New Harlem River Four Track Bridge Opens Soon
New York girds for a grand rail achievement as the New York Central completes a 83,000,000 steel viaduct over the Harlem River between 110th and 146th Streets. The four track bridge and adjacent station promise faster service, with the structure rising high above the river and allowing ships to pass when open only for rare cases. The work showcases major northern city improvements, with nearby landmarks visible from trains, including Grant's Tomb and the Cathedral of St John the Divine.
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New York
140Th Street
New York Central
135Th Street
Harlem River
Ate&mars
Tensela
Harlem
Congress
Secretary of War
Deanbridge
Engan
Tonio
Epeed
Wheelty
Grant
St. Luke's Hospital
Barnard College
Columbia College
Morningside Heights
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Patents update mix of optics and household devices
The piece surveys recent patent activity including eye shields for opera glasses, a mail bag fastener on a sliding bar, a bottom inspection tube with lamp and air supply, and a tile floor drain system. It notes 940 patents granted in 1896, including 832 for devices and 107 for original designs, highlighting Connecticut residents and the broader population. It also recalls Clark T. Edwards’s 1870 speculation about unknown rays producing visual sensations without lenses or the optic nerve.
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Connecticut
Medicanton
Clark T. Edwards
Wit and whimsy in clipped quips from old papers
A collage of humorous quotes from the era shows mockery of manners, mispronounced words, and dry wit. Snippets feature Wallace and Perry style banter, cheeky exchanges about money, love, dogs, clerks, and unlikely country scenes, all traced to various papers.
Odd Hotel Rules From Eastern Oregon Trip
A visitor reports a hotel in eastern Oregon posted bizarre house rules. Rates show 880 per week with meals extra, meals at odd hours, instructions on not speaking to the dumb waiter, and absurd amenities like a driving hammer and nails, a bed spring test, and a halter by the bedpost.
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Genteman
Oregon
Atyené
Federal department promise and medical patent elisions
A fragmented item notes a new federal department of commerce and industry promise alongside details about health remedies and kidney related advice, mentioning Hostetter's Bitters and varied ailments. The piece blends policy anticipation with medical quackery in a period style, referencing malarial and kidney concerns.
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh
Damaged text warns against mercury containing catarrh ointments and mentions various products and misused medical claims. It references Hall's Catarrh Cure, Toledo manufacturing, J. J. Chen a Co, and price notes. The fragment also describes a new razor device with a spring drum.
Cough and Medicine Ads Amid a Fire Report
A jumble of 1890s era ad blurbs and a fire news item describe Kemp’s Balsam claims, seed catalogs, sensational prizes, and patent medicine pitches. The piece mentions a brick building destroyed by George F. Foster & Co. in Chicago with losses around 10 930, and notes on a North Branch Minnesota potato-hole tragedy.
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George F. Foster & Co
Madigan Street
Chicago
Kalver
A. Balzer Seed Co
la Croare
Wis
Lane's Family Medicine Moves the Bowels Daily
A garbled note describes a health claim about daily bowel movement necessity for health. It mentions acting gently on the liver and edna tures sick headache and a machine that spills a ball lengthwise into thirty seven stripe, with a price of 25.
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Lane
Sen
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