Coloring Diamonds and Fusing Rubies Into One
A Paris based Swiss artificer reportedly melted rubies into a single first quality gem, with notes on ruby and sapphire fusion risks. The article links to broader fraud fears, diamond substitutes, and the potential impact on prices and values, citing New Haven and Burmah sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Connecticut
Paris
Pegu
Burmah
Siam
Ceylon
China
Sagarin
Siberia
Menschikoff
Russia
New York Graphic
The Second-Hand Shoe Trade Revealed by a Brooklyn Cobbler
A Brooklyn shoemaker describes a market for second-hand shoes where elderly wealthy skinflints buy for resale, and poor families receive affordable footwear. He explains refurbishing methods, costs, and the tendency for men to wear shoes until worn out. He notes boots fetch higher value and women’s shoes are less traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
The Study of Advertisements and City Character
An observer can learn a city’s character by studying its newspaper advertising columns. A Baltimore paper could reveal amusements, railroads, steamers, banks, and industry from ads and market notices. The want and financial columns, plus domestic market reports, offer instructive insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsurger
Baltimore
Mountain Sam and His Mountain Sheep Hounds
An old hunter known as Mountain Sam traps, drives, and ships large horned mountain sheep to New York. His twenty five dogs, a cross of blood hound and bulldog, chase and quarter flocks, force the pack to circle and drive the herd, bringing down the largest sheep for Sam to claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
New York
Big Horn Mountains
Denver Tribune
All Whirling Through Space and Proper Motion in Stars
An overview of stellar proper motion charts progress from Bradley to Dreyer, noting the vast distances and slow apparent movements. It explains how a second of arc per year is a notable rate and that centuries of data are needed to reveal real motions. A brief local note follows about G F Miller’s rheumatism and relief with St Jacobs Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
J. L. E. Dreyer
Philadelphia Ledger
Panic of 1857 and economic collapse details
The panic began August 24 1857 and lasted into February next year. Causes centered on a sharp loan contraction after Ohio Life and Trust suspended. Clearing house funds fell by four million dollars and a major bank defalcation was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Life and Trust Company
Trust Company
Grand Union Hotel Promises European Plan and Central Access
Important notice touts the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot as a premier choice for travelers. It offers 613 rooms fitted at a cost of one million dollars, with rates from $1 per day on the European plan. Elevator service, an on site restaurant, and convenient horse cars, stages, and elevated railroad access to all depots are advertised. Families are urged that they can live better for less money there than at any other first class hotel in the city.
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New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Senator Gorman's Nutmeg Neuralgia Remedy
A National Republican retells Senator Gorman's tale of relief from neuralgia after wearing a plain nutmeg on a string. He endured severe attacks, tried physicians, and found temporary relief through the nutmeg remedy recommended by an elderly friend. The piece presents the anecdote as a personal experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorman
Republican
Miasma and Fever Threat From Stagnant Water
The passage warns that stagnant water and decaying vegetation breed malarial and typhus fevers and other endemic illnesses. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as an antidote preventing contraction and recurrence, claiming protective and tonic benefits for stomach, liver, bowels, rheumatism, and urinary issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesseps Panama Canal
Hostetter
Don’t Blind the Babies with Bright Sun Shield
A public-spirited notice warns parents against using bright colored screens for infants to shade the eyes. It urges darker, denser shades to protect the tender vision, noting nurses affirm the injurious effect of flashy shields and advising practical, not fashionable, choices.
The Delights of Rural Life and a Tax Roundabout
A city guest praises country living while a farmer notes taxation relief. The Hartford Post excerpt contrasts rustic pleasures with a tax payment sentiment. The piece also cites Dr Tipton of Alabama claiming prewar southern African Americans lacked phthisis, and that nearsightedness was rare among them.
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Dr. Tipton
Alabama
South
No Physic Sir in Mines Turns Up In School Tale
A Jersey boys’ boarding school tale recalls the headmaster’s plan to spice up the monotonous diet with old-style physic in the sauce. A clever student proclaims his father’s advice to use Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, claiming they work like charm. A Haverillie woman refuses to shoe her hens while her husband strikes as a shoemaker.
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Jersey
How Women Would Vote and Patent Remedy Ads
A compilation of misjoined advertorial lines and opinions. References to women voting, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, Buckingham’s Dye, Caswell Hazard Tar Soap, Piso’s Remedy, Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water, and Frazer products appear as examples of early 20th century consumer notices and medical claims.
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Dr. Pierce
Haymarket hero Lieut James Stanton profiled in Chicago history
A brief history of James P. Stanton ex detective and Chicago police lieutenant famed for eleven wounds at the Haymarket massacre. Born in Birmingham 1844, he served in the navy, fought in the Civil War, and rose through Chicago police ranks. He and his family are noted in local benevolent societies and painter unions. The piece promotes a serial tale about the Haymarket event.
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James P. Stanton
Chicago
Haymarket
Stanton
England
Birmingham
John
Winifred Stanton
Vicksburg
Missinsippi River
United States Navy
Philadelphia
West Town
Hinman Street
Madison Street
Mary Muray
Mary
Winifred
Ellen
George
Agnes
Frank Stanton
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Police and State Benevolent Societies
Painters’ Union
Tom CutcaGo LepcEr
Orn
Boms Throwers
Law and Order
Cariaco Lepaer
Dr William Hall Balsam For The Lungs
A physician named Dr William Hall reportedly developed a throat and lung remedy after long research. The medicine Dr William Hall s Balsam for the Lungs was said to gain wide reputation in the country as a speedy cure for coughs colds sore throat and related chest throat illnesses.
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William Hall
WM Halls
Notable Patent Medicine Claims and Obvious Advertising
A fragmentary jumble of patent medicine pitches and sensational sales lines. Items include Rough on Itch cures, Rough on Catarrh, Hallett Co. work-from-home schemes, Well’s Hair Balsam, Rough on Bile pills, and a New Yorker ad about cheap gravestones to close an estate.
Thought the Fighting Begun In Anarchist Drill Scene
One hundred anarchists drilled in an uptown hall shouting demands and marching. Chaos followed as seventy five rushed for the door, ten leapt from a third story window, eight fainted, six prayed, and one nearly collided with a mouse hole while a stray match flare sparked a mistaken fight.
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Alta California
Golden Medical Discovery Anew Man From Consumption
A man recounts how he suffered under the weather with night sweats cough and weight loss. After using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery he claims to be cured and decidedly healthier, feeling ten years younger.
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Hario
Excess Invites Repression Ideas for Immigration Policy
An essay warns against adopting repressive Bis marckian methods to curb alien influence. It argues such approaches fuel anarchy and threaten democratic institutions, urging preventive laws to curb undesirable immigration as a safer path to labor solutions.
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F Pitisburg Chronicle
Mountain Sam's Dogs
Tur
Corsicana, Texan, Observer
G. F. Miller
St. Jacobs
C. M. Nuit
Pine Bluff
Ark
Cottage City
N. J
Mecca
Asheville
N. C
Senator Gorman
Robinson
Hartford Post
Lowell
Ayer
Buckingham
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Isaac Thompson
Bome Throwers
Algo
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Antonio
Brown Chemical 00
Belta
Itanin
Publishers Review
Broadway
Ower
A.J. Tower
Simmons St
Boston
Masa
MARIN
Ballard Gallery
Marlin Firearms CO
Conn
EJ. Johnson
Mangr
S Barelaa
Urs Ae Ae Oo
Radway
Prof
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Brewster's Bafety
Holly, Mich
Ucck
Terms & Cigulars Ad
National Pub. CO
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Sayor
Frazier
WMS. Mfg. Co
Cleveland
Yeadlinn
Chicago Ledger
Sami
Ee Kidder
The
Union Publishing Co
Newark
Randolph St
Thomas
Lord & 2
J.B. Mayer
Arch St. Phila
Standish House
Detroit
Mich
Commercial
Warrine
J.C Lighthouse
Rochester
N.Y
Washington
Dtzeace
ome-Cireto Ae Group
MK Fares
Piwptl Hill Pub
26Th Ct
Row York
Saipan | Resolvent
Efor Scrofulz
Blosana Maeseages
Radway & Co., N
Rel
Aestian
LE Page
Roasts Cement Co
Gloucester
Mase
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Lil
Devel
Woodbury
Albany
Peg
T Chicago
Oods
Sears Bay
Chicago Newspaper Union
Franklin St
Eure Cay
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