Pearls Rise as Diamonds Lose Prestige in Continental Fashion
Across Europe the diamond craze declines as pearls gain favor. Moral taste, counterfeiting fears, and artistry shift favor toward pearls and simpler diamond designs. Tiffany’s notes show repairs outpace new sales while English-set jewels attract buyers. Prices for fine pearl necklaces command high sums. diamond usage grows subtler among men.
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England
Rotary snow plows tame winter rail blockades in Wyoming and Nebraska
A historical look at how rotary snow plows transformed snowbound rail service. From early improvised methods to the 1881 advances in Alliance and Sheridan, the new machines cleared drifts, kept lines open, and reduced costly delays. The piece contrasts old plows with modern rotary designs and notes the plows’ readiness for instant action.
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Chicago
Deadwood
Alliance
Nob
Sheridan
Wyo
Gandilla
Nebraska
Early History of Glasgow and its rise as a trade hub
The article traces Glasgow from its 1800 year origins with St. Mungo to its rise after the union with England. It notes tobacco as the initial driver of trade, the tobacco lords in scarlet robes, and the shift to sugar, cotton, coal, and iron. It chronicles expanding trade with India, China, the Americas, and eventual shipbuilding as the Clyde became a navigable waterway.
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Glasgow
Gasgow
Kentigern
St. Mungo
Scotland
England
Virginia
Maryland
Venice
Unite States Republic
Glangow
West Indies
India
China
South America
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Clyde
Woes of the Candidate in a Political Tale
A Philadelphia editor recalls a fall tale where a would be congressman faced sharp advice. He ignored counsel warning his spotless reputation would be smeared by opponents who would call him dishonest. He later lost the race and the adviser boasted of proving the smear true.
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Cere
Upstate
Congress
Oime Fo
Wasi
Kotly
Wobli-Bo
Philadelphis Edger
Charles Lever Inspired by Connaught Rangers Anecdotes
Prof Oman reveals in his preface that Charles Lever’s Irish rolicking characters in O Malley drew heavily on real-life tales from the Connaught Rangers. He notes figures like Maurice Quill and Dr O Reilly as common to both Grattan's memoirs and Lever's fiction.
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Charles Lever
Oman
William Grattan
Advonterea
Gannought Rangers
Eld
Charles O'Malley
Grattan
Maurice Quill
Dr. O'Relly
Micky Free
Dan Carpons
Mr. Oman
Connaught Rangers
The Power of Music and Pan and Orpheus
Fragmentary poem recalls Pan and Orpheus with references to lyre and pipes. Vague imagery portrays music’s fading influence and olden harmonies fading from the world. The text alludes to sirens and faded golden days, ending with a question about music’s potency.
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Alton’ Erie
Pan Gunee
Pan
Ald
Siren
The Ruling Habit in Chicago Justice Becomes Juicy Tale
Senator Mason of Illinois narrates a Chicago scene where a former bartender police justice presides over Mary Mulcahy’s drunkenness case. After a brief look the judge asks the reason for her appearance, Mary pleads she was pulled for drunkenness though she claims she does not drink. The judge, slipping into old habits, grants her a single clar, reflecting local color and humor.
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Mason
Illnois
Chicago
Mary Mulcahy
Mirrors of precious metals by kathode ray technique
Researchers report creating mirrors from platinum palladium iron nickel cobalt and copper using kathode ray techniques to suspend metallic particles as reflective surfaces. The work outlines preparation methods and potential applications in optics and materials science.
Wall Street street traders and women of New York
In Well Street and Wall Street a range of small traders earn steady though modest profits. Women run news stands and flower stalls while Italian fruit vendors and street hawkers cater to messenger boys. Panic triggers relocation to the Bowery. life on Trinity bells resumes as vendors shout fresh fruit and candy.
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Br Iittle
Well Street
Bradstreat’s
Trinity
New World Money Mart
Wall Street
Horvett
Bowery
Trinity Aa
New York
Bishop Opposes Prohibition in Miastwalp Pi Letter
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the Methodist church condemns statutory prohibition, calling it a bad measure that creates strife. He favors local option and county decisions, arguing it is more satisfactory and likely to defeat the prohibition bill due to his large following.
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Charles B. Galloway
Methodist Church
Miastwalppi
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