneys heated by electric current. The method can burn the black smoke but is not cost effective, needing a dynamo per chimney and risking fuse if multiple chimneys share a high speed dynamo.
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Germany
Chicago
Relic Sandbag From Civil War Carried By Young Woman
A Mobile Register item notes a Civil War relic in a young woman’s possession, a sandbag sewn by boarding school girls during the Mobile siege. The bag bears a faded blue inscription reading God Save the South From Harriet Brown.
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Mobile
God Save the South
Harriet Brown
Mobile Register
Lawmakers push varied plans to overhaul government finances
About two score schemes have been proposed by house members to alter current policy. Representative Little of Arkansas proposes coinage of all treasury silver bullion into standard dollars and use as a reserve for redeeming greenbacks treasury notes and certificates. Redeemed notes would be cancelled and silver certificates issued in lieu.
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House
Representative Little
Arkansas
Treasury
Reserve Fund
Newly Married Couple Dines Out In Boston Restaurant
A newly married couple in Boston visits a restaurant where the bridegroom, eager to impress, requests a wine as described by the New Tribune quote. The patronage hints at showing wealth as the cork bursts and the wine bites, keeping the price worth the money.
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Boston
Tribune
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cures Long-Standing Piles
Unionville Pennsylvania man Jacob Mitchell endures thirty years of painful piles before trying DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve, which relieves and heals. The ad touts skin disease remedies for eczema and other afflictions and names O. S. Cottin & Co. Also mentions Arkansas new paper the Scorpion and a local paper comment comparing it to Western weeklies.
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Jacob Mitchell
Unionville
DeWitt
O. S. Cottin & Co
Big Four Route Special Rates At Y P S C E Convention
At the Y P S C E Convention in San Francisco July 7 to 12 the Big Four Route will offer special low rates from all points via Chicago St Louis or Peoria. Through trains run from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St Louis and Peoria and from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago. Full information from nearest agent.
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Y. P.S.C.E
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Peoria
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Louisville
Elks Reunion Special Rates Travel Plan
Minneapolis hosts the Elks reunion from July 6 to 10 with the Big Four Route offering special low fares for members and friends. The reduced schedule covers Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and Chicago to accommodate attendees and ease travel to the event.
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ELKS
Minneapolis
Big Four
Great Benevolent Society
Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Sur- Ragordtoet Sengptory
Chicago
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Knightstown
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