Evolution of book binding from scrolls to folded volumes
The article traces binding history from ancient rolled scrolls to the folded book. It attributes the scroll form to the Weyptians Greeks and Romans and credits Humenius of Perga mus with the invention of folded sheets that led to modern binding, describing sewing at the back crease and the emergence of volumes. It also digresses into Edison electricity bets and stock yard novelty involving a 16-hand draft horse, plus elk ownership at a Montana ranch.
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Humenes
Pergamus
Montana
G. S. Stayton
Uhiasge Tribune
Financial School Promises Better Information for People
A brief note proclaims the Financial School will provide the public with more accurate financial information and guidance. It emphasizes accessible learning and aims to empower readers in money matters.
Country Cousin Dazes New York Society With Wine Dinner
A New England adoptee in New York becomes a target of urban snobbery during a Fifth Avenue bachelor dinner. The cousin’s loud boasting and misread cues evoke mortifying moments as the crowd looks on, leaving the relation permanently cut from family dining circles.
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New England
New York
Fifth Avenue
Medoc
New York Herald
The First Hansom Cab In America Captured In History
A nostalgic account recalls the first hansom cab imported to New York around 1870 by John Patent leaving Greenwich Street. Driver John Carter, a Liverpool native, operated it at the Pacific Hotel and later on Broad Street and Exchange Place serving brokers. The cab, with a claret body and red running gear, featured patent axles famed for their rigidity. It faded from use after four years amid limited business and a noted connection to Morosini and Jay Gould.
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America
Thirty-third Street
John Patent
Pacific Hotel
Greenwich Street
Cortlandt
John Carter
Liverpool
New York
Carter
Broad Street
Exchange Place
Morosini
Jay Gould
Stock Exchange
New York World
Empty Barrel Storage Mystery and Curio Pins
A New York Sun item recalls nine months in storage of an empty barrel and three cartages as a couple misplace fragile goods. Separate notes discuss insect-pin quality from brass to silver and bronze, and a Verrall jeweler named Yudkin diversifies into barbering and barbery business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Right Arm Paralyzed Saved From St Vitus Dance
Our daughter Blanche aged fifteen had nervous affliction and loss of use of her right arm. We feared St Vitus dance, tried physicians with no benefit. After three bottles of Dr Miles Nervine she gained weight, nerves improved, and use returned. Mrs Lo Bullock Brighton N J.
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Blanche
Miles
MES. Lo. Bullock
Brighton
Dr Miles Nervine Cures Ad
Dr Miles Nervine offered with a positive guarantee. The first bottle will help. Sold by all druggists or 6 bottles for 5 dollars, prepaid by the Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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