Curious Facts About a Large Medical Capsule Manufacturer
A quiet downtown factory worth a public scant look crafts gelatine capsules for medical use. The proprietor says the old building and another house house a daily output surpassing one million capsules. Capsules range from tiny doses to a large horse size, with global trade extending to Mexico and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Mathes
Paris
United States
Mexico
Cuba
South America
China
Japan
New York Mail and Express
Fugitive Fortune at Harrow and Theobald’s Road
A London Standard tale recounts a Harrow boy who fibbed about his name and father's trade to aid a traveler. Years later a Green whose father kept a cheese shop in Theobald's Road inherits a fortune from a farmer, sparking reflections on truth and its consequences. The narrative contrasts wealth and honesty as the tale unfolds with a sharp moral twist.
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Harrow
Middlesex
Harrow and
Green
London
Theobald’s Road
Eton
Lord’s
London Standard
Elkins cites rapid wealth growth in Europe and America
Advancement of America notes Mr Elkins stating wealth in Europe and America rose three times faster than population. Britain’s wealth triples since fifty years ago while the United States rises sixfold. He claims daily gains of 11,000 people and $11,000,000 in property, with the U S now $11,000,000,000 richer than England. He quotes Bismarck praising U S success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Elkins
Europe
America
Great Britain
United States
England
Washington in a New Light
Gladstone praised Britain as the wealthiest nation. Washington in a New Light argues that George Washington remains partly unknown as a man beyond heroics. It envisions a fuller biography showing him both great and flawed, a humane yet stern founder who wielded common sense to deliver the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gen
President Washington
George Washington
Jefferson
Lear
Congress
McMasters
Safest town claim and hotel fire escape notice in Salem report
A Hartford Times account describes a drummer remarking that Salem Massachusetts is the safest New England town. The piece quotes a hotel notice detailing fire escape routes to the right and left via stairs and windows, red lights at the main stairway, and a night watchman who will sound the gong if fire occurs, with observations after opening a window eight feet to the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
Salem
Mass
Hartford Times
The Barber's Side of It Discussed by a Pittsburgh Barber
A Pittsburgh barber argues talkative barbers please customers by engaging them in conversation during shaving. He contends silent barbers disappoint clients who fixate on discomfort. He praises lively chat about politics weather and local matters to avoid dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Caswell, Hazaku & Co
New York
Woods That Will Not Make Ships
Sixteen American tree species have perfectly dry wood that sinks in water. The heaviest is black ironwood from Southern Florida, over 30 percent heavier than water. Other notable sinking woods include lignum vitae and mangrove, plus a small oak species in mountain Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Arizona up to 5,000 to 10,000 feet. Most sinking woods come from tropical Florida or the arid interior Pacific region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado Desert
Interior Pacific
Legal Complications From A Knot In A Horse Tail
An Onion Creek resident Si Jackson tells lawyer George he wants the law to compel repayment. The lawyer cashes a five dollar payment and advises him to untie the knot in his horse tail. The vignette reflects a sharp exchange over a petty dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Jackson
Onion Creek
George
Texas
It's Pleasant to Try Anyhow and Kissing Talk
A quoted exchange describes kissing as a good way to make a girl's lips red. It asserts Alisa can cause lipstick to rise to the forehead when her mother interrupts in the parlor during a kiss.
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Alisa
Practical humor and gossip in a clipped hair joke
A snippet features a sharp exchange between Mrs and Mr 8 from Puck, praising a heartless brawl of words. A traveling man notes about one in forty five married women being free from worry, suggesting modern husbands’ haircuts with clip pers may link to marital anxiety.
The Rudder of Conscience Lost Amid Ocean Storm
A mid ocean alarm reveals a ship’s rudder failed due to neglected maintenance. The piece equates that failing rudder to a man’s constitution, blaming mental strain and overwork for organ harm and touting Warner’s Safe Cure as a remedy to restore vigor and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Traveler
The Effects of Tobacco in 19th Century Review
Extracts from A Resume of the Tobacco Question discuss tobacco’s health effects and social role. It cites observations by Dr. Richardson and Hammond on weight, digestion, fatigue, and mood, noting both risks and perceived benefits as a luxury aiding endurance and comfort for workers and solitary lifestyles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Richardson
Lancet
Hammond
Borhaave
Holland
Famine Threat Looms on Tristan da Cunha Island
Ruined by rats from a wrecked American schooner, Tristan da Cunha faces famine as 99 inhabitants struggle amid 900 cattle and 500 sheep. Rats devastate crops, forcing reliance on passing ships for flour and bread.
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Tristan d’Acunha
South Pacific
Women as Army Auxiliaries in Peruvian War
The passage describes wives and families of Peruvian soldiers traveling with troops. It praises endurance and duties in camp and on march while condemning them as “poor, miserable, degraded creatures.” It notes women carrying camp gear and nursing the wounded, with a cynical remark about a fad called Fenoina and fence occupancy to rest the gate.
Uncivilized Base-Ball Players at Hotels Cited by Clerk
A Philadelphia Times hotel clerk describes base ball players as disruptive guests who wear spikes indoors, damage carpets, and misbehave at meals. The piece contrasts their dining-room conduct with expectations of hotel decorum. Supremely Delightful Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters aids invalids by restoring appetite digestion sleep and strength, promising cure for rheumatism malaria liver and kidney troubles.
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Philadelphia Times
A Curious Rat Nest in Loft and a Hidden Flower
A hay loft housed about twenty rats with tails braided into a single knot to conserve warmth. Sixteen adults remained intertwined, making separation impossible. Nearby a delicate flower grew three feet tall beside the horses and wheel track, surviving despite proximity to danger and without trouble borrowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Thoreau
Dr Pierce's Treatise and Favorite Prescription Card
An advertorial notice promotes Dr Pierce's treatise on diseases of women and the Favorite Prescription as a lifesaving pamphlet available by mail for ten cents. It also touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and mocks saloon wealth versus congressional abstinence, remarking on whiskey as medicine and red noses.
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Longfellow
Kk. VY. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Gault House Offers First Class Rooms in Chicago
The Gault House at Clinton and Madison streets in Chicago advertises first class accommodations for business people and tourists at two to two fifty dollars per day. Located a block from Union Depot, the hotel features an elevator and refined appointments. Proprietors Horr & Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grant Central Depot
Grand Union
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Horr & Gates
Injunction Against Warner Over German Hop Bitters
The Hop Bitters Company of Rochester N C obtains a U S injunction against Collatinus D Warner of Reading Michigan. He is barred from manufacturing or selling German Hop Bitters or using the label Hop Bitters to mislead buyers, until further court order. The order, issued July 15 1885 at Detroit, is signed by Chief Justice Morrison B Waite.
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Rochester Morning Herald
Hop Bitters Company
Rochester
N. C
Colletinus D. Warner
Reading
Michigan
United States of America
Collatinus D. Warner
Mich
Circuit Court
Stanley Matthews
Henry B. Brown
Detroit
Honorale Morrison B. Waite
The
United States
A. D
B. Walter
Harsha
U. S
C.D. Warner
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Advancement of America
Gladstone
Puck
Kats
Indiana
Daniel W. Voorhees
St. Jacobs Oil
George Stevenson
Dr. Vierce
Gen. Grant
American Publishing Co
Hartford
Conn
Grant
U. S. Grant
Fort Donelson
Caswell, Hazanp & Co
Akron
Iowa
Reo Star
Charles «. Vogeler
Baltimore
Maryland
J. M. Moore
Farmington
Deraor
Mick
DR. W. Ranor
Box 'T
Gatanp Isnann
Nes
Life OF
Fisica
Ryans Games
Davis & CO
Washington St
L. Pond
M.D
Aurora, Kane Co
Tit
Valentine Bros
Janeaville
Wis
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Reed’s Temple OF Music
State St
Man and
Beast
J.C. Homman
Wisconsin
R. U
Lorillard
Iafe
Newman
Col.Burr
National Publishing Co
Ben Box
Jones
Losk
Merican Publishing CO
Hiartford Wtous
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Priily
Milo B. Stevens & Go
Cleveland
Chisago
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson
Sona & Co
Troy
Hen
Bagan's
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