London tunnel contract signed under the Thames
The London County Council has signed a contract to bore a tunnel under the Thames at a cost about 5 million dollars. A mining expert returned from Algaria predicts more gold there than California 1849. Population figures, land patents, timber studies, emigration from Japan, and inland waterways are noted in a broad survey of global topics.
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London County Council
Thames
Algaria Ventures
California
Japan
Caroline
Bonin
Ladrone
Pacific Ocean
Government of
Bureau of Emigration
Mexico
Canada
Australia
Paris
Alzea
Atiove
Tals
St. Louie Republic
Woman braves flood to warn train as family shelters
In a rural setting rain drenched hills and a flooded Elk River as Matt Stratton and his daughter Ann face a collapsing trestle. Ann crawls across the tilted tracks to warn the approaching No 4 express, while Matt fears the worst but survives after being rescued.
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Homer’s Gap
Matt Straiton
Ann
Matt
Elk River
Elk River Bluffs
Aut
Stratton
Anna
Mart
Thora
Jovan
Rom
Jara
Smething
Atch
Aida
Tombolis
Matt Stratton
Rombolds
Rombold
Accommodating Hindoo Barbers in India
A London Tit Bits extract describes a Hindoo barber who shaves clients in bed each morning with minimal tools. He visits daily or every alternative day, avoiding waking sleeping clients, shaving exposed face parts softly, then leaves as the sleeper awakens to find they are shaved. Bathing habits are noted as customary.
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India
Hindoo
Daca
Silthug
Soraain
Daday
Tndia
Oyster Lore: Fat Oysters This Year Surpass Past Averages
A New York restaurant oyster opener notes oysters are fatter this year than ever seen before. He explains fatness links to water exposure and timing after removal from salt water, while the preferred eel oyster remains scarce and costly.
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New York
Exton
Making Perfumes The Expert Perfumers Must Possess Educated Noses
The fragrance trade centers in New York where about a thousand workers process materials from France Italy and Bulgaria. Perfumers refine raw oils through enfleurage, blend core scents like violet rose and orange blossom, and guard formulas closely. Musk ambergris neroli and patchouli command high prices as global producers like India China and Mexico supply key ingredients.
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France
New York
New York City
Italy
United States
Bulgaria
India
China
Mexico
Central America
England
America
Perfumera
Wayne County
N. C
Long Island
Florida
California
Sen
New York Suit Seeks Testimony on Patented Perfume Claims
A New York case seeks expert testimony on patent dispute over fragrance formulas. The suit involves alleged infringement and questions of novelty and originality in perfume claims.
Vanity on display in Bowery shop windows and more
A long narrative piece surveys Bowery pawnshop windows and New York street life, detailing how goods from medals to bracelets carry stories of fortune and downfall. It cites beggar profits, explores gender travel adventures, fashion trends, and a range of observed curiosities from New York and San Francisco sources.
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Bowery
Straneger
New York
Australia
la Laura
Sadie
Cleaning Delicate Laces and Home Remedies Compilation
Readable fragments describe lace cleaning using calcined magnosisa and paper layers, plus home remedies for ill health. It cites Mme. Madjeska, an older lacemaker, and Mrs. Ledger style advice on Soldnitz powder, detailing mixing methods and cautions. Other tips include onion paste for pneumonia, Javella water for stain removal, giblet gravy, Indian bread with yeast, and cranberry jelly with sugar.
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Hero Fe
Jacos
Mme
Madjeska
New York
Prosa
One Man's Fad
A reader letter from St Louis Globe-Democrat praising a man’s habit of chasing fads and immediate plans to save money for another house build, noting how quick fickleness can arise and be dropped in a short period.
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St. Louis Globe-Deino
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Religione Statisticiana
Drake
Grand Pacific
Chicago
Agricultural Department
Washington
Sealand
Homeaload
Boston Transcript
Amcor
Afghanistan
Russia
London
John K. Rankin
United State Indian Bureau
Landia
Rio Arriba County
New Mexico
Engineers’ Club of
Philadelphia
Atlantis
Spencer S. MeCorkle
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Cloc
Boards of Trade of
Atlantic Coast
Congress
Charleston
Raritan Bay
Raritan River
New Brunswick
N.J
Raritan and Delaware Canal
Bordentown
N. J
Delaware River
Delaware City
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal
Chesapeake Bay
This Bay
Norfolk, Va
Portamouth
Norfolk
Southern River
Albe
Sant
Aazile
Asigh
William Perry Brown
Lord Tennyson
North Atlantic
Portugal
Western Isles
Fleming
Lisbon
Cabral
St. Mary's
Azores
Europe
New York Su
Robert W. Hebbard
Charity Organization Society
Pitth Avenue Indies
Fair Nimrod
Hattie Weat
Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Littl Darby
Unionville
M Issa West
Cincinnati Inquirer
New Orleans
Death Valley
Utah
Nevada
Madagascar
Ewampa
Foreste
Joweler
London Nowe
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