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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1893
Page
7
The article outlines expected price rises and popular pelts for the 1893-4 season. It notes mink, sable, wolverine, beaver, otter and other furs in trims and coats, with Paris demand for broad tail seals and Mongolian bands. It discusses long frock coats, extended overcoats, and Alaska seal coats as winter staples.
The document outlines a two story residence with a central hall, parlor, dining room, and kitchen connected by swinging doors and portieres. It notes stair access to the second story, attic bedrooms, and a tower, plus finish materials like yellow pine, Cypress, cherry stairs, plaster walls, and shingled roofs.
A revived tale links the Mas tar bridge legend to the current Brazcka arch project. Rumors claim grasses threaten children to be walling sacrifices in each pillar, as belief holds a wall must enclose a life for a bridge to stand.
The Industrial World credits France with dynamite’s discovery and practical use. Dynamite is nitroglycerin mixed with inert materials, with nitroglycerin produced from sulphuric and nitric acid and glycerin. The process risks come from acid mixing, with Chilean nitrate of soda, magnesia carbonate, and wood pulp as other ingredients.
A World’s Fair exhibit notes Testa dinaria elephantoides native to Cape sands. Its massive exterior root stores food, resembling a tortoise shell. inside reportedly holds a substance likened to hottentor bread. Plant thrives as a greenhouse specimen, with green leaves, inconspicuous flowers, and a seasonal watering cycle.
A historical report describes Chinese smugglers using clever disguises and tricks to evade revenue laws. Inspectors note sailors from the Chinese, Mongol, and other groups employing hidden contraband in shoes, blouses, and handkerchiefs. Smugglers operate on ships between San Francisco, Mexico, South America, and the Orient, often slipping goods past officers.
A scattered Victorian-era column discusses rethinking jewelry settings with ivory as an alternative to gold or silver to reduce glare and maintenance while enhancing beauty. It covers practicality, fragility, and comparisons to semiprecious stones, plus unrelated items on a toy heat engine and smuggling anecdotes.
Two Belgian physicians Glorieux and Crocq report a hypodermic phosphate of soda treatment for facial neuralgia. After failure of standard remedies, a sterilized solution is injected, yielding dramatic relief in a two year case. They caution results vary and may not work for all patients.
An article summarizes methods to avoid a prominent stomach through chest lifting and abdominal control. It suggests daily upright posture, walking with a weight on the head to improve carriage, and cites an actress praising a method to prevent pimples by hot baths and limited facial washing.
A visitor recalls sharing a country house room with Toby. He contemplates modest use of towels and other comforts, noting the host’s need to save in a small establishment. He argues guests should be considerate, especially in hotel like settings, and breakfast timings should respect the serving hours.
Marginal tips on October weddings discuss presentations to brides and duties of parents, church, and clergyman. The piece notes attire concerns for evening wear and courtship customs, along with a remark on picturesque effects in buildings and a report from St Petersburg about an imperial ukase to end knouting by police.
The article profiles Mrs. Alice Ramsey known as Buckskin Alice a famed western gambler. It describes her striking appearance education early life in St Louis Virginia and West Virginia, her rise from circus performer to professional gambler, notable losses and fortunes, and her travels through mining camps from Creede to Silver City and beyond.
The readable odds and ends describe population figures for two towns, a note on Constantinople with donkey transport, and a daily cycle of carrying wood for sale. It mentions a meal costing two cents and a donkey handling all tasks in a travel tale style.
The piece surveys Homer as the ancient Greek epic’s presumed author, noting limited biographical details and traditions about his life. It also recalls myths of his blindness, the Trojan War epics the Iliad and Odyssey, and how later editors standardized the texts. The article shifts to children’s verse and fables about five girls with golden hair, toy crabs, and a moral about a bear learning to fish, followed by notes on clothing terms breeches trousers and pantaloons.
The report notes Germany produces more zinc than any country and exports between 30 000 and 60 000 tons each year. It also claims a water pail with hay soaks up tobacco odor in a room. London mortality in the decade to 1969 averaged 24 per thousand versus 20 per thousand in 1879 89.
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