Jewelry Trade Trusts and Monopolies Examined
A Chicago News report quotes a jewelry dealer describing how manufacturers and trusts shape prices and margins. He argues watches and silverware are controlled by monopolies, impeding small dealers, while rings and pins benefit from competition. He cites Merritt anti trust measures as relief and calls for legal reforms to restore competitive pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Trust
Merritt
American Watch Manufactuurers’ Association
Johbers’ Association
Chicago News
The Common House Fly Breeding and Winter Passage
A New York Sun note surveys limited knowledge on house fly life history. It cites Packard and Figuier, outlines suspected egg laying in filth and decaying matter, and notes uncertainty about overwintering of late-season eggs or pupae. It suggests winter adults in houses may arise from summer broods, with no decisive findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musee Domestica
Packard
Figuier
France
N. Y. Sun
Blemishes in Statute Books and Peanut Remedy for Insomnia
A critique notes slips and errors in published laws from slip laws to Statutes at Large, urging clearer penmanship in parchment records and condemning legislative bungling. A letter from Bishop Lyman endorses roasted peanuts and milk as a nightly sleep aid, with cautions on roasting, portion size, and timing for indigestion-linked insomnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Department
State Department
Edmund Alton
St. 2
Lyman
Theodore B. Lyman
Episcopal
North Carolina
Raleigh Daily News and Courier
Relief Societies Show Railroads Shield Workers With Benefit Plans
A Century excerpt explains how large railroad systems like Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania establish relief associations to provide medical care, sickness pay, and death benefits. Joiners are vetted by age and health, with funds contributed by the company and workers, reducing reliance on local lodges and lowering future dispute costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Garrett
Relief Association
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
O. Goddard
Norse Legends and the People of Nordland Express Bjornson View
In Harper's Magazine Bjornson recalls Nordic myths of mountain giants, enchanted stones, and a people shaped by endless day and night. He notes Peter Dass as a poet tied to Nordland’s lore and praises how locals endow both heroes and devils with enduring bold imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yore
New York
Atlantic
Normandy
Peter Dass
Dundas
Norway
Nordland
Solomon
Satan
Denmark
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Harper's Magazine
A Chinese Banquet Described by Viethin
The Pekin Cor. Toledo Blade recounts a dinner with about 100 Chinese guests where Viethin notes a wide array of dishes cooked in oils and bizarrely described foods. He samples several courses, from raw shark fin to bat wing and even dog, with cautious reactions to most offerings and warnings about strong pepper in a center dish. Wines included Champagne, sake, and Chinese varieties served hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viethin
No. 14
Toledo Blade
College Men In Politics And The Mortgage Of Education
A Philadelphia News editorial notes that college graduates dominate high political offices, citing cabinet ministers and presidents. It argues brightest minds pursue college education, suggesting a mortgage effect on political advancement, echoing a Harper's piece about nominating a man deemed beyond suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Noble
Interior
Miller
Proctor
Navy
Tracy
Blaine
Harrison
House
Supreme Court
Philadelphia News
Harper’s
Scenes in Morocco and the jailer’s pipe scene
Benjamin Constant, writing in Harper's Magazine, depicts a Moroccan prison scene with a jailer smoking a hashish pipe and three women awaiting a genie at the door. A lean genie accepts a silver coin and departs as a prisoner’s ransom is sought, while the Pasha prays and a terrified captive endures harsh captivity under Oriental fatalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Tiy Deen
Ile Myself
Europe
Alee
Pasha
Hercules
Irons
Douros
Benjamin Constant
Harper's Magazine
History and milestones in steel manufacture
A compact history of steel from ancient methods to modern processes. It covers pot steel, Reaumur’s direct process, open hearth improvements, Siemens regenerative furnace, Siemens Martin method, Bessemer process, and early iron-to-steel sciences. Noting key figures like Heath, Muskal, and Henry Bessemer, with global developments and U S production context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reamur
France
Mushat and
Lucas
Heath
Siemens
Martin
Siemens-Martin
Muskal
Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
Germany
Peance
Meremy
United States
American Steel Works
Chicago
Chlorodyne claims and endorsements from 1880 ad copy
An 1880 advertisement extols Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne as a universal remedy for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma and many other ailments. It asserts unique efficacy against cholera and dysentery and includes testimonials from Symes Co endorsing its safety and utility across India and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Collis Browne
Army Medical Staff
Symes & Co
Pharmaceutical Chemists Medical Tall
Sina
J. T. Davenport
Great
Russell Street
Hoomsbury
London
Collis Browne
Society of Great Britain
Late Partner Advertises Mining and Assay Services in Britain
The notice promotes mining expertise and assay work across Asia Europe and the United States. It lists language fluency and international experience, instructions for delivering quartz samples to Vancouver and Nanaimo, plus references to Dr J Collis Browne and Chlorodyne with cautions about counterfeit products and a piracy warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M'Vicker
Salt Lake City
Aif
W. Page Wood
J. Collis Browne
Freeman
Times
Tsrtyil
Collis Browne
Rowan
J. T. Davenport
Great Russell Streets
Bloomsbury
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jewelry Trade Trusts
G. W. Bigger
Pacific Coast
Great Britain
Kirkman & Sons
Curtiss & Harvey
Peery J.& W. Stuarts
Robert Ward
Wharf Street
Victoria
B.C
Relief Societies
Fantas
Manaimo
Ity
Jas, G. Fairburn
Boot & Shoemaker
Sremovrn
Hilbert
Morocco
Columbia - Carriage - Works
Hastings Street
Carroll
Alene
Eideth
Kot
Gil
Ucpi
Marcy
A. T. McNabb & Co
Garesche Green & CO. Bankers
Government Street
San Francisco
Pitta
Scotland
Pntewest
Magic
Ireland
Wells, Farge & Cap
Columbia Steam Shan
Dickson & CO
LAN
Thomas Allsop
Henry
Mason
Cuyler A. Holland
Condon
England
Allsop & Mason
Abora Company
Chlorodynr
Anuine
Bredemeyer
Assayor
Vancouver
B. C
W. C Hallack
Nanaimo
Wymond Walkem
M.D. C
Province of
British Columbia
East
Wellington
Comox
Amelia
Nanaiamo
Needaw
Remem Syrite
Conox
Reese Er Aasaet
Pa. M
Arriv
Nanaino
All
Ports
Tam
Raizow
Westminster
Rowery Dunsmuir
New Westminster
Welling
Nagaimo
Postal Service
Victoria and Way
Sa. M
Somaatics
Alberni and Way
G. H. Blakeway & CO
OLD Flag Inn
Skinner Streets
Nanamo
HE. Jenkens
Russell McDonald & Co
Keg
Cores Ast
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