Automaton Gun Used To Slay Animals In New York Tests
A report describes a device called an aft gun where a javelin is fired into an animal and then recoil brings the mechanism to rearm. Tests aim to kill larger beasts with the gun mounted on a carriage and used at a New York city slaughtering site later planned. The piece also recounts a London auction find resembling a Rembrandt under later painting, and a Rome art-for-repaint scheme exposing Correggio under painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petr
New York City
New York
Sbatteria
Berghing
London
Lovera
Hunterspergh
Rome
Scala
Correggio
Earl of Bristol
Dundee Advertiser
London in 1784 Foretold by La Combe on Crime and Deceit
The 1784 portrait notes armed highwaymen around London and widespread street crime. La Combe recalls brans knockers and parries for safe doors and a public fear of theft. He criticizes bakers with alum, brewers with drugs, and milk sellers tainted milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
la Combe
M. la Combe
Blood Red Banner through the Ages in Revolts
A compact summary traces blood red as a recurring emblem in uprisings and liberty movements across history. It notes Persian revolts, Paris plots, Dunker Hill, American independence, and German uprisings, linking blood red to caps, banners, and trades unions while observing monarchs rarely choose it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain
Abel
Paris
Dunker Ell
London
Archbishop and aid de camp riddle from dinner table
An anecdote from Dublin involving Dr. Whately and a young aid de camp. At dinner the officer asked if the archbishop knew the difference between an archbishop and an ass and a soldier claimed two jests. The archbishop admitted ignorance and the officer replied he knew none either.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whately
Dublin
Enlimly
Liverpool Mercury
Conscience and a Loan in a Bellman Reflection
A kindly man faces a moral dilemma over lending money to a visitor. His friend suggests deception, but the man clings to honesty and vows to repay. A Stratford visit by a drama critic on Shakespeare's birthday prompts townsfolk and a street sweeper to recall Shakespeare’s legacy with humor and a wry note on fame.
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Almeet
Mest
Uli Ted
Bellman
Stratford
Shakespeare
Irving’s Inn
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M. la Corby
The
C&p. Tel. Co
Long
Wits
Thos. Kemp
Frice Dry Goods House
Doll Bros
North Market Street
Merry Widow
Ruching
Doll Brothers
Aine
Belant & Knott
City Hotel
W. L. Douglas
H. R. Flautt
Pera Bouse Sage Store
News Office
Jas. E. Doll
First National Bank
Insurance
Patrick Street
Frederick, MD
Clary
Devilbiss & Insurance
Doll & Albaugh
Market St. Prederick, Md
Dixon
Central Howe. CO
Carty
China
Patrick Brest
Frederick
Device
Split
Sennit
Mechinay
Milan
Panama
Ben R
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
City Hall
RED Cross
B. Rosenour & Sons
Market and
Patrick Streets
Mobley & Bro
West Patrick Btreat
C. E. Chine
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