Mechanical marvel and reminiscences in a cluttered column
A New York World account describes Professor Richel’s life sized automaton boy and its fluid motion as observers compare it to a living youth. The piece also covers social etiquette essays by Mrs. John A. Logan and notes Emperor William's two swords and a silver saber from Berlin's museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollan
Charles Hichel
Richel
John Street
Aguro
New York World
Rubenstein
Patti
Aris
Nate
Court
Senate
Mra
John A. Logan
Ago Journal
William
Nicholas
Austria
Sadowa
Berlin
Frederick William II
Boston Transcript
Dentist Dr A G C West to visit Nanaimo again
Special notice states Dr A G C West of Victoria will return to Nanaimo between the 10th and 16th instant with further advertisements. Afterward the physician will make regular visits to the city. Also advertised are Agason Riverside oranges travel oranges and new cabbages at George Cavalsky and tobacco at Geo Cavalsky's offering 5 and 6 cent cigars respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. GC. West
Victoria
Nanaimo
Agason Riverside
George Cavalsky’s
Geo. Cavalsky's
Boston
Mitty
Sho
Gabriel
Cara
Portiere
Boston Commonwealth
A Shop Girls Life and Cookery Debate in Schools
A detailed narrative contrasts shop girls daily life with fines for lateness and long hours to a broader debate on teaching cookery in public schools. It covers labor conditions, lunch constraints, promotion paths, pay, and attitudes toward management, independence, and marriage prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim
Kcloola
Germany
Panama Canal
Chicago Times
Chloro dyne advertised as medical cure-all in 1880s notice
Advertisement promotes CHLORODYNE by Dr J Collis Browne claiming cures for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma diarrhea cholera dysentery epilepsy neuralgia rheumatism gout and more. Caution notes legal dispute over invention and warns of imitations with prices and supplier details in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Collis Browne
Army Medical Staff
Symes & Cin
Pharmaceutical Chctists Medical Hall
Simla
J. T. Davenport
Great
Russell Street
Floravy
London
J. Collistrawne
Iitself
Collis Browne
Symes & Co
Pharm, Society of Great Britain
Viceroy's Chemists
W. Page Wood
Freeman
the Times
Ode
Weather Strips and Door Hardware Ad From McKillican and Andersurn
Fragmentary ad text from McKillican and Andersurn promoting weather strips and door hardware. Includes garbled lines and unclear product details from a bygone catalog page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKillican & Andersurn
Aguta P.O
Also Mentioned on This Page
Othe
Lea
Tight Dorte
Atlantic
John Patterson
East Side
West Side
Brooklyn
Harlem
Ian
Suit Departmental Vin
New York Sun
B. F. Butler
Artillery
Washington
Maj. Becker
New Orleans
Chicago Herald
Ohio
Castle Garden
Srogk
Arthur Bul
Lock's
Arthur Bullock's
Bollock's
Arthur Bullock’s
Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co., Limited
Loula Globe-Democrat
Sikkim
Calcutta
Philadelphia Ledger
China
Yenlo
Tee If
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hood River
Portland Oregonian
Fulton County
Atlanta Journal
Chicago
Charley H. Ball
New York
Nok
Easio
Amaroe Iene Eee Rals Bay
Wellington
East Wellington Coal CO
Wright
Holloway
Macry
Hallaway
New
Oxford St
Oxford
Oxford Street
Nanaimo and Vicinity
Independent Vnoliti
Toeraphe
Diseie
Nanaimo, B. Co
Columbia
Carroll
Vancouver
B.C
Heney Bop
Avecriptia & Eyed
Dnantatanie
A.T. Mecnabb & Co
Garesche Green & CO. Banekee Rss
Government Street Victoria
B. C
San Francisco
Europe
England
Peland
Scotland
United Shites
Canada
Wells, Fargo & Co
Lamon Siane
Nesbitt
Dickson & CO
Wean i Ees Readoffice
Tom England
Ihe
Allsop & Mason
Abo: 4
Chlorodyne
Wymond Walkfm
M.D
C.M
Province of
British Columbia
East Wellington
Sole
J.T. Davenport
Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury
T. Davis
Smith's
Commercial Street
Amelia
Nanaiamo
Nanaima
Comox
Norman Ee Eevee
Teaves Nahaina
Amas
Priday
Vening
Anis
Welling
Nana By
Chase
Atwood's
Aaronson & CO
Clothiers and Outfitters
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