The Scot Investors Tap Southern Real Estate
A Scotch syndicate handles mortgage investments in the South and West, borrowing at four percent and lending at ten. The article notes frugality, conservatism, and a preference for productive lands, with security via deeds of trust and installment notes. It highlights a million-dollar-plus network, authorized capital of 500,000, and debentures at three and a half to four percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Congo River
America
Rew
Iter
Sun
A Dainty Bedroom How to Adorn It On Small Expense
A DAINTY BEDROOM shows how to ornament sleeping rooms with simple materials. The guide outlines dressing tables with pine or improvised stands, muslin coverings, cretonne cushions, and re-covered chairs. It suggests using broomsticks as makeshift legs and emphasizes secure cushions to avoid ground touch. The piece ends noting trends in freight efficiency from rail and steel car improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Advertiser
When Susair Comes and the Holidays in Verse
A fragmentary poem reflection contrasts winter gloom with a sailor’s new world. Rev. E P Lewis of the Eighth Street Baptist Church notes his habit of carrying Parker's Tonic for general debility. Also cited is a Supreme Court ruling in Oregon barring women from practicing law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulmer
P. Lewis
Eighth Street
The
Supreme Court of Oregon
Miscellaneous Items From Texas and Beyond
In Texas the cowboy era touched on steers used as steeds. A boy once cried mamma let us take your scalp out to play Indians. Scotland plans a portrait gallery and antiquities museum funded by unknown donors. A Nevada letter asks for prices of goods from a Sacramento merchant who wonders if ads still run. Global credit systems persist across nations, regardless of governance. A clergyman once baptized a child with an altered name Letitia Adelina Angelin. Salt Lake Tribune touts mines yielding high dividends and little noise. Washington Irving warns against homeward fatigue and wandering feet. Mobile Register editor notes the South’s hog-raising potential and cheap pork via refrigeration, with warm weather aiding fattening. An American in England recalls dons clinging to long-standing customs, puzzled by origins and meanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Scotland
National Portrait Gallery
Museum of Antiquities
Sacramento
Cal
Nevada
United States
South Carolina
Letitia Adelina Angelin
Mary
Conlly
Chicago Times
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Republic
Eureka
Washington
South
North
The Katydid Insect and Its Weather Folklore
A Philadelphia newspaper excerpt explains katydids as notable insects of North America. It notes August emergence in New England, links to frost patterns, and contrasts katydids with fall crickets. The piece details their clannish habits, preferred locales, solitary mating behavior, and their twilight to midnight songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norswich
Conn
New England
Hartford
Philadelphia
Tramp Life in England and Notes on Begging Practices
A Boston Commercial Advertiser correspondent recalls English tramp laws, arrest risk, and lodging in workhouses, noting a lone lame veteran beggar, and contrasting itinerant workers with sturdy mechanics. The piece also mentions inns, graveyard inscriptions, and a mix of unrelated ads and notices from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vagaland
Lawa
England
London
Oxford
United States
Scott
Keighley
Brontes
Anion
Boston Commercial Advertiser
Artificial Eyes Move With Natural Eye In Trial
A Pittsburgh area operation by Dr. Roland D. Jones on Benny Irwin shows a new method to attach artificial eye muscles to the conjunctiva. The procedure seeks motion synchronization with the healthy eye, though inflammation may limit perfection. The surgical team included J F Whitten H N K Swank Edward Nunez and J P Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stirin
Roland D. Jones
Green Street
Benny Irwin
Noble Street
Jones
Irwin
Parker's Tonic Endorsed by Pennington Man
A Pennington New Jersey resident testifies Parker's Tonic cured weakness of the bowels and diarrhea with great pain. Endorsed by Jersey City druggist S E Wells. The notice claims Parker's Tonic also cures rheumatism gout cough and constipation. A Toledo Ohio man Joel W Kelvey was poisoned by toast plaster on a fresh cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Titus
Pennington
N. J
S. E Wells
Jersey City
Parker
Hiscocke ° Co
Joel W. Kelvey
Toledo
Ohio
Alum in Nature and Industry Across California and Nation
Native alum occurs as efflorescence or argillaceous rock in California and Colorado but in limited bulk. A reported Howell Mountain lode proved unlikely as a substantial source. Artificial alum is imported or produced by a few eastern works. US output in 1880 neared 30 million pounds valued at $808,165, while 1882 artificial alum totaled 16 000 to 20 000 tons worth $640 000 to $800 000. Production involves dissolving alumina sulphate and crystallizing with ammonium sulphate. Major factories are in New York City Buffalo Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Silver Mountain
Alpine County
California
Howell Mountain
Napa County
Colorado
United States
New York City
Buffalo
Philadelphi
Pittsburgh
Losion Journal of Commerce
Misunderstandings Corrected by The Hour on Journalists
The Hour defends journalists as restrained reporters who judge news value at a glance and ignore gossip. It notes many writers endure much trash and keep sensational knowledge secret, choosing not to reveal it despite public appetite.
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Tramp Life
Sat
Ceylon
South America
Joseph T. Inman
New York
Allsn
Rene
Brugei
Saale
Hostetter
Napoleon
Horsford
Golden
North Carolina
Blackwell
Thackeray
Anne
Alfred Tennyson
Harper’ S Monthly
Tella
Great Post
Brie
Blackwells
James ‘Russell Lowell
Court of St James
Durham
Blackwell's
Depicion
Cennine
Ween
Rissisippl
R’y
Charleston
Jacksonville
ALL Pointe
Cencisnati
Louisville
Palace
Ohio & Mississippi Way
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Palace_ Hotel
Sleeping Cara
Knox+ville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Savannah
Lawsville
St.loues
New YO
N.Y
Conccting Imes
A.C. Goodrich
West
Pass’r Ag't
Kansas City, Mo
W. W. Peabody
W. Pshattuc
Paul Alecson
Massachusetts St
Ulrickson
DiQuiness
J. Hareeves
Health Agency
Broadway
Roler
American Express Co
Leagents
Richmond
Tucker, Tac
P.S. McCabe & CO
Chicszo
Marston Remcoy CO
DR. Ward & CO
Louisiana, Mo
Vullon Bloet
Zean
Peproves
DRI
J. S. Crew & CO
Children’s Carriages All Trades, Croquet, &c
J. B. Parnham
Merchants’ Bank
Howard Russell
N. W
Massachusetts
Warren Streets
Mull & Zoos
Douglas
DR. Himob
Finch Woande
Ian Cheppea
Himoge Carbotte
Ate. F. F
Montiner
Stuuio
Massachusetts Street
BAY
Srnsfelas Cathasis
Sta
Lawrence
W. Flake & Son
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