Indiana Progress shows global notes on industry and demography
The dispatch covers diverse items from a Swiss embroidery machine to European population trends. It notes Berlin University enrollment, varied death rates in Marseilles, a French sewers project, a Mes sonier gift to France, Drexel philanthropy, France's learned societies, railway accident statistics, and English travel class shifts. It also comments on chili, English weather, revolutions, Gulf Stream theories, and density of population across Europe and the United States.
Southern Girl and a Northern Lover Verses
A Northern poet muses that a Southern girl with a blue sky heart and Southern charm may inspire a future song of love and fame. He praises Southern grace, voice, and laughter while contemplating a poem to be read years hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Burnett
The Young Man's Mistake in New York Ambition
Jason Trowbridge, a handsome aspirant from a small town, travels to New York with Annie Dayrell and his mother’s hopes. His brusque attitude at Albany and pride curb a hopeful meeting with Mr. Alwayne of Alwayne & Alford, leading to a rejected opportunity and the realization that fortune requires civility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason
Annie Dayrell
Jason Trowbridge
Apollo
Annie
Mrs. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Hackman
Alwayne & Alford
Alwayne
Jagon Trowbridge
Mr. Trowbridge
Ani
Fifth Avenue
The Blue Sky Governor Tshang Yau of Shantung dies
Tshang Yau, governor of Shantung, died recently after a dramatic life from fugitive robber to provincial ruler. He led 500 bandits to defend the province during rebellion and promised his daughter’s hand to the town’s savior. Noted for integrity yet accused of bias toward Europeans and missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tshang Yau
Shantung
Hunan
Tshang
Pearls of Thought in a terse moral ramble
A compact, period voice meditation contrasts virtue and vice. It muses on fear, charity, education, ambition, youth, and wealth, pairing maxims with wry observations about human nature and social behavior. The piece blends aphorisms on self-improvement, hypocrisy, and societal values.
Harvest Times Across the World in a Year
An overview notes the global cycle of harvest after a winter fire, detailing which regions begin or finish harvesting each month from January through November. Regions include Australia New Zealand Chili Chilean South America Upper Egypt India Syria Cyprus Egypt Mexico Persia Asia Minor Central Asia Persia Algeria Morocco Texas Florida China Japan California Oregon Spain Portugal Romania Turkey Danubian States France Greece Sicily England Nebraska Switzerland Iowa Illinois Indiana Minnesota Canada France Germany Austria Poland United Kingdom Belgium Holland Manitoba Denmark Russia Scotland Sweden Norway North Sea Ireland South Africa Patagonia South Australia Chicago Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Zealand
Chili
South America
Egypt
India
Syria
Cyprus
Coset
Mexico
Cuba
Persia
Asia Minor
Central Asia
Algeria
Morocco
Texas
Florida
China
Japan
California
Oregon
United States
Spain
Portugal
Maly
Ongary
Roumania
Turkey
Danubian
France
Greece
Sicily
England
Nebraska
Switzerland
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Upper Canada
Germany
Austria
Poland
British Isles
Belgium
Holland
Manitoba
Lower Canada
Denmark
Russia
Scotland
Sweden
Nor Way
North Sea
America
Norway
Ireland
South Africa
Patagonia
South Australia
Chicago Herald
Mocha coffee myths and a double Johnson joke
A grocer discusses demand for Mocha coffee and notes the rarity of real Mocha beans in the United States. The piece also covers tea origins with Caravan tea and golden tip from Ceylon, plus a humorous Congressional Joker tale about Congressman Allen of Mississippi fooling Senator Coke of Texas with a bogus name Beeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocere
Java
Mocha
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Arabia
Africa
Constantinople
China
Russia
Ceylon
London
Congressman Allen
Mississippi
Senator Coke
Texas
Mr. Allen
Beeman
House
Massachusetts
Bay State
Household Recipes and Tips From The News
A column features old fashioned instructions for Boston brown bread a fish sauce and cream sauce for seafood and fried doughnuts with three sauces for cold meats plus household hints on stain removal and pest control using borax and sugar for ants rust removal with lemon juice and buttermilk as a mildew treatment.
Ring of Cheops on display at New York Historical Society
The Abbott collection in the New York Historical Society Museum features the Ring of Cheops, an ancient signet ring associated with Cheops, king of Egypt. Weighing about an ounce in gold, the hieroglyphics match the pyramid bricks, and the ring is described as possibly the oldest artwork. It was found in a tomb at Ghizeli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
New York Historical Society
Cheops
Egypt
Great
Pyramid
Dr. Abbott
Great Pyramid
Ghizeli
fPicayune
Witchcraft belief and cases in PA and across the U S
The Century Magazine article argues a majority of U S citizens believe in witchcraft, detailing immigrant fears, regional cases in Pennsylvania, witchcraft suits, and tales from the South and New England. It links belief to folklore, superstition, and social conditions across communities. It also notes athletic lung and athletic heart terms and cautions against violent athletics after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Buckley
Century Magazine
United States
Europe
Pennsylvania
Donkard
New York Sun
Philadelphia “Times
New England
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Chicago Herald
Electric advances in railways and science
A roundup of 19th century electrical and scientific progress includes electrically heated railroad cars and an electric freight locomotive in Boston, a French magnetic chart of France, a combined incandescent and arc lamp, a predicted glacial period in 150000 years, Munro’s smokeless powder, a hipometer for horses, Europe’s largest electric lighthouse at Hanholm, and a smokeless fuel from petroleum residuum. It also notes an electric track clearance device, Jablochkoff arc blasting in Sweden, and an English patent for electric veneer production from logs using steam and lathe work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munro
Newport
2. I
Buisson
A Little Romance Fable Warns Against Interfering in Love
Two business rivals, long-time friends, share a tale over a meal about a man who courted a woman far away after only brief meetings. He sacrificed his vacation funds and waited years to confess love, later marrying her and thanking fate for the chance encounter. He urges John not to meddle in others love affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John
Presa
Oysters on trees and the motto on U S coins
A fragmentary article discusses the origin of the motto In God We Trust added to U S currency with references to 1861 1862 reports by S P Clase and Mint Director Pollock. It then shifts to a Harper's Young People piece about oysters growing on tree branches along Chesapeake Bay and a brief note on hair loss during fevers and dietary causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maryland
S. P. Clase
Treasury
Washington
Congress
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake
Cheasapeake Bay
Anchea
Harper’s
E. C. Mapother
Haile
Boiled Egg Polka to Aid Cooking in Berlin Kitchen
A Berlin chef presents a polka titled Boiled Egg Polka to aid cooking. The title page instructs to boil eggs in boiling water and play in allegro tempo, timing removal at the last bar, promising a useful culinary guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Uae
Her Fears Allayed With A Lesson On Contract Meaning
In a domestic exchange Mrs Codling asks what the word contract means and her papa explains it as making smaller, noting that heat expands and cold contracts. She jokes about Harry contracting heavy debts and seeks reassurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Codling
Papa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oastrica
American Music School
Marseilles
Mme. Messeonier
Drexel
New York Mail and Express
M. Clerault
Western of France
Chicago News
San Francisco Examiner
Chili Carrie
Uncle Sam
Montgomery
Ala
Mary Persons
Brezit
Brazil
Great Britain
Austro-Hungary
United Stes
Canada
Rhode Island
Italy
New Jersey
Connecticut
Portneal
Eve
Brooks
Nelen Forest Graves
Albany
Gil Mn
Spuyten Durvil Creek
Cerberus
Harvest Times
Boston
New York Observer
St. Louis Republic
Haneholm
Scow
Vituna
Austrian
Childreys
Comtine
Thoms
Bary Aldrich
Brooklyn
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