A Dish Washing Machine That Never Breaks Dishes
A Bowery restaurant tests a novel dish washing machine claimed to clean and dry 1 600 pieces per hour without damage. Workers fear job loss and union action as bolts are loosened and belts cut during trials. The device, praised by an Ohio inventor, faces strong resistance from kitchens staff and public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Bowery
Tommy
Ohio
Chieman
Lake Chautauqua
Tales of Turtles Run Wild Across Cities
Read of 19th century turtles with initials carved in shells found in gardens and tombs, a hotel headless turtle story, a man bitten while forcing jaws open, and two snapping turtles clamping hands. A Raleigh market brawl ends with a court test if a turtle qualifies as a deadly weapon. Louisville fireman loses control of two snapping turtles as heads are severed.
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Olney
Ill
Washington, Ga
J. C J. Johnson
Cherry Hill
E. D. Clayton
Colonel Johnson
Clayton
Louis Cronenberg
Columbia
D. C
Raleigh
N. C
Jake Becker
Louisville
Becker
Tragic Death Follows Czarina’s Hasty Imperial Union
The New York Graphic recounts the hurried marriage of the Czar to Princess Dolgorouki after Empress Marie’s death. It notes the swift ukase, Royally conferred title, large fortune settled abroad, and the coronation plan foiled by his sudden death. The tale ends with the Emperor’s dying warning about red boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolgorouki
Marie
Jouriensky
Romanoff
Order of St. Catharine
Czarowitz
Alexander
Catherine
New York Graphic
The Barbecue Through Georgia History
The article traces barbecue origins from Guiana Indians to German medieval royalty and notes its American role in Georgia as a social gathering for Whigs and Democrats. It recalls how barbecues blended politics and dinner in antebellum times before becoming a male picnic tradition. A stray line closes with a sewing machine ad claim.
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Webster
Guiana
Germany
Georgia
Georgia Bulletin
Treasury warns on counterfeit notes and fiber paper tests
United States Treasury warns readers about dangerous counterfeit notes and the specific fiber paper features used to verify genuineness. It notes greenbacks gold and silver certificates and later national bank notes are printed on government fiber with blue or red threads and advises refusing any nonconforming notes. It also recounts a Michigan post office incident and other minor science and agricultural notes from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury Department
Bank of England
Third National Bank
Cincinnati
Ohio
First National Bank of
Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Union Hotel and Chicago satire cited in old notice
Fragmented excerpt describes the Grand Union Hotel details in New York with grandiose claims and rate notes, then shifts to a Chicago Rambler quotation lampooning city politics. It highlights travel, horse cars, and elevated rail depots, then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Liniment as a household remedy.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Game Chickens and Bold Bravery Quote From Boston Courier
A frugal exchange over game chickens ends with the line The bravest are the tenderest as quoted from the Boston Courier. Various short blurbs mention Tar Church of St Sulpice in Paris begun by Anne of Austria in 1646, and a series of aphorisms and medical pitches from Ward's Dispensary and Perry Davis Pain Killer.
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Boston Courier
Paris
Anne of Austria
Beauty and Health for Women in Dr Pierce’s Prescription
An 19th century-era ad extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments causing nervous debility and weakness. It claims to restore beauty and youth, describing the medicine as a sovereign remedy and a boon to health and charm. A second fragment mentions a personal plea to Ned to return, noting a mistaken confrontation by the narrator’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Help for Consumptives
Reader advertisement records claim that Dr. R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption and other afflictions. It cites cured patients once deemed incurable and offers a medical book in exchange for stamps. Also mentions sleep walking theory and various product endorsements in a rapid, promotional tone.
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R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Word’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
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Turtles
Czar
Squire Hobbs
Philosophy
Frekwent Kontakt
Salin
Oman
Chicago Ledger
Michigan
Livingston County
Bailey
Bill
Bill Bailey
York State
Detroit Stree Press
Messrs
Siemens
Miculcan
Rochester
N. Y
Danelson
Paul- People's
C. R. Parsons
Samples, Rural Home Co., Ltd
Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Rambler
Y. H
Cicero
Ward’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
D. H. Barnaby
Owego
WM. Hale
Cho
Perry Davis
Pereous
Lyon
Wlan Simmons
Ie Is
Son
Simmons
John T. Chippell
Poplar Mount
M. B. Wharton
Southern Baptist Theological Semnary
J. Wexexa
Batavia
Kane Co
Simmons Liver
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Philadelphia
Brewater
Synvita
Jay Paver
Hasley
Madison
Peart
Albany
Lord & Thomas
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson
Davin Rickand
Waterloo
Iowa
W.H. Hircrcocn
Greene
Brown
Woot Lawrence
Jackson St
Jackson
Mich
Genuine
Brown Chnemical CO
Baltimore
HuwaRme Reazpy Company
Lafayete
Ryvew England Conservatory
WUSIC
Boston
Mass
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SEST
Studenta Iast
Taureough
KE. Tourjee
Dir
Franklin
Buston
Minas
Spencer's Alligator Press
J. A. Spencer
Dwight
Sioux City
Douglas St
Eggleston Truss
Mail.org
Delphas
Conurmnorres
Kigher
T. Felix Gouraud
L.A. Sayre
Qourane
T. Hopkins
Bond St
H. HH
Jones Avenue
Atlanta
A. J. Tower
Penn
Ned
Ayer’ S
Whart
Anno
Bronx
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