The Hotchkiss Gun Then and Now in War Dispatches
A detailed look at the Hotchkiss revolving cannon, its mechanism, advantages over Gatling, and field applications. Describes five barrels, a crank drive, half-revolution loading cycle, and rapid-fire capability from 60 to 80 rounds per minute. Notes its range, ammunition, and mounting innovations for naval and land use. Also contrasts with Gatling and cites British French Austrian magazine weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
O.o
Tesla
Enehes Jong
St Iran
Pete
Arata
Merri
Ganner
Thore
Strketet
Tnspedtor
General Breckenridge
Sagacity of a Gull on Zurich Bridge
A Swiss city bridge spectacle shows a gull rescuing a hat from the Limat river. A man feeding birds lost his hat as a boatmen prepared to recover it. The gull dived, lifted the soaked hat, and delivered it to the crowd near the bridge.
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Limat
Zurich
Divorce Rumor Sparks Silent Street Mockery
In a foggy doorway a tailor sits gloomily as a passerby asks about winter plans. A somber exchange reveals a husband’s sorrowful claim that his wife calls their separation a divorce. The scene reads like a fragment from a faded humor column.
State Capital Notes on Indebtedness and Inspector Reports
The article reviews the annual report of H. D. Platt State Old Inspector for the year ending 1890 showing barrels inspected 298,274 feces deposits 38,775.69. inspector salaries 23,500.134. test procedures. objections to tank handling and compensation. legislative appropriations and proposed reforms for the State House of Correction. and notices of pending resolutions on soldiers' bounty funds and legislative salary provisions. It notes a range of officers, commissions, and financial figures, with references to specific dates and entities.
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Lts
Brialleva
House of Correction Board of Managers
Lanama
H. D. Platt
State Board of Auditors
State Board of Health
Michigan
Treasury
Toan
Supreme Court
Seneca
Marsh
Orth
Richardson
Doremics
Tinklepaugh
Wiggins
Board of Muunaiers
State House of Correction
Louis
Isd
Khouting
Cook
Muskegon
Web. 1, Ltd
Quartermaster General
Supr
Puy
Remarkable personal danger and providential escape story
A Rochester reader recounts a near death experience from a long illness beginning June 1 1881. Despite misdiagnoses and severe weight loss to 130 pounds, he credits a treatment with restoring appetite and strength, leading to a pledge to publicize the remedy Warner’s Safe Cure. He warns of Bright’s disease of the kidneys and urges readers to seek proper diagnosis and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denre
Rochester
Democrat
America
Malina
California
Moyself
Dénadentuz
Bright
Foote
St. Paul’s Episcopal Churc
Sollettaus
Vlekent
Warner
Brigbe
J. H Hestes
M.D. Rocwhestes
Shiloh's Consumption Cure Promises Rapid Relief
Advertises Shiloh's Cure as a unparalleled cough and consumption remedy with a positive guarantee. Proclaims free sample bottles to homes in the United States and Canada and urges use for coughs sore throats bronchitis croup and whooping cough. Mentions Shiloh's Porous Plaster and prices 25 cents to resolve sore lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Shiloh
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Instruments OF War
New York
China
Krehbiel
Lipaleigi
TNE
Harv
Tir
Dr. Sage
Dispensary Medical Association
Cure
Quacifioi
Ely
Clearien
Nnikekly
Soc
Dreama Bros
Warren NY
Tutl
Popham
Mat
Vox
Ad Ted
Ridge Avenue
Philade
Loisette
Gentr Avout
Loiset
Grand Palace
Helel
N. Clark St
Court House
Tran
Amencay
Ropean
Rey
Memon
Serigasr Massa
Badhor
Chasebrouch
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