Bevel Mall Wagon and Post Box Innovate At Cost of $1.10
The article details a home mail system with a door attached box that allows secure mail storage and pickup by carriers. It includes a two wheeled wagon design for collecting mail, a clock driven stamping device that records time and location, and claims improved honesty, tracking, and efficiency for the postal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serentien
Wannamaker
Tis
Post Office On & Signs
Ife
Incheath
Portrait of Mrs. Grover Cleveland as First Lady
The article extols Mrs. Grover Cleveland as a matronly, handsome figure who won the hearts of the nation during her White House years. It recalls her wedding to Grover Cleveland and highlights her dignity, sound judgment, and central domestic role in his presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
White House
Grover Cleveland
de Elect
Europe
Rapid Transit Plan Proposed For City Under Ground Route
Mayor Grant appoints five men to study rapid transit. A two tunnel plan from Fourteenth Street to the city limits is submitted with east and west side routes under Broadway and Malison avenues. The Battery Park section shows three tracks near Vesey Street and two parallel tracks on the west side to 190th Street. Construction targets eighteen months if capital is raised, with street traffic not hindered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
William Steinway
John H. Stalin
Muel Spencer
John H. Inman
A L. Bushe
Nam E. Worthen
Common Council of
New York
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
City
Battery
City Hall
Mail Street
Park Row
Chambers Street
Worth
Malison Avenues
Fourth Street
Battery Park
Vesey Street
Vesey T
190Th Street
Hariem
Bny
Human Hair Stockings Arrive From China For Protection
The thsonijan Institute reports a pair of stockings made from human hair received from China. Men wear them over cotton stockings or bare skin to protect against moles, seeking added skin protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thsonijan Institute
China
Rmen
Notorious Josie Mansfield and the Fisk Scandal Revealed
The article traces Josie Mansfield's rise to notoriety from 1873 involving Col. Jim Fisk and Tom Stokes. It details her marriages to Frank Lawlor and later experiences with Fisk, Stokes, and blackmail allegations, plus her flight to Boston and Paris. It notes her social prominence and connections to Lord Falkland and Governor Gen. Strachan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Mansfeld
London
Robert Remwie
Josie Mansfield
Col. Jim
Mansfield-Lawlor
Frank Lawlor
San Francisco
Fisk
West Twenty-third Street
Stokes
Josie
Mrs. Mansfield
Mansfield
Grand Central Hotel
New York
Sie
Boston
Paris
Rende
Aloe
Falkland
Gen. Strachan
The
Bermaudas
W. Y. and Wn.1 Bridge Spec at Three Quarters Mile
Spec outlines a three quarters of a mile bridge project named W Y and Wn Bridge with an estimated cost of 19 million dollars. The document details construction scope and funding plan for the significant infrastructure work.
Bridge consolidation plans in New York and New Jersey
The New York and New Jersey Bridge Companys consolidate property powers and franchises with a $15 million stock issue and $60 million first mortgage bonds. Fifty year bonds at 5 percent cover all property and rights with redemption after 20 years. Proceeds finance bridge plans, terminals in Jersey City and Hoboken, and a central New York station to connect rail and mail services, with an estimated $12 million cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and
New Jersey
New York
London
Jersey City
Hoboken
United States
Beet Abit Renen
Wisdom for living well in a single day
The passage counsels living one day at a time while accepting fate. It notes that indiscretion harms more than ill temper, great motives define happiness, and gratitude in poverty signals broad generosity. Custom rules fools, vanity and selfishness hinder harmony, but humanity and benevolence can banish household discord.
Hypnotism Fine in Cincinnati and City News Snippet
A note recalls a $500 fine for practicing hypnotism in Cincinnati. Other items mention the Niagara Falls Tunnel at 1175 feet excavated of 3580, Boston police ceasing belt clubs, California banking with a $34.7 million surplus, and a million dollar Columbus memorial building in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
Boston
California
Chicago
Columbus
Washington Monument
Baltimore
Uncle Sam
Public Library
Ohio River
Wise Man's Discoveries and Misspellings in Rhyme
A quirky Massachusetts themed verse lists clever puns and mismatched clues such as a foolhardy group marked as Selfly Isles and a whip that doesn t sail tied to the township. It frames wordplay with archaic tones and a Pittsburgh Dispatch reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selfly Isles
Daion Town
Alianes
Lot
Pitteburg Dispatch
Figs and Thistles and Moral Boasts
Fragmented quotation heavy with misspellings and archaic proverbs. The text rails at pride and hypocrisy, noting a restless soldier and a wind resistant tree as symbols, and ends with a warning about the devil in a boastful moralist's home.
Fashion Terms For Ladies Wear In Tardy Gazette
A fragment lists fanciful garments and accessories described with ornate terms like white suede kid gauntlets yellow ties peacock eyed boas Japanese silk fans and mourning crêpe fans. The tone imitates a fashion column detailing elaborate attire and accessories.
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Blartus
Dago At the Are Ellk
Oxford
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Jim Fisk
Warrex
Lawlord
W. Y
WN. 1
WSDOM
Remai
Elgin
Elgin Creamery
Old Government J
United Tea and Leading Cash Grocers
C. M. Ulrich
West Front Street
Jago
Elkwood Café
Fi J.B. Miller
Plainfield Produce CO
Ratitan Mills
North Avenue
R. J. Shaw
Front Street
Park Avenue
Tix
Hrowe & Sharp
Shardtt
Pierson Hardware CO
A. M. Griffen
East Front ST
Telephime
Opth
O. M. Dunham's
Kew
RAO A. M
Clowe
Somerville
Easton Matia
Trenton
Philadelphia
I, M
R. KR. Pope, P. M
Pont
Flower’s
AL D. Cook
BRO
Lehigh Coal
Sear Emai
Ade T
Blue Stone F. Ing
A. Brown
Masachusetts
E. H. Holmes
Keyit
Bana
Madison Avenue
Mx. Leal
Inel Pal
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