Mechanism opens many locks and huge fly-wheel in factory use
An English lockmaker claims a key can open 22600 patent lever locks, weighing three ounces and nickel plated after three years of drawings. A grooved fly-wheel from Hyde Jamaica plans a 34 foot diameter, 83 ton weight, rotating at over a mile per minute, for Astley Mills near Hyde Junction, built in fifty pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardware Trade Journal
Messrs. Goodfellow & Matthews
Hyde
Astley Mills Company
Hyde Junction
Mgr
Edward Crane
Massachusetts
Treasury Review of Statistics
New York State
New York Central and
Hudson River
Jime Road
Pennsylvania
United States
Maine
Aunt Ellen's Idea of Freedom from a Former Slave Nurse
A correspondent recalls visiting Aunt Ellen, a former slave nurse, to find her family and living conditions worsened after emancipation. She contrasts slave life with postwar poverty, noting the cruel irony of freedom as she encountered illness, drunkenness, and grinding hardship among her former master's community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Ellen
John
Harper’s Magazine
Earth shattering Krakatoa sounds reach far antipodes
Reports since the Krakatoa eruption in August 1883 show explosions heard in a thirty degree circle. Dr. F A Forel, a Swiss physicist, notes subterranean noises resembling distant thunder on Caracao Brac near Sunda Strait’s antipodes. He suggests the sounds may have propagated through the earth's diameter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krakatoa
F. A. Forel
Caiman-Brac
Caribbean Sea
Sunda Strait
Forel
Night Blindness Defect Noted Among India Natives
The article discusses night blindness or ratandhi lit, a common eyesight defect in natives of India. Some subjects retain daylight vision but falter in twilight, ranging from mild inconvenience to near blindness at dusk, with various degrees of impairment observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mexican Senoritas in the Streets of Mexico
A Boston Journal letter describes Mexican women as seen in Mexico City streets with wrought iron balconies and linen awnings. It praises the rare beauty of señoritas, notes the contrast with uglier earlier-age appearances, comments on lace mantilla and fashion, and laments the shift toward French hats while urging preservation of tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mejiiana
Alway
Boston Journal
Bone mill romance on mossy bank in Arkansas Traveler
A young woman and a self fashioned suitor swap quips amid a sunlit picnic scene. He reveals his odd occupation grinding bones for land use while praising her gentleness and comparing her to spring, ending with a playful exchange about being green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Arkansaw
A Matter of Money and a Balanced Union
An Austin father offers his daughter to a suitor with a rich dowry plan while the mercenary youth seeks courting terms. A Texas Siftings editor uncovers a Bible verse origin for a modern joke as Asa’s illness is noted in II Chronicles. The piece closes with reflections on aging and the weight of human life and a wry note on stenographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Air
Texas Siftings
Asa
Texas
Prudence and the fate of private letters in society
A compact critique on keeping love letters and private notes, arguing most are destined for destruction or public exposure. It contrasts early romantic writings with later caution, warns against evidentiary use by blackmailers, and suggests burning or severing such documents. The piece references sympathetic ink as a metaphor for erasing traces. It shifts to a separate London World note praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and related ailments, touting its digestive and tonic benefits.
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Abelards
Heloises
Strephens
Chloes
Clarissas
Marlowes
Hiram
Chancery Lane
London
A Brave Couple from Denver and a Sea Burial
A doctor recalls a Westerner on an ocean voyage who chose burial at sea over reaching shore. His wife, calm and practical, speaks of hardships and money to stay in England until the child grows. The widow and baby reach port safely, while the tale reflects on courage and loss. Also included are a Gresham post office anecdote and a light quip about vanity and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Missouri River
England
Brooklyn Eagle
Judge Gresham
Postoffice
New York Tribune
The Power of Trifles in History and Life
The article argues that small events shape large outcomes. It cites Livy, Charles Edward, Charles Martel, and Charles I as examples where tiny missteps or timing altered history. It notes everyday chances like missed trains or late letters as potential life turning points, illustrating universal sensitivity to trifles.
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Livy
Alexander the Great
Italy
Charles Edward
Derby
George II
Charles Martel
Tours
Europe
Charles I
William III
Philadelphia Stove Industry Booms In 1777
In 1777 notable interest arose as six stoves were completed in Philadelphia. The city’s stove foundries now produce about 4 million dollars annually and the industry sustains around 12,000 workers.
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Philadelphia
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Adverts Claim Cure
An early drug advertisement proclaims Dr. R. V. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the best known remedy for consumption and lung diseases. It urges readers to send two stamps for the complete treatise and lists the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, N Y. A pun on a violin chin-holder by an unnamed inventor is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Grand Union Hotel Promises Affordable Luxury in NYC
The Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot offers 600 rooms cost one million dollars to prepare, now advertised at one dollar per day and up under a European plan. Features include elevator and dining rooms, with horse cabs, stage and elevated rail access to all depots. Families can live better for less money at this first class hotel. A sealksin sack remark appears as a stray note.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Newark Machine Company Wins Patent Infringement Case
The Newark Machine Company of Columbus Ohio held patents for the Victor Double Huller Clover Machine. After a fire destroyed Newark works Ashland Ohio claims to supply a rival huller. Gear Scott Co of Richmond Indiana copied the Victor and faced patent interference. the Patent Commissioner ruled Newark valid and infringed. Newark seeks damages and targets Ashland for similar infringements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark Machine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Newark
Ashland Machine Company
Ashland
Gear, Scott & Co
Richmond
Ind
Commissioner of Patents
Washington
Newark Company
Wisconsin Resorts Reach by Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Line
Summer tourists can visit Milwaukee Waukesha Oconomowoc Lake side Harthind Pewaukee Nashotah Kilbourn Dells St Paul Minneapolis Lake Minnetonka and Wisconsin resorts via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Tickets available at 64 Clark Street Palmer House Grand Pacific Hotel and at the depot Madison and Canal streets.
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Milwaukee
Waukesha
Oconomowoc
Lakeside
Harthind
Pewaukee
Nashotah
Kilbourn
Dells
Wisconsin
St Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Clark Street
Palmer House
Grand Pacific
Depot
Madison
Canal Streets
Gault House Offers First Class Rooms In Chicago
A Chicago hotel advertisement promotes the Gault House at Clinton and Madison for two dollar rates per day. Located one block from Union Depot, it boasts elevator service and top-tier appointments. Also advertised are Cod Liver Oil products by Caswell Hazards Co and skin care soaps claiming medical benefits.
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Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Hoyv & Gates
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George Eliot
Denver
Stoves
Penius
Columbus, Ohio
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Caswell, Hazanp & Co
Jamaica
World’a Dispensary Medical Association
Deats Choice
P. V. B. Hues
Kinderhook
J. Stephens
S. Lebanon
Weaver Organ & Piano Co
York, Pa
Washington, D.C
Queen City
Cincinnati Suspender Co
Cincinnati, D
R. U
Lorillard
Fort Madison
Jows
Lydia E. Pinkham
W.C. A
Hops and Malt Bitters CO
Detroit
Mich
WL. Westfall
Dutchess Co
William Westfall
Rock City, Dutchess Co
Washington Hollow
David Kennedy
Rondout
N. Y
Kennedy
Westfall
Appison
Allen
A.J. Hileman
A. J.colbom
Sovienset Herald
Tran
Aston
Ill
H. CO. Mooney
Lafayette
R. L
Burrill H. Davis
J. N. Harris & CO. (Limited
Cincinnati
All Medicine
Rocrester
Hop Bitters
J. J. Berk
C. D. Warner
Valentine Bros
Janesville, Wis
Newark Machine
Lyman Truss
Lyman & Jeffrey
Buffalo
N.Y
H. H. Green
Ald
Jones Avenue
Atlanta
Waterbury
Chicago Ledger
Chicago Lodger
Moi
Alofa
Franklin Street
C.N.Y
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