A Visit to the United States Mint in Philadelphia
A 19th century visit describes the Philadelphia Mint with details on its history since the late 1700s, staff behavior, and the mass processing of silver into ingots. It notes large-scale operations, weighing, melting, casting, rolling, and pressing as workers handle liquid metal, with references to quoted opinions on wealth and civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphias
Appleton Journal
Hind
Charge
Washington
Janis Henri Browne
Roeper ‘Markn
Snrmons
A Printer's Case and Voices From the Alley
A courtroom scene in an alley tale features a young man recalling a chaotic murder tribute while the judge presses for clarity. An accompanying New York Star piece blasts slander and the filth in gossip, praising restraint and denouncing urban begetters of falsehood.
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Scully
Ronl
West Side
Mio
Tiparaibla
Famine Strain Desolate Chinese Districts Report
A missionary letter from Taien describes famine in eastern China with gruesome scenes and mass death. Notes snow, rotting crops, cannibal rumors, and crippled trade as relief funds barely reach the region, with officials and villagers reporting extreme scarcity and widespread hunger.
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Belick
Williame
Utica
China
Shane
Great Britain
T. Richards
Tai- En
Beara
Iim
X -Hill
Nvads
Hungtung
Fang
Szchuem
Kaneuh
Shansi
Yellow River
Ping-yang
Rille
Minuy
Global Stereotypes in Arawn Paragraph on Life Paths
Edmund Abont contrasts lives of Americans English French Germans and a Roman Prince, listing sensational and sweeping actions from revolvers to revolutions. He parodies national character by tallying feats and vices in a satirical survey ending with a young girl and a priest licensing a new life.
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Randolph
Edmund Abont
Canvortel & Catholic
Walter Scott
Hegel
Himschia
Diverse 1870s clippings reveal odd facts and incidents
A collage of notes cites Berlin population growth from 600000 to 1018618 since 1860, anti child-indoor campaigns, a New York aged women home grant of 30400, and varied items from a San Antonio rum-hole to a Babes in the West train-ice machine, executions, and odd animal stories.
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Max
Godileas
San Francesco
Humpern Hind
Torin
Salton
New York-Presbyterian Home
Tig Young Men's Christin Association
United States
Constantinople
Payi
Teno
California
Chins
Lauren BE
Mason
Pennsylvania
Greenback Party
Haas
Shigi
Waren
Hooah Falls
Martin E. Townsend
New York
Mastrana
Europe
Camamia County
Hava
Inni
Meckitnturgh
Liberia
Orlando
Fla
Ita
Tor Tarka
Batwam
Warren Gentry
Lonia County
Chicago and ‘Lake Baron
Jens Monniastr
Congress
Jin Onler
Sini & Gambler 1
South America
Suendon
Douglas
Kan
Mississippi
New Orleans
Huntingdon County
What He Called For at Waltham Tavern Tale
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Leo Smith's Waltham tavern once a busy stop for travelers seeking cheaper meals. An elderly patron, marked as a target by the nosy landlord, is served a frozen dinner to expose him while another tale mentions a stowaway riding a freight car from San Francisco to Council Bluffs.
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Leo Smith
Waltham
Beaton
Barkis
Sandston
Len
Boston
Dra
Nscrdpt
Notable Scientific Snippets From A London-Led Discourse
A summary of diverse editorials notes discoveries and inventions include a San Francisco chemist claiming a water freezing method using minimal pressure, a Chicago mechanic’s wire-cutting device for hay bales, and a London Lancet warning on hydrophobia risk from cat bites. Additional items cover durable color applications for marble, whitefish identification by Michigan Fish Commissioners, a patent rotary steam engine from Mississippian Alexander L, and a DIY telephone construction method. Astronomical chatter discusses meteors, gravity, and Perseus and Leo radiants with Earth’s orbital intersection.
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Gesven
San Francisco
Carciao
London Lancet
Chicago
Leila
Indore
Tate
Ailetion
Saty
Detroi
Michi
Aicononen
Rosedale
Miss
Dcean
Hage
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Moxion
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