Wonders Of Liquid Air Excerpt At New York Exhibit
Charles E Tripler demonstrated liquid air at the American Chemical Society session in New York City. Spectators saw copper soften and steel become brittle as rubber hardened in the cold fluid while a diamond burned in liquid oxygen.
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American Chemical Society
College of the City of New York
Charles E. Tripler
Raoul Pictet
Geneva
RK. Ogden Doremus
New
York
Herald
Cubans Seek Offices and Eager for Power
A Chicago Record summary notes Cuban adventurers flock to Havana after evacuation talks led by General Wade ex Senator Butler and Admiral Sampson. They demand high offices and big salaries but resist work, threatening Spanish loyalists and testing the commission's resolve. General Brooke faces patience trying to settle these untrained activists into useful roles.
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Sampson
Wade
Butler
Havana
United States
Junta
Admiral Sampson
Greene
Tle
Brooke
William E. Curtis
Chicago
Rare Eliot Bible Found In Sag Harbor Collection
William W. Tooker of Sag Harbor adds to his Indian relics with a rare 1680 Eliot Bible translated for the Indians of North America. Printed in Cambridge for the Right Honorable Corporation in London for Gospel propagation in New England, the leather bound volume was found in a New Jersey farmer’s garret and is well preserved.
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William W. Tooker
Sag Harbor
John Eliot
North America
Cambridge
Right Honorable Corporation
London
New England
New Jersey
Philadelphia Press
Sailor Jack Loses Sight After Eel Strike
William Edgecomb a Bayside New Jersey fisherman known as Sailor Jack has lost sight in one eye after an eel struck him while he skinned it last September. His eye worsened over days, initially thought to be a cataract, but doctors identified poisonous slime from the eel as the cause.
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William Edgecomb
Sailor Jack
Edgecomb
Bayside
N. J
Philadelphia Times
Hedin Plans Long Asian Expedition to Unknown Lands
Swedish explorer Dr Sven Hedin plans a new four year expedition starting next spring. He aims to cross the Taklamakan desert from Kashgar study Lopnor and northern central Tibet then travel to India returning via the Himalaya. Estimated cost ten thousand seven hundred dollars with Russian aid anticipated.
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Asia
Sven Hedin
Ace
Central Asia
Ney
Kashgar
Pr. Hedin
Taklamakan
East Turkestan
Lopnor
Tibet
India
Lord Curzon
Himalaya
Karakoram
Hedin
E. Johnson
Chicago
Rabbit hunting boom in Allegany county N Y
White and gray rabbits are abundant in Allegany county New York and hunters report great sport. A Bolivar man has shot 12 rabbits and others have killed 100 using dogs and ferrets. Children invented a new trap using a hose to herd rabbits from their holes and bag them.
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Allegany County
N. Y
Bolivar
Dissecting a Mosquito Method From Indian Medical Gazette
Major Ross L M S describes a mosquito dissection procedure. The left hand holds the needle to pass through the thorax and remove legs wings and scales. The tail is placed in a liquid drop and the last tail segments are separated and pressed on the slide. The right hand guides the insect to draw it away.
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Major Ross
L M. S
Indian Medical Gazette
Burn Coal Wisely in Home Heating Tips
Industrial Record advises careful coal choice and firing technique for efficiency. Using small pea coal with a bed of ashes prevents grate damage and maintains steady heat, while large coal requires periodic midday restocking. The article notes pea coal can save about 1.50 per ton versus egg coal.
Medical journal warns on heart damage from headache powders
A medical journal warns of serious heart weakening from headache powders containing acetanalide, phenacetin, and related analgesics. Authorities in England consider stricter controls after analyses found active ingredients above British Pharmacopoeia limits. Public risks include toxic effects on heart and respiration.
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England
J A. Harris
Lancashire
Edinburgh
The Dangers of Rapid Alcohol Consumption
A Popular Science excerpt warns that spirits increase blood flow to the brain and quicken brain activity, causing a red face and faster speech. With prolonged drinking arteries enlarge and compress veins, trapping blood and risking fatal apoplexy in hours or even minutes.
German Inventor Develops Light Transmitting Heat Blocking Glass
A German inventor claims a glass material that transmits light but blocks heat. Experiments with 0.4 inch plates show ferrous chloride containing glass passes 4.06 percent of radiant heat, ferric chloride glass 11.2 percent, and a thinner slab less than 1 percent of gas flame heat while passing 12 percent of sunlight. Ordinary window glass passes about 86 percent heat.
Skeleton Weights Compare Men and Women
The average male skeleton weighs about 20 pounds while a typical female skeleton would be roughly six pounds lighter.
Student Corrects Spanish J Pronunciation in Restaurant
A University of Chicago student and two friends debated Spanish names on Jackson Street. The student, attempting war talk, mispronounced J as in English while his companions urged proper Castilian sounds. A heated exchange followed ending with the student storming out in anger.
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University of Chicago
Jackson Street
Santiago
Huan
Hohn
John
Cuba
Hackson
Bentleman
Jerusalem
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Sultan Faces Competing Heads in Daring Dilemma
The sultan laments two rival rulers offering each other’s heads as gifts. His confidential adviser quotes a proverb about two heads being better than one, reflecting on the perilous diplomatic stand off reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Too Good a Bargain to Be Missed Cigars
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes a downtown window display offering 250 real cigars for 40 cents. The dialogue hints at a smoker's temptation and a promise to quit, reflecting a light, consumerist moment in the urban scene.
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George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nervous Soldier Confesses He Missed Battle Sight
A Spanish soldier’s friend recalls the claim that the narrator fought but did not watch the fighting. The speaker says he shut his eyes when gunfire began, noting his own nervous nature and tendency to avert his gaze during combat.
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Washington Star
Canaries Near Cat Is Land Quip Stirring Debate
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press features a playful exchange about geography and nature. Mr Poindexter remarks on beneficent natural plans while Mr Perkaste questions with a pun about Canaries near California land.
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Poindexter
Perkaste
Canaries
Cat. Island
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Barbles Forms Theosophy Study Club
The Indianapolis Journal notes Mrs Barbles starting a local club to study theosophy. The exchange questions her intellect, but confirms the planned group formation and its purpose.
Infatuated Man McBride Astonishes Friends
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, Twynn and Triplett remark on McBride’s belief that his wife picks better neckties than he does, describing his confidence as excessive and humorous.
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McBride
Twynn
Triplett
Detroit Free Press
Election tension erupts in heated exchange at courthouse
In a confrontational moment, Styne demands earnings from the election and Clymer retorts that the old man has lost. The Boston Globe reports the sharp exchange signaling post election frustration and scrutiny.
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Clymer
Styne
Boston Globe
Fitz-Cooper Held as Frugal Landlord in Jest
A wry quote labels Fitz-Cooper as a close fisted landlord. The quip imagines him hiring a spiritual medium to collect rent from a ghost if he owned a haunted house. Nuggets.
Christmas Gift Dilemma Cited By Chicago Record
A brief exchange shows Clara urging Henry to accept a Christmas present now as she tires of changing her mind about when to give it. The quip comes from the Chicago Record era humor column.
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Henry
Chicago Record
Unsteady Stair Dawned On Man In Cincinnati Enquirer
A man senses a shifting staircase as a mounting tension builds. The scene uses a steady stare to heighten unease and suggest an impending moment of realization. The fragment hints at danger or a pivotal turn in an unnamed narrative.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Time Table Corrected to November 14 1898
Marlboro Branch timetable correction listsBoston to Marlboro service details for the revised schedule.
A South Sea King George Clunies Ross rulers of Keeling Cocos islands
A British subject and absolute ruler of the Keeling Cocos islands, King George Clunies Ross, visited the country en route to England. He governs over about 700 subjects, with 13 South African families starting the population and now 800 descendants. He administers three acres per married man, with no police or prisons and no taxes, praising the island climate and thrift as he considers fortifying Christmas Island for England.
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Patent Office
George Clunies Ross
Keeling Cocos Islands
England
Indian Ocean
Java
Australia
Keeling Cocos
Christmas Island
Cook
Clunies Ross
Borneo
Stafford Roffles
Ross
Keeling
Cocos
South Africa
King Ross
Not the star but the man in front dictates the scene
A Washington Star poem reflects on stage dynamics where the audience reacts to the performer in front rather than the singer or spectacle. It notes how anticipation and performance shape mood, with a playful aside about a girl behind tapping her toe, influencing the atmosphere.
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Washington Star
Concord Tax Auction Notice for 1808 Real Estate Parcels
Collector Erastus H. Smith states unpaid taxes on multiple Concord Middlesex parcels. Properties include the Brown lot of 26% acres, Wheeler land of 10 acres, Deer Pond 50 acres, and a 6 acre Heywood's brook parcel. Auction set for January 17, 1899 at 2 PM in the Selectmen's Room.
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Concord
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Selectmen’s Room
Town Hall
Camoto
Thompson
Charles
James Riley
Heywood
Galen Whitney
Nahum Thompson
SOO
Erastus H. Smith
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John Elliot
New York Journal
Financial Enterprise
Fitz-Cooper
O'Coats
Maynard, Mass
Fitchburg Railroad
Marlboro Branch
Boston
Mare Boro
Orton
Piscota
South Acton
Writunian
Rossinut
Cleasondale
Ehudseon Wi
Marlbore
Marelborg
Maynard
Oslo
I R. Watson, G. E A
Beatchman
Earth
Kstate
Stas
Ernest Hosmer
Acton
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