Monument to Bolivar to be built in Panama for four republics
The article notes a planned 2 million dollar monument in Panama honoring General Bolivar, with equal contributions of 400,000 dollars from each of five republics Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Peru and Venezuela. It also cites diverse topics including US book output and liquor consumption comparisons across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
General Bolivar
Bolivia
Columbia
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
A Mechanic's Romance Reunites Lovers In Summerville
Tom Harrington, a railroad shop master machinist turned inventor, returns to Summerville with a fortune from his box packing device breakthrough. He rekindles with Jennie Rawson, the girl he loved at the academy, who remained unwed and devoted to helping others. They wed during Christmas, starting a life together in New York after a family-hardened journey through class, ambition, and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
Ourhoma
Bummerville Academy
Kemble
Academy
Charley Rawson
Charley
Judge Rawson
Romulus
Jeanie
Jess
The
Sutomer
New York City
Munzel
Jennie
Wocle
Princeton
Pearson &Co
Philadelphia
Thara
Tom
Mrs Rawson
Oud
Jonnie
Thad
Tom Harrington
Mr. Warrington
Central Park
Iarrington
Florida
New York Sun
Writing on a Rose by Electric Needle Coloring Flowers
A New York reporter describes using an electric needle to inscribe names on rose leaves without harming the blossom. The technique works best on colored flowers and can color carnations, lilies of the valley, and other blooms via carbolic acid in stems or sulfur fumes, creating a playful floral code or message language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mal and Express
Brooklyn
Ana
The
New York
Unfortunate Results in Railway Accident
A garbled OCR passage describes a railroad incident where a man named Sissy survives a collision, but a dog dies. The dialogue hints at regret and mystery surrounding the event, with unclear speaker attributions. The fragmentary text preserves the core accident reference and casualties.
Scientific scraps spark wide range of oddities and discoveries
Reports on new rail concepts and metal amalgams mix with notes on maple sirup from ordinary syrup and the Germanium find in euxenite. Pneumatic steering gear prototypes, cellulose production patent, and a German physician’s census of centenarian traits appear alongside nail growth studies, cave relics in Rubeland, and Harz Arctic fauna remains for exhibit lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank- Surter Zeitungs
Rubeland
Smara
Lyeras
Asaiga
Harz
Whales and Horse Power From Turner Lecture
Eminent Edinburgh professor Sir William Turner described whale anatomy and speed in a Philosophical Institution talk. He calculated that a Longniddry whale would need around 145 horsepower to reach twelve miles per hour, discussing tail power and body lengths of porpoises to sperm whales.
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William Turner
University of Edinburgh
Philosophical Institution
Turner
Greenland
Longnidiry
Mayb
O.grantear
John Henderson
Glasgow
Jane
Henderson
Lady inventors and a steamboat captain tale recounted
A column highlights women inventors with an improved wash basin by Misa E A Stears of Brooklyn and recalls Capt Mary Miller, the first female steamboat captain on the Mississippi, who eventually owned her boat. It also touches on beauty routines and Queen Victoria’s pearl necklaces for her daughters.
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Misa. E. A. Stears
Brooklyn
Mississippi River
Miller
New Orleans
Memphi
Mary Mille
Boston
Mary Miller
Steawhill
York
Victoria
Bho
Eod
Liverpool Mercury
Remarkable Pearls and Royal Fire Test Tale
A London pearl merchant sold pearls for about £480 to War Majesty, plus a curious royal curiosity about whether pearls burn. The queen reportedly used tissue paper to wipe her desk, tossed it into the fire, and three jewels vanished in the ashes, never recovered. The note includes fashion notes from New York Fashion Notes about spring garments, fabrics, and embellishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York Journal
Cure For Cold Feet Foot Bath Advice
Detroit Press reports a home remedy advising gradual foot immersion in hot water to warm cold feet. Soak for 15 to 20 minutes, dry thoroughly, then sleep with clean socks. Repeated baths claimed to keep feet warm all winter and improve blood flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascot
Detroit
Teo. Press
Barber’s craft carried by stubborn legend in old clipping
A fragment from Milwaukee Sentinel recalls a banter about barbers and a knight of the razor. It notes the barber must stand to work, a joke on modern contrivances and employment shifts as time wears on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight of the Razor
Tomer
Milwaukee Sentinel
A Forward Young Man In Geneva Court Gossip
A Geneva woman described a forward young man saying he is too bold for a leap year proposal. The brief remark centers on social etiquette and dating norms observed in the Geneva scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Australia a vast continent with growing population
Australia, larger than many nations, rivals the United States in area and resources. The piece notes vast rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges, a rising population near three million by 1887 excluding aborigines, and sparse settlement inland. Melbourne anchors major urban growth amid extensive unpopulated interior. The article also outlines French presidential expenses, detailing stipend, housekeeping, travel costs, and court life at the Elysee, with historic cost comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Australis
Cansi Lor
Alaska
British Isles
Queensland
Germany
Mexico
Central America
Mississippi River
Murray River
Lake Eyre
South Australis
Lake Huron
Lake Torrens
Lake Oqntari
New Zealand
Melbourne
Aolong
Western Australia
Victoria
New York Observer
A Gigantic Flagstaff Over New York Skyline
A monumental flagstaff declared the largest stick in New York graces the Equitable building. Measuring 110 feet, it is attached 30 feet below the reef with the top about 220 feet above Broadway. Prior signal flags proved indistinct from the river on the new pole, prompting the switch to larger six by six foot flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Equitable
Broadway
Pearls of Thought and Cremation in 19th Century Discourse
A mixed excerpt explores moral maxims, restraint, and the critic within, followed by a 19th century survey of cremation adoption across Europe and Australia. It cites Milan's first closed vessel cremation in 1870, Gorini furnaces, Rome's Campo Verano, Gotha, and growing cremation societies, ending with Placer County fruit advertising booths and San Francisco Call notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thomson
Siemens
Milan
Gorini
Lodi
Cremona
Brescid
Padua
Varese
Rome
Campo Varano
Italy
Germany
Gotha
Denmark
Belgium
Switzerland
Wollsnd
Sweden
Norway
Australia
J. M. Creed
Sydney
House of Assembly
New York
Legislative Council
Paris
Pere-L Whairo
Salo
Placer County
San Francisco
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A.C. A
London Spectator
Atlantic
Independent
Ross Winans
Baltimore
Free Church
Gentlemen’s Magazine
Gentlemen's B Magazine
Sophia Hof Yaou
Sohen
Sahara Desert
Mediterranean
Sahara
Coaes
Twelfth Lancers
England
New York Times
Soudan
Fred Wardrop
Bayuda
Wardrop
Swiss Bureau of Statistics
United States
Holland
Russia
France
Austria
Hungary
Great Britain
Ireland
Finland
Canada
Bureau of A Statistica
Seth
Smerson
Em'son
Iswan Ho
W. Foss
Jannie
Jénnie
Rawson
Petersburg
Alexander
Ond Mhat
Enid
Albany Pross
Sissy
Dawe
Gerhard Kruss
Chemical Society of Munich
Winkler
New York Harbor
Dir —Kuhner
Podgora
Siya
Constantinople
Indies
Mic
Amerieg Ptazind
Chicago Herald
Leatine
Washington
American Republic
Republic
Carnot
M. Grevy
Chateau of Saint- Cloud
Napoleon III
Compiegne
the Elysee
M. Mollard
Opera
Comedie Francaise
Bois de Boulonne
Longchamps
Harper's Weekly
Sinka
Pontry
Europe
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