Electric reactions and curiosities in a digitized column
A compilation of snippets notes experiments with ice cream galvanic action, a long telegraph circuit to Washington, hypnotism limits in Paris, new church collection bags, a turtle fire incident, royal blood on French soil, American sponge shipments, a Ga church lightning strike, novel matches, and a spoof of hyperstitions in a 19th century newspaper page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Spencer
Buena Vista
Mexican Central Railway
Cay
el Paso
Washington
Rio Grande
Spencer
Kansas City
T. T. Eckert
Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Mexico
Cor
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Unclear Fragment Covers Rail Worker and Street Monkeys
A Salton railroad agent on leave discusses Salton lake heat and white residents near salt works. An Italian performer uses two monkeys for street bets, netting dollars. A reporter observes crowds donating to a musician outside City Hall. An extended arts critique laments literary honors and a Sunday passenger slips offering place suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone
Southern Railroad Company
Salton
South Pasadena
Salton Lake
Jane Euys
Rowl
Italy
Oll
San Francisco Chronicle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Renti
London News
Hull
French Society of Hypnology
Paris
Berillon
New York Sun
Dwight Street
Holyoke
Mass
Col
Springfield Republican
Countess of
Flanders
Philadelphia
Florida
New Jersey
England
Airediough
Lo, “cc
Miss & Child
Oakes, N. D
EE. Bittman
Ahean Anzacad
William Atreet
India
Eric
Anit Cros
Rette
Ned
James
Benedict
Tai
Orleans Picayune
Neshalliny Fills
Langhorne
McLeot
Brook
Lm Itian
Quartier du Temple
Southern Pacific
Pasadena
Cal) Star
T. Kennelley
Lebanon
Dubby
Malmesbury
Roger
Salisbury
Wilts and Gloucester
Ayia
Vontuin
Bott Attle
Mr. Sweler
Detroit
Vilon
Cape Cod
London
Victoria
Walter Besant
Galtery
Waco
Valence
Charleswin
Varaday
Huxley
Tyndall
Johenson
Herschel
Lyell
Murchison
Wheatstone
Bath
Gurter
Carlyle
Dickens
Thue
Browning
Swinburny
Grote
H Proude
George Eliot
Huckmorelllan
Green
Lecky
Ant Ray
Union Depot
Suniisy
Mim
Howe An Ehuren
Nam
Jever Lam
Columbna
Concita
Lowe
Ing
Ins, Terri
The
V1 Fae
Lyn Engle
Schlieben
Germany
Aria Rae
Amar
Light, L
Meyrose Povalte
Meyrosa
Louis
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