Grand New York Kitchens Impress With Steam and Stone
The article reviews modern private and institutional kitchens in New York, highlighting design by George Post and examples from Cornelius Vanderbilt and Equitable Insurance. It notes ventilation light cleanliness, steam cooking, multiple ranges, and elevated layouts improving efficiency, with emphasis on the cook’s central role and private household planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Post
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Post
Aste Savarin
Equitable Insurance Cmceny
Lower Broadway
Innoes An
Dolyer
Tisa
Billett’s
The Texas cowboy as a scholar and gentleman in myth and fact
A Western writer debunks Eastern myths of the Texas cowboy, noting many cowboys held diplomas from Harvard Yale Princeton and Virginia. He argues the Texas cowboy is a gentleman on and off the trail, skilled in lasso, horsemanship, and marksmanship, with a life spent in rugged discipline and refined city conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Clay
Hardeman
Texas
Harvard
Yale Princeton
University of Virginia
Crichton
Orwell
Electric Tooth Extraction by Battery Used in Boston
The article describes removing molars with a two cell battery and vibrator attachment. A metal strip vibrates rapidly to create a steady current, delivering pain relief when the patient grips handles and the forceps seize the tooth. The procedure ends with a quick jerk and the tooth withdrawn without pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Queer Expressions Among Kentucky Mountaineers
A Louisville Courier-Journal piece surveys Kentucky mountain vernacular noting peculiar phrases and expressions. It contrasts Tennessee speech, cites examples like aiming to deceive and truthfulness under oath, and highlights the locals’ clear communication despite lexical quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass State
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Charles Egbert Craddock
Tennessee
Nance
Treasury Drawback Rule on Imported Rails and Frogs
Washington officials say railway iron may be imported from England for re manufacture into frogs and switches and re exported to Mexico with a duty drawback equal to duty paid on imported material less ten cents if no domestic materials are used. If any domestic material is used no drawback is allowed. No law permits manufacturing imported rails in bond into new articles for export without duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
England
Mexico
Mexican Central Railway
Tichenor
Usrer
Quieted with a hose riot in Michigan church faction
A Polish priest was assaulted on the street by one church faction, triggering a riot with men and women. The militia and fire department responded, using a hose on the mob. The sheriff was attacked by women while trying to arrest the ringleader. Ten rioters jailed, guard posted at the priest's home.
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Ciuo
Morton
Fifty-second Street
Micu
Still SAYS IT 18 TRUE Case of catalepsy in coffin case
In St Louis on May 4 a sister of a young married woman who was reportedly saved from a coffin reiterates the catalepsy claim. The woman resides at 721 South Fourth street and refuses to reveal her name. Local papers push for facts as Alois Zehrer rents at 72? and business Mamaux & Son advertise at 631 and 580 Penn Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
South Fourth Street
Alois Zehrer
Ee Ee
St. Luke's Hospital
Everyday Science and Industrial Progress Highlights
Summary of Lorin Blodget on air heat without heavy carbon fuel and potential for new heat sources. Excerpts discuss Pasteur style rabbit extermination in Australia, rodier method, and effects on breeding. Notes on eucalyptus immunity to mosquitos and paper as building material with waterproofing and fire resistance.
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Mr. Lorin Blodget
Philadelphia
M. Pasteur
Australia
Mr. Rodier
Tambua
Cobar
New South Wales
Strides in Heavy Guns Shown Near Dartford
In a rapid series of tests near Dartford the Maxim automatic gun 0.45 caliber fired 834 rounds in 27 seconds, illustrating advances in heavy gun improvement and rapid-fire capability.
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Dartford
Deadly gas spring found in Yellowstone area with animal deaths
Report notes a toxic gas spring rising from a small creek in Yellowstone Park, giving water a boiling look. It killed squirrels and other wildlife, with stronger odor further up the gulch where a silver tip grizzly carcass and four other bears bones were found, plus an elk remains.
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Yellowstone Park
Telephone's Reach and Sugar Bonded Boiler Cleanliness
A New York electrical paper reframes large telephone statistics to show the reach of Bell system wires and daily message volumes. It notes wires stretched around the world seven times and imagines ten years to transmit all daily messages. Sugar acts as boiler anti incrustant. experiments in a 20 hp boiler with sugar show reduced incrustation after four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bell Telephone Company
Austin Inventor Introduces Steel Corn Husker
An Austin inventor unveils a steel corn husker drawn by a team. The machine moves along rows with one horse on each side and picks and husks every ear, claiming capacity up to 12 acres a day depending on the team. The device aims to make husking as efficient as threshing, with husking possible in just days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
California peach stones become coal substitute trade
California fruit growers report peach stones as an efficient fuel cueing a new market. A ton selling rate. a 30 pound sack lasts as long as coal of equal weight and may provide greater heat, boosting growers income as a supplementary revenue stream.
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California
Inventive Hartford Cartridge for Oil Spill on Seas
A Hartford inventor Mr Walker develops a two ounce oil cartridge that fits in a large shell and is fired from a breech loader. Lead at the end sinks. oil spreads as a film on the surface, opening a path about an eighth of a mile wide through rough seas.
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Walker
Hartford
Conn
Patented method to convert iron to steel by controlled blast
M Robert of Stensy France patents a rapid iron to steel process maintaining constant relations during conversion by varying blast position and volume. The description notes formation of a steady method with gyratory mechanics and continuous adjustment to the reaction through the period. An Improved Boiler section reports Brest naval arsenal tests of ribbed inside tubes reducing heat loss. Eight flanges on tubes show potential 18 to 24 percent coal savings versus ordinary tubes.
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M. Robert
Stensy
France
Naval
Brest
Terrifying Struggle Ends as Digger Rescued From Deep Well
In Baltimore at 1427 West Lombard street John Simmons a colored well digger fought for five hours to escape a well filled with earth and rising water. Assistants removed fallen timbers and used ropes and bailers but he sank several times before being hauled out at 5 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weill
Baltimore
John Simmons
West Lombard Street
Simmons
Assiance
Cure of Inebriety and Tannin Treatment in Phthisis
Dr. Elliot outlines four conditions for successful inebriety treatment: absolute abstinence, removing causes of inebriety, restoring physical and mental tone, and keeping patients occupied with meaningful work. A Belgian physician reports tannin treatment showing excellent results across all stages of phthisis, especially with cavities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot
Toronto
Embezzlement charge arrest hits Scottdale business leader
Scottdale on May 4 reports R. W. P. Richardson, agent for the Scottdale and Everson Land Company, was arrested on a charge of embezzlement. He posted bail and is to appear next Thursday. Barclay Everson, company president, served the process.
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Scottdale
R. W. P. Richardson
Scottdale and Everson Land Company
Barclay Everson
Land Company
Richardson
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Michigan
Mamaux & Son
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Hood
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House OF Western Pennsylvania
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