In Russia Women Stand Strong Yet Suffer Ravages of Tradition
Moscow dispatch paints Russian women as diverse and strong yet bound by strict laws. It notes marriage age changes, peasant rights in village assemblies, and how peasant women work in large field gangs under overseers. It contrasts noble attitudes with peasant practices and sketches daily life in Moscow and rural areas.
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Moscow
Russia
St Petersburg
Caucasus
Georgia
Velga
Great
Lote
Claeses
Church of Russia
America
Tarriece
Toro
Peter
St. Petersburg
Tolstoi
Volga
Missouri
Europe
Caar
Traditional Russian Dress and Marriage Customs Mixed with Daily Life
A travel writer catalogs peasant and merchant women in Russia, noting white chemise style gowns, beads and embroidery, dowries, and arranged marriages. He describes nurses, coin ornaments, and the gendered labor divide, with wages, duties, and education across classes, plus a glimpse of women’s changing roles and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kazan
Korea
Curious Bits On Uncle Sam And European Parties
A collage of notes covers the origin of Uncle Sam linking to Elbert Anderson and Samuel Wilson, plus summaries of British Liberals and Conservatives, Irish Home Rule parties, and a mix of queries about relics, divining rods, and railroad costs, with brief references to Napoleon’s marshals and 19th century politics.
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Uncle Sam
Brower
Elbert Anderson
Troy
Samuel Wilson
Anderson
United States
Sam” Wilson
Sam
England
John Bull
France
Johnny Crapand
Germany
Hans
Russia
Bear
Weather signaling system proposed in Bowdoinham Maine
Mr W B Kendall of Bowdoinham Maine proposes a weather signaling system for forming communities. A tall pole on a hill would display large wire balls hauled upward to signal weather shifts. The article notes many favors of the plan and mentions a cat explaining the mechanism.
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W. B Kendall
Bowdoinham
Weather Ball System Demonstrated At Maine Fair
The Boston Herald reports a proposed weather ball system to indicate fair weather by two balls and general rains with three bails. Not yet in use, the model was exhibited at the Maine fairgrounds for testing and could be visible six to eight miles away, aided by a telescope.
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Boston Herald
Fair Grounds
Maine
Home Rule for Ireland and Local Self-Government Debate
The piece contrasts Home Rule with full independence, arguing Mr Gladstone aims for broad local self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom. It notes Ireland would still lack authority over foreign policy and imperial matters, while England resists fully devolution from Great Britain. It also references historical themes on governance and territorial boundaries.
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Chicago
Azar
Ireland
Gladstone
Emerald Isle
United Kingdom
Aluminum ships may revolutionize boat building
The article notes aluminum could cut ship weight by about one half and rival steel in strength while resisting corrosion, with five aluminum crafts existing including three petroleum yachts and a Swedish lifeboat. While costly, aluminum may boost resale value, as worn hulls could fetch two thirds of original cost.
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Zurich
Enna
Canitaliste
300 Trains in a Day and the New Switching System
A Pittsburgh overview describes daily traffic at Union Station with about 800 trains handled across 13 tracks. It explains the compressed air signaling and the leverboard with 24 levers, plus the automatic block signaling crucial to rider and worker safety.
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Pittsburg
Union Station
Ft Waynes
Panhandle
Pennsylvanias
Allegheny Valley
Saga
World’s Record Panhandle Train System Shown in Detail
Article describes Pittsburgh rail traffic, signaling, and interlocking at Fourteenth Street tower. It notes daily passenger trains, suburban flows, and the vast pneumatic air brake network powering signals and blocks. It highlights Train Directors, towers, levers, and the scale of operations guiding Union Station traffic.
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Pylvanis
Fourteenth
Seventeenth Street Towers
Seventeenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Braddock
Walte
F Pittsburg
Panhandle
Union Station
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Fort Wayne
Federal Street
Allegheny
West Penn
Bolivar Junction
Port Perry
Brinton
Liberty Street
Stewart Station
East Liberty
Thirty-third
Altoona
Liberty
Stewart
Atreat
Westinghouse
Walla
Twenty-eighth Street
Wilkinsburg
Robert Pitcairn
A. M. Ki
Allison
Tower to lift visitors by corkscrew track at fair
The World’s Fair Tower Company plans a 560 foot corkscrew tower in Midway plaisance outside the exhibition grounds. The ascent uses electric cars on a winding steel track rather than elevators, with a full width landing near the top for visitors to reach the observation floor.
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Midway Plaisance
Exposition Grounds
Malaria Parasites Studied at Burghecal Hotel Columbus
Investigations led by Dr Hartman at Burghecal Hotel in Columbus reveal two malaria parasites. Acute malaria is caused by cytomelia, a roundish amoeboid organism, while chronic malaria shows no regular chills and fever. Findings were presented with microscopic drawings from the hotel microscopist.
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Burghecal
Columbus
BK Hartman
Surgical Hotel
Malaria Parasite Growth Stages and Quinine Remedy
An old medical description explains a parasite causing malaria with three growth stages shown in figures. It notes spores form quickly and that Peru non may kill the organism, offering a dosing guide alongside quinine. It also contrasts chronic malaria parasites, named polimitas, from La vera nan.
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St. Petersourg
Abo
Beassot
India
Tikhomirov
Acenes
Thibet
Himalaya
Rusia
Beautian
Finland
London
Napais Bonsparte
Poirot
Solomon Eagle
de Foe
Napoleon
Jean Toussaint Arrighi de Canovas
Pados
Marmont
Boult
Triers
Treves
Jesus Christ
Lord
Christ
Valonister L
Great Britain
Liberal Party
Mr. Gladstone
Parnell
Justin McCarthy
Scott
Dousterawivel
John
Ernest
Joan
Senate
Earnest
Delaware River
Lord Baltimore
William Penn
Penn
Delaware
New Castle
Poor
New England
Middle States
Central Northern
South Atlantic
Gulf and Mississippi Valley
Southwestern
Northwestern States
Pacific States
Serrats
Burrett
Washington
David Hunter
Lew Wallace
August V. Kautz
A. P. Howe
R. & Foster
James Ekin
T. M. Harris
Joseph Holt
Buchanan
Chicag
New York
Aes
Masonic Temple
New
Britai
Co. W. F
Cobden
Bastable
Thorold Rogers
Coursot
Gide
Principes d’ Economie Politique
Gustav Coho
Roessler
Arbeits-lohn
Desler
Detsware
Tork
New Netherlands
Union Depot
Pennsylvania
Pars
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Ohio
Paris
Ls 44
Penn Avenue
Pirspare
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