Miscellaneous Global Anecdotes and Economic Notes
A digest of varied items: Liebig touts horse flesh as wholesome. 1868 wheat shipped Chicago to New York via the Erie. Australian raisin vineyards expanding. questions about lung use. church mortgage consecration debates. Connecticut unclaimed savings. Chicago civic rise to second in size. Berlin missionary Siemans jailed for a servant’s death. cattle ship horrors described. Finland Russian-imposed classification incident at Helsingfors. Transvaal views on Stanley. revival of whaling towns with New Bedford and New London gains noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand- Duchy of Finland
Helsingfors
Providence
New Bedford
New London
China
Pekin
Soo-Chow
Klang- Soo
New York Dispatch
One Kind of Courtship by the Lake and Beyond
A mixed page features a fiction excerpt about Ralph Edith and Frank Norton with a boating confession and mistaken loyalties, followed by a tale of Edith and Ralph’s feelings and a later reveal that she loves Ralph. The column continues with assorted scientific notes on condensed milk executions in China and odd facts about insects and swallows as couriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
Ile
Edith
Ralph
Mto
Jose
Frank Norton
Ndith
Alph
Frank
Chatler
Science
2 Star
Darwin
Macbiehead
Mass
von Hensen
The Volcanoes of Iceland as a Subterranean Inferno
A detailed excerpt from Murray's Magazine extols Iceland as the abode of volcanic energy mentioning twenty volcanoes and vast lava eruptions. It describes submarine vents near Cape Reykjanes and Solfatara valleys with steam and boiling mud, noting dramatic contrasts to Vesuvius and vivid scenes of fire beneath a fragile crust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Isle
Vesuvius
Reced
Cape Reykjanes
New Zealand
Sallon
Murray’s
Southern industrial growth hits new six month total
The Miata Southern Industrial Record lists 108 new cotton and woollen mills along with 97 Hour and erist mills and 94 foundries and machine shops started in the past six months across the South. Georgia leads with 23 mills and 25 electric works, while Alabama and Tennessee show notable gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miata Southern Industrial Record
South
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Tennessee
Switzerhouw Hirthidlay to Mark Confederation Founding
A so called six hundredth birthday celebration for the Swiss Confederation is planned for next year with festivities at Brimnen near Lucerne. The 1291 alliance among Forest Cantons Selawsz and Unterwalden formed the first mutual defense confederation against the House of Plapshure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerhouw
Hirthidlay
Forest
Cri
Selawsz
Unterwalden
House of Plapshure
Brimnen
Lucerne
Ringletts and Fashion Notes From Old Times
A miscellany of 19th century fashion and beauty tips, hair trends, dress trims, and care advice drawn from New York papers. The piece blends historic hair ringlets with remedies for hands and nails, plus commentary on colors, hats, and delicate garments. A somber sea burial tale closes the page.
Early 1900s Household Tips From The New York Journal
Fragments describe egg white handling to save yolk loss, a German cough remedy with a neck bag and eucalyptus, and fat storage guidance in stoneware versus tin. Also notes on fruit timing, a dishwashing machine at a temperance union restaurant, stuffed peppers, fried tomatoes with cream sauce, and a brief history of temperance societies in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Washington
Garis
Estina
Red
Chicago News
Litchfield County
Connecticut
United States
Saratoga
Washingtonian Society
Iet
Baltimore
Scientific Scraps and New Tech From Late 19th Century
A collage of advances and observations: electricity powering streetcars and ore processing, chloroform use in veterinary care, vine pulp as rag substitute, a 68 percent silver bell at Kharkov Cathedral, electric soldering irons, and a push to produce aluminum competitively. It notes a brass pump chamber casting, locomotive traction improvements via electric current, and cold rolling strengthening steel wires. Canada’s unknown lands, Hearne’s maps, and Labrador exploration highlight vast unmapped areas and potential Grand River falls discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
N. Y.) University Station
Canada
Dawson
Canadian Geo ’Logics
Ue Survey
Geological Survey
Interior Department of Canada
Canadian Northwest
Great Fish River
Great Slave
Athabaska Lakes
Reindeer
Ateher Lakes
Widson Bay
Hearne
Labrador
Labrie
Comercial Advertiae
Good Ting to Travel and Strike Rumor
Dialogue sketch shows Mr Smallpurse proposing a trip to California while Mrs Smallanse objects. The stevedoring porters are reported on strike, delaying travel plans and adding tension to the voyage discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smallpurse
Mat
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baron Liebig
Chicago
New York
Chicago Herald
The
New -York-Tribune
Kesice
Déetiiz Ife
Boston
Union
Frank Leslie
Berlin
Germany
Siemens
Emden
Prussia
Sophie Frischer
Hoe
Plimson
Transvaal
Labouchere
London
Stanley
Dark Forest
fEla Wheeler Wilcox
Nature
Knowhitby
As Lambeth
Soochow Hospital
Triabuiue
House Fey
Deen
Pliny
Cocina
Rome
Ilis
Mike Bluiders
New York Press
Dry Goods Chronicle
Leides
New York Herald
Fashion Notes
Wes
Lnst
Nan
Sie
New York Sun
New York World
Maryland
Egypt
Pittston
Pemm
Paris
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