Under Torrid Skies
Poem fragment expressing longing for sea life and open skies. Imagery celebrates salt wind waves mermaidens and cooling sea caverns amid city heat. Credits Elizabeth Akers.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1892
Page
5
Calcutta Clergyman’s Claim of a Hypnotic Courtship
A Calcutta clergyman testifies a young government clerk has repeatedly failed at the altar due to fits of hypnosis. The man, unable to speak the vow, collapses for hours, while the bride may be manipulated by magnetism and spiritual forces. The piece suggests superstition and hypnotism influence his choice and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
India
Hin
Busi
Salt Lake Tribune
A Lens Begun by Clark for The Great 40 Inch Lens
Public Opinion describes Alvan G. Clark of Cambridgeport Mass producing the finest refracting telescope lenses. Lenses start as two disks four years ago with one sent to Clark, each 40 inches in diameter and ten inches thick costing 8000 dollars. The glass is rejected for any speck. after curves are set iron castings are formed, the glass ground with steel crushings and eight emery courses, then measured to one thirty thousandth of an inch. Final shaping uses beeswax and rouge to ensure rays center at a precise mathematical point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvan G. Clark
Cambridgeport
Mass
Clark
Express firms purge Brotherhood workers steadily
The large express companies are gradually but consistently discharging all employees who belong to the Brotherhood, signaling ongoing labor force purges amid union activity.
Unruly Animals and Christian Endeavor News Reflections
An ocelot named Juanita defies its owner at a Mazatlan post, then a dog scare ensues as a government scout visits the store. The piece also highlights a shoemaker ad in New York and praises the Young People’s Christian Endeavor movement for its global youth pledge and moral impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbin de
Juanita
San Francisco Chronicle
Massachusetts Envisions Its State Flower Emblem
The Boston Transcript argues that a single national flower is irrelevant to a diverse union. It suggests state emblems like California’s poppy and Maine’s pine branch, proposing Massachusetts adopt the trailing arbutus as its emblem and noting regional traditions at the Grand Army encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental
New England
New York
Louisiana
California
Maine
Massachusetts
Boston Transcript
Illustrated signs in New York's storefronts reveal trends
The piece notes scarce use of pictorial signs in the city with a few examples. It mentions the District Telegraph company signs showing misleading messenger boys, colorful boards by East Broadway dressmakers and Bowery tailors, a firm placing portraits of its staff between windows, and an "electrical belt" doctor on Broadway. It also references a laundries sign showing a back view of a high collar and Steve Brodie's landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Telegraph Company
East Broadway
Bowery
Broadway
Steve Brodie
Horse Found Alive in Tree Top After Flood
Centreville Pa. News reports a horse missing after the June flood was found ten feet up a tree beneath a wild grape vine. The creature was rescued and hailed as a flood relic and local hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Preston
Tryonville
Centreville
Whitelaw Reid’s Scots Ancestry Outlined
Whitelaw Reid is described as having Scotch ancestry. His mother Marian Whitelaw Ronalds descends directly from the clan Ronald, while his paternal grandfather settled in the country toward the end of the last century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw Reid
Marian Whitelaw Ronalds
Ronald
Marvest Excursion Rates Across Western Rail Lines
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific announces three excursions on August 30 September 27 and October 2 vz to northwest Iowa Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah New Mexico and other states with some exclusions. Tours cover Ogden to Garrison Black Hills South Dakota Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory and southwestern Missouri via K C Ft S M and Missouri Pacific. October 25 limited to Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory south of Pond Creek Ponca. Tourist tickets to major resort areas available. An exchange item notes contract ideas and debts as a parable.
Cure claims draw readers to Dr Miles New Heart Cure
Dr Franklin Miles asserts heart disease is curable with his New Heart Cure and shows testimonials of dramatic recoveries. An Iowa reader reports twelve years of heart disease relief after four bottles. The ad promotes Bradshaw Thomas Books and cites various health remedies and sales pitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Indiana
A. F. Davis
Silver Creek
Neb
Bradshaw & Thomas Books Free
Children Castoria Ad Phrase From Historic Ad
An old advertisement fragment touts Castoria for children with repeated cries and mentions Ripans Tabules as a pleasant laxative and standard remedy. The snippet emphasizes relief and regularity.
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