Pocket camera in watch-case praised by Rosenthal
The Register notes a new pocket camera using the dry plate process enclosed in a silver watch-case and claims strong performance. The piece also references chess prowess, labor struggles, and education customs in Kentucky and China, highlighting diverse anecdotes including MonTER, Bismarck, Grevy, Freycinet, Say, Swinton, and Howine schools.
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Count von Monter
Prince Bismarck
Grevy
M. de Freycinet
M. Leon Say
France
Rosenthal
Troy caster maker Garpyerr Ean dies. cremation planned
Garpyerr Ean, famed Troy NY coffin and cremation maker, died recently and urged his will to be opened promptly. He directed cremation of his body and requested no crape on his front door and no service to be held over the body.
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Garpyerr Ean
Troy
N. Y
Henry Warp Brecuer on swift exit from life
Henry Warp Brecuer recalled years ago that he never favored the Episcopal prayer for sudden death. He said he preferred to die swiftly like a falling star, ending his usefulness and not becoming a burden to himself or his loved ones.
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Henry Warp Brecuer
Monopolies in British drink trade and notable 19th century notes
The piece notes that Guinness and Allsopp control most licensed drinking shops in Britain, drawing a parallel to Standard Oil. It profiles Savannah's Courtrey H. Way, consul general at St. Petersburg, a former Confederate colonel and Georgia’s Paris Expositions commissioner. Other items include a rat versus sparrow fight in Oil City, a Dover feat of walking 530 miles in 24 days, reflections from New Orleans Christian Advocate on race terms, wheat market impacts from French duties, and Buffalo clock innovation after seven years of work.
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Guinness & Co
Allsopp & Co
Great Britain
Standard Oil Company
Courtrey H. Way
Savannah
St. Petersburg
Russia
Fifty-fourth
Georgia
Dover
Drummond
Selkirk
Scotland
English Channel
Westmoreland
Sensational 24Hour Clock and Depew’s Delmonico Dinners
A clock display combines a 24 hour dial with a twelve hour inner ring and animated scenes including apostles and a “Beware of Temptation” inscription. It features simple inner mechanics built from jack knives and cigar boxes. Chauncey M. Depew, famed president of the New York Central, is described as an unrivaled after dinner speaker with a ritual of Delmonico’s dinners in the dinner season.
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Christ
Peter
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
Delmonico’s
Mr. Depew
Fifth Avenue
Depew
Thoughtful Thoughts for Wise Living and Cautions
A collection of maxims on virtue folly secrecy and trust. The sayings urge prudence in friendship salt sharing honesty and restraint in speech. It contrasts actions by rich and poor and warns against premature confidence and unwisdom in leadership.
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Apmirnathon
Strak Little
Practical Surgical Nursing for Emergencies and Wound Care
The article describes making simple dressings from old sheets and two inch strips, rolling bandages, and homemade carbolized oil for antisepsis. It discusses Pasteur and Lister’s antiseptic ideas, bed setup for serious injuries, and Indian upper-class dining customs reflecting strict gender roles.
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Earth
Pasteur
Lister
Bartholomew’s Hospital
London
Women in Indian households constrain brides to hard labor
Capt. Richard Carnack Temple describes in a recent paper how average Indian families assign all domestic duties to women, with the bride bearing the hardest tasks and lifelong isolation. Servants exist but on a different footing, and social meals that foster family ties are lacking.
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Richard Carnack Temple
Modern Methods Reign While Puritan Discipline Returns
A humorous Tid Bits fragment contrasts modern toughening methods with old fashioned discipline. It parodies a Puritan mother coercing her son Waitstill Prosperity Dogood Winthrop to rise, obey, and eat, culminating in a warm breakfast after stern warnings and broomstick threats.
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Waitstill
Temperance Prudence Piety Winthrop
Winthrop
Realizing Conscience and Its Difficult Moral Burdens
An examination of the idea of a realizing conscience contrasts it with ordinary morality. The piece argues such a conscience forces strict self scrutiny, erases double standards, and confers accountability in business and personal conduct. It considers social disruption and potential impractical spreads of this virtue. Boston Courier. It is a wise tramp who eats his own pap.
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Boston Courier
Dramatic Escape of Gen Beales Daughter
Gen Beales daughter Mary married a distinguished Russian diplomat in Paris. Their vicious dog bit his wife’s lip and cheek after the animal was recaptured, then attacked the husband. The couple used a red hot poker to cauterize wounds and the Russian surgeon declared no lasting danger. The dog died in agony and no illness arose for the couple.
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Gen. Beale
Mary
Paris
Legation
Europe
Tobogganing in Canada under a winter hall scene
A Canadian winter gathering features guests in colorful costumes arriving with skates and toboggans. Lanterns line the slides as two to four riders race down icy troughs at breakneck speed, flames from a giant bonfire lighting the pines and spectators. The lone Canadian girl speeds by, her toque streaming, as steered by a bold rider.
Gettysburg Decision: Lee Chooses Battle Over Retreat
Analysis by Gen Henry J Hunt notes Lee faced limited options near Gettysburg. Meade’s position looms as Lee commits to attack, with Longstreet urged to strike Meade’s left. Ewell poised to seize Culp’s Hill while Sykes’s Fifth Corps approaches from Hanover road. Johnson awaits orders as Lee pushes toward an offensive.
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Culpepper
Lee
Meade
Gettysburg
South Mountain Range
Cumberland Valley
Potomac
Ewell
Culp’s Hill
Johnson
Sykes
Slocum
Fifth Corps
Hanover Road
Culp
Longstreet
Demands of Labor Prompt Beer Break Theorized Strike
A furniture firm worker committee pressured Mr Hardware of Hardware and Toole for beer breaks during shifts. They proposed half hour rests at 9 and 11, later adding a 2 o clock beer need. The employer offered time to drink without pay raise, implying no strike if beer paid for. The ultimatum kept workers from striking.
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Rambler
The Hog New Venture In Chicago Journalism Field
A playful antique item notes a new Chicago journalism venture called the Hog and its projected appeal. The piece riffs on price shifts in wheat and a humorous “Telephone Suits” headline while lampooning minor quarrels and a philosopher’s remark about trouble among youths.
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Chicago
Phascesius
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