Birthplaces and markets in a late 19th century glance
The piece surveys claims about Philadelphia as ice cream’s birthplace, U.S. trade links with Mexico, and the broader mercantile spirit in Oregon. It notes European gold fears, Mexican veterans visiting Vienna for Maximilian’s death anniversary, and remarks on French Canadian immigration, politics, and social efforts in Boston. It includes a long anecdote of a hunting trip in Texas with a near-ambush by Mexican Indians, then a postscript about a ramrod injury case and medical trephination details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maximilian
Viunon
Capitols Church
Archduke Tudolph
Vienna
Oregon
Tillie E. Larbuck
Columbia
Robert E. Gray
Nootke Sound
Cina
Boston
Mexico
Texas
Rio Granda
San Antonio
Lueilan
Indiana
Staton
Lucien
Alroaly
Succes
Conrac
Mom
Anid
White- Ho
Morris
Charles Rynan
Harris
Campbell
Mysterious Mummies Peas Grow in Riverside Plot
A year ago Mr White from England settled in Riverside. He brought dried peas from a mummy of an Egyptian princess, said to be 042 years old. The peas were planted and yielded an unusually large crop. A Connecticut couple, ages sixty nine and seventy five, wed recently after an engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Riverside
England
Tietilud
Karine
San Francisco Examiner
New York World
The Chapel Car Evangel at Twin Lakes Convention
The chapel car Evangel, a mobile church, tours the Pacific coast with Rev. E. G. Wheeler in charge. Donated by Rockefeller and others, it reports 40 places visited, 600 meetings, and about 1000 converts in five months, with ten new churches formed and 10,000 religious publications distributed. The car seats 100, includes a kitchen and sleeping quarters, and travels as a roving evangelistic unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangel
Twin Lakes
Wayland Hoyt
D. D
American Baptist Publeation Society
Messia
John D. Rockefeller
Colgate Hoyt
Charles L. Colby
John B. Newyer
James B. Colgate
E. J. Barney
Placeea
Santa Cruz
Cal
Surf
Diamonds and Ant Life Lessons From South Africa and Ants
In a readerly sweep the piece compares diamond mining in South Africa to farming, detailing De Beers and Kimberly operations, blue ground extraction, washing, pulsator separation, and assetting accuracy. It then meanders through anecdotes on ants in nature, and ends with fashion notes on parasols, bridal customs, Turkish gifts, and Victorian millinery trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Beers
Lord Randolph Churchill
Popular Science Monthly
Kimberly Ming
da Beers
Chicken recipes full of varied methods and tips
A long list of chicken preparations including Chicken Salad, Maryland roasted, Chicken Pie, Jely, Fricasseed French style, Broiled, Curry, Broth, Patties, and Fried Chicken. The article also notes English insomnia linked to life pressure and longer hours, with a brief aside on electric traction reducing horse employment and a humorous domestic quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Jely
Roilin
Women in Medical Profession Numbers Noted in 1891
Interesting data from the medical directory shows at year end 1891 a total of 2385 physicians. Among them 1059 were regular physicians, 569 homoeopathists, and 759 unclassified. The figures reflect women’s involvement in medicine reported by the Atlanta Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlonta Journal
Scientific scraps and curious inventions from distant lands
A collection of brief notes on seismic effects on vegetation, smokeless blasting powder demand, awe at unusually long snakes in the Philippines, a Russian physician's nerve pain treatment using arc lamp light, census changes in French towns, a new horse mouth inspection speculum, a rapid firing gun trial in France, ammonia for insect bites, British gunboat Gleaner’s trial results, French tanning with electricity, a patent night sight adopted by the British Admiralty, and a dramatic lion versus bull showdown in a Mexican arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montzoron Werke
France
Gleaner
Admiralty
Devonport
Tory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philadelphia
United States
The
Chicago Sun
Europe
Ovary Farm
Podexzist van Dewan
California
Arizons
New Mexico
Arabia
Perala
Ameriont
Lo Guide Francais Des Etat Unis
New England
New York
Canada
New York Post
Hindergarten
Ant Ewing
Agray
Caves of Earth
Liddie Curtis
New York Ledger
Luellen
Tray
Sueten
Tuellen
Lewiston
Connecticut
Delaware
Mason and Dixon’s
Anon
New York Sun
Willan Sangster
Samual Fox
New York Journal
Cheny
Anilala
Conmuderad
Netor
South Africa
South America
W. EF. Lelsching
Ceylon
Phineas Gage
Robert Campbell
Pastel
Melbourne
New York Commercial Advertiser
the Wise Shopper
Atalot Aceins
Victoria
London
Princess of Wales
Marlborough Mouse
Sandringham
Princesa
New York Advertiser
Yashion
Woisia
Paris
Parauha
Juavinu Ia
London Telegraph
Ty Louton
Blackamba
Hurness
New Jersey
Neater
Litle
Simplon
Switzerland
St. Gothard
Philippine Islands
Coasus
St. Etienne
Marseillea
Lille
Nantes
Monterey
Focal
Ion
Ius
Taurus
St. Taitin
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