Global notes on wealth, science, and society in 1896
A collage of 1896 world observations reports real estate fortunes backing wealth, wheat costs by state, German growth outpacing France, $7 billion in savings banks, many naval rocks discovered, music access rising, Paderewski commanding high fees, alleged lost race near Baja, schooling, Cypriot trade with Morfu, urban construction practices in St. Louis, Methodist church reach, diminishing natural gas pressure, and immigration debates with illiteracy concerns in Italy, plus notes from New York papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Li Wang Chang
Athens
Kunzig
Umatilla
Oregon
Adelaide of
Braganza
Dom Miguel
Solesmes
Angers
Lowan Steins Worthein
H. Spurgeon
Metropolitan Tabernacle
London
Bexhil
Maine
Massachusetts
Ahs
Miss Every
Bryn Mawr
Europe
Elsworth
Department of
University of Wisconsin
Moldora Teo
University of Illinois
University of Winois
College of Engineering
Flora Steel
Rudyard Kipling
Stuel
Tadig
Bellaire
Ohio
Javho
J. Hiller
New York
Fuller
Amelia
Portugal
Rockford
Bcard
Co operation in England boosts farmers and trade gains
The piece notes five million dollars as average monthly beef exports over eleven months, with May shipments near 38 000 cattle and $28 000 head for the period. It cites restrictions by France and Germany, plus praise for English and Scottish wholesale co operations expanding into manufacturing and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Ireland
England
Fragmentary verse fragment from Viola Winghuster
A garbled verse note from the New York Home Journal mentions a mortar, towers, and a monarch named Heartuvase. It reads like a muddled historical or satirical poem with unclear context and attribution to Viola Winghuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heartuvase
Viola Winghuster
New York Home Journal
Bob Acton's Love Chase At Morning Star
Bob Acton falls for Jannie the Morning Star waitress but discovers she has left the job. He searches, advertises, and pursues, only to receive a cryptic letter from the real love interest revealing a Dublin connection and torn farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jannie
Morning Star
Fannie
Abe
Bob Acton
Bob
Dublin
Tate
Gob
Acton
Banker
New York
London
Milan
Hiani
Honmats
The Atlantic Miracle of Fannie and Bob Acton
A man frantically checks a passenger list for Fannie, fears she is missing, and finds her aboard after a frantic search. The couple reunites as night falls on the Atlantic, and a cautionary moral about bachelorhood follows from The Yellow Kid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie
Bob
Bob Acton
Atlantic
Tor
Leo
Yellow Kid
Moon not Earth satellite and other early 1900s notes
A roundup of scientific notes and inventions from 1900 era: moon as a primary planet. gun earrings for Maxim guns. Marconi telegraphy on Sark. Roentgen diffraction at MIT. electric trolley ideas in Paris. British barrel uses. a Sydney explorer’s reports. brain and voice electricity studies. and a Navy anecdote about Admiral Jouett and a cadet incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Dundonald
Aarperath
Cordoba
Saverta
Earth
England
Orlando
Florida
Sark
Monleat
Anda
Marconi
Physical Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. W. Wood
Nature
Daily Papers
F. W. Christian
Sydney
South Sea Islands
Thia
Central America
Poria
Conservatoire
Ines Crichton Browne
Paria
United States
Philadelphia Inquirer
Becket
Bochet
Flesshble
Jouett
Cate
Navy
Jimmy
Annapolia
Annapolis
Tongh
Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Jowett
Jim Jowett
Chicago Record
J. Stone
Himalayas
Mr. Stone
Palfour
Shikari
Rega
Providence
Fitting Shoes and Fashion Notes Highlight Comfort and Style
Reading through Practical Household topics and fashion notes, the piece covers shoe fit issues for women, skin care tips using cucumber juice, milk for cosmetics, and contrasts nurse and waitress aprons. It also reports on rides by Mrs. A E Rinehart, button styles for fall, and a collage of curiosities, costumes, and gowns with emphasis on practical care and current trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
A. E. Rinehart
Diu
Tamade
Liegele
Pomp of the Lavilettes Meant Key Bear Fight and Rescue
Gilbert Parker’s tale unfolds with Tom Ferrolin trapped in a dark warehouse facing a savage bear. He fights with a broken bayonet while Vanne Castine and Nis Lavilatte burst in to pull him to safety and nurse him back to life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Parker
Ferral
Ferrol
Hin
Vanne Castine
Nis Lavilatte
Ferrel
Christine
Fragmented Scraps Reflecting Social Snippets and Quotes
A collage of literary fragments, comic quips, and scattered notices appears. The text mingles Burns and urban humor with brief dialogues and stray observations about daily life, labor, and social mores, capturing a mosaic of historical clue-phrases and editorial miscellany.
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Dakota
London Statistical Society
Wharton
Chicago Times-Herald
Paderewski
Charus
Lower
California
Sheffield Tracts
Indiana Line
Frankfurter Zeitung
Prussia
Cyprus
Morfu
St. Louis
Epworth League
Il Progresso Italo-Americano
New York City
Humbert
The
New York Sun
Naples
Sicily
Rover
Tomdor
City Hall Park
Lori
Faniio
Vonnie
Kittie
Bol
Antler
Avton
Dever
HSDP
Norrow
Vavsee Lane
Gleetrie
Scientific and Industrial
Troley
New York Journal
Perletts
Sommerie
Tadtics
Phate Seage
Bela
Bernie Howe
Klin
Dalnie Willeh
San Cor
Borla Ween
Wea
Dedny Og
Pratt
Aed
Elneg
Fields OF Adventure
Bog
P. D. Smith
Walton
Los Angeles
Cal
Dalles
Mia. Buchler
Gusaler
Belot
Mill Creek
Jim Baaha
Jin
Jim
Fiat
Dierman
Leony Stamhaeh
Bavaria
Lichtentagen
Geman
Schwargburgg- Radadatdt
Alten Ohod
Remss
Drogata
Proassia
Saalthal
Altogatti
Aire
Augusta
Bank of France
Puck
Trath
Brooklyn
Indianapolis Journal
Mr.Tigg
Tigg
Boston Transcript
Goodluck
Detroit
Spudde
Hawkins
Sparta
Freddie
Gills
Standard
Rufus
Pete
Washington Star
Dinnis
Wew
York Weekly
Simplex
Went Knickarbackers
Cleveland Plain Center
Carey
Cleveland
Palestine
Piatestine
Soithin
Graal Duchy
Tasem
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