Inside the Diamond Mines of Africa Tour
A letter from Lorain describes a 36 day journey to Imberley and the De Beers mine. It details diamond floor washing, graining, and sorting, with carats seen from blue white to red ish white. It notes 12,000 workers, 40 miles of tunnels, and a guarded native labor compound.
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H. D. Sheldon
Lorain
Africa
Johannesburg
Imberley
Thor
Pulsator Manaager
Te General Office
DeBeers
Fuller
DeBeers Company
Williams
General Electric Power House
Westinghouse
California
Hygienic Rolls Latest in Sanitary Service at Lunchrooms
Patrons praise managers who pat and caress sandwiches to keep them neat while patrons eat. Some customers prefer less handling, but a Paris baker insists on machinery made rolls sealed in paper and not opened until bite. Expensive restaurants offer these five cent rolls, with small daily orders possible. Others use tissue envelopes for toothpicks and antiseptic packaging for straws to minimize contact with hands.
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Saya
New York Sun
Paris
Hila Patent
The Baby Out In State and the English Pram Craze
Readers learn that English style baby carriages crowd infants into cramped space and harm growth. Dealers report demand for cheap English carriages, though many mothers could buy roomy wicker but choose the restricted model. Prices range from 18 to 85 dollars, with better options priced around 18 to 25 dollars.
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New York Sun
Hatless Winter Girls Sparks Gown Trend Across Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Record notes a growing fashion trend of hatless winter girls across suburbs and colleges like Bryn Mawr. Women wrap scarves, wear long coats, and travel without hats to theatres and social visits, while millinery houses grow nervous at the craze spreading through seminars and trolley rides.
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Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Greenland
Poet Attempts Rhyme With Film On Paper
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger captures a playful exchange where a visitor asks what is being written and the poet answers papers. The line hints at a rhyme pursuit tied to film.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Sandville residents scheme to outsell Green Ledge views
Eben Patterson leads plans to publish a set of Sandville postal cards to showcase local life. He envisions scenes of a modest home, the residence of the town’s honored citizen, a drive along pine tree roads, a garden corner, and groups of neighbors, aiming to draw a boom to Sandville doors.
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Green Ledge
Bandvills
Green Lake
Pines
Samuel Epps
Esquire
Lanea
Green Ledge Bugle
Eben Patterson
Sandville
B. P. Grubb
Bandville
Todds
Samsons
Bud Lamson
Cate
Doora
Uses of Queer Drugs in Historical Quackery
A chemist cites rattlemake venom curing locomotor ataxia and scarlet fever, praises homeopathic physidane, and claims curare helps hydrophobia. He mentions bladder wrack antifat, a fly agaric derivative muscarine nitrate causing tearing, cocaine for wakefulness, and cocos as an appetite suppressant chewed by Alpine guides.
Alpine Mirage Shines Over Paris Frankfurt Express
Passengers on the Paris to Frankfurt line witnessed a striking Alpine mirage brief on the western horizon. The sun lit Mont Blanc and its snow and glaciers, with Geneva’s greenish blue lake appearing before fading at sunset after about twenty minutes. London milk of asses sells well with 6s price as dairies ship bottled supply nationwide.
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London
Marble Arch
London News
Soldiers Buried Alive at Fort Hayes Scandal
Horrific finds in Fort Hayes Kansas graves reveal cholera era soldiers buried in haste, later exhumed for reburial at Leavenworth. Some coffins show signs of life, with bodies turned over, limbs drawn, and hair torn from heads as authorities suppress details of the alleged graveside comas.
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Old Fort Hayes
Kan
Leavenworth
Lawa
Changes in Marriage and Birth Rates in 19th Century England and Wales
At the Royal Statistical Society in London a paper by G Udny Yule examined shifts in marriage and birth rates over the last fifty years. He linked birth-rate fluctuations to trade and industry cycles, noting irregular movement and a marked decline starting around 1875 76 after price drops in 1874. The talk highlighted widespread causes beyond local factors and observed the greatest intercensal decreases in England and Wales following periods of high prices.
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Royal Statistical Society
London
Society
England
Wales
G. Udny Yule
Yule
Ayele
Walaa
Fire in Churches and a Missing Man’s Arrest
A philologist riffing on English usage is noted alongside a fire safety remark urging churches to adopt fire protection akin to theaters. The Heston Herald reports William Begge, missing for three weeks with a horse and buggy, was arrested in Wyandotte, Michigan and jailed here.
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Shaw
Heston Herald
Fremont, DO
William Begge
Wyandotte
Mich
Hare
Cleveland & Sons Western Traction Service Update
Public notice: Cleveland and Sons Western Traction announces shuttle runs from Elyria to Public Square in Cleveland hourly 6:00 AM to 1:00 PM with the Cleveland Limiteds at 8:40, 2:40, 4:40 and 5:40 PM, as listed in A844 2:40 schedule.
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Cleveland& Sons Western Traction Company
Cara
Elyria
Public Square
Cleveland
Elyria Tor Wellington
Lorain
Jevery
Lacou
North Amberet
Gratton
Birmingham
Berlin
Heighta
Norwalk
Norwalk Limiteds
Lorain St. R
Ours
Lora
M. Oara
Clyde Steamship Co Incorporation Certificate Filed
Augusts Maine Clyde Steamship Co filed its certificate of incorporation with the secretary of state. Authorized capital stock is 14 million dollars, all common stock with a par value of 100 dollars per share.
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Augusts
Clyde Steamship Co
Secretary of State
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