Electric lighting and health benefits in homes
Medical men advocate electric lighting over gas for healthier air. The article explains gas byproducts like carbon dioxide and sulfurous compounds harm breathing, while electric incandescence avoids combustion. It cites Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable remedy for coughs and lung ailments and includes a testimonial from Laura G. Fixon praising its effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Working Woman's Home Association
Peoria St
Chicago
Ill
Laura G. Fixon
Mer
From Pets to Pests Across Continents and Ages
New York World notes that ordinary domestic animals escape control under favorable conditions. Wild horses, rabbits, pigs, goats, and cats have been introduced worldwide, multiplying into pests. Instances include 1897 Nevada laws for wild horses, cats on Cat island and Sable Island, rabbits in Australia and New Zealand, and goats in St Helena, with New Zealand shipping over 200 million rabbit skins since 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Washington
Cortez
Mexico
Australia
Cat Island
Kergueleps
St Helena
Ita
Australa
New Zealand
New York World
Bank Notes of Ancient Times Across Civilizations
A historical piece notes that early paper money appeared in China as far back as 807 AD, with surviving fourteenth century Bank of England notes and early European adoption. It discusses resemblements to French assignations and mentions Bank of Stockholm as an early Western issuer, while noting England’s £20 notes and lawsuits around 1696.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bank of England
China
Bank of Stockholm
Amusing Speech Faults Across Parliaments
Amusing speech errors collected by Mr. Macdonagh reveal verbal slips as signs of mental quickness. The piece cites Irish and British examples from Parliament, including Gladstone and Curzon, and contrasts English and American oratory, with comments from Youth's Companion and St Louis Globe Democrat. It also notes tiny Persians camels at twenty inches high per the New York Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macdonagh
Mick
Ireland
London Mail
Gladstone
Secorch
Lord Curzon
South Africa
House
of Commons
Curious German tea service owned by Empress Frederick
The Empress Frederick of Germany owns a unique tea service with a tray of an old Persian halfpenny, a teapot from a German farthing, and tiny cups crafted from coins of various German principalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Germany
Electric organ installed at St. Michael's church
A new electronic organ installed in St. Michael's church London features 64500 miles of wire. The instrument claims rapid action with a self repeating mechanism, described in garbled notes as capable of repeating if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Church
London
Unusual Money Cleaning Claim and World News Snippets
The column features a sensational claim about money laundering by a wealthy woman, a description of the British ship Polyphemus as a ram and torpedo hull, and assorted notices. It includes medical tonic ads and notes on health products like Hood's Sarsaparilla and Grain-O, plus a historical note on Earth's life span and the Montreal Street Railway.
Curious Rescue on Irish Cliffs of Glendalough
In April a sheep stranded on a rugged cliff above Upper Lake Glendalough in County Wicklow was rescued by a South African volunteer. After a two hour ascent he secured the animal with a rope and lowered it to the lake where a boat awaited. The sheep, starved and desperate, nibbled at any greenery within reach as the dangerous ascent showed the rescuer’s risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicklow
Ireland
Glendalough
South Africa
Vast Moss of icciath Salt World’s Largest Under Galician
A vast mass of rock salt lies beneath Galician province Hungary. The salt vein is about 500 miles long twenty miles wide and 250 feet thick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galician
Hungary
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Paris
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N. Y
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Bhae
Hank Clite
Treasury
Teller
New Orleans Timees-Democrat
Wilhelmina
Waterloo
Hood
Uemployen
Montreal Street Railway Company
Leyden
Lite Hegin
Lom Keviin
The
Sones
Gabriel Maw
Chamisso
Fruit Picture
Express
Naval
Ladies’ Scissors
Razor
India
Dica
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