Saccharine Factory Plans Under Johns Hopkins Leader
Prof. C Fahlberg under Johns Hopkins chief Na Remsen plans another factory for saccharine production. Europe already exceeds Magdeburg capacity. the antiseptic sweetener from coal tar costs as cane sugar. Fahlberg cites duty hindering American sales. removal could expand use of glucose, cutting overseas sugar imports.
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C. Fahlberg
Na Remsen
Chemical Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Magdeburg
Fahlberg
America
Steam Heating Proves Its Worth On Blizzard Run
During a severe January blizzard the Chicago & Northwestern operated a steam heated train from Chicago to Des Moines 363 miles round trip. Seventeen hours were spent in a snow drift as outside temps fell to 29 degrees below zero. The Baker heaters kept the cars warm while the engine was detached. The Railway Review asserts steam heating is here to stay and marks only the threshold of steam heating science.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Railway Review
Impressive Gun Cotton Experiment At U S Torpedo Works
An engraving claims dynamite can press a leaf into steel instantly. In a test at the United States torpedo works leaves were placed between two iron pieces and a cylindrical charge of gun cotton exploded with fulminate cap. The blast drove the iron pieces together fast enough to leave a leaf impression before escape.
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United States Torpedo Works
Death of Prof Alexander Dickson Botanist and Curling Enthusiast
The eminent Scotch botanist Prof Alexander Dickson died suddenly on December 30 1887 in his 52nd year while curling during Christmas holidays. He was known for music collecting Gaelic airs and noting tunes during Highlands excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dickson
Kit North” School
Highlands
Gillie
Austria's Remarkable Diplomacy and Military Resilience
Blackwood's Magazine praises Austria as a triumph of diplomacy over war while acknowledging its militarized strength. It notes an admixture of heterogeneous loyalties, strong rural roots, and patriotism limited outside Hungary, yet highlights Austria's repeated recoveries and decisive historic roles with allies against Napoleon and Marlborough.
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Austria
Russia
Europe
Napoleon
Marlborough
Hungary
Blackwood’s Magazine
Nasal Voices and Teeth Warned by Warner Remedies
An Englishwoman notes American women often have high nasal voices and false teeth due to dry air and catarrh. The piece promotes Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Consumption Remedy and Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as cures, citing anecdotal testimonials and urging regular use to prevent catarrh and lung disease.
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Warner
Eli Fisher
Salem
Henry County
Iowa
Scattered Wisdom and a Housebuilt Remedy
A humorous exchange on brain weight and quality from a New York man and wife. The piece then extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic, promising improved digestion, appetite, sleep, and reduced nervous symptoms, with claims for kidney bladder liver and other ailments.
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New York
Texas
America
Little Polly’s Criticism Quits Reading for The Paper
A Boston Globe note recounts Polly, five, who pretends to read from newspapers and derides the content. In a separate item a San Francisco man who refused to pay a $336.50 dental bill for 22 hours of work was sued. the court reduced the charge to $70, and he paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Oston Globe
San Francisco
Humorous Proverb and Humorous Ads in a 19th Century Page
A string of quotations and advertisements appears, touting products and opinions. Highlights include a witty line about the bee as an emblem, praise for Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites for consumption and debility, endorsements by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and coarse product pitches such as ROUGH ON RATS and ROUGH on various ailments with prices.
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Scott
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G, W, Sloan
Milton
Mass
Hood
J. H. Peirce
Supt
Granite Railway Co
Concord
N. H
C. I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Critchell & CO
Cincinnati
P. O. Box
Ebronza
Henry Ward Beecher
Wells
Jersey City
N.J
P. O
A. Slocum
Pearl St
N. Y
California
Joaquin Miller
Texas Siftings
Ee Elel
TOWER
Simmons St
Boston
Pensions Ae Iy
Washington, D.C
Fkck
Ykix
Arr & Co
Augusta
Maine
Raen
American School of Telegraphy
Madison
Wis
Sbvartiores
Moody's
Moody & CO
B. Dickerson & CO
Detroit
Mich
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Bryant’s Business College
Buffalo
N.Y
Park
G. W. Park
Fannettsburg
Ohio
Ind
Ill
Neb
Oak
Minn
Kansas
M. Solomon
Clark St
J. I. Warner
Ottawa
Mammoth Seed Farms
Reso Illustrated
W. Buckbee
Rockford Seed "Horse
Rockford, Ill
Uma
Kidder's Pastilles
Siowil & Con
Charlestown
B.S. Laupexsacu & Co
Newark
N. J
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy
Evans Chemical Cs
Mark
G.h.ingraham
M.D
Amsterdam
D. R. Dyche & CO
Ross & CO
Toledo
Northern Pacific
LOW Price Railroad
Express and Post Office
K. G. Root
M. C
Clybournave
Weil
Goulds & Austin
Lake ST. Ichicago
Illinois
Wizard Oil Company
Chicago No
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