Sea Water Plan for London Appears Before Parliament
A plan to supply London with sea water at 11 million gallons daily was proposed. Water would be pumped from the coast at Lancing Sussex into a high reservoir then piped to Epsom and distributed to the city for baths street watering and sewer flushing. Three London chimney sweeps were fined for knocking on doors and canvassing for jobs in violation of an act.
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Londons
London
Lancing
Sussex
Epsom
Syrup of Figs promises health through a mild laxative
Knowledge Brings comfort and improvement with Syrup of Figs a pure liquid laxative praised for pleasant taste and gentle action. It cleansing the system relieves constipation and colds. preferred by health-minded users and sold in $1 bottles by California Fig Syrup Company.
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Fife
Archery in England Through the Ages and Maine Hayloft Society
The article traces long-lived English archery from 1446 through Henry VIII and into 1631, noting continued use in train-bands and foreign exploits, then recounts a Maine water bureau anecdote about chickens and leaking pipes, followed by a humorous local secret society with quaint titles like Chief Haymaker and Guard of Barn door.
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England
Edward IV
Ravensburgh
Henry VIII
Maine
Bac
Annabessacook Hayloft
Hornblower
Unknown World and Other Odds and Ends
A miscellany noting vast unexplored Earth regions, cautions about wrong road choices, and quack cures. It mentions Africa and North America land areas, a liver remedy, rainproof fabric tips with unsafe chemicals, a Hall’s Catarrh Cure testimonial, color blindness anecdote, railway rates, Civil War survivor, and a fast New Orleans train service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Geographical Society
Africa
North America
Som
North Americas
South America
Weary Wagies Pxcase and Traveling Tramps in Transit
A World era account describes weary travelers and a domestic tone amid travel chaos. The piece notes doctors’ pay timing and a damp lodging scene, with references to California excursions and a Pullman route. Names are scattered, including a Denver area and a Clark Street pamphlet mention.
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New York
California
Barlin
Califoria
Aren
Denver
Timid Patient and A Loving Conductor Amid Train Ads
A period piece compiles a dentist scene with a frightened young lady and a quiet reveal that a patient was treated free. It blends ads for the Nickel Plate Road and the Queen and Crescent Route claiming through sleepers to Florida, uniform porters, and nonstop dining car service.
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Chicago
Yale
New Yi Lh
Boston
New York City
Florida
Queen and Crescent
Florida Limited Train Schedule On the Queen and Crescent Route
The Florida Limited departs Cincinnati at 3 a.m. and arrives in Jacksonville the next morning at 3 a.m. The service is described as a dependable, comfortable train with a noted 109 mile shorter line and claims of speed, though the text is garbled and references various unrelated topics including medicine advertisements.
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New Orleans
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
California in Four Days via Nickel Plate Route
A brief notice describes travel by express trains via the Nickel Plate Road from Chicago to California in four days with connecting lines.
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Nickel Plate Road
Othen F. Hotner
Cattele
Peale Oi Gares
California
Chicago
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Water Bureau
Ducke
the Haymakers
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Cheney& CO
Totedy
J. Cheney
Stone
Eee Yenax
Toledo
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Jedo
Mr. Gilley
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Miss Green
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Miss Keedick
Detroit Free Press
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Light Brigade
Libby Prison
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N.C
Pleo
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Ohio
Ohio Circuit Court
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Mass
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Sapolio
Henry Senior
Brooklyn
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Ripans Chemical Co
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Ripans
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