Fiber helmet with adjustable goggles for worker protection
A fiber helmet integrates adjustable goggles, held by small springs to keep the eye protection up when inspecting work. The arms have small holes at their ends to adjust the eye protectors away from the face as needed.
Famous historical trivia quiz prompts
A set of historical questions covering ships, leaders, inventions, literature, architecture, art, and language. Topics include naval victories, the Swamp Fox, the cotton gin, a no hit game, acting greatness, Athens, manuscript fires, Asiatic ungulates, grammar, Shakespearean critique, Bennington commander, Virginia governance, phonograph, golf, French painters, a pianist, Chinese rivers, mountain beaver habitat, and English sentence critique.
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Answers to a Miscellaneous Historical Quiz
A series of quiz items lists historical figures places and terms across centuries. Topics cover ecclesiastical historians Calcutta a smiling remark vehicle Cleveland Maj John Andre Isaac Hull George Westinghouse anatomy Olympiad divine Mind Constitution Zachary Taylor Lord Lister and animal survival with basic functions.
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Matinees Proved Controversial innovation in Victorian theaters
In 1863 Astley's London introduced afternoon matinees amid protests from old style playgoers. London Times critic John Oxenford warned they would lower standards to penny gaff levels, yet daylight shows grew into a public institution after Dion Boucicault gained control and championed more comfortable theaters.
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Chess origins debated by scholars across eras
The history of chess spans many legends with claims by a Baby lonian philosopher Xerxes, a Greek sage from Chile, Gibbon noting Indian and Persian contributions, and earlier artefacts in Egyptian paintings and Gangese wisdom.
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Dr Pierce Herbal Remedies Sold Widely in Early Ad Copy
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce and his Golden Medical Discovery highlighting reputation, claimed health benefits, and availability. It touts stomach altering effects, blood enrichment, skin clearing, and rapid disappearance of pimples. Dealers stock liquid and tablets. readers can send 10 cents for a trial and request free advice from Buffalo, New York.
Long-serving treasurer at Abingdon Masonic lodge
Erastus Nash was named treasurer at the John Cutler lodge A F and A M in 1859 Abingdon Massachusetts and served 26 years. After his death his son Alfred Nash took the post and is now completing his thirty first year as lodge treasurer.
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Warning Signals Warn of Liver Obstruction
Advice claims headaches speee spells and other symptoms indicate an inactive liver. It suggests taking Bond's Pill at bedtime to wake up well next morning, portraying a health remedy in a period newspaper ad style.
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Great Expectations Dialogue Snippet in 19th Century Press
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Woman Finds Relief After Using Vegetable Compound
In a Midwestern town Mrs. Daugherty, once unable to tie shoes or leave home, found relief after reading a testimonial booklet about Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After three bottles she improved, and eleven bottles later she felt like a different woman and recommended the product to others.
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Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin world’s top laxative
Dr Caldwell began prescribing a mild liquid laxative in 1892 under the name Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The preparation, a vegetable remedy for all ages, became the best selling liquid laxative worldwide with millions of bottles used yearly. Mothers chiefly buy it for themselves and children, with free sample offers from Monticello Illinois.
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Monticello
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