English and Brazilian Trade Rivalry in the Amazon Valley
Analysis of the Amazon trade shows English control through the Booth and Red Cross lines, American steamers, and a Loser-Case battle for direct routes to North Brazil. It notes English domination, small American gains, and calls for more direct American service to the upper Amazon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jucuth
Lechlin
Stanman
Newport News
Booth
Red Cross
American Company
Serurunca
Americas
New York
Amazon
Edocs
Martinique
St. Thomas
Englisiman
Amazon Valley
United Prater
America
Europe
Brazil
Rio
South
Beszil
Para
Gulf of Mexicoo
Mississippi
New Orleans
Anxazon
J. O. Kemper
Electric Ore Finder for Prospectors
A portable device for detecting minerals in rock uses a battery and spark coil enclosed in a box with two platinum tips. By touching a rock and rupturing the circuit a spark color indicates the metal, aiding ore detection, locating hidden leads, and sorting ores by flame color.
Drunken Chinaman Rescued by Loyal Countrymen in New York
A drunken Chinese sailor is supported by fellow Celestials who herd him toward a cab on Broadway while a police officer intervenes. One speaker notes the man is too drunk to be blamed and claims the group will take him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Americas
New World
America
Amazon Valley
United States
Amazon
Thad
New York
Dionysius
New York Herald
Fishman
Chinaman
Oak Street
Broadway
Addison
W C T A Meeting Criticized For Pieties And Long Reports
A dispatch from The Daily reveals the National W C T A Convention lacked imposing presence yet sparked debate over secession, politics, cant in public prayer, and the leadership of women in temperance. Editors praise Pittsburgh delegation while lamenting tedious reports and urge concise speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitten
Dispatch
Chrysanthemums in China and Europe Centuries Apart
Liverpool Weekly Crier notes the chrysanthemum was popular in China 3600 years ago and fashionable in Europe since ancient times. It praises modern displays at St George's Gardens and urban shows, comparing past and present cultivation and noting long cultural ties beyond steam and telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
St. George’s Ball
Europe
Royal Botanic Society
Ching
1785
B.C
How Barbarians Shave
A veteran traveler reviews razors and shaving customs across lands. He notes Indian razors for infield use on scalps and faces, cautioning soapless, cold-water lather. He recalls Andaman islanders, prehistoric flint tools, Egyptian mourning customs, and Norwegian edged tools. plus relics by Chantrey and Pompeii in bronze razors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esau
India
Andamans
Old
Egypt
Chantrey
Necktie camera sketch shows six frame device hidden in vest
A description of a compact necktie camera with a flat light metal body worn under a vest. It stores six to eighteen photographic frames in a rolling chain, with a button trigger, locking mechanism, and a rubber bulb release, designed to pass plates before the lens.
English Royal Wealth and Land Ownership Revealed
The Queen holds about 25 000 acres in Aberdeen and Windsor estates open to rent, earning roughly £110 000 yearly. Claremont sits at 44 acres, bought in 1882 for $360 000, with foreign holdings minor beside peers’ lands. The civil list pays about $3 095 000 annually, plus Prince Consort sums. The Queen’s wealth is estimated around $45 million while the Prince of Wales owns 15 000 acres yielding $50 000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Windsor
New York Journal
Claremont
Lord Clive
Germany
Dukes of Westminster
Devonshire
Portland
Bedford
Prince of Wales
Aberdeenshire
Norfolk
Victoria Rejects Electric Light at Court
Queen Victoria opposes electric illumination in the palace due to glare. The royal family will keep using candles and burnt matches will remain on palace floors as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Victoria
Bells of Mechlin and the St Rombaut tale on a rainy walk
The narrator and Mimi tour Mechlin Belgium to see St Rombaut's, famed bells and local legends. A bell ringer recounts a miraculous child born from a saintly miracle, the tale of a living bell ringer, and a stormy trek toward Brussels ending with a ride in a wagon under a driving rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macuuin
Mimi
St. Rombaut
S. Mechklin
St. Rombaut’s
Mechlin
Beguins
Corps de Jesus
Black Lands
Jesus
Christ
Holy Fathers of St. Rombaut
Mechlin Town
Venice
Mecalin
Rombaut
Brussels
ListLias Spencer
Ribbed Tubes for Boilers A New Idea Gains Favor
London Field reports on Serve ribbed marine boiler tubes. Two boilers of equal size were tested. the Serve tubes increased evaporation from 103000 to 114600 pounds of water in 112 hours using 11872 pounds of coal. Net gain about 9.65 vs 8.67 pounds steam per pound coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Serve
Nicaragua Canal Works Show Vast American Enterprise
Greytown Nicaragua November 18 report on the canal project reveals disciplined labor, vast infrastructure, and a harbor being carved from a lagoon. Pioneers have built quarters for 2000 men, rail lines, telegraph, dredges, and a breakwater while river and sea forces create a deep harbor ready by February next year. Captain Menocal directs work as dredges cut to 25 feet depth. costs compare favorably with Panama while maintaining high material quality and strict labor discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greytows
Nicaracrua
Bryce
Nicaragua Canal
Greytown
San Juan
Menocal
Panama Canal
Canal Company
Eads
Botton
Panama Isthmus
Ochos
Great Cat
San Juanillo
Norwegian Servants Union Forms Amid Spinning Knitting Baking Law
A Norwegian law now allows any girl to marry only after mastering spinning knitting and baking. A servants union reports five hundred members, demanding shorter hours, fixed time off, higher wages and better servants’ rooms, showing similar labor concerns as elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Kochs of Berlin Guarded by Secrecy at Work
Berlin reports reveal Dr. Koch maintains a private life cloaked in secrecy while treating elite patients. The professor, famed for scientific rigor, is said to await conclusive results before public disclosure. His wife and household deter intrusions from journalists and artists seeking access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koch
The
Times
Berlin
Journalian
Dr.Koch
Dodds Praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy for Grandchildren
Wymore Nebraska editor J B Dodds reports the Chamberlain remedy has a strong effect on croup and colds among his grandchildren. He notes his family prefers a tea of a roe horn and says Cham lains products are growing in popularity daily.
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Macaulay
Robert Hall
J. B. Dodds
Arbor State
Wymore, Neb
Chamberlain
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Annie Rooney
Bebive
Connecticut
Temple of Music
Zellar Alretty
Circus
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Fielding
W.C
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Prohibition and Politics
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Weeks
Cleveland
Blair
Bellamy
Union
Christian Church
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Glocklen
London Field
Nicaragua
Commos
Mr. Meuceal
Mars
Land of the Midnight Sun
Here
DR. Koch
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