Edison Recalls Phonograph Leap From Toy to Tool
In an interview with the New York Morning Journal, Thomas Edison describes evolving his phonograph from an imperfect toy weighing nearly a hundred pounds to a compact, reliable device. He explains new mechanisms, motor improvements, and planned sales at sixty dollars, with vast potential for business offices, dictation, copying libraries, and accessibility for the blind.
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Mr. Edison
New York Morning Journal
Edigon
Grant in Farmville review of his last campaign
A vivid account from April 7 1865 describes General Grant arriving in Farmville with his staff and making headquarters at the village hotel. News of Crook and Trumphreys fighting to the north is noted as Wright's corps crosses the river to reinforce. Bonfires and cheers accompany a dramatic night review under Grant’s gaze.
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Grant
Farmville
Appomattox
Lee
Trumphreys
Wright
Hong Kong Chinese Glass Blowers Use Simple Tools
The Chinese in Hong Kong produce varied glassware with minimal equipment and low-cost plant. They melt old glass in small crucibles not over 200 pounds, fueled by about three hundred pounds of coal per crucible. Glass is blown, annealed in a straw-filled pit, and shaped with clay molds and a few iron tubes.
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Hong Kong
America
Philadelphia
Enlarged Tribune promises bigger weekly in 1888
The New York Tribune will enlarge by four to eight pages by January 1 1888 adding new presses and a faster print rate. It promotes increased content pensions for veterans temperance and tariff issues, urges readers to subscribe with multiple rate options and premiums including a History of the United States and Pocket Atlas, a presidential pocket knife and other gifts.
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New York Weekly Tribune
Tribune
New York
New York Tribune
Sunday Tribune
The
United States
Blaine
Evarts
Hiscock
Santa Claus
Waltham Watch
Wood
Harper's Young People 1888 description and praise
A historical advertisement style overview praises Harper's Young People for its diverse range of serials short stories scientific articles travel notes athletic games poetry and illustrations. It highlights forthcoming volumes supplements for parents and teachers and notes strict editorial standards to keep harmful material out.
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Harper's
Under the Wing of Wales and the Prince’s Privileged Circle
The piece argues that the Prince of Wales grants only brief, capricious access to English high society. Americans who attend balls and Marlborough House parties under his patronage gain a fleeting view, not the full life of English high society. True access rests with enduring influence, not temporary notice.
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Prince of Wales
London
Marlborough House
Cockai
Echoes Guide Safe Navigation In Fog Experiment
A Florida boat trip in dense fog shows how an echo reveals land. A scientist explains that moist air conducts sound better than dry air, so sound travels faster and echoes return sooner. He notes two results: quicker echoes and clearer sound, enabling estimation of distance to shore or woods with practice.
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Florida
Wired rib bons trend in millinery bows
A novelty growing popular in the millinery world is wired rib bons, a French invention. The wire is used with success in making bows.
Harper Brothers advert terms and pricing notice
Postage prepaid for subscribers at $2 a year. Volume IX begins November 1, 1887. Specimen copies available on receipt of a two-cent stamp. Single numbers five cents each. Remittances by post office money order or draft to prevent loss. Newspapers must not copy this advertisement without express order of Harper & Brothers. Address omitted.
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Post Office
Harper & Brothers
Harper's Bazar overview of content and aims
Harper's Bazar is a home journal combining literature and fine art with fashion news. It features serial stories poems sketches and practical guidance on etiquette decorative art housekeeping cookery and economy with editorials aimed at broad sensibilities.
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Harper's Bazar
Harper's Bazar Subscriptions and Volume Bindings
Harper and Brothers offer postpaid subscription terms for Harper's Bazar in the United States Canada or Mexico. Bound volumes for three volumes back in cloth binding cost 7 dollars per volume with freight limits. Cloth cases for binding priced at 1 dollar each with payments by post office money order or draft.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Harper’s Bazar
Qypress
Harper & Brothers
New York
Beware False Remedies And Promote Genuine Dr King Discovery
A collection of old medical testimonials warns buyers not to trust cheap imitations and to insist on Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and chest diseases. It promotes trial bottles, lists other McLean tonics, and includes quotes about catarrh cures with Ely s Cream Balm and Volcanic Oil Liniment for stock and farmers.
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Dr. Ing
Hema
Dr. King
J. F. Fezer
Ely
D. T. Higginson
Lake St
Chicago
R. W. Cheever
Herald
Clinton
Wisconsin
J. H. Mclean
California Cat-r-cure and Santa Alie touted for consumption cure
An advertisement extols Santa Alie as superior for consumption and bronchial ailments and promotes California Cat-r-cure at a dollar per jar with mail rate. It also touts Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier for women’s weakness. A New Haven News note mentions a barber in St Catharines whose dog can climb a lamp post, prompting calls to train dogs similarly and suggesting shooting them from lamp posts.
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Santa Alie
California
W. B. Mason
St. Catharines, Ont
Hynes
New Haven
Electric Bitters Proven To Cure Malaria And Liver Ailments
Bainbridge County Atty cites Electric Bitters as saving his life during malaria fever and jaundice. Kentucky resident D I Wilcoxson adds testimony, asserting the remedy would have killed him without it. Claims it wards off and cures malaria and is unequaled for kidney liver and stomach disorders. Sold for 50 cents and one dollar at J F Fezer's.
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Bainbridge
County Atty
Clay Co
Tex
D. I. Wilcoxson
Horse Cage
J. F. Fezer’s
Dr J H McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm Endorsed
A Somerville Journal item praises Dr J H McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm for ailments of aging noting its tonic effects on the liver and kidneys. The anecdote recalls a tired traveler losing words and ideas after late nights, illustrating fatigue and relief.
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J. H. McLean
Somerville Journal
Medical salve claims cure all skin eruptions and piles
An advertisement touts a salve as the best in the world for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. It sells for 25 cents a box by J. F. Fezer. The text warns that disease lies in ambush for the weak and urges Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier to restore tone vitality and strength.
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J. H. McLean
J. F. Fezer
Dr J H Mclean's Fier Promises Health Boost
An ad claims Dr J H Mclean's fierce product improves appetite and sleep and strengthens every bodily system while restoring buoyancy of spirits. The notice promotes the remedy as a tonic for general well being.
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J. H. Mclean
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Boston Post
Union Bank
Greeley, Colorado
Colorado
Capital
Bruce F. Johnson
J.F
B. F. Jonson
W. F. Thompson
Breepier
Danren Hawka
J.L. Breen
J. ©. Scorr
EK. H. Annorr
Hunter & West
Greeley
Europe
Nat's Bank O Commerce
Merchants’ National Bank
Garman Nat’. Bark
Denver, Co
M. E. Post, & Co
Cheyenne
Santa Abie
Denver
J. G. Kilpatrick
Lawrence St
Denver ,Dolo
Bankers
Curtis Sr
Denverr
Coto
Castoria
Miss
Denver Dry Goods
Dress Costa
Fie Goode
A Seys
Piers
Pricas
J. Jay Joslin
Lawrence St. Deuver
Colo
Bucklen
Arnica
Winslow Nothing
Catir
Abietine Medical Company
Oroville
Cal
Greeley, Colo
J. de J Sriethmann TS Co. “Wholesale Agte Oe
Denver Colo
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
D. F. Camp
E. M. Nuspaum
Joseph Joyce, E
Maple Street
McNamara
Denver, Colo
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