English Travelers Abroad and Their Habits
A London Lancet note observes English travelers in Italy and Spain sticking to British foods and drink despite climate, praising native customs for better meals and lower costs while noting shortcomings in personal hygiene facilities at hotels. The piece contrasts English and continental hotel experiences and hints at ongoing improvements.
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Spain
Rosbit
England
Rome
London Lancet
Railroads and Gardening Prizes Across English Lines
England’s Great Western and Midland railways offer annual sums to fund platform gardens. The Great Western votes 250 pounds yearly across 12 sections with 165 prizes plus a circular listing suitable plants and sowing dates. The Midland dedicates 200 pounds with prizes from 7 10s to 5 shillings and an inspector oversees the scheme, deemed successful. Northern and London and North Western railways provide allotments to workers, nearly 2500 in the former.
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Quarterly Review
Process to render petroleum inflammable fuel nonflammable
The article details a chemical method from Le Revue Industrielle. It describes adding 650 pounds of common salt to 250 gallons of petroleum and heating to 100 C to yield about 60 gallons of benzines while the remainder remains nonflammable above 100 C. The process blends 190 gallons of distilled petroleum with 875 gallons crude petroleum, warms to 100 C then cools to 40 C, reintroduces the 60 gallons of benzine, and heats to about 85 C. The resulting fuel is claimed nonflammable below 75 C.
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le Revue Industrielle
Paper and strength in 1861 budget note exchange
Mr H W Lucy cites an 1861 budget moment where a Derby Palmerston exchange hints at the tea duty repeal. The note from Derby asks for the great proposal, and Gladstone replies it will be paper and stronger. The snippet comes from the St James Gazette.
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H. W. Lucy
St. James Gazette
Hyde Park open air oratory spans politics faith and reform
Sunday crowds fill Hyde Park speakers denounce the pope attack capitalists argue Ireland labor rights and socialism while other talks discuss marriages and patent trade rules. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve promotes healing for sores ulcers and piles and One Minute Cough Cure aids colds croup and lung troubles per J H Bacher & Co.
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Silly Salesman Deduces Dress False Confidence
A Boston dry goods clerk snubbed a modest shopper over price and formality, insisting on $3 a yard for silk. The well-dressed buyer, using a cheaper alternative, requested a sample but the clerk refused. The episode ends with the girl choosing not to buy.
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Card counting automata promise faster work and pleasure
A 19th century Argosy note describes two Connecticut built card counting and bundling machines used by the government for counting and tying postal cards. The devices count 500000 cards in ten hours and wrap them into packs of 25 with mucilage applied by moving fingers and a thumb presses sealing the pack, then places it on a carry belt for delivery.
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Connecticut
Artist Anxiety and Jenny Lind Vocal Perfection Divided
An excerpt recalls a prima donna refusing to sit during a day of rehearsal. Jenny Lind and Mrs Reeves pace and practice with music in hand, asserting self direction despite others urging rest. A sister’s sly birthday gift joke closes the vignette from the Westminster Budget and Chicago Post.
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Pincushion Tree and Quips from Era Humor
A miscellany notes the yucca palm as a pincushion tree used by Southwest and Mexican Indians for pincushions. It also recalls social club chatter about Edmund Yates and a jab at love and reason. An advertisement extols One Minute Cough Cure as a modern remedy and Goethe on ignorance.
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United States
Mexico
Chicago
Why a Man Does Not Weigh More After a Meal
A St Louis Republic explanation notes that chewing and swallowing use muscles and cause tissue waste. Carbon loss via respiration and perspiration during eating outweighs weight gained from the meal, so net gain is only about one third to five eighths of a pound.
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St. Louis Republic
The Prince of Wales Wardrobe and Fashion Habits
A British paper notes the prince buys at least eight suits at $40 each and wears trousers no more than four times. His discarded clothes fill Marlborough House, with hats kept at Sandringham. The clothing stock, stored in brushing rooms, and uniforms insured at $20,000 imply a wealthy, expansive wardrobe.
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Marlborough House
George IV
Sandringham
Christmas Holiday Excursion Tickets From Monticello
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers excursion tickets for travel within 200 miles of Monticello. Sale dates are December 24 26 and January 1 1897 with return validity through January 4 1897.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co
Monticello
Dr Hand's Colic Cure credited for soothe baby pains
Mrs Arthur Simmons reports her three week old suffered severe colic until she used Dr Hand's Colic Cure after physician advised. She attributes the baby’s comfort and happiness to the medicine, sold by druggists for 25 cents. The article recalls a Persia cholera remedy using a Koran leaf.
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Dr. Hand
Arthur Simmons
Excursion Planning Ads and Miscellaneous Items
Various notices advertise itineraries for excursions with the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway, along with travel agents contact details. A column of short ads and trivia follows, including medicine ads for colic and teething, product slogans, and miscellaneous facts about mines, education, and royalty.
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