Mechanical inventions and new industrial processes
The article surveys diverse innovations including the Bock motor a boilerless engine under French use with air steam feed. It notes horn joining by heating scraping and pressing, and leather surface replication via electroplating. It discusses hydrogen rich flame potential from water and naptha vapors a Russian flax belting belt with superior durability and waterproofing and a lecturer comment on parental control in marriage choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
France
Tripoli
Russia
Chinese Women Lecture on Chinese Customs and Family Life
Yau Phou Lee spoke at John Street Congregational Church on Chinese women, arguing they differ less from American girls than commonly believed. He described foot binding as a two thirds prevalence, its reasons, and its health drawbacks, and noted limited education and arranged marriages beginning in childhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yau Phou Lee
John Street Congregational Church
Orient
Jove
The Last Hairpin Tragedy and a Nail Box Rescue
A woman loses her hairpin and is forced to improvise with a long nail. A worm scare reveals the nail, dropped during a dramatic rescue attempt. Neighbors intervene as the husband jokes about insurance, hairpins, and keeping a nail box hidden.
Jonah Katy the Whaley
A New York Observer report recalls a Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Sunday school lesson about Jonah and the whale. A class of seventy Chinamen listened as a teacher urged moral interpretation, while one student quipped I am Jonah eaty the whaley.
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Tvifth Avenue Presbyterian
New York
Jonah
Jonah Eaty the Whaley
Cor
Uliea Observer
Transcendental Ego Stumps Circus Boy Joke
Henry James Sr tells of his grandson visiting the circus. The boy declares the show was splendid but misses one animal the transcendental ego, revealing a humorous take on philosophy. The anecdote appears in a Philadelphia Record item about bright sayings from the era.
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Henry James
Grandpa
Philadelphia Record
The Mystery Solved At The Curtain Drop Joke
A couple discusses a theater night with tickets for next week. He recalls missing the ticket seller and asks if she minded. She says she was busy solving a mental puzzle about why the front curtain is called the drop and claims to have the correct answer.
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Detroit Journal
Angles and Pancakes in a Fall River Quip
A satirical note contrasts a bright-eyed darling with a breakfast cook. The piece jokes about an angel, sunshine, and a pile of pancakes. A quip asks what separates an old bachelor from a pretty girl, suggesting a playful misread of words.
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Darling
Fall River Advance
Billiard Balls From Ivory The Material And Process
American Cultivator notes that billiard balls are traditionally ivory, with celluloid used for pool balls. Ivory from Asia and Africa is carved into blocks, then lathed into two balls per block. Balls are graded as all clear, half clear, or season checks, with enamel and color applied by aniline dyes, and weather sensitivity causing cracks during seasoning.
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Asia
Africa
Zanzibar
West Cape
Artemus Ward Mocked Foreigners at Dinner
The humorist Artemus Ward told a sharp wartime dinner party quip about foreigners. He aimed at enemies of the Union but quickly clarified his remark by joking he meant only to refer to certain non Americans present, eliciting knowing glances from guests.
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Tre
Artemus Ward
Charlie Brown
Union
Artemus
San Francisco Ingleside
An Urban Quest For An Honest Man Cartoon
A Chicago joke about Diogenes and honesty contrasts with a health ad urging readers to use Hostetter s Stomach Bitters to correct irregular digestion. The piece cites the need for liver and bowel regularity to prevent chronic illness and promote overall well being.
Honor in Dispute on Austin Avenue
Two men had a dispute on Austin avenue a few days ago. One shouted in a defiant tone that he would not be touched as a gentleman. The other replied that there was no danger of touching him and that he would not know where to look for his honor.
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Chicago Ledger
Diogenes
Papa
Chicago
Carl Preizel
Austin Avenue
Hit
Texas Siflings
Guysotts
Rockaway
United States
Canada
Beni Wifs
Ses Rey Smecatneas
Poultry Keeper
Allree
Newy
Waterbury
Sople
Rendsiph St
Cure for drunkenness recipe in Dr Foote's Monthly
An old health monthly advocates a home remedy to curb alcohol craving. The proposed cure mixes iron sulfate, magnesia, peppermint water, and spirits of nutmeg with a leading dose of ten grains of iron and four drams of nutmeg spirit, to be taken twice daily.
Radical new method promises cure for rupture claims
The World's Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo urges readers to discard trusses and try a hot bath and rest to relieve nervous toothache. It also mocks excessive spending, cites George Eliot on kindness to animals, and ends with a quip about back talk.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Mainstreet
Buffalo, N.Y
The Fears That Helped Spread Small Pox Aboard Ship
A 1855 voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne carried 550 souls including 500 Chinese passengers and two cabin passengers plus crew. A passenger contracted small pox near Singapore, and the ship’s carpenter, driven by fear, avoided the cabin and later fell ill, being quarantined in Melbourne while the rest remained symptom free.
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Hong Kong
Melbourne
Australia
Singapore
Boston Transcript
Life in the Paris Sewers and Health Panics of the Day
A rugged critique of sewer living and bodily toxins contrasts with patent medicine ads for Dr. Pierce and Perry Davis, urging health cures and dietary caution. The piece cites liver inactivity, breath, and skin as pathways of decay, while praising Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It nods to Grand Union Hotel promotions near Grand Central and warns about corsets and tight lacing.
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Paris
Pierce
Gault House Offers First Class Rooms At Low Rates
The Gault House in Chicago at Clinton and Madison streets advertises first class accommodations for $2 to $2.50 per day. Located near the Union Depot the hotel boasts elevator service and complete appointments. Hoyt and Gates are the proprietors.
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New York City
Cagcage
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Hoyt & Gates
Cucumber fears and patent medicine promises in ads
A jumble of old-time ad copy touts cucumbers as harmless yet blamed for digestive woes. It promotes Perky Davis Pain KILLER and Eber’s Bronchial Wroches, Allen’s Lung Balsam, and Pemo-Phosphorated Elixir of Cassava, citing endorsements from W. H. Worthington and the Poultry Keeper journal, all bundled with fever and dyspepsia cures.
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Davis
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Allen's Lung Balsam Advertisements From 1884 Letters
The fragment shows historical endorsements from 1884 praising Allen's Lung Balsam for bronchitis and cough relief. Letters by H. C. Mooney, Burrill H. Davis, and Seti and Ta Faverri reference long-term sales and patient satisfaction in Astoria.
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Astoria
Benjanin
Tig
H.C. Mooney
Drugeist
R.J
Allen
Burrill H. Davis
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Columbus
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Isaac Thompson
Drugg
Kansas
Euarr
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J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
T.wike
Mr Att Or
J.C Motman
Jefferson
Wisconsin
H. Warner & CO
Rochester, N.Y
H. H. Warner & CO
Rochester
N. Y
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Brathwaite
Red Bank
N.J
Warner
Rochester, N. Y
BROWN
Dr. le Roy
Madison St
Washington, D.C
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A. J.colbom
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Toronto
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Sheffington
Quebec
Sarah C
Eugene City
Oregon
Lexington
Arever
Chas. Cook
First Ave
F.L. Pond
M.D
Aurora, Kane Co
R. U
Lorillard
Navy
Ans Jones
Dices Jones
Einbrawt Omeroen Bisghamion
Bann
Lyon & Healy
Dederick’s Hay
Nesses
K. Dederick & CO
Albany, N. You
Lyman Truss
Lyman & Jeffrey
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Cincinnati
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Detroit
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