The Frenchman, Gambling, and Global Trade Snapshots
A column of eclectic notes surveys European and American topics from gambling legends and prizefighting fame to Japan floor mat exports and Russian imperial ambitions. It mentions a Russian claim England is isolated, the crow’s ecological role, and labor strike costs, with miscellany on bicycle rights in St. Petersburg and tomb perfumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Europe
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
St. Petersburg
The Cruel Monarch Abdul Hamid II Described In Harsh Portrait
A critical portrait outlines Abdul Hamid II as weak and burdened by politics. It claims he evades responsibility for Armenian massacres, rewards perpetrators, and maintains a luxurious, paranoid regime. It notes harem purges and control over press censorship in Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchene
Bosphorus
Abdul Hamid
Constantinople
Mehmed Effendi
Aristote Effendi
Turkey
Ministry of Justice
Turbulent Times for Abdul Hamid and Threats of Explosive Truths
Article blends warnings about fulminate of mercury used in bombs with a harsh critique of Abdul Hamid I of the Ottoman Empire. It notes how anarchists and chemists handle dangerous explosives and then pivots to a candid portrait of the sultan, describing his weak yet harsh regime, pervasive fear, and a discredited state failing in money markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abdul Hamid II
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Ihe
Howard
France
Barruel
Bellot
Justin Leroy
M. Leroy
Hennell
Abdul Hamid
Running a Fast Train and the Engineer's Poise in Motion
The locomotive engineer remains a placid, precise figure in the cab guiding a fast train. He watches the track ahead, uses the levers calmly, and the ride is smoother than a parlor car ride, with comfort at high speed depending on track certainty and clear curves or crossings.
Time Changes All Things in Fights and Language
A poetically toned meditation shows how slang from Old England once used by prizefighters has faded. The piece contrasts harsh phrases with modern softer rhetoric, noting fights are gentler and the era’s language shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old England
Diamonds Engraving Advances Feature Artistic Stones
A large circular diamond bears a pansy and foliage engraving, illustrating a refined stage in diamond cutting artistry. Another example shows a ring carved with an interior polished surface and an elaborate exterior engraving. Hole-piercing in diamonds, achieved a few years ago, enabled stringing diamonds with pearls.
One Way to Do It In Chicago Politics Primary
The passage suggests a strategy to vet both Corbett and Fitzsimmons for entry into Chicago politics to participate in a primary election. It frames this approach as the generally believed route to a meeting between the two figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Electric Fish Sparks and Ventilated Railcar Ideas
A French scientist demonstrates torpedo fish discharges with novel recording devices lighting lamps and testing electrical power. Ventilating car designs show a moving pipe with cowls and dampers to improve airflow. Other notes cover night time electric clock lighting, an electric incubator for eggs, and a quirky can opener patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. d’Arsonval
French Academy of Sciences
M. d’Arsenyal
D’arsonval
Thomas Griffiths
United States Army
Post Hospital
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Otto Schulze
Germany
Herr Schulze
Climate and wind power use in the United States
Dr. Taylor discusses whether whites are fit for tropical colonial work, noting living in tropics in Porto Rico and Latin America. The article then highlights Dr. Frank Waldo’s emphasis on windmills, their growing U S use, pumping water, irrigation, and potential for electricity storage including specific test winds and regional examples across Texas Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Nebraska with various wheel sizes and outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Taylor
Tropics
Porto Rico
Central America
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Paraguay
Frank Waldo
United States
Texas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Waldo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Mora Tribune
Minnesota
Maine
Nineveh
Russia
Venezuela
Ashantee
China
Corea
Arkansas
Washington
Srant
Sherman
Sheridan
Boss Melane
Sing Sing
Gravesend
Commissioner of Labor
Holland
Department of Agriculture
the Cruel Monarch
Sultan OF
Sultan
Caray
Degypo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!