Adulteration of coffee exposed by Chicago dealer
A Chicago dealer details how coffee is adulterated and sold as high grade Java Mocha and Guatemala. He explains milling or polishing hides poor beans, the pre shipping mixing of coffees in Aden and other ports, and how testing by liquor reveals true quality. He notes most adulteration occurs before arrival, with Rio and Costa Rica varieties commonly misrepresented.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Bucamarango
Bogota
Aden
Arabia
Chicago
Java
Macaraibo
Guatemala
Santos
Costa Rica
Rio
Pampas
Germany
Malabar
Ceylon
Chicago Herald
Inside a factory of artificial limbs a ghastly showroom is seen
A New York Telegram report visits a calm inner studio where artificial arms legs hands and feet hang and lie in glass cases and on shelves. A guide describes workers in various trades and notes limbs lasting decades while veterans helped by the craft and the war fuel demand.
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Cannabes
New York Telegram
How a Man on Ten Dollars Lives and Saves
The Boston Globe examines frugal living for low income households. It notes several men live modestly on ten dollars, their families clothing and feeding well, and argues trimming meat bills can free funds for essentials and small luxuries.
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Boston Globe
Leader of a Monkey Tribe on Foray and Reward
A monkey tribe plans a corn raid led by an upright staff bearing leader who scouts ahead while others follow on all fours. Sentinels post, then the group plunders, each taking ears for their guard’s return. The passage extols rule and reward, likening it to human forays per Professor Emerson.
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Professor Edwin Emerson
Popular Science Monthly
Mars Clouds and Canals Point to Water World
Astronomers discuss Mars atmospheric vapor and surface evaporation while noting few theories endure. From early moon communications to present, raw observations persist as instruments mature, suggesting Mars may be a mix of land and water with canals linking to seas and sharing color, not ending at continents.
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Mars
Painters of Political Portraits in Rapid Banner Work
The Brooklyn Eagle notes banner portrait making by sign painters who turn out five to seven portraits in twelve hours. A likeness artist draws the head and rough lines while others add color and dress details, a method praised only when artists have training for acceptable expression.
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Onc eReare
Brooklyn Eagle
Surprised Fencer Teaches Lesson in Bank Duel
In Albany a young bank clerk challenged a Frenchman in a sword duel after a disrespectful back slap. The Frenchman, a captain and skilled swordsman, swiftly disarmed the American after a twenty minute contest, then left the room. The American has since avoided further challenges.
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Albany
Rggn
Reater
France
Albany Journal
Keene's Rise From Misfortune to Wall Street Fame
The life of James KR Keene details a rough start in England and California, a late but pivotal mining bonanza, and a swift ascent to wealth. After recovering health he built a fortune from mining stock, moved to San Francisco then New York, and partnered with Jay Gould to become a dominant figure in Wall Street.
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James KR. Keene
Keene
England
Ealy
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
euRadan
New York
Europe
Wall Street
Jay Gould
New York Cor
Boston Herald
Sound and Color Sensations
The article traces early reports of color hearing, noting Dr. Nussbaumer of Vienna and others who observed that certain sounds evoke specific colors. It cites examples linked to timbre and instruments, mentions visual shocks from head injuries, and cites Henri de Pargille on cross sensory perceptions in Popular Science Monthly.
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Nussbaumer
Vienna
Zurich
M. Pedrone
Nantes
Aaron
Henri de Pargille
Popular Science Monthly
Market in Whittlesea Hollowed by Idle Laborers
In Whittlesea the market square hosts a plain four cornered hall used for auctions and public gatherings on market days. farmers display butter and eggs while idle laborers wait for odd jobs. Thomas Hurry, a watchmaker, notes there are far more men seeking work than needed, a condition he says started long ago.
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Pompeii
Thomas Hurry
Whittlesea
William T. Tinsley
Lyons Republican
Beggars and Soap Shortage in Castile
Cor. Home Journal notes beggary in Castile Spain as soil yields only subsistence, no SOE enterprises employ the idle, and despite desire for Castile soap no supply or Burgos soap factory could be found.
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Castile
Burgos
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