Rich Cut Glass From a Rural Pennsylvania Factory
An early piece details the making of cut glass from Berkshire sand and lead oxide, produced in a large rural Pennsylvania plant famed for its primitive tools, foot tread clay pots, and skilled glass blowers. It highlights color methods, pot construction, and the diverse showroom styles including Parisian, Russian, and American cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Berkshire County
Mass
Alfred Mathews
Law for Beggars and Cold Day Street Chorus
Impromptu street choruses accompany beggars flocking to churches palaces and museums on cold days. The item portrays public spaces as stages for improvised performances amid hardship.
Beggars in Paris Through the Ages Describe a Court of Miracles
Paris recalls a historic beggar culture led by a Typical Beggar as it faced reform. Townsfolk described beggars organized with a cabinet and secrets of the trade, including disguises and tricks to provoke sympathy. The piece notes the Court of Miracles and the shift to severe laws to curb the issue.
Beggars and street vendors of Paris crowd churches and museums
The article details how beggars and petty sellers operate openly in Paris, with police limited on blocking them. It notes four licensed groups—the mountebanks, organ grinders, singers, and traveling musicians—who must display a small license medal and stay within assigned quarters.
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Pees
Paris Beggars and Public Relief From 17th to Napoleonic Times
The piece traces Paris mendicancy from punishments and branding to the founding of the Hotel des Invalides and early hospitals, then the failed transportation scheme and rumors of blood baths. It covers 1789 reforms, depots for the reformed or punished, and a shift toward workhouses, with modern penalties for foreigners, beggars in public, and illicit street musicians.
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Pont Des Arts
Paris
Law
Mississippi
New World
Louis XV
Andrew Finds Christ On Mount Of The Ascension
A.digest of a sermon tracing Andrew’s search for truth through teachers from John to Jesus. It compares Andrew’s early discovery with later growth, noting conversion is just the beginning and true finding comes through daily living with Christ. The piece links Andrew’s journey to contemporary faith seeking and ongoing spiritual maturation.
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Andrew
Christ
Israel
Jesus Christ
Bet
John Eee
Jesus St
Jones
Jordan
Messiah
Jesus
Lord Christ
Orphans of the Sea and Liverpool Seamen's Home Charity
Liverpool report on Entertainment Night aboard great liners and the Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution. About 3,500 children cared for since founding. annual per-child cost around $60 in the orphanage and $40 in outdoor relief. American tourists urged to visit, and details of staff, funding, and the two-class system for seamen's orphans.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Liverpool
Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
Inman Line
Liverpool Institution
American Blue Anchor Society
Europe
Water Street
Steamer Landing
Edward Stubbs
RK. N
Stubbs
James Poole
E. Gaussen
Britain
Orphe
Lund
Lundgren
Schavn
Noble
English Board of Trade
Salvation Oil Sold At Twenty Five Cents
A short advertisement proclaims Salvation Oil available for twenty five cents, calling it the best in the market and urging quick purchase.
Sharks as sport fish vs fierce reputation observed
The author notes sharks show tame behavior when hooked, with dusky sharks biting off lines and escaping. A five foot shark fought longer than typical, found hooked in a side fin, while hammer-heads and shovel-nosed sharks appear highly active. Nurse sharks lie on the bottom and strike suddenly when raised.
Signs Point to Severe Winter in Missouri Says Globe Democrat
Bound to Bea Hard Winter, of 50 ears of corn in Missouri in no case were there less than 6 layers of husks, and one had 10, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Husks for two years past have been unusually thin, a change that bodes ill. Squirrels store up far more nuta and grain than usual this fall, another unfavorable sign. A friend trusting goose bone declares it black throughout, another bad omen. Overall, the signs point to a severe winter.
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Missouri
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Wheres Uncle Sam Is Slow
The note laments the United States and Great Britain for delaying metric adoption in weights and measures. It cites that 12 European countries have legislated metric use, while the U S and Britain only allow optional use of the system.
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United States
Great Britain
Fresh Grapes All Winter From St Louis Globe Democrat
Fresh grapes can be had all through the winter at a trifling expenditure of care and attention. The grapes should be cut when just ripe with several inches of stem on each bunch, then placed in paper boxes with a layer of crumpled newer beneath and another above. Bunches should not touch and the grapes should not be piled in the box. Keep them in a cool dry room not in the cellar to avoid dampness and prevent freezing for February eating as good as October.
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St. Lowis
Carlsbad Sprudel Salts Advocated for Quick Recovery
A Wise doctor corrects a patient with severe indigestion, constipation, and headache who had worsened by using mercurial purgatives and useless tonics. He prescribes genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salts, claiming a two day recovery, and notes Europe’s health resort tradition with Fisner & Mendelson Co. as sole New York agents.
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Carlsbad
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InourtEy
Pitteburz
Wand
Berkshire
Vitear Ig
Odent
Germany
Bors
Lave
Oregon
China
Massachusetts
Eley
Efnir
Notre Dame
de Camp
Hotel Des Invalides
France
Abl Iec
Department of Public Relief
Unson
Ift
Napoleon
Faubourg St. Antoine
Taxpeun
St. Christopher
Christopher
Satan
Anhristopher
Christ Himael
the Jordan
John
Pittsburg
Syria
Vet
Lake of Galilee
Galilee
Andre
Jerusalem
Kedron
Gethsemane
Judas
Calvary Hill
St. Paul
Crist
Dia
Paul
Orphans OF the Sea
Old Church School
Moorfields
Dale Street
Society
Buth
Gaussen
Robert
Tolmie
William
Duke Street
Corporation of Liverpool
Newsham
England
Eaton College
EnGar L. Wareman
Uncle Sam
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