Rat Catcher Says Believed Rat Control Needed Now
The article features Thomas Fullerton a veteran rat catcher from 61 Charlton Street recounting his work in London and New York. He describes methods traps and dangers while criticising Bergh's crackdown and noting rats invading slaugh ter houses streets and markets. He explains rat behavior bites and how lungs, tails and sweet oil attract them. He recalls monitoring rats in hotels and asserts the need for effective control.
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London
Thomas Fullerton
Charlton Street
Mr. Fullerton
Mr. Bergh
Harry Jenning
Fortieth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Liverpool
St. Nicholas
St James
Hoffman House
Earle’s Hotel
Sun
Hand Organ Makers of Chantreat Street in New Bowery
A single workshop at 189 Chantreat corner New Bowery runs a force forging hand and steam organs for shipment across regions. Mr H S Taylor, a Cape Town native and former street performer, dominates production from small portable models to large steam organs. He began in Christie Street, now offers cylinders, parlor and piano organs, and predicts a coming wave of orchestral tunes from his factory.
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Chantreat
New Bowery
H. 8. Taylor
Taylor
Cape Town
South Africa
Christie Street
Chatham Street
W. Tar
White arsenic heap echoes danger from Devon mine
A reader witnesses a furnace in Devon where pyrite sulphur sustains the blaze and a white arsenic heap of several tons lies in an open shed. The powder, used in dyes and cosmetics, is deadly in small amounts, with skin eruptions noted but fatalities feared.
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Devon
Hotels in Olden Times and their Silent Service
A fragment describing 19th century hotel life in Troy and Buffalo. It notes luxurious yet rigid service, black waiters trained to precision, and a head waiter in Buffalo who commands with sharp hisses. The author contrasts grand style with local town limits and a lawyer seeking simplicity away from such hospitality.
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Troy
Buffalo
Iowa
Camayagans Company
Haljita
Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Seamon's Dyes Offered For All Dyeing Needs In Burlington
An advertisement urges buyers to equip their homes with Seamon's Dyes from Wells Richardson Co in Burlington. It promises rich colors for leather wool muslin silk kid gloves velvets ribbons neckties and other fabrics and articles.
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Seamon
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Wii
Confunion Et
Oman
Tsiervean
de Butte’ Dispen-sary
6Th &T
Loula
Raptire
Cerhin
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Advertised for Wide Range of Ailments
The notice touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy for scrofula, skin eruptions, ulcers, rheumatism, female disorders, and blood purification. It claims a mild yet powerful action from a blend of vegetable alteratives and iodides, backed by physician endorsements and certificates of virtue.
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St. Anthony’s
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