Tea as panacea and a view of English house life
An American-correspondent’s observations from Eldon near London on domestic life in Kent, detailing bleak brick houses, lack of modern plumbing, pervasive flies and earwigs, and the ritual of tea. He notes the kitchener stove, water access only at the front, and the five to ten o'clock focus on eating, with roast beef the centerpiece.
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Boston Transcript
London
North Kent
Eldon
Kent
Garden
England
America
Kitchener
Old England
Britain
Foreign Lands and Oddities in the News
A bat with fourteen people flies on the Seine using artificial wings and a rotating wheel. German papers claim France will arm projectiles with a blood-poisoning agent. France’s 1885 census shows 38,218,903 people. Paris grows by 75,000,000. Norway bans beaver killing except in three months. A Paris area lion named the Cashier stores daily receipts in its cage. Miss Matiup Johnson dies in London at 116. her will leaves fortune to Military Hospital with a tombstone inscription "Love Killed Her." The coast of Norway sinks while Sweden rises. Baltic becomes sunlower. Linnéus-era Swedish landmarks record four-foot coast shift per century. A Berlin firm considers bicycle travel for industrial tours. Transcaspian railroads save eight hundred dollars per mile using ozokerite asphalt ties.
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Seine
France
Paris
Norway
Matiup4 Johnson
London
Sweden
Baltic
Linnzus
Berlin
Bersen-Courier
Switzerland
Russia
Government refunds a cent in New York check
A one cent check drawn by the Government in New York was issued to an importer who had paid excess duties to that extent.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
New York
Religious Reflections and Quotations From The Era
A compilation of religious reflections and quotes from various authors and ministers. Passages praise the Bible, urge moral self-scrutiny, and emphasize God’s care for body and soul, including notes on Spurgeon’s church membership and Th orold’s assertion that God cares for all needs of His people.
A Brakeman's Cha How He Classifies Commercial Missionaries
Indianapolis Sentinel recounts a Big Four brakeman's humorous study of on board characters including hardware, dry goods, drug, and grocery drummers and a nervous passenger mother and child. A dramatic tale ends with a near fatal jump and a witty farewell to an angry auntie as the train speeds toward Adams.
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Russia
Shelbyville
Adams
Ecumenical notes on churches and education in 1891 era
This item surveys the 1891 Ecumenical Methodist meeting planned in America, Canadian church funds, and broad religious efforts across Glasgow, Missouri, Scotland, and Cincinnati. It covers clergy salaries, church growth, education, and social issues tied to faith, with quotations and anecdotes from various denominations.
Wise Admonitions and Aphorisms From Various Figures
A collage of maxims and quotes on temperance, trust, home life, and virtue. Notable lines warn against anger, beware strangers, and emphasize living rightly by day. Includes pithy sayings from Elizabethan and Goethe era figures, plus reflections on literature and culture.
Memory of the Drumm Funeral Floral Device Story
A Chicago Herald note recalls a Burlington funeral where a drummer described a coffin display for a commercial traveler. The floral piece pictured a thousand wire-ticket cover with all coupons removed, and carried an inscription above.
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Burlington
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