The Graining Debate and Odd Tidbits from Allentown
A taste of craft and criticism opens with a discussion from the Pennsylvania Association of Master House Painters and Decorators in Allentown where John Smethurst mocks Ruskin and upholds graining as a true art. The column then notes a Bavarian breach of promise case where evidence arrives as a tree trunk bearing initials in a flaming heart.
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Allentown
Pennsylvania Association of Master House Painters and Decorators
John Smethurst
Troducers
John Ruskin
Ruskin
Pennsylvania
State University
Smethurst
Art Amnateur
Bavaria
Amiden
Troy Times
Atmospheric electricity and a future powered by the air
Elias B. Dunn argues atmospheric electricity could supply light heat and motive power, powering trains cars and telegraphs, with coal obsolete and war undermined. He cites the earth as a storehouse and urges a storage method to harness this energy for ongoing use.
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Elias B. Dunn
New York
Edison
Tesla
Grenadiers
Uhlans
Mars
Presta
Changel
Dunn
Boston Transcript
Napoleon and the Directory Clash Over Command in Italy
The piece recounts Napoleon Bonaparte defying the Directory during the Piedmont campaign. It quotes his insistence on unlimited military initiative and warns the Directory finally yielded control of command and diplomacy. It also notes Paris reactions and a Paris theater anecdote about zeal causing a comic stage incident.
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Piedmont
Paris
Bonaparte
Sardinia
Kellermann
Salicetti
Lodi
Milan
Carnot
Republic
Directory
Professor Sloane
Napoleon
Century
Nector
Lon
Jon Telegraph
Pulled Wool Processing in a 19th Century Pullery
A Chicago Record description details the full pullery process from soaking pelts in water to depilatory painting and pulling, sorting by grade, and drying the wool before storage and sale. The article highlights vats, scrubbers, depilatories, and the railroad-like workflow of pulling and packing.
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Chicago
Valentine stockroom serves seasonal demand in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia shopkeeper keeps cheap valentines year round claiming the demand is from quarrelsome neighbors and uses the cards as a substitute for violence. The article also quotes Abraham Lincoln on humility and divine guidance as reported by Noah Brooks in Can tury.
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Philadelphia
Shay
New York Tribune
Swiss statistician walks ten miles daily in shop study
A shop assistant identified as a Swiss statistician tallies his yearly and daily steps. He reports 9 760 900 total steps in a year, about 26 740 per day, with over 600 000 steps on stairs and an average ten miles walked daily.
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London
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