Hell Gate project nears explosive blow to Flood Rock
Preparations for blasting Flood Rock in Hell Gate proceed after nine years of drilling subterranean galleries. Twenty four tunnels cut through the island plus east west channels, with vast rock removed and pillars loaded with dynamite and rackarock. Explosives will be fired by electricity or concussion, flooding the chamber to uncork the blast and clear debris by October first.
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Hell Gate
Astoria
Blackwell's Island
Advice to Old Men on Dignity and Aging
A reflective piece urges older men to avoid vanity and hypocrisy, to temper public propriety with private restraint, and to respect youth while acknowledging youth’s folly. It cautions against indulgence, futile wisdom, and temptation, stressing that age deserves peace and purpose from morning to evening and through eternity.
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Luchange
The Iron Crown and its Lombard saga
The Iron Crown, a gold circlet with an iron ring said to be forged from Christ's cross nails, was made in 591 by Princess Thendelinde for Agilulf, King of the Lombards, then gifted to Monza church. Charlemagne later used this iron crown at the monastery.
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Lombardy
Napoleon I
Milan
Europe
Victor Hugo
Napoleon
Austria
Francis J
Vienna
Italy
Naples
Inter Ocean
Thendelinde
Agilulf
Monza
Charle- Magne
Evolution of Writing Implements Through Ancient Times
The article traces writing tools from chisels and styles to reeds and quills, noting їх use on stone, wax, and parchment. It covers ink types including black from cuttlefish and ivory, and colors like lead, purple, vermilion, and murex. It cites Isidorus and a 1445 Venice quill gift, highlighting early manuscript practices. The piece appears from Chanbers' Journal.
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Isidorus
Venice
Nicholas
Chanbers’ Journal
They Got Left and the Boot Tar Mystery
In Merrill Block a barefoot man jokes with a passing policeman about tar on his heel and boot. He claims five hours of walking and asks if tar is on his sock or foot, noting a “thumpingest” callous as the boys misread him.
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Merrill Block
Detroit Tree Press
Widow Flapjack’s Boarding House Oyster Mixup
A Texas Siftings item lampoons a Houston boarding house on Austin avenue where widow Mrs Flapjack serves fried oysters for Sunday dinner. One guest complains he received only one oyster instead of two. The hostess quips the cook forgot to cut the oyster, as social satire follows the kitchen mishap.
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Flapjack
Austin Avenue
Faith in the Candidate and Archaic Public Traditions
A compilation of varied excerpts discusses Connecticut blue laws insisting on religious fitness for office and fines for voters who back disqualified candidates. It then notes Arctic white fur coloration as protective camouflage and questions its evolutionary rationale. The piece cites an ancient Greek tradition of rich citizens funding public services, highlighting Athens endowments and a hospital for elderly brothers founded by a single benefactor.
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Connecticut
Greece
University of Athens
Athens
The Nose as Symbol of Character and Power
The essay links facial noses to intellect and drive, arguing Roman and aquiline shapes signify aggression and strength. It cites Alexander the Great, Washington, Lincoln, Napoleon, Wellington, John Wesley, Jews, Assyrians, and a questioning child’s nose to illustrate how nose forms mirror moral and political force.
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Alexander the Great
Alexander
Greece
Jesus Cisar
Washington
Lincoln
Iron Duke
Napoleon
Wellington
Blucher
John Wesley
Losion Loree
The Carving Terms From The Book of Kervinge
A fifteenth century awkward list of kitchen commands from The Book of Kervinge printed by Wynkyn de Worde, detailing how to prepare and carve various fowl fish and game with terms such as break that deer rear that goose lift that swan and many more.
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Wynkyn de Worde
Kervinge
Nothing Mean About Him and a Grin at Mortality
A quip from the St. Louis Republic story about a dying wife named Margaret asking her penny-pinching husband Robert for burial near Cleveland relatives, only to be teased with a plan to bury her locally first and move her later. A second tale shows a cobbler humorously queried about thieves, prompting his shocked reply.
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Robert
Margaret
Cleveland
Maggie
St. Louis
Epidemic of Crime Cited With Varied Causes
A 19th century critique surveys claimed causes of crime and suicides, attributing it to ill digestion and poor blood. It argues stress, insanity, and dissipation as factors and endorses Warne r's Safe Cure as a preventive, praised by authorities and a physician cited in praise from the Rochester Democrat.
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C. H. Reeve
Indiana
Warner
Div Lewis
Rochester Democrat
Old Foggism and the Myth of Youth in Society
A compact gloss on old fogyism describing how youth and age view ambition through a misty lens. It argues sentiment persists despite fashion, while aging minds remain sharp at heart. The piece cites Boston Gazette and promotes St Jacobs Oil and Red Stoughton Cure for rheumatic pain and coughs.
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Lotos Land
Vashion
Boston Cazette
St. Jacobs
The Medical Practitioner and the Char Lat an
A reflective piece by Oliver Wendell Holmes on the challenges faced by medical practitioners. It urges respect for the consensus among wise healers and warns against trusting imposing but unfounded quackery.
Stomach Bitters Renew Nerve Strength And Sleep
The text touts Hostettec's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for nervous sensitivity and insomnia, claiming digestion renewal calms nerves and improves sleep. It also notes benefits for malaria, rheumatism, constipation, and torpid kidneys and bladder.
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Hostettec
Hand Shaking To-day in Pittsburgh Letter
A Pittsburg letter complains of modern handshakes. It says many young men shake with indifference or grip tightly, leaving the speaker with backache. The piece alleges youth now shows either languor or muscular vigor in social greetings.
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Pittsburg
Experiments Find Quinine Detectable at Low Dilutions
The University of Kansas tests show average person senses quinine at one part in 152000 water while salt water, sugar, and baking soda require different dilutions. Females detect smaller quantities than males. An advertisement touts Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters for digestion, bile, and blood purification amid reports of Philadelphia government building settlement issues.
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University of Kansas
Chicago Herald
Walker
Members of Congress have a frank way about them
Business directory note from Teras Siftings mentions the Gault House in Chicago at Clinton and Madison streets offering first class accommodations for $2 to $2.50 per day. It praises location near Union Depot and Elevator, with Hoyt & Gates as proprietors. Also advertises eye water by Dr Tenau Thompson and Frazer Axle Grease.
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Congress
Teras
Gault House
Chicago
Clinton and
Madison Streets
Union Depot
Hoyt & Gates
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya tonic ad
An old newspaper tone advertises Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya by Caswell Hazard & Co New York as a tonic for dyspepsia indigestion low spirits debility fever prevention and recovery, claiming superior efficacy and wide sale by druggists.
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Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
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