English Notes on Elevators and U S Rail Fatalities
An English observer notes U S elevators move faster than English ones and cites railroading deaths in 1889. The piece also covers farming in Colorado, penology debates, and Edison patent profits, with broader remarks on American debt, world trade, and immigration impact. It closes with Private Thomas Kelly’s retirement after a long army career starting in 1862.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washerington
Thomas Kelly
Washington Barracks
Ilo
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
Fifth Corps
Warren
Kelly
South Mountain
Laurel Hil
Boston
What the Birds Sang and Other Poems
A poem fragment by Emily Acton from Housewire explores birdsong and nature. It moves from sunny, bright stanzas about light and life to somber reflections on hardship and night. The reader is guided through meadow scenes, cheer, and a quiet note of melancholy.
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Little
Ark
Moga
Bobolink
Emily Acton
Maid Sybil and the Forester at Friars Holt
In a fifteenth century village, Sybil Tressider is rescued from mob hostility by Hob of the Butts, a forester who helps her flee toward Carnetona Tower. Sybil reveals she is not a witch but seeks the waters of oblivion and eternal youth, while her guardian Michael Rexthorpe plots with the plan and poison to test the elixir on the archer. The tale ends with Sybil and the forester escaping as Rexthorpe dies by his own cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friars Holt
Gaffer Jenkyn
Gaffer Jonkyn
Carnatone Castle
Indale
Belislf
Hullo
Jonathan
Carsstong Chase
Michael Rexthorpe
Hob
Matt Clink
Sybil Tressider
Sha
Cairnetona Chase
Reginald Tressider
Michael Rexthorps
Michael
Tob
Butts
Forester
Sybil
Fearning
Sybil Tressidor
Thoro
Miichael Rexthorpe
Imere Heryer
St. Williston’s Chapel
Gadabout
Rexthorpe
Roxthorpe
Michael Geotuly
Loston Globe
Augistus Smith
London
Sellly Isles
Tresco Abbey
Ma. Smith
Keedom
Smith Fivak
Gulf
United States
Colleges of Pharmacy
Boards of Pharmacy
Othora
Ara
Omar Ibrahim Seeks Higher Pay From Mahomet
In a stylized Jewelers' Circular excerpt Omar Ibrahim asks Mahomet for a salary increase of ten dinats and five dithena. The master questions the adage Time is money and Omar proposes extending work by two hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Ibrahim
Mahomet
Allah
Mohomet
Pink and blue weddings and a Scilly queen story
A column spread mixes social trends and distant tales from 19th century life. It notes pink and blue wedding color schemes with lavish details from Brooklyn and an Eastern city, plus the Scilly Isles queenly figure and the influence of a reformer who shaped the island population. It also mentions Mrs. Smith Dorrien, the first woman train dispatcher Miss Evin E Spencer, and debates on women in pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Ciula
Detroit Free Press
Kimberley Diamonds and the South African Field Story
The article recalls Kimberley as a historic diamond hub in South Africa. It notes the discovery by O Reilly, the rise of fields like Butfontein and De Beers, and the unique blue hard pan that hid riches. It describes stone mobility, field export figures, labor groups, and efforts to curb illicit diamond buying with steep penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
South Africa
Transvaal
Becuanaland
North
O'Reilly
Siamp
Butfontein
Dutoitspan
Old
de Beers
Kimberley
Cape
Phelubor
Beevanaland
Orange Free State
California
Auatralia
Aylio
Pearls of Thought and Trichina Stages Curiosity
A mixed fragment discusses wisdom and folly with maxims on restraint and honesty. It then recounts the 1830s discovery of trichina spiralis, its link to pork, and the spread of trichiniasis, noting meat inspection and the dangers of infection and parasite life cycles.
Delicate Refusal Ends With Revealing Package
A military man recalls proposing to a charming woman who asked for time to think. The next day he received a package with a note asking if it was safe. Inside were books including Fronde’s Joltera and Memorials of Jane Welsh Cartyre and Lang’s advice to women about literary men.
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Froude
Jane Welsh Cartyre
Dandet
Longman’s Magazine
Palatable Pie Crust Tips and Home Cookery Notes
Practical home guidance on baking lower crusts before filling to avoid sogginess using fork pricks and egg white glaze. Includes teaching cookery in schools, hardening soft soap, and quick recipes like Lemon Snow, baked ham, macaroni with cheese, sponge cake, and apple butter with simple batter and fruit filling.
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Thors
New
Alam
Iment
Han
A Good Lung Exercise
A rough set of breathing instructions urges deep nasal inhalation, breath holding, and rapid exhalation then repeated cycles. The text ends with a final long inhalation and exhalation sequence.
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England
Gettysburg
Colorado
Glenwood
Spring Valley
Devil's den
San Francisco Chronicle
Maryland
Aid
Chicago
Crater House
New York
New York Press
Edison
New York News
Netherlands
Great Britain
Italy
Preas
Parliamentary Labor Commission
Kingdom
Americ
Maid Sybil
Nathaniel Zeo
Folge
Clae
Nathaniel
Golden Iiellas
Mjesty
Titania
Navy ‘Yard
Portsmouth
Ireland
Scotland
America
Canada
Providence (Reil) Journal
Fort Tall
Idaho
Congress
Pocatello
Fort Hall
Arid Town
Agent Fisher
Enterior Department
Washington
Ladies' Department
Holland
New York Sun
Milan
Chicazo Post
Evin E. Spencer
Spencer
Palmer
Rhode Island
Providence
Mias Spencer
Leon
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Scilly
Smith Dorrien
Scilly Isles
Duchy of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cornwall
Godolphin
Duke of Leeds
William IV
Monere
Duchy of
Cornwal
Smith, Wayne & Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Smith Dorrien
Jessep
Women Druggists
Princess Drosacs
Vienna
Gurloff
Moe
Wonan
New York Weekly
Mando
George
Death
Richard Owen
Europe
Germany
Agricultural Department
Washington Star
Joseph
Pal Ne Gchoola
City
St. Louis Republic
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