Untitled fragment hints at Congo trade era and explorers
Fragmentary text references December, white traders in Africa, the Congo region, station networks, river trade, ivory, steamers, missionaries, and local ambitions. It suggests a narrative of enterprise, wealth, and risk along the Upper Congo with early trading posts and personal motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lommune
Africa
Jnge
At & Smail Ee Company
Tne
Society of the
Congo
Fate and charity intertwine in a Philadelphia tale
Fragmentary text mentions an elderly Philadelphia resident aged 86 linked to fate and charity. References to Mohawk Central, engineers, a bridge, injuries, medical care, distrust, and a damaged dialogue hint at a tragic or medical incident. The surviving readable names and places are sparse, but the piece centers on a local life story amid hardship.
Miracle Cure Reported for London Carpenter After Three Years Disabled
A London Ontario lodge votes thanks to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People after E F Carruthers, once bedridden with locomotor ataxia for over three years, regained use of his limbs and returned to work. The article details his illness, the lodge’s support, physician notes, and a public endorsement of the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F
Lodge
Wis
London Advertiser
Canadian Order of Oddfellows
Manchester Unity
Loyal Perseverance Lodge
Loxpon
FE. F. Carruthers
E. F. Cirrorness
E.J. Powell
London
E. F. Carruthers
William Street
Carrothers
R.A. Carrothers
Cassrothers
Mr. Carrothers
Order
Perserverance Lodge
Dr. Williams
A. R. Pingen
Mr. Gillett
Collins
Bro. Carruthers
Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Brockville
Ont
Schenectady
Der
Coffee Infusion Breakfast Beverage For Lungs
A steadied method to make a coffee milk infusion by steeping ground coffee in hot milk then straining. The recipe adds gelatin, reboils briefly, and sweetens with crushed rock candy, marketed as a tonic for weak chests and lung affection tendencies.
Dying Prophet of Tiflis Stuns Caucasus Town
An Italian born in Russia, Tagarelli is famed as the "Dying Prophet" who dies weekly and appears to return to life. Observers say his feats, the public’s belief, and his claims to visit the unknown world and read souls create unprecedented astonishment in Tiflis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiflis
Caucasus
Russia
Tagarelli
Costs to Run a Steamship and Fleet Figures
The piece explains that steamship operating costs vary by tonnage voyage type and vessel role. It lists estimates for a large Atlantic liner like Cunard’s Campania, with monthly running costs near $90,000, plus salaries around $2,500, coal about $17,000, crew victuals near $35,000, and other outlays for repairs, insurance, stores, and depreciation. It notes smaller trading steamers of 1,000 tons around $32,000 monthly, river boats cheaper, and cites Peninsular and Oriental's fleet of 51 ships with annual expenses about $12.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucania
Great Eastern
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company
Fashion Hints for Spring Garments and Hats
The article previews spring fashion with wide back box plaits in skirts and large balloon sleeves. It notes small bonnets and capotes, medium to very large round hats, and low crowns with long brims. Trimmings include jet lace and colored jewels, with capes gaining popularity to avoid distorting sleeves.
English Whalebacks Turret Deck Steamer by Doxford Revealed
A Sunderland firm builds a turret deck steamship modifying whaleback design used on the great lakes. The hull broadens inward above water, a turret-like upright structure sits atop, engines are aft, and crew spaces lie behind the engine room while officers stay forward under the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Doxford & Sons
Sunderland
England
Great Lakes
Oat Meat Caxes Fry Like Corn Fritters
A brief recipe describes making oat meat by combining two cups cold oatmeal with two teaspoonfuls milk two flour and a teaspoonful baking powder and two beaten eggs. The mix is fried like corn fritters and cooked thoroughly for a tasty cold dish.
Miscellaneous Historical Facts and Figures
A collection of dated statements on topics from medicine and theatre to printing and music. It notes Russia’s large number of female doctors, telegraph operators in 1854, wood engraving in Europe about 1400, and Paderewski’s muscle affliction treated by massage. It also references quinine production and the guillotine-era death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Europe
Italy
France
Corsica
Cornwall
Scotland
William Caxton
Bruges
Flanders
Holbein
Augsburg
Germany
Ceylon
Switzerland
Elizabeth
Aderewski
Paderewski
Death from Fright Cited by Dr. Elder in Unusual Cases
The article recounts Dr. Elder's collection of fright linked deaths from history. Examples include an India drummer believed a cobra bit him and Frederick I’s death from fear after a royal tragedy, plus Pentman the Dutch painter who died after a terrorful room of bones and an imagined earthquake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Elder
Francis
India
Frederick I
Prussia
Frederick
Pentman
Scotland and the Trafalgar Duty Hint
Two Scottish sailors near Trafalgar shared a joke after Nelson's signal England expects every man to do his duty. Donald laments Scotland being overlooked, and his comrade replies that Scotland knows its own duty, a sly cue to the English.
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Scotland
Trafalgar
Envy Rebuked in Wayside Bill Dialogue
A rustic exchange questions wealth and fairness with lines about envy and poverty. The speaker notes some are as good as the best yet remain hard up and asks how the poor would live if everyone were rich. The dialogue reflects social tensions over distribution.
Local Self Government in Celestial Villages
A North China Herald summary explains village leadership in China where head men are chosen informally by villagers and confirmed by a district magistrate. Roles span taxation, wall repairs, fairs, temples, and private disputes, with free assembly and little censorship. The piece notes practical governance despite despotic theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North China Herald
Shanghai
China
Broken Heart Case Turns Fatal on Long Voyage
Sir George Paget notes most so called broken hearts lack a real heart rupture but mental distress can cause body disease. Dr J K Mitchell recounted a Liverpool to America voyage survivor tale of a captain who vowed to wed. upon learning the bride chose another, he clutched his chest and died. Post‑mortem showed his heart torn in twain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir George Paget
J. K. Mitchel
Jefferson College
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Liverpool
Wife Corners Husband Over Cold Weather Request
A humorous exchange recalls a wife cornering her husband about promises of warm affection before marriage. She asks why he would not let love grow cold during cold weather, jokingly proposing a skin sacque as a remedy.
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Business Mae Ney
Penge
Onge
Upper Congo
Jofaman
Sahara
Ivory
Vaip
Age Rapida of E
Ton Charity Olive
United Ww
Lelphia Hoseer
Fourarty
Mohawk K Central
Mohawk
Lowno
Ep. Gritert
Phillip Street
London West
Ed. Gillett
Perseverance Lodge
521
Bro. Carrother
Monastery of
St. Bernard
Spain
Madrid
Herz
Panama Canal
Gordon
Walter Scott
Scottie
Envy
Turi
J. M. Cook
Mrs. Cook
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