Longest straight street and world trade notes
A fragmented report notes Philadelphia's Second Street as possibly the longest straight street in the world. It covers international trade forecasts, wool duties, and a wide mix of colonial and regional observations from Australia to Wyoming. It mentions wheat exports, birth certificates laws, Tibetan religion, and the Boston Transcript on Canada trade, plus varied items from a New York poultry show to school policies and public education figures in Peru.
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Second Street
Philadelphia
New York
New York Suns
I Wonder Why the Moon Won’t Shine in Florida Winter
In a Florida winter of 1889-90 two naturalists recount exploring mangrove swamps from a log platform near Jupiter Inlet. While pursuing ducks they dodge a five alligators and are saved by a shark attacking the predators, ending with gratitude to Florida’s dangerous yet wondrous wildlife.
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Sweet Marjory
Robin
South
Florida
Janes Wallon
South Florida
Department of Science
Jupiter
Ireen
James
Hey
First American Clock Made by Eli Terry in 1792
A fragment recalls Eli Terry of Connecticut winding the first US clock from wood in 1792. It notes limited use of metal, six months crafting time, and six months traveling to sell his water. Brass clocks emerged in 1857 and spread from Connecticut to Europe.
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Jamea
Grove Awampn
Florida
America
United States
Eli Terry
Connecticut
Europe
Patroit Mrea Press
Indias
Lundin
Bizara Howe
Hugh
Public Park Life in Buenos Ayres and Racecourse Scenes
A vivid tour of Palermo Park in Buenos Aires with its quiet promenades, carriages, and Parisian style houses near Junín and Alvear. It notes the lack of lively animation, imported carriage horses, and the social scene at Hippodromos while contrasting elite fashion with average spectators.
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Buenos Ayres
Avenida de Ln
Alvear
Parque 3 de Fobrero
Palermo
Indies
Belgrano
Hippodromo Argentino
Jockey Club
Europe
Buenos Aires
Sockey Club
Tribune
Harper’s Magazine
What Fire Is and the Chemical View of Combustion
The passage probes fire as a chemical action where ordinary substances unite with oxygen. It notes heat and light arise from the reaction, and claims substances lose their original properties when forming new compounds with oxygen. The text hints at deeper questions linking cause and effect, comparing to the apple fall.
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New York
Fascinating headresses and fashion notes
A collage of fashion items from mid century sources covers women’s headdresses, trunk packing, Cadogan hair nets, and public musings on walking grace. Observations cite Brooklyn to Boston papers with advice on dress, care, and styles, including bold spring wraps and critiques of chaperoning norms.
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Cadogan
Boston Transcript
Fashion Notes and Dilemmas From a Californian Chat
A Chicago Post fashion column discusses British maidens, chaperones, and freedom in California. It reviews current dress trends for children and women including jackets, skirts, collars, and sleeves, with notes on fabrics, colors, and the rise of dinner menus in French.
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Chicago Post
Spring soup of carrots and vintage fish vinaigrette
A recipe rundown offers spring carrot soup with mashed carrot pulp folded into cream soup and a fish vinaigrette served over halibut or haddock. The piece also covers Boston baked beans with pork, kidney omelet, scotch sandwiches, lamp chianeys, and a reflection on fortune's risks with oil leases and development.
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New York Tribune
Fragmented Notes Describe Odd Inventions And Local Anecdotes
The article surveys bizarre items and observations from Paria to Paris including an organ with two violoncellos, a chilling cure for yellow fever via freezing, a sun exposure protection tip from a Lancet correspondent, and a steam phaeton in Paris with a boiler beneath the body. It also notes furrowed rocks near Lunain, timber shortages, a locust on Indian rails, and a mine tale about bacon priced at ten thousand dollars a pound.
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Paria
France
Idle
Paris
Mexico
JR. N. Drazal
Tombstone
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Sonora
Mex
St. Pedro River
Cananara
Ochoaville
Arizona
Gates
Bud
San Francisco Examiner
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Paraguay
Victoria
Austria
Thibet
Canada
England
Dominion
Carlisle
Penn
Kennens City
Wyoming
Ceylon
Chile
Bantiago
Minister of Public Instruction
Peru
Congress
Saya
Illinois
Duke of Bedford
Peerage
Lord French
Lord Londonderry
Lord Greaves
James Beresford
Lord Munator
Congleton
Loch Forth
Lord Cloncurry
Lord Walsingham
Lord Delaware
Lord Lyttleton
Shaftesbury
de. Samuel Butcher
Meath
Fife
Lady Howe
Aweet Marjory
Atswandes
Annie L. Hannah
St. Nichola
Lutha
Horace
Patera
Tapas
Joss
Hondeoda
Providence Journal
Daniel
Stonehenge
Harper's Weekly
Charlotte Corday
Brooklyn
Stomen Secon
Henry C. Weaton
London
Henry M. Stanley
Mr. Whston
Mr. Weston
California
Chambers
Lendig
Boston
Wildwood
Tinade
Pitsburg
Lunain
M. Armand Vire
Rawil Pindia
India
BR. W
New York Horse Life Insurance Company
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