Indequate Clippings Page Showcases Diverse 1892 Notes
A garbled miscellany recounts varied items from 1892 including cattle quarantine debates, English education admissions at Harvard, New York rail passenger totals, Lake Michigan waters, Philadelphia post office costs, German religious demographics, English street singers earnings, Inman steamers naval observations, a Maine settlement near Pleasant Point, and details on the Absaki Nation Openangos in Maine with tribe governance, language, culture, and education.
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John Harvard Biles
Inman
City of
Paris
City of New York
Cramps
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Effect of Heat and Cold on Food Flavors
An old text explains how cooking changes texture and flavor in meat and coffee. Heat makes fowl palatable by altering taste and softness. green coffee is harsh, but heating develops a pleasant aroma. Some foods benefit from cold. many dishes improve when cooled to prevent thawing or spoilage.
Novel device to reduce ship rolling at sea gains tests
The London Times cites a new idea by torpeilo builder Mr. Shernycroft to calm rolling ships using a hydraulic system driven by paired pendulums. Trials on the steam yacht Cecile show eight tons of ballast can cut roll from 16 to nine degrees, suggesting potential relief for long sea voyages. A second note describes a New Zealand fungus plant resembling a caterpillar, formed when a moth’s grub seeds a sphaeria fungus inside the grub, transforming the interior into wood while the caterpillar’s shell remains intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Shernycroft
Ohias
Thornycroft
Cecile
New Zealand
Tasmania
Australasia
Philadelphia
Tell a Man by His Eyes
Captain Allen Jordan, a veteran detective at the Laclede, explains that a man’s eyes reveal identity more reliably than features. He claims eyes never lie, changed appearances can’t mask them, and even footsteps can betray a thief. He notes industry and manner show in eye and gait traits.
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Allen Jordan
The
Laclede
Calcutta
cSt
Louis Republic
Guardians Within: Phagocytes Defend Against Microbes
A Detroit Free Press summary explains how phagocytes, the body’s mobile blood cells, patrol veins and tissues to catch, engulf, and digest invading bacteria. Discovered in 1891, these guardians prevent countless infections by neutralizing deadly microbes entering through the respiratory and esophageal routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Neatly Mended by Market Street Tailor Hero
A Philadelphia Record item praises a Market Street clothing firm repairman who mended a moth damaged dress coat so skillfully that no salesman could detect the patch. He cut cloth to fit, used hairs from a black-haired woman to anchor the stitch, and the delighted customer sent a neat present.
A Failing Fashion At Tennyson’s Funeral Dress
Readers note the contrast between somber church attire and a striking outside display as a woman causes a stir near Westminster Abbey. The description highlights a light gray trailing skirt a blue coat with tartan lining a bright scarlet toque and a tall black quill ornament as a counterpoint to mournful dress norms.
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Lord Tennyson
Dreas
Westminster Abbey
Jumbo's Place at Regent Park Gardens Dwarfed by Jumbo
The article notes Jumbo's departure from the Zoological Gardens for America where he died, then discusses Jumbo's replacement by Jung Pasha the elephant. Jung Pasha, tied to the Prince of Wales, has grown until only three inches shorter than Jumbo. Alice, Jumbo's partner, died about five years ago. The rhinoceros in the same house has lived twenty eight years, the longest in captivity in London.
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Jumbo
Zoological Gardens
America
Jung Pasha
Prince of
Alice
London
Regent's Park
Road-Building Exhibit at the 1893 World’s Fair
An editorial notes that advocates of good roads failed to secure a federal grant for a rock-building exhibit at Chicago’s World’s Fair. They plan a wide display, with tents if needed, featuring miles of roadways and demonstrations by engineers, chemists, and skilled workers. The piece argues the exhibit would educate the nation and spur a national road-building impulse.
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Congress
Chicago
Europe
United States
Sleeper’s Mock Advice Ends in Tragedy
On a night train a feeble old man with a cough sleeps poorly while a persistent kicker heckles him. In the morning the old man is found dead, hands crossed over his chest, after the interloper asks for one last piece of advice. The kicker flees as the train stops.
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Buffalo
Porter
Kicker
New York Sun
Maud
Misa Flynt Ia
Agnes
Mamie
Pranella
Princilla
Jack
Onyx Discovered by a Horse Near Mount St. Helens
An onyx lodge near Mount St Helens in Washington was discovered when a horse knocked off a fragment along a long-used trail. Prospecting shows ample supply for generations with a thick ledge and attractive veining. Samples sent to New York and Philadelphia valued at 4 to 20 dollars per cubic foot if workable in blocks at least eight by twelve inches.
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Mount St. Helen
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco Chronicle
How Men Should Treat Women From A Persian Poet
An article from the New Orleans Picayune presents a Persian poet’s guidance on married life. It urges men to please their wives while not heeding every word, notes that Eve’s rib made women and rib imperfections exist, and counsels forgiving faults rather than coercing temperaments.
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Qileans Picayune
The Olive Tree Life Span Across Centuries
The Olive discusses olive trees' extraordinary age with Consuls from Genoa, Catania, Venetia, and Tangier noting ages from 200 to 1000 years and more. It cites trees in Italy and Spain and a famed 1545 age reference near Nice, urging enduring public memorials tied to notable planters.
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Fletcher
Genoa
Woodcock
Catania
Italy
Welsh
Pliny
Consul Noyes
Venetia
Spain
Consul Mathews
Tangier
Villafranche
Nice
Largest Building in the World in Buffalo
The Buffalo News describes the building of Manufactures and Liberal Arts as the largest structure ever erected by man designed by George B. Post. It spans 81 acres on the ground and costs 1,750,000 dollars with a central hall of nearly eleven acres and roof trusses resembling spiders.
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Liberal Arts
George B. Post
New York
Buffalo
Erie County Savings Bank
St. Peter’s
Rome
Michigan Street
Wabash Avenue
Manufactures
Brooklyn
Russia
Buffalo News
Costly Ancient Statues and Their Gold Worth
A historical note compares ancient colossal statues. The Colossus of Rhodes reportedly cost about 300 talents on roughly $375,000. A Gaul statue of Mercury in Averni by Zenodorus cost city $1,775,000 after ten years. Athena and Zeus statues are described with gold drapery valued around $580,000 and gold locks worth $25,000.
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Rhodes
United States
Mercury
Averni
Gaul
Zenodorus
Athena
Parthenon
Olympia
Phidiss
Omaha Boe
Heaviest Couple in the World at Union Station
A huge couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farlow, arrived at Union Station from No. 4 on their honeymoon trip to New York. Mrs. Farlow weighs 6853-4 pounds and her husband 6251-2, making them the largest couple in the world. They must ride in a fruit car due to their size. The bride, born near Scottdale, is blonde with blue eyes and small features, while her husband is a New York native and a staunch Democrat.
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Union Station
Frank Farlow
No. 4
Chicago
New York
Scottdale
Farlow
Diamond Cat Diamond Rivalry Sparks Threats
In Hare Press Weekly an exchange shows two citizens debating a younger Miss Gramercy’s style and a threat to cut her. The first speaker declares intent to harm, while the second dismisses the plan, noting the target has been looking away in encounters.
If You Were Here in the Twilight of the Year
A lyrical verse expresses longing and devotion, imagining how pleasant life would be with a loved one near. The speaker laments past sorrows and vows to spend life in ministry for the beloved, fearing death has made them deeply dear. The poem questions whether the beloved mourns the past and whether the speaker’s heart seeks solace.
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Ietes JC Kou
Humorous anecdotes of love and daily life
A collage of comic exchanges and light sketches: quips about economy, marriages, vaccination, and flirtations, plus a fashioning of wry rural wit. A Chicago man’s courting restraint, a landlady’s banter, a doctor’s blunt mortem line, and a sea-bird drama cap a miscellany of jokes and brief vignettes.
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Indiana Progress
Engien
James Crichton-Brown
Harvard College
New York City
Lake Michigan
Rocky Mountains
Boston Transcript
Mississippi
Department
German Empire
Germany
Maine
St. Croix
Perry Township
New York Post
Pleassant Point
St. Andrew's
New Brunawick
Algie
John Carroll
Baltamore
Newell Francis
F Ullblood
Charlie
Clara
Agnes Murray
Edwin
Angeline
Mr. Bolaoger
Suske
Miss Vere
Mr. Slimdiet
Mr. Fargone
Grandpa
Tommy
Sis
Jimson
Philadelphia InQuirer
Pittzburg Dispatch
Surat
Hal's Ci
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
Cheney Go
Ditauista
Prica Tee
Par Botthe
Africa
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Oiities Gereem Sane World
Associated Press
United Press
Buncman
Beecham
Isaac Thomson
Vian Brandis
Curry Business College
Cane Ron W
PH Dy
Saneco
D.C
Misouri Va
Bioere Tediay
Tn. Bede
Peery
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