The Useful Pin A History Of Pins And Machinery
A detailed lecture on pins from ancient use to modern factory production explains how pins evolved from thorns to brass and iron rods. It covers England’s early pin industry, the introduction of machine-made pins, key inventors like Leu Huntin II and Lemuel Wright, industrial growth, global production figures, and consumer habits including English vs American pins and pricing dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Mail
Eve
Tacitus
England
France
Gloucester
John Tilsby
Carolina
Adam Smith
Leu Huntin II
Lemuel B. Wright
United Kingdom
Birmingham
Toledo
Ohio River
Chicago
Queer Skeleton At Bowery Museum Stuns NYC
A New York Bowery museum displays an unusual skeleton claimed to be from a cave near Bornes in South America. Found embedded in a preserving chemical, the cross between a monkey and a man features a distinctly simian head with long ears and human-like limbs and nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Bowery Museum
New York City
Bornes
South America
Destruction of the 6000-Year-Old Dragon Tree at Orotava
A giant dragon tree specimen at Orotava on Tenerife was toppled in autumn 1687 by a gale. First brought to public attention by Humboldt, it was estimated to be about 6000 years old.
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Chicago Tribune
Orotava
Teneriffe
Humboldt
North River Rats Sighted Deserts of Yachts and Rats
A New York Evening scene near Twenty third Street features a watchman who lures a reporter to a pier end to observe rats swarming aboard an iron yacht. The watchman notes rats breed, rafts cling to galley floors, and that keeping down pests costs as much as hiring staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North River
Twenty-third Street
New York Yacht Club
Jersey
Hoboken
Hatteras
Evarts Early Fee Forgery Tale Turns to Silence
A prominent bar member recalls William M Evarts as a twenty four year old criminal lawyer defending Monroe Edwards in a six day trial for forgery. Despite a blazing courtroom performance the jury convicted Edwards and Evarts received a forged check from the prisoner. The bank refused deposit and Evarts stood mute at the irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Maswell Evarts
St. Mark's Church Yard
Evarts
Monroe Edwards
Sing Sing
William Maxwell
Edwards
Sing Singhain
Slovenly Mortals Fight Over Cleanliness in Women’s Habits
A Denver Tribune-Republican excerpt quotes an old gentleman praising American women for cleanliness and neatness. He argues tidiness reflects virtue, recounts a tale of a refined home devolving into dust and disorder after a mistress arrives, and criticizes women who neglect home upkeep unless expecting company. He recalls childhood visits to a house where women scurried to dress for guests, vowing not to marry such a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Tribune-Republican
Joveshr
The Antiquity of Gambling Revisited in History
The San Francisco Chronicle essay muses on gambling across ancient civilizations from Egypt to Carthage and Rome. It argues that games of chance have long attracted mercenaries, soldiers, and rulers, while modern morality campaigns fail to curb three card monte and similar frauds. The tone questions regulation as civilization advances.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Egypt
Carthage
Nebuchadnezzar
Brutus
Cassius
Five Hundred Million Lobsters Reported Catch
The Maine coast lobster catch averaged 15 million annually for thirty years, about 500 million in total. Roughly 200 million lobsters were used by factories at one cent each. Fishermen earned an estimated $2 million, and market traders paid around $9 million to laborers over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
History of an Important Industry in Pittsburgh
A Philadelphia Press item traces the origin of window glass in the United States to Pittsburgh around 179 with James O Hara and Major Isaac Craig establishing a factory. It notes 29 window glass plants in the city and suburbs plus one plate glass shop, totaling 276 pote and a casual value of three million dollars.
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United States
Pittsburgh
James O’ Hara
Isaac Craig
FARM AND RANGE PRACTICAL FARMING NOTES
Practical farming tips cover turkey weights six to eight pounds, boundary fruit ownership, night lamp for water warmth, and compost from long-dead heaps. Advice on bedding, kerosene for fowl legs, marking horses, cellar effects on dairy, perches for hens, cow light and warmth, run time in barns, and run to prevent ice water. Greenhouse sweet potatoes, stock water temperature, weed control, pasture benefits, and German linseed oil varnish for damp walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watsatree
United States
Germany
Fashionable bonnets and witty quips of daily life
A collage of humorous snippets from 19th century papers includes remarks on fashionable bonnets, social gossip, and light banter. Jests about dress, vanity, bath scenes, organ grinders, and everyday observations color a bustling montage of era humor. Notable quips involve warnings about worry over extravagance, punchlines about base ball yarn, and exchanges on manners and manners of speaking.
Crucibles of nickel replace silver in labs
Nickel crucibles are increasingly used in chemical laboratories to melt caustic alkalies instead of silver. They cost less and resist higher temperatures, with reported favorable results.
Women in Medicine and the Case for Full Opportunity
A Philadelphia-Press essay argues that barriers to women in medicine are unjust and outdated. It cites medieval Bologna and Salerno where women studied and practiced medicine, notes that early physicians included women, and urges equal admission to medical schools, hospital work, and professional status while noting social harms from denial of education.
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Philadelphia
Paris
Bologna
Salerno
Italy
Roman Empire
The Simple Devonshire Folk Delightful Devonshire tale
An English clergyman in Devonshire recalls a parishioner who, on a bitter winter day, wades through a stream to practice singing for Christmas. The man explains he is not lost but trying to gain a hooces for the choir.
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Chicago
Devonshire
Robert
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N.Y. Sun
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Lowell
Charleston
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Texas Siftings
Fangle
Chicago Ledger
Yorkers Statesman
Ukland Tribune
Women IN Medicine
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Eyce
Renover Manufactrurte Co
Smithield St
Pittsburg
SES
Letah
America
Omaha Medical
Burra Bard
15Th Street
Carr
Roury
Joes
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