Antique curiosities and scientific notes from distant lands
A mosaic of brief items covers historical figures, artifacts, and early science. A Buchanan note marks age of first election. Acropolis discoveries include a Socrates bust and Antinous statue. Florida cocoanut venture spurs land deals. Mexican artist Ignacio Alrcon to craft figures for Paris Exposition. Frost deterrence in Guatemala coffea regions uses fires of tar. Amber industry and Prussian revenue cited. Condensed milk for explorers and armies noted. Bonaparte backs colonial observations on Dutch Guna. Arctic ice hills erase a village in the White Sea region. A New York bank tests punitive stance on dishonest clerks. Lobel rifle discussed by Paris-Telescope. Medical studies simulate battlefield wounds on corpses. Rifle range effects and smoke-free reports described.
A Tap at the Door Poem by ALilie E Barr
A fragile verse recalls a small child and a parent at night. The speaker contrasts scientific thought with the sacred bond of a baby's prayer and near heaven through the child’s presence. The poem ends noting ALilie E Barr as the author.
Sunny Harlem Rooms Attract Hopeful New Tenants
A four room flat near Harlem gains attention from a young couple seeking light and a cheerful kitchen with a cherry mantel. They tour the sunlit spaces, debate the unfinished walls, and envision furnishing it as a home while planning nearby park walks for their baby and a hopeful life in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Totet
Repl
Ninety-second Street
Sorbert
Herbert
Jennie May
New York
Mollis
A Plain Home and a Lost Purse Spark City Kindly Hearts
A weary mother longs for curtains and a gentler life in a crowded city home. A lost purse funds a sick child’s country sea air cure. a chance reunion with Jennie May leads to lasting friendship and joyous family bonds. The tale closes with a note on the Bowie knife’s origin in Natchez and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abo
Graen
Baby
Herbert
Sha
Mollie
Jennie May
Jennie
New York Sun
A Marvel in Steel and the Rail Network
A reflection on the vast U S rail system, noting 150000 miles of track and 300000 miles of rails forming twelve girdles around the earth. It praises the steel rail as an engineering feat and the refined shape engineered for heavy loads and repeated blows, supporting locomotives and modern cars as great achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Scribnor's
Baseball Cranks Duel Over Game Standings
The cranks discuss the score with playful banter as one asks who leads and another answers an eight to fourteen tally. The exchange highlights a lighthearted moment about the game status between two fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Free Baths and Public Service in New York
An extended description of New York City public baths, noting free access for the poor, crowd chaos at entry, strict keepers, and unglamorous scenes of 250 bathers and their varied bodies. It highlights gendered bathing days, worker use, and the city’s public works department receiving requests from across the country while contrasting modern electric transit and city lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bowery
Ree
Brooklyn
Department of Public Works
Mississippi
Jamaica
West Indies
Edison
Menlo Park
United States
New York Sun
Quiet Corner of Yucatan Reveals Hacienda Life and Feast
A Philadelphia Record correspondent depicts a Yucatan hacienda with 800 plans and busy laborers. Torches light nightly prayers, with servants greeting all and peons blessing the visitors with good night. The piece also describes a traditional pig barbecue unearthed with heated stones and the nuisance of wood ticks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
Philadelphia Record
Wet
Bernal Diaz
Pile Driving and Quinine Habit Observed in 19th Century Tip
The article notes pile driving methods using hammer blows and water jets to sink piles in sand and iron. It describes continuous water jets aiding rapid sinking, with caution that stopping the pump sets and settles sand. It also warns of risks to pile material and peculiarities with iron piles at Coney Island. The quinine habit is discussed as worsening with excess and neuralgia treatments, causing dizziness and ear issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Scribner's Magazine
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Pets as Companions Among Historic Figures
The Chicago Herald notes that women tolerate unappealing pets when attached to their companions, citing examples from Byron Kean and others who kept boars iguanas wolves leopards jackals snakes and even a Syrian wasp as beloved pets, illustrating varied late 18th to 19th century tastes.
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Brazil
Byron
Edmund Kean
Wallacy
John Lubbock
Chicago Herald
Curious Moorish bridal customs and opulent table ware
Observations on wedding fatstening customs among Moors and a New York society trend toward ornate dining implements. The notes compare fattening rituals, knives replaced by jeweled daggers, and fashion shifts from directoire to Egyptian inspired styles in late 19th century dress and accessory trends.
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New York
Indy
Old beliefs and new sports mix in a bustling era
A fragmented column surveys child habits from finger sucking and lip biting to facial changes, and shifts to tennis trends. It notes centuries of tennis in Paris and England, then highlights American women players Adelaida Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and A Smallwood as top figures with Mrs Robinson praised for nerve and cool judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Phillips
Battle Creek
Mich
Detroit Free Presa
Troy Times
Paris
Englash
Amon Tennia
Adelaida Robinson
Amarica
E. Roosevelt
A. Smallwood
Miss Robinson
Ladies’ Outdoor Sports Club
Staten Island
Miss Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Miss Smallwood
Astoria
Long Island
Robinson
Shaved By a Bullet During a Hazardous Charge
A soldier recalls General Stuart riding exposed in open ground as artillery fire erupts. The narrator shields himself behind a tree, narrowly avoiding bullets that would have hit him, while a bullet clips half of Stuart's moustache in a close call.
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Stuart
Feather cloak from Sandwich Islands on display in National Museum
Washington Star details a semi circular Hawaiian feather mantle valued at about a million dollars due to rare feathers and decades of craft. It occupies the National Museum via Captain J. H. Aulick with lineage tracing to Kehukalani and Kamehameha, highlighting feather sources and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Sandwich Islands
National Museum
Nativa
Inbal
Kehuarkalani
Kehusikalaai
Kamehameha
J. H. Aulick
Capt. Aulick
Richmond_ Orston Aulick
Hawaiian
Hawaiian Spectator
Ling and Tramp Talk on Trade in a Tattered Shirt
A fragmentary exchange shows two tramps debating the origin of a shirt. One claims it came by honor in the line of his profession, while the other questions the clothing line in a brief, cryptic street dialogue. The scene hints at urban hardship and streetwise jargon.
Scientific Scraps Delve Into Grafts Planetoids and Explosives
A Santa Barbara artesian well yields over 1,000,000 gallons daily. Diver armor clads replace free divers. A human subject lacks collar-bones in St Louis dissecting room. Reports cover vertebrate structure, French armor piercing shells, grafts, corneal licking, meteorite diamonds, Australian carbon, yellow fever inoculation by Dr Freire, planetoids, and Johnson Barland smokeleaf powder trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
St. Louis
Freire
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Johnson- Barland
Japan makes bean curd called Tofu and its value
The article describes a Japanese bean curd process called Tofu with beans soaked to extract pulp boiled with water then strained and curd formed. It notes rumoured cost about three pence per pound and claims tofu nutrition may rival beef. It also recounts a Pontus honey story and a razor care note, plus an incident of hawk and owl combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
W. Mattiu Williams
Arkansan Traveler
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Buchanan
Socrates
Antinous
New Jersey
Florida
Ignacio Alrcon
Pueblo
Mexico
Diaz
Guatemala
Iosarth and
Jena
Ob Thon Tautonia
Knights-in
Baltic
Atlanta Constitution
Roland Bonaparte
Dutch Guna
Africa
Kerschkaranna
Kola Peninsula
White Sea
London Telegraph
Ihe
Academy of Medicine
Bho
Thorn
Gulf of Space
Alilie E Barr
James Bowie
Logan County
Texas
Berrymenda
the Alamo
Natchez
Ife
Blackman
Ilo
Ibfa
Fogland
Worcostation
Arie
Fashion Notas
Directoire
Egypt
The
Hampton Falls
Sputani Papa
Rs. B
Mr Vilasi
Mr. Vilasmaster
God
Europe
Gersing
Vianna
Greece
Costomiris
Athens
Carvill Lewis
Siberia
Bort
Tim
Latchizoff
Jerefiel
Léon
Poisén
Azalia
Pontus
Xenophon
Boston’ Journal
General Newhall
India
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