Ke verly clock and Alaska boundary dispute
A Boston watchmaker Ke verly has devised a clock running for a year with a uniquely balanced pendulum. Mr Rhodes notes potential eight year clock development. The eastern Alaska boundary with Britain spans 600 miles, recently mapped to mutual satisfaction amid vast fur, salmon, and mineral shipments and future prospects.
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Keverly
Boston
Rhodes
Alaska
United States
British Territory
Great Britain
Baltimore Eyes Move of Eiffel Tower from Paris
The Baltimore fair managers plan to relocate the Eiffel Tower to a Baltimore hillside at an estimated cost of 400000, aiming to make the show a major attraction even if it requires moving past Paris and London landmarks. The piece also notes a health advisory from the Journal of Hygiene urging simple diets and outdoor exercise for stomach relief, cautioning against alcohol-based cures for wounded fingers.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Baltimore
London
Thames
Old London Bridge
Washington
Journal of Hygiene
Ghosts and cholera in a Brook lyn era column
The piece notes two Society for the Advancement of Science members exposing a Mapleton ghost hoax on Long Island, calling it a triumph. It reflects on New York’s two-year-old cholera scare, urging vigilance against disease importation while criticizing milk adulteration and unsafe water amid past outbreaks.
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Society For the Advancement of Science
Brooklyn
Mapleton
Long Island
New York
Porte
Infant Care Myths On Ears Eyes And Thumbs
A 1910s style column offers home tips to shape a baby’s ears by sleeping positions and head wraps, promote brow and lash growth with vaseline, and discourage thumb sucking to preserve hand shape, plus notes on modest sewing and closet hacks.
Strange Burma Beggars and the Golden Pagoda Tour
A New York Advertiser account describes Rangoon and the great pagoda. Tourists face beggars with leprosy at the stairway, needing sticks to defend themselves while officials push them aside. The Golden Dome is said to cost eighty to ninety thousand dollars to gild every two years.
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Golden Dome
Burmsh
S S Baldwin
East
Mahatma
New York
Burmah
Yangoon
Brest
Rangoon
Gila
Baldwin
Irawaddy
Bon Mots of Dr Holmes Clever Sayings by American Wits
A summary of Dr Holmes humor with anecdotes from his American wit. The piece recalls his puns and repartee comparing lawyers wealth, Eve and drink, and foreignness to a tobaccanalian. It notes humorous asides about Mrs Siddons and Agassiz and paints a vivid image of a Boston lady as a bag of bones and a faded gown.
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Dr. Holmes
Artemus Ward
John Phonix
Punnog
Home Journal
Tom Hood
Douglas Jerrold
Lord Coleridge
England
Siddons
Statesman
Fox
Holmes
Board of Aldermen
Far West
Professor Agassiz
Liebig
Boston
English Tea Drunkards Among English Workers
A New York Advertiser piece cites Miss Winifred Ellis noting excessive tea drinking among slate quarry workers in Merioneth harms health. Indigestion and anaemia are linked to constant tea use in workrooms and kitchens, with teapots in use at all meals and all day, hindering nutritious eating.
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Winifred Ellis
Merioneth
Ellis
New York Advertiser
Extreme glare sparks dispute in departure from routine
A Detroit Tribune excerpt shows a tense exchange where one character demands answers, another repeats a firm refusal to rise and light the morning fire, and the speaker contemplates despair. The scene hints at dull resignation and a critique of masculine bravado.
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Detroit Tribune
Accomplishments and the Meaning of Accomplishment
A letter asks what is meant by accomplishment. The Globe notes that the term reflects qualities admired by a husband’s wife and that earning fame through accomplishments is said to be common. The piece reflects linguistic commentary from the period.
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Atohison Globe
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Selvation Army
Jesus
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Chicago Times
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