Americans in Europe and the gold balance of trade
The New York Evening Post notes that more Americans visited Europe in 1880 than ever before and spent vast sums, potentially equaling hundreds of millions of dollars. It cites estimates of sixty thousand Americans in England, with average expenditures around three thousand dollars each, and highlights lavish travel and purchases such as Meissonier paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
England
Great Britain
London
Meissonier
J. Vanderbilt
Switzerand
Geneva
New York Evening Post
Flynn Becomes Clerk and Weds in Roscommon
Flynn, a Union veteran scarred by war, builds a new life in Washington. After pension and night school, he rises to a first class clerkship with $1,200 yearly, marries in Ireland, and returns with his wife to a hopeful future. The story follows his resilience and new happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flynn
Union
Syon
Sons of
Erin
Hampton
Washington
Ireland
Eld Roscommon
Jimmy
Detroit Free Press
King's Mountain Battle Repeats Heroic South Carolinas Victory
In October 1780 Loyalist Ferguson led about 1250 men toward Cornwallis. Patriots gathered two thousand locals near King's Mountain South Carolina and surrounded Ferguson. The battle on October 7 ended with heavy Loyalist losses and boosted American resolve in the Carolinas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Carolinas
Georgia
King’s Mountain
Sir Peter Parker
Charleston
South
Florda
Savannah
Brier Creek
Lincoln
Prevost
Stony Ferry
Pulaski
Sir Henry Clinton
South Carolina
Florida
Peats Rangers
Marian
Umter
Washington
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Gates
Saratoga
Cornwallis
Camden
King's Mountain
North Carolina
Ferguson
Miscellany of global oddities and a fatal rifle accident
A collage of brief items reports opium traffic harm in China with Ningpo's 27 opium shops and odd fashion jewelry trends. It notes a Kentucky preacher shot by a falling rifle, a rhyming challenge in London with £2 2s prize, New Mexico gold vein promises, Montenegrin war writes, and a Times piece on camels as efficient transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ningpo
Rockcastle
New Mexico
Las Placitas
London Times
Asmel
Preserving Cider From Good Apples And Proper Techniques
Instructions from Prairie Farmer on making pure cider from sound fruit and using hair-cloth filters. Steps cover pressing, settling, bubbling, rackings, and adding oil glucose for sweetness. Methods include sulphur vapor, mustard seed, and gelatine, with calcium sulfite as a modern alternative.
Science and Industry News and Observations
Reports cover Edison patent contest in quadruplex telegraphy, a sun perch species in Tulare Lake that births its young, wind- oriented house placement advice, soil filter experiments favoring sand over gravel, and Yellow fever commission findings on lack of we’ll germ in blood and air. Also notes Freeman the Adventist’s confinement and hopeful insanity defense, plus a children’s cake recipe and household tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Mchonson
Kentucky
Edison
Tulare Lake
California
United States
Havana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ameno Ant
Yellowstone
Gibeon River
King’s M Ntan
London Truth
Science and Industry
Freeman
Ve Danvers
Mass
Rock Island
Kennedy
Main St
The
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
DaeMoy
Council Bluffs
Oskaloo
Dale
Pesing
Llineis
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakot
Northwest
Chicago
Milwaukee
Racine
Oshkosh
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ortonville
Minn
Bloux Oley Mane
Mitchell
Flandreau
Sioux Falls
Ankton
Mee
Merrill
Geo'l Manager
W. C. van Horne
Gan'l
A. W. H. Carpenter
Gan'l Pas
J. H. Page
Orsantan
Cwicaco
Mirwavunes & 87
Paur
MED
Magilles
Second Ave
Eighteenth &T
Twentieth &T
Rook Milland
Ill
Cunard Mail Steamers
Ocean
American Express
H. W. Hyde
Mason and Hamlin
Eveny Orbat
Hea Borton
Kurt Tae Na
Wabeah Avenue
Davis Vertical
Davis Sewing Maching CO
Fred
STEIN
Geneseo
Ilc
Parker
Ginger Tom
Hiscox & Co
Parker's
Chas
Davia
Myrtle Reston
Hiel
ORB & Dean
Buserness
Dave Fax
Lemender
Cod Abe Boomer van
Stevenson
Geneoel Agents
Tllinois
Wma
Mall Food
Pet
Bates & Hanley
Madison Street
Chicago, Ill
Tengblade
New York City
Main
Lynde Streets
H. L. Franing
Eyn
Appliet
Mall
Ras Te Moniala
Dixie
Bres Central Book Concern
Frenklin Street
Wil
BOL
Rsa
Eeg
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