Centennial Exposition notes and bold display at the fair
The article surveys the Centennial Exhibition and Singer Sewing Machine Company excursions, urging more worker trips and holiday support. It highlights strong sales of pumps engines and furniture overseas, debate on silver policy, and a dramatic elevator safety demonstration by a curious inventor.
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Singer Sewing Machine Company
Philadelphia
New England
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Yankee
Brazil
Scientific American
The Silver Dilemma and Britain’s Currency Debate
A British parliamentary committee links silver decline to rising production from 1860 to 1875 and nations shifting to gold or paper. It notes India’s vast currency impact and remittance of about £15 to £18 million in silver annually to London, outlining a proposed solution.
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India
American Silver Party
Normnally
France
Germany
England
Springfield Republican
United States
Italy
Panama Hat Making Process Described With Plant Details
The article explains Carludovica palmata, called Jipagapa by Bolivians, used to craft Panama hats. It describes leaf preparation, soaking, damping, and drying, plus production times and plant hardiness. notes pricing from 18d to high sums and plant cultivation conditions.
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Jipagapa
Republic of
Ecuador
Panama
Plymouth Breakwater explains a major coastal work and its plans
The Plymouth Breakwater project describes Rennie’s plan to form a long breakwater across the middle channel using rubble blocks, its measurement details, quarry sources, transport methods, and the gradual raising of the structure. It notes progress through 1816 and completion in 1841 with total stone usage of about 1.87 million tons.
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Plymouth
Rennie
Duke of Bedford
Oreston
Rennies
Cassell
Child Orator Master Harry Shannon Stuns Washington
A Washington native, infant prodigy Master Harry Shannon, known as the child orator, surprised fans in Baltimore and Washington by reciting Robert Emmet’s Green Street speech from a Gilmore’s garden stand, drawing crowds for nearly forty eight minutes.
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J. Harry Shannon
Washington
Baltimore
Gilmore's Garden
Robert Emmet
Greenstreet Dock
Dublin
Levy
Hippodrome
Harry
Mr. Shook
Washington City
Understanding Naptha Benzine and Gasoline Distinctions
A period discussion explains petroleum byproducts naptha benzine and gasoline noting their distinct uses from lamp and patent gas oils to paint thinning and varnish production. It warns on dangers of benzine and describes hydrometer testing to prevent mislabeling and consumer deception.
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India
N. Y. Grocer
Union Spies’ 1862 Chattanooga Mission Ends in Capture
Count de Paris recounts Andrews and twenty two Union men in disguises who seized a Confederate train near a Tennessee tavern, cut telegraph lines, and burned bridges heading for Chattanooga. Pursued by locals, the group was captured. fifteen were hanged at Knoxville while eight survived to tell the tale.
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Annie Mulcahy
Dr. Fox
Madison
Andrews
Buell
Chattanooga
Marietta
Georgia
Beauregard
Mitchell
Huntsville
Knoxville
Count de Paris
The Cost of Work in War and Art Inspires Duty over Pay
The author argues that true quality in soldiers teachers artists and scientists comes from love and duty, not pay. He notes paid work yields variable effort and that great outcomes arise when work is done for love of country or leader, not for hire or hatred.
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Kepler
Swammerdam
Mrs Arthur Praised by Paisley School Board Member
At a recent public meeting Mrs Arthur received a vote of thanks from fellow board member Mrs William Robertson. Robertson noted her effective service changed many opponents into allies while some still long for old ways, and she quipped about male opponents being beardless youths and cynical bachelors fearing strong female leadership.
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Washington
Harry
Gov. Tilden
New York World
Paisley
Arthur
William Robertson
Mrs
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