Playing card styles and brands attract buyers in early market
A veteran cardmaker discusses evolving designs from the classic deck to the Club card with its wave backs and private marks. He notes cost, production, and club usage rules, plus brands like Steamboat Mogul and gut-edged luxury cards, reflecting regional demand across the East, California, and Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubay
Sone
Union Club
Bogiad
Fifeen
California
Ohio
New St. Laws
Cincinnati
Saloon Bluff Weighing Contest Leads to Dime Bet
In a saloon near the Eastern Hay Market a weigh-off ends with a bet over a man weighing 148 pounds. A dried-up stranger and a fat man tested claims while bystanders mockingly watched as the butcher verified the weight. The scene shifts to a note on Western Europe glass history and German glassware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson's Bay
Rome
Tah
Western
Europe
Lime and insect remedies for farm and poultry
The article emphasizes supplying lime with poultry feed using crushed bone and oyster shells, warns against whole eye shells, and discusses Toradco as a universal insecticide. It also covers tobacco applications for calves and plants, grain ripening for wheat, cream churning tips, profitable poultry feeding, emulsion against pests, watering stock with windmills, and notes on orchard health, cattle breeds, fodder trials, cheese factory milk standards, and school hour changes in Pawtucket and Indianapolis history claims.
Domestic fashions and recipes spark vintage home crafts
A long guide on affordable winter fabrics and do it yourself costumes using Jersey wool and plush accessories. It details Eyelet palettes for aprique figures and applique on felt, plus practical notes on knitted bodices, kilts, and draped skirts. Also shared are dessert, pie fillings, and bake recipes including apple pudding and tartlets. An Ischia earthquake note closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey
Humorous Odds and Ends From a Late 19th Century Paper
A collage of anecdotes and notices including a racially charged street joke, medical remedies praised and advertised, testimonials for Ely's Cream Balm Hunt's Remedy and other patent medicines, a Paris Carmen milestone note, and a Rochester NY letter offering a cure recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frea
al Wiao
Tila
Mali Oy
W. A. Noyes
Power
Rochester
N.Y
Fragmented 19th Century Press Snippet and Advertisements
A garbled mix of sentences mentions carbons and soldiers with handkerchiefs, a Dr Gravee Heart Disease cure, poems and an Austin man with a poetry book, quips about a garden wall and an organ grinder, along with odd product pitches and casual dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravee
Brendaine
Austin
Gilherly
St. Draggisia
Multifaceted 19th Century Patchwork Sparks Reader Curiosity
A volatile mix of notes on a luminous powder with three colors, medical elixirs, mining rumors, arrest reports, product pitches, and hotel advertisements fills the page. Names, places, and dates blur into a crowded snapshot of urban life and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihe
Giyinei
Inventions On Textiles And Materials From The Era
The article notes Belgian inventor M Peron progressing a resinated biuret bark solution used to treat textiles and imitate durable Egyptian mummy banding. It mentions Martians who claimed a bendable cloth, birch bark distillate yielding carbolic acid for Russian leather, and a paper based carpet substitute promising water and fire resistance. It also mentions Dr Graves Heart Regulator and Greenland currents affecting climate. The piece blends science notes with ad-like claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Tieljan
Signor Martians
M. Peron
Havying
Diverse 19th Century Notes On Devices And Observations
A batch of scattered reports describes varied topics. A Russian Arctic station continues work a year due to storms. The Finnish Bodankyla station stays another year after funding. A Gresly party misfortune is noted. A Denver inventor patents a safety razor guard. A British officer patents a waterproof match using paraffin coating. General reflections critique comparisons and impossible feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volar
Lens
Siberia
Bodankyla
Finland
Gresly Party
Beal Notes Plant Eccentricities and Dakota Ore Find
Prof Beal describes root coiling in plants grown in darkness with air. Gummed paper on root tips induces movement and twisting, sometimes knotting and rubbing off the paper. The text also notes a new discovery of ore near Harney Pennington County Dakota, richer than previously found in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beal
Planta
Harney
Pennington County
Dakota
United States
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Piaying-Varda
Binn
France
Germany
Arna
Berhing
Powltry
Carrie
Wiscon- Is
Qayaptan
Pawtucket
B.I
Garry
Indianapolis
Aristice Broon Bros. Hoopers
Awsw
Kensington
Britain
Ireland
Ducursis
MovsTan Oszr
Island
Ischia
Ely
W. C. Mathews
Justices of the Peace
Shenantogh
Iowa
Washington
Dotent Fegeianle Alternaives
Doussetta
Clayton
Syracuse
Lars
Hunt
Thad
Janet
Ilunt
A. Woonprumt
D. McCarthy & Co
George Bizet
Opera Comique
Paris
Carmen
M. Dubois
Bizet
Ecole du Jiome
Wx. Hall
Voluran
Carbo-Lner Petroleum
du Matsene
Xen
Chicago
Menshan
Cuarrall
Hasand Co
Proprietors
New York
Drugeise
Opjateo
Temiscal Range
Amak
Knapp
McCosx
Princeton
New Jersey
Irgage
Grand Tinian Havel
Grand Genetral Depot
Conarm
Sol
Ewan
Wrarpax
Mapleson
Patti
Tayi Kennedy
Randout
N. Æ
Edward &. Hicks
Picagarit Vallay
Dutchers Co
Ralief
Hicks
Alvo
Rondout
Rondont
David Kennedy
Dhia Mir
Kannedy
Hiogs
Kennedy
Gars Mery
Frem Hans
Walt, Bucho, Hanedrake
Dandelion
Ty Ailian
Plysisiana
Seckers
Graves
Price
Graeh
Greapland
East Cosal
East Cosst
Moiat
Hartford
Arek Straes
Philadeip
BD Intentor
Denver
Col
Evie
Maligh
Golek Rella
Cory
Cort
baMona
Lboe
Tas
Philadelphia Baseball Club
Cfrman
VacEten
Vomeler
Neme Sidon
Somerton
McLemoin
Ander
Cray Teanead
J. A
Beaver
Dr. S.A. Richmond
St. Joseph
Alrealara
O. X. Grittenton
Awcat
Addross
Anak Bigi
Ek Fie Gamera
Eae
Glina Hamada Asoney
Eas Eee
Isotpson
Ann
Aeilan Payer
Edan Estald ‘Ofice
New Sark
YF Fedikin
Tetrael
Maxi Eiatts
Fis Steven
Bas Pi
P.O
ALDEN
Hapetiad
Bao Iuatrees
Peimen Preee
Enor
Paag
Denier
Bee ‘Street
Hudson
Hudson Bpg. CO
Argard
Texas
Arkansas
Khating
Ducombi
Jitze
Buwen
St. Philads
A Delom & OG
J. Miller & 08
Psy
Chamber of ¢ of Commerce
Chisago
Ules Orient
Parhiowlara Robt
Tindelom & OG
Bos
Andruif
Ste Oa
Chatolzine Watchien
Waterbury
Chaina
tNeek Chaltne
Bonen
Nevir
van Stord
Milliosshaya
Steach
Ae &Dack
Fear Byte
du Butin
Weivs
Jones
Soeerie kheOat
Warren Street
Horatioalgeil
Tay Boye
Chile
Boston
Port
Mer
L. Pamberton
Ansonia
Conn
Nana
Moone
Audubona
Frank G
Jonson
Painesville
Uns
Ina Avsix
Font Halleck
Pera Rr
Youth
de Felts
Brooklyn
Ti Herat
Ammerion
Lewistown
Prulisher
Ind
Press
Philadelphia
I'a
Gorney Angore
Jae
Jeraki
Damien
Rene Menlty
J. B
Tee Taut
Repatene House
Reading
Leswe W
Hearte
Vicok
Benga
Warehall
Mick
Kline
Chaslin Bae Arch
St. Philadelphia
Wiebor
Enix
Yory Wougn
IDER
Sini Sasuiece
Sharlestown Mages
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