Race With Customs Officers in Manila Bay
In 1885 I sailed aboard the Curlew waiting in Manila for cargo when Captain Darieus kept a racing gig ashore with a crew including myself as coxswain. We evaded revenue guards while delivering geese and cigars, racing a ten oared boat toward the consignees Russell and Sturgis. After a tense chase the boat was recovered and the crew celebrated with a doubloon.
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Braceblock
Manilla
Darieus
Barny
Hongkong
House of Russell & Sturgis
Consignees
United States
Anglice Canal
Spanatende
Osely
Boston Herald
Embarrassing Ride Ends With Prison Wagon Reveal
Two fashionable Montclair women, walking to lunch in hot dusty weather, accept a ride on a large wagon. Crowds stare as they reach Bloomfield, prompting nervous, whispered speculation. The driver reveals it was a prison wagon, shocking the pair into vowing caution in future outings.
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Montclair
Bloomfield
N. J
Piccadilly
Iona
New York Herald
Vast Siberian Rail Line From Perm Toward Europe Asia
In dense taiga about 165 miles from Perm a railway line reaches Europe and passes a signpost resembling a small Eiffel tower marked Europe on one side and Asia on the other. Nimitaghilsk is a mining hub for the Demidov family with magnetic iron ore, while nearby Yekaterinburg district hosts ores of iron, copper, gold and stones like opals and jacinth. Proposed branch lines would connect Aral with the Great Siberian Railway at Cheliabinsk or eastward, with implications for Omek on the Irtish. Tara hosts a great windmill to aid forest utilization for sleepers, and Kolyvan houses rails to be brought down the Yenisei to Krasnoyarsk as the line runs toward Lake Batkal.
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Perm
Europe
Asia
Nimitaghilsk
Demidov
Yekaterinburg
Kamishlov
Aral
Cheliabinsk
Omek
Tara
Obi
Kolyvan
Yeniesi
Pest Kramoyarsk
Ketak
Lake Batkal
Mational Review
Electric Bitters Offered as Cure for Headache
Remedy claims permanent relief from headache and constipation. Advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as the best cure, urging a fair trial. Available for fifty cents at local merchants Tom E. Hildebrand Indiana, Wm. I. Moore Homer City, and Milt G. Miller Blairsville.
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Tom E. Hildebrand
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Castoria life cycle and patent remedies era satire
A mosaic of 1890s patent medicine claims and social notes includes Castoria advertisements for infants and children, a mock beauty college satire on feminine expression, claims for Dr Agnew heart cures, and a croup prevention note citing Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The passage weaves commercial pitches with period quirks and editorial tone.
Decline of Decorative Pottery Art in British Manufacture
The British Pottery Gazette laments shrinking prestige for decorative branches of pottery craft. It notes a shift from classical and rural motifs to simple flower sprays and shells, often produced by low skilled labor. Gilding fades as female workers replace male artisans, while demand for cheap painted ware undercuts high art. The piece predicts a swing back toward better art ware as trade grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Pottery Gazette
Biber Easton Dress Materials Exhibit Announces Fall Prices
An advertisement extols Biber and Easton fall and winter dress fabrics, noting strong purchasing power in 1894. It highlights 36-inch solid wear at 25c, 38-inch all wool two toned suiting at 50c, English wool suiting at 75c, 52-inch French novelties and bouclé, and mixed covert cloths in popular colors, emphasizing value and variety.
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Scotland
America
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Immaaug- Gling
Spain
Castoria
Herrick Bro’s
Druggista
Agnew
G. Hartman
Higher Education
Chopin
Wagner
Frankfurter Zeitung
Deagherty Bros
M. G. Blaisville
W. I. Moore
E. X. Parks
Marion Center
British Decorative Art
Biber & Easton
Sauetine i
Henrie Serges, &c
Omy
Market St
Pittsburg, PA
People’s Store
Campbell & Smith
Fifth Ave
Pittsburg
Liberty Street
Pittsburgh, Pa
Farmers
Mack & Ray
Proprietors of the
J. B. Hinds
Philadelphia
Church Street
New York Weekly Tribune
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Indiana Progress
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