16 Sep 1876
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Newspaper
Chester Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1876
Page
1
The Chester Daily Times outlines voting eligibility for male citizens 21 and older. Criteria include U.S. citizenship, state residency of one year, district residency of two months before election, tax payments, and naturalization timelines. The notice specifies key election dates and deadlines for assessment, naturalization papers, and tax payments.
A dated treatise argues one third of England and Wales children die before five due to mismanagement. It urges mothers and nurses to provide abundant fresh air, sunlit nurseries, and regular airing, warning against drafts and heavy coverings while recommending daily outings for infants when weather allows.
The Ebers papyrus from Thebes preserves ancient Egyptian medicine detailing eye diseases and general bodily disorders with prescribed remedies. It is the oldest medical authority, showing medicine mixing with magic and religion and predicting significant insights for future study.
The article explains cameo cutting using hard stones like oriental onyx with multiple color layers to enhance depth. It notes lathes and diamond dust shape precise reliefs, gives Minerva as an example, and mentions shell cameos from African and Brazilian shores with two color layers.
A wide array of items including prices and taxes in multiple states, a private execution note, a New York editorial remark on male girls, a Hopkins University admission exam window, Arkansas Greenbackets electoral ticket, sale of Old South Church as a museum, a Pa lightning strike on a barn, literary quips about a book and a cat age, legal and political trials, railroad shop idleness, an extradition injunction, a British consul funeral, sheriffs sales in Luzerne, leap year jokes, Metternich offspring in Paris, and unusual Berks county bee incidents.
Fire hit the Frogmoor Cotton Mills in Frankford early yesterday, with flames breaking out in the fourth story or mule room. The blaze damaged the building and stock by about 4000 dollars, largely from water, as workers escaped unharmed thanks to fire escapes. Insurance on the property totals 17000 across multiple companies.
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