The Physiognomy of a Timepiece in a Jewelry Store
In a city jewelry store a large watchman describes winding habits and the practice of keeping a watch case record. He notes identifiying owners by their watches, the value of regulating timing within a fixed hour, and a new simple device on watch cases for recording regulation, timing, and conditions. Also mentioned are German paper uses and Sing Sing prison mental effects on executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
New York Tribune
Braac
Sing Sing
Locoed Horses and the Rattle Weed Debate
Col. Juan D. McCarthy recalls the locoed horse and the rattle weed theory as stockmen debate causes of horses going loco. He details grim scenes, the tick theory, and sheep versus cattle tensions in California. The piece blends anecdote with the older journalistic digressions on animal behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan D. McCarthy
California
Hoffman House
Billy Edwards
Sam Beacham
Castre
Sam
Plug
Billy
Kern County
New York Sun
Bires Greek
Not an Intelligent Dog
A Boston Times anecdote describes a dog that triggers jealousy between two women. The owner, engaged to Miss A, boasts the dog’s behavior as it barks and disrupts a doorway encounter with Miss B, prompting a dramatic question about punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss B
Boston Times
The Musical Poodle and the Gentleman's Concert
A retiree fills his home with music and trains a poodle to howl at every false note. As discipline hardens, the dog learns to signal blunders with shrill cries, while the master and friends provoke the creature with harsh sounds before losing patience and risking a wild outburst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
Spicy hotel lobby clash over name misprint at Richelieu
A Chicago Tribune account describes a tense scene at the Richelieu where a plain, impulsive woman berates a hotel clerk after he registers her as Mrs E B Louisville Ky. She protests the spelling and declares she is Miss. The clerk explains hotel registration rules and the escortless guest’s distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richelieu
Chicago Tribune
Uses of Seaweed and Its Varied Applications
The article outlines seaweed uses beyond historical yields including iodine bromine and potash salts, fertilizer value with ammonia content over 2 percent, food in Scotland Ireland and Norway, charcoal, whip handles, and the algin substance. Alginic acid yields a light colored dye forming a brown solution in alkalis that can dye cotton to a Bismarck brown, surpassing some aniline dyes in performance while not staining wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Ireland
Norway
Montreal Star
Faithful Servant for Sixty Years in New York
Hiram Phillips born 1816 Goshen New York served as butler to Thomas and Benjamin Gale after they moved to New York City. He remained with the Misses Thorne at 127 West Fifteenth Street until his death leaving a widow and grown children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Phillips
Goshen
N. Y
Thomas
Benjamin Gale
Whitehall Street
Phillips
Misses Thorne
West Fifteenth Street
Ife
West Twenty-sevenso Street
New York Tribune
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Man
New York Telegram
Jamestown
Baltimore
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Hichborn
Elsie
Chas. H. Padley
Kline
Padley
Hig
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Warne “Aphroditine
Aphroditine
Aphro Medicine CO
Western Hanct
Portland
N. M. White
Dillon
Montana
Ma Eben Hach
Omners
Ame
Nan Ee
McHchrvenes
GEO
Woodworth Wisdom
Mont
Ore
Seane
Alex Metzel
Paller Madison Co
Ae Canyon
Dingall Valley
Roch Creek
Rattlesnake
R. H
Ham Dillon
Rattesnake Creek
Beaverhead
Poindexter & Ork
Beaverhead Co
M. T. Brand
Deer Creek Valley
Oscar Welcher
Sherdan
Madison Co
Vide Creek
The
Sierras
Granvest
Gravorst Sunstey
FF Tournars
Pacific Preve Pub'g Co
Onkeano
Book St
Beaverhead Restaurant Bakery
Montana St
Sam Lee
Dillon, Argenta
Bannack
Pacific Express Mt
I Hk
F. L. Graves
Pacific Expres
Geet
Reece Reneed Etnies
Bucklen
City Drug Store
America
Lasalto
Ste Tote
Renton
Brade
Joneton
Caren
Juster
Wild Bit
Pest St
San Prancisco
the College of Montana
Classical
D. J. McMillan
Deer Lodge
Paigaan
Manu
Parish Mf’g CO
Parish, N. Y
Bailey & Sons
Salt Lake City
Crowell & Nuckolis
Dillon, Mont
Amsterdam
Haig
Drogglen
M. White
O. E. Morse
Kindagor Undertaker
Firth Ave
G Co
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