Innovative Postage Stamp Canceling Machine Demonstrated
A novel postage stamp canceling machine by C Nefield of Silver Creek, Neon, impresses with rapid 2400 feet per minute operation, dustless, non abrading, and capable of handling varied papers. It promises high accuracy, lacks backward motion, and will be rented with maintenance by the manufacturer. A court anecdote from Kentucky recalls a magistrate’s dramatic window exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Nefield
Silver Creek
Neon
Leffeld
Joinda
Emul
Abe
Germany
Washington
Kentucky
Gaya
Denver Times
Clark
Iourt
Women and Men Mock Each Other in Cafeteria Gossip
A light exchange shows women mocking men for talking in circles while men boast of sharp talk. The sample dialogue includes a man with a teapot filled with tea cream and an uptown institute day joke. The conversation ends with both sides joking about wit and novelty.
The Snuff Trade in 1900 Through 1843 Figures
The New York Tribune notes a long span of snuff manufacture in the United States. Despite claims of decline, annual output rests around ten to eleven million pounds prior to 1899, rising to an average of three million pounds above 1899 surplus. The trade concentrates in the South, with New Jersey and Pennsylvania slipping, while Tennessee gains. Women increasingly gift snuff as Christmas presents, and the industry consolidates amid regional shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
United States
Dmiters
New England
Boston
la Leas
Wanda
New Jersey
Pennesylvania
Tennessee
North
East
Crystallized eggs from salvage yolk and egg solids
A historical note describes using waste eggs to make sailing yolk for tinning solutions, with yolk and white mixed, salting, boracic acid addition, and continuous skimming. It details equipment like churns and stone cylinders, evaporation to dryness, scraping to powder, and long shelf life when hermetically sealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Colored pictures of world nations sold in Port Said shop
An English dealer at Port Said offers extensive colored pictures depicting civilians from many races including Chinese, Africans, Malays, Hindoos, Samoans, and others in varied group scenes. Missionaries buy these depictions as more convincing than traditional images. Also noted are four statues in the United Kingdom honoring women, including Sleter Dora and Mrs Siddons, and a recent memorial at Dungon for Bursa Highlund Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Far Hoet
Africa
Central Africa
Ong
Qlres Moynity
Thore
United Kingdom
Hagland
Sleter Dora
Walsall
Mrw. Siddons
Morn Macdonald
Dungon
Bursa
Records Show Seventy Name Changes In 1900
The New York Evening Post reports the city court publicly released the minien of about seventy people who legally altered their names in 1900. Most changes reflect foreign origins or complex requests, with many becoming phonetic or Anglicized. The list includes dramatic shifts from aristocratic-sounding names to common English forms, and vice versa, often tied to personal or family disputes, debts, or quests for new reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
von Tilzer
Jay
Lin- Jean T
Jacobowsky
Hare
Potanger
Sebastian Vibe Fe
Frank Walter Aml Ruzicka
Daiae
Rusalz
Bohemia
Chineleck
Luhan
Neugragelzt
Yowu Ejian
Rockmore
Housing Books and Public Libraries in Decline
A fragment discusses how modern homes struggle to house growing book collections with glass front cases costly. suggests giving away or donating surplus volumes to hospitals or friends. Notes that magazines and ephemeral items clutter homes yet many libraries bound in volumes still access them. Includes a Boston Journal quote on increasing domestic book numbers. Also brief reports of wolf attacks in British Columbia and outdated notes on ancient Adriatic wedding rites revival in Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desser
Boston Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Twe Penge
Nooo Foy Nemsponet
York
Tri
Tribune
Lgen
Binghe
National Family
Tranversanit Yiligurs
Leon Ting
Henalir
Ptt
Ve Tigatt Tribune
Humboldt
JO. Sasipson
Humboldt. la
Matvaine
Marie Dean Coryrtants
Housing Books
Vancouver
B. G
Pittsburg
Sayat
Bertrand
Bug- Mehiaan's
Englishman’s River
Thme
Ind
Myreybon
Adriatic
Vemen
Wes
Lewis
J. 8. Lewis CO
Boston, Mass
G. W. Merrick & Co
Sun
Mass
Kinseth & Pinney
Crea Loni
the Monarch
and Manson
Herrick
Tannadiy Stand
Allye
Republaan
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