Immigration fears and photography shape late 19th century Britain and America
A collage of notes surveys European opinion and American trends. It notes higher English police costs, Monaco’s planned exposition, Queen's Bench ruling on weighing goods, Pike's Peak officials, and rising US school and public expenditure. It highlights European travel for Americans, Italian American migration, and immigration reform talk. It also discusses photography's role in crime inquiry and police work, with examples from rail accidents and the Carnegie riot.
Old Year and the New Year Poem and Short Prose Narratives
A fusion of verse reflecting on the passage of the Old Year and the advent of the New Year, paired with short prose tales of romance, social mores, and personal ambition. The pieces explore love, wealth, and fate, featuring characters such as Gertrude, Hope, and Dick amid domestic and social scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Mamma
Mia
Dean
Gertrude
Lotter
Momma
Dimal
Merlewood
Magnificent
Morlewood
Cope
Imine
Dotter
Alice
Gertrudy
Shopkeepers and hotels blamed for bad delivery system
A discussion notes that shopkeepers and hotels share blame for disorganized delivery of purchased goods. It cites problems when hotels require signed receipts from clerks, causing delays and customer irritation. The piece suggests hotel clerks hold receipts to prevent loss and proposes printed notices to explain delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Such
Auchon Hotel
Qiee
New York Times
Whaling Days and Far-Flung Lore From Old New England
First person reminiscence recounts a 1838 voyage aboard the whaling bark Atlantic from New Bedford, detailing shipboard life, harpoon work, and the brutal chase of the sperm whale. It also includes brief notes on Persia’s heat, Gulf water springs, and a medical oddity about injuries from falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Evan
New Bedford
Atlantic
Immad
Firat
Lila
Chicago Times
Scientific scraps and curious notes from the era
A miscellany of scientific curiosity covers corrosion resistance of nickel alloys in water, eye sight differences, February as peak birth month, July births, frog lymph as hydrophobia preventive work, horse pulse rate, highest US railroad, nickel as a growing metal, Bordeaux potato nights, cow horn fly spread, luminous glow worms, a Rhode Island hay mix recipe, a new comet sighting, deep Manchester coal bore anomaly with reversed fault, barefoot cure trends, Kneipp cure details, and Twelve Golden Rules for Children from the Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
Linthor
New York
Soup and croquettes recipe column from New York World
The page offers soup vegetables tips with onions carrots and celery and adds a tomato variant. It includes two dessert ideas a two method cream filled cake and custard cups with cherries. Also recipes for croquettes with thick sauce and a jelly from ordinary apples plus home care tips and a New York mayoral salary note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Journal
Charlotte DE
New York World
Tam’s Music Move Echoes Through Playful Scene
A fragment shows Ablathoad age six moved by music as Letina asks Miss Uplate to play, revealing a moment of eager, childlike engagement with song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Young
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sweden
Europe
United States
Monaco
Queen's Benott Tina
Pike's ‘Peak
Colorado
Amazon Valley
Amelican
Treasury
Gladstone
Disraeli
New York News
Lallan Ports
The
Washington Star
Chandler
Inquesia
Secmvigne
Carnegie
Chicago News
Pyeny
Poliva
Thearth
Ryaa
Olivia Wardell
Gerlie
Calcutta
Richeard
Gertie
Misa
Ulm
South Carolina
Key Weet
Naturallats
St. Louis
India
Panjabs
New York Post
Holland
Leyden
Utrecht
Amsterdam
Indy
Mme
Gerritaau
Hue
Mme. Dusart
Amsterdaomn
New York Commercial Advertiser
New York Journal
Bayeux
Matilda of
Vinadera
Ivanian
Tia City
Tiotels
Fashion Notes
Saxony
Dresden
Mair
Eun
Ladia
France
China
New England Ports
Persia
Persian Gulf
Bahcia
Great Shafta
Gulf
Bubrin
Osmand
Philadelphia Press
Boston Herald
Alabunat
Sid Widlitun
Redwin Moore
Chitico
Moefa
Alabuna
Wihitfield
Domopolis
Aadliy
Wight
Lapis Republic
Japan
Colorado Midland
Continental Divide
Janes Sheehan
Rhode
Burchard
Lick Observatory
Manchester
Kreipp
Father Kneipp
Worlshofen
Germany
Kneipp
Detroit Free Press
Livy
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