Persian Carpets and Uses in Persia by Peasants
United States Consul General in Teheran describes Persian rug classes from large carpets to namad felt pieces. He notes Pharaghan fabrics from Irak and Kerwan rugs for tool coverings, plus silk varieties are rare and costly. Rugs serve as floor coverings and tapestries. many are used on divans and tables rather than floors. The namad is thick and luxuriously comfortable, with some specimens reaching vast sizes and silk variants commanding high prices.
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Persia
United States
Benjamin
Teheran
State Department
Irak
Kerwanshah
Hawadan
Lauristan
Moech-Kabad
Khorassen
Kerwan
Land Rights and Antiquated Pre-emption Laws
The piece outlines Florentine land law where neighboring owners can pre empt a sale by right. If prices differ arbitration resolves disputes and buyers may reclaim sold land within three years. Houses exempted from forced sale and dwelling rights are respected.
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Boston
Florentine Republic
Making artificial teeth a trade of ingenuity and materials
The article traces early artificial teeth made from bone and ivory, later expanding to mineral and vegetable substitutes. It notes tusk bone as a favored base for its lightness and strength, describes the craft from shaping to enameling, and cites U S production at about six million teeth annually with ivory, mineral, and vegetable options competing in a triad of dental trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
United States
Russian Jew saves general in Danube retreat tale
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a tale of a Jewish sentinel in the Russian army who saved a general from a Turkish bomb near the Danube. When offered the St George cross or 100 rubles, the soldier chose 95 rubles and the cross’s loss of value, valuing honor over prize.
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Eleis Semitic Sentinel
Chicago Tribune
Skobele
Pismarek
Tkobeloff
Danube
Skobeletf
St. George
Typhoid Outbreak in Kidderminster England
A report cites 600 to 700 typhoid attacks in Kidderminster with young people most affected. The outbreak stems from contaminated water from a well in the sewage pumping works.
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Chicago Herald
Kidderminster
England
The Great Fun of Steam Travel on Railroads
A New York Sun piece recounts a talkative Pennsylvania Railroad conductor musing on railroading’s appeal over yachting. He imagines cruising the continent by personal engine and car, with wealthy travelers and actors using rail travel as a mobile lifestyle and hotelless touring.
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New York Sun
Pennsylvania Road
American
Atlantis Ocean
Hit
Bouerdault
I¢is
New York
Soldier’s sad tale of a fatal misidentification at Tullahoma
A veteran recalls a grim Civil War incident after Stone River as Union troops near Murfreesboro and Tullahoma. A Thirty-ninth Indians sharpshooter kills a boy mistaken for a Confederate, sparking grief for the mother and the home’s little mound that still haunts veterans decades later.
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Southern Trade Gazette
Stone River
Tullahoma
Tenn
Rosecrans
Tennessee
Murfreesboro
Howe
Hetle
J Loy
Bor
Thirty-ninth Regiment
Doy
Ancient and Modern Statues and the Liberty Monument
Reports from Egypt of Flinders Petrie’s discovery a colossal Rameses II statue over 100 feet tall in Lower Egypt and notes on ancient methods of moving such mass. The article contrasts it with the Liberty statue by Bartholdi, its construction, height 220 feet, and the copper skin and internal framework detail.
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Moumieses
Martholdva
iChambers
Egypt
Lower
Flinders Petrie
Rameses H
Poynter
Royal Academy of London
Israel
Voynter
Ashown
America
Liberty
Aloit
Bartheidi
Mendelssohn
New York
Rameses II
M. Bartholdi
What the Decors Say about Bicycle Riding
A London Lancet note by Dr. S. A. Strahan questions cycling safety especially for youths. It links prolonged saddle pressure to perineal irritation and possible early impotence, citing pelvis tilt and raised ischial tuberosities from the saddle as key factors.
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London Lancet
A. Strahan
Northampton
Strahan
Hippocrates
Deaf Bride Delighted by Miraculous Recovery During Wedding Whistling
A deaf mute bride, post typhoid insanity, regained reason as her husband whistled a classical piece. She danced frenetically until calm, then explained the revival was triggered by his tune. Friends deem it a miracle and the couple plan to return to Yonkers. Evaporated peaches advance canned fruit. eating brown bread with raw oysters deemed both English and American with tweaks. Electric Bitters touted as cure for various ailments, sold at Lititz Drag Store.
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Auicelms
Chicago
Mr. Linco
Bet
Ihen
Yonkers
Center Butte
Lititz
Train Schedule Details for Reading Lancaster Quarryville Route
Schedule notes arrivals from Reading to Lancaster and Quarryville with connections to Philadelphia Pottsville Harrisburg Allentown and New York via Round Brook Route Abt Columbia with York Hanover Gettysburg Frederick Baltimore links. Times include Reading 10.0 am 6.35 pm and Lancaster King Street 9.57 am 5.50 pm.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Rive York
Allentown
New York
Bound Brook
Lau
S. m
Raiding
Harrisburg
Pottsville
Williamsport
Sunbury
Lewisburg
Lititz
Philadelphi
Su Bem
C. m
V.w A
Tamaqua
Lewisbors
Neading
Portsville
Wootten
Erry Yile
Tmancaster
King Street
Lancaster
Round Brook
Columbia
York
Hanover
Gettysboro
Frederick
Baltimore
A. M Wilson
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Mary
Papa
Courier-Journal
College of Art
London Fiell
Sanjak
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
George
Matoleroh
Dahomey
Joaquin Miller
France
Northern Pacific Haute
Northern
Pacific
St. Paul
Texas
Billaws
Milan
Dickens
Scala Theatre
Joseph Harris
American Agriculturist
Deacon
George B. Loring
Department of Agriculture
Prairies
Pacific Coast
Europe
Hugh Blackburn
N. Y
Olga Johnson
Peterson's Magazine
Peterson
Peter
Charles J. Peterson
Chestnut St
Pasar
mMoisas
Scientific American
Cluhs
Newed
Ediers
Munn & CO. Pubishers
Broadway
Atents
Tyazenes
Patent Office
Egged
Canada
Germany
Munn ES & Co
Munn & CO
Ofce Scientific American
New
W. Jennings Demorest
William J. Hamilton
Tex
Vite
Escfiach’s Bakery
Lititz PA
Horace L. Sschbach
Michael Roth
Sturgis
Main Street
A.W. Weikel
North Queen Street
Gee
Weimcel
Anna Weber
A. W. Weikel
Ocio No
N, Queen St., Lancaster
C. G. Harcock
Geneneral PI
Rfaike
Columbia Rail
JF Passangs Union
Save Northwarp
Ai Bt
P.M. Poo
A.M. Wee Ho A
Ary Ville
Eee
Eapanitor
JE Ate
Ao Chick
Stavietee
Jane
A. Lancaster
Laavr Sovrswan AM
M. Plm
P.M
Reeding
Tiéz
Quarry
Yilte
Laparos & Lancaster Joint Lie Railroad
Aunday
Lebanon
Jornwall
Munheim
King SL
M Wrtson
Havaen
Gronee
EL. Siny der
Jersey
Morris River Cove
Turket
Mie
Waads
Olet
Ain
OMS
P Frank
Rivana
Jillvass Samuel
George Das Au Ter Unge
Bla At Nmitity
Ofdéra
Daniel Leopold
Lititz, Pa
H.l.trout
Blank Book Manufactorer
Penn Square
Hancaster, PA
RW Haven Coach Works
Lew Haven Coach Works
Ailent
Amer & Brunner
Marily
New Haven
Pes Hotel
Penn, Lancasten CO
B. J
Railroad Restaurant
Hacker
Farwick Hou
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Lititzstop
Carpenter
Columbia House
E. A. Hutton
North Broad Streit
Crearee Mananle Terupte
Academ neArta
Publica
Prisdelrnys
Aries Koh Gai Union SQ
Higagq Iil
Bue
Orange Mass
Ewn
Chestnut Street
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