Rome Notes a Visitor Snding Through Time and Power
From Rome a traveler writes of a June 1 1889 letter detailing impressions of Italy. He describes Lombardy and Tuscany irrigation declines and revival under Italian rule, Rome’s transformation under government, St Peters Vatican galleries and the Swiss guard, the Colosseum Forum and Arch of Titus, and the catacombs. The letter contrasts ancient glory with modern changes and heat, ending with a reflection on Rome’s enduring myth.
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G.A. Zeller
A. A. Kinnear
Rome
Italy
A. H. Kinnear
al. D. Henry
Lombardy
Tuscany
St Peters
Vatican
Kinga
Germany
France
Spain
House of Hapsburg
Raphael
Michael Angelo
St Angelo
Tiber
Hadrian
Father Tiber
Mediterranean
Ruffa
Forum
Colosseum
Romulus
Remus
Palatine
Ancient
Capitolene Hill
Trajan’s Forum
Pantheon
Forum Romanum
Constantine
Trajan's Forum
Roman Forum
Titus
Altho
Septimus Severus
Capitoline Bil
Capitoline Museum
Romano
Louvre
Remark on Napoleonic memories and European politics
The narrator recalls coastal travel from Rome to Mediterranean landmarks linking Napoleon Bonaparte and Elba. He notes Paris Exposition plans, France’s many governments, and the desire to spread the American Declaration of Independence as a stabilizing principle. He signs as Guo A Zueten.
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Rome
Corsica
Alexander the Great
Elba
the Invalides
Paris
St Helena
Bonaparte
France
London
Europe
Guo A Zueten
Famous Iowa Politician Credits Remedy Advertisement
Robert Baird of Muscatine says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy made him famous after a severe Des Moines bowell ailment. He bought a small bottle and two doses cured him quickly, costing less than other drugs. J W Niece sells 25 and 50 cent bottles.
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Walker
Iowa
Robert Baird
Muscatine
J W Niece
New Explosive Power of Bellite Demonstrated
A London Saturday Record summary outlines the safe yet powerful bellite explosive. Tests show bellite resists crushing but detonates with immense energy, rivaling dynamite when confined while yielding less energy when loose. Coal mining trials in Cleveland Mines suggest bellite can replace several times its weight in gunpowder without fumes.
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Sprengel
IRS
M. Lamm
Brockholm
Napier Hake
Bellua
Cleveland
London
Moxie Marketed As Nerve Nourishment And Tonic Alternative
The ad promotes Moxie as the famous albuminoid nerve food and a universal nourishment for nerves. It claims to relieve nervousness fatigue from overwork and dissipated habits without tonics, noting it is absorbed when the stomach cannot digest other foods. Sold by Dr Powell, Henry.
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Moxie
Powell
Henry
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U. S. Patent Office
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