Vast American and world notes from a late 19th century paper
A collage of brief items: government land open to settlement in Kansas, railways boosting revenue from freight, tramps allowed on freight trains, New York City real estate values, Massachusetts court ruling on dog fights, potato crop yields and prices, Native American humor in names, Bishop Walker baptism, chamois skin substitutes, a race profile, New Mexico cograu cultivation, Indian Cherokees in North Carolina, shifting baby names, historical titles resurfacing, Astor's fortune and electricity driven ships, and the Thames harbor electric launches signaling a shift from steam to electric propulsion by 1894.
American Life Span and Industry Echo in 19th Century News
Doctor Julius Pohlman notes Americans live longer than English or German peers despite high work pressure. The piece surveys horse work cycles, stuttering trends in Germany, Senator Perkins humorous timepiece method, and rising nickel, bauxite, and cypress industries in Georgia and Louisiana. It discusses American influence in London directories and hints at a chaotic year with global reactions and railroad disasters.
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Julius Pohlman
Medical News
Black bread and stout German vigor claims in travel notes
A writer in Chambera's Journal extols Germans as the strongest people due to eating black bread. He criticizes flour refinement, notes scant beef, milk, and eggs along the Rhine, and claims black bread is the true staff of life sustaining vitality and conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambera
Nationa
Rhine
Flower That Changes Its Colors in Tehuantepec
A newly observed blossom in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec changes from white in the morning to pink red and finally blue at night. Known as the chameleon flower, it likely represents six hibiscus mutabilis varieties. The tree reaches gnova size and emits a light fragrance when colors shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehuantapec
Lost Youth in a World Gone By Poem Fragment
A fragment from Chambers's Journal laments lost youth and the vanished world of long ago. It reflects on sunlit days, singing, and bright memories that cannot return, noting that even the most ardent song cannot restore youth.
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Chambers
Proposer in the Firelight at Kate Winterton's Page
A male narrator in his forties plans to propose to Kate Winterton after meeting her through a shared literary circle. A friend Harold Etheridge appears as rival. A published review threatens the mood until Kate reveals the scandalous poems are by Sappho, which the narrator confesses are rubbish, leading to a rekindled romance and acceptance of a future together.
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Toyas
King's Bench Walk
Br Conrac
Mrs. Winterton
Ijiad
Kate
Weller
Katie
Lady Haterley
Brighton
Harold Etheridge
Harold
The
Cape
Kate Winterton
Penroxe
Uarold
George Old Fellow
Benedict Redmivits
Sasan
Etheridge
Tor
Tennyson
Metro
George Eliot
Marold
Sappho
Penrose
Croft
Hyloka
Alf
Park Crescent
Totan
Nedal Frank
Mra. Winterton
Aho
Mia
Winterton
Imine
Waverly Magazine
Hairbrush advice from New York Recorder
The article advises scalp care with frequent brushing and trimming, warning against metal woven brushes for thick hair and black dyed boar bristle brushes. It favors undyed boar bristle brushes, recommends a christhea sized half inch, and describes a hand-sawed brush with irregular surface for scalps.
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New York Recorder
Budget of Fun Humorous Sketches From Various Sources
A collection of light humor pulled from several papers. It includes jests and quips about friendship and revenue, a fire proof building joke, and ifiness about listening versus speaking. Short exchanges poke fun at agents, coffee strength, and the luck of wealth schemes, with a mix of domestic and public humor.
Lively Odds and Oddities From Old Papers
A collage of colonial era taste includes a Washington Star quip about a grocery wagon ambulance, a humorous tale of a man who always asks Why, a Russian noble line tracing Mentchikof’s rise and fall, Parsees and their skyward funeral ritual, plus curious antiquated curiosities.
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Washington Star
Delicous creamy fritters and cock's combs in old cook notes
A collage of kitchen tips from New York papers covers fritter recipes with cornstarch and egg yolk details, then instructions to prepare cock's combs by blanching and frying. It includes soup stock guidance, stock pot care, and general kitchen housekeeper hacks, plus odd notes on salads and cosmetics and river mileage figures.
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Tolttton
Detroit
New York Post
Paris
New York Tribune
The Great Countries Poem by Miohagt Piola
A poetic lament on death and freedom, praising vast lands beyond earthly borders. The speaker envisions a realm where the dead roam openly, beyond poverty, welcoming a universal liberty revealed when Ufa is shown and the great countries lie beyond mortal limits.
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Ufa
Witty snippets and quips from diverse papers
A collage of humorous lines and brief quotes from various newspapers. It features playful observations on money, luck, social life, and language, including remarks about pocketbooks, bank stringency, and colorful dialogue from multiple regions.
Artificial Ice Surfaces Inaugurated In Parin
A new system for making artificial ice surfaces has been introduced in Parin. The setup uses two fifty horsepower steam engines driving two ammonia ice machines. Ammonical gas is liquefied in water cooled condensers, stored in reservoirs, and recirculated to produce cold. A sixty by 150 foot tank with cork and cement floor houses three miles of iron pipes carrying an uncongealable liquid that cools to five to twenty degrees below zero. Continuous circulation and flooding keep the surface smooth.
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Miss Parlos
Great den
New York Ledger
Parin
Imperial measures and standard weights from 1824 act
A Chicago Herald note describes the 1824 act defining the imperial pound and troy weight, the gallon as ten pounds of distilled water, and the imperial gallon as 277 271 cubic inches. It cites temperatures, barometer readings, and grain-based conversions for water weight and mass.
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Jume
Asme
Chicago Herald
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Kansas
England
Scotland
Breeze Angely
Southern Pacific Railroad
City of
New York
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
St. Louis Republic
New York Independent
Bishop Walker
Mary Mercy
France
Switzerland
Hera
New Mexico
North Carolina
Stilwell Sounooke
Daniels
Samuels
Marthos
Emelines
Eloine
Leilns
Maude
Bloody
Astor
Han
Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Thames
London
Germany
Dr. Gutzman
Breslan
Benator Perkins
California
Senator Perkins
Floyd County
Georgia
Rome
Mayd
United States
Gnd
Louisiana
New Orleans
Ssys
America
New York Sun
Chicago Record
Wein Batd
Cholly
Fweddie
Bordom
Chicago
Binke
Jinke
Clark
Boston Transcript
Trivvet
John M. Spilkina
J. Melancthon
Judge
Hicks
Flutter
Chicago Tri- Inne
Wild Traver
Watts
Europe
Potts
Europa
Indianapolis Journal
Hame
Monchenr
Indy
Giantly
Boston Courier
Puck
Baden
Prince Mentchikof
Peter the Great
Mentebikos
Catharine
Peter II
Siberia
Alma
Gortschukoff
Iis
New York Journal
Tower of Silence
Tower of
St- Jones
Zoreaster
Adin
Amerioa
Jamestown
North Dakota
Miohagt Piola
Atchison Globe
Home Mission Board
Galveston News
Pittsburg Dispatch
Atlanta Journal
Dallas News
Mawson
Dawson
Jogson
Mat
Elmira Gazatte
Hiland
Sun Manchester
van Brasm
Pittsburg Chronicle
Mary
Gurrah
Sur
McSwatters
Syracuse Journal
Buffalo Courier
Mike
Mim
Dmry Ranch
Chicago Tribune
Duckums
Wolsht
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