Express Trains From Reading to New York Through Lyons and Others
A detailed schedule notes through service from Pittsburgh to New York with trains stopping at Lyons Allentown Hoboken Easton Clinton White House Somerville Bound Brook Plainfield and Elizabeth. Some trains run daily while others exclude Sundays. Also includes a mournful poem honoring Webster and fading great ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dircembuyr Litn
Atka A
Reading
Vasa. U
Pottsville
Una
Philadelphia
Ceeels
Tamaqua
Wil Hamsport
Elmira
Buffalo
Niagara
Canada
Pottstown
Philadeah
Norrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimere
Pittsburgh
Santhe Nori
New York
Philadelphina and
Pennsylvania RR
George F. Gage
Cera
Bala
Lyons
Allentown
Hobieham
Easton Junction
Clinton
White House
Somerville
Bound Brook
Plain
Liberty Street
Easton
Bethlehem
Zansoneoia
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
Reading & Columbia R. R
Holler Cily
P. M. Ermentrout
General Licket
Mighty Bell of Ivan Veliki Stands On Massive Pedestal
A colossal Russian bell cast in 1730 by imperial command sits on a granite pedestal near the Ivan Veliki tower. It weighs three to four hundred thousand pounds and is valued well over two million dollars in metal. The giant bell, once buried after the 1787 tower fire, was moved in 1837 by Emperor Nicholas and now rests with a broken fragment beside it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Veliki
John the Great
Nicholas
Czar Koldkol
Plan for a cheap fireproof smoke house in Western New York
A farmer describes building a small seven by eight foot smoke house with eight inch brick walls and a brick floor. He outlines ground preparation, a centered brick chimney, an external arch with an iron stove door, an outside fire arch and grate, and using corncobs or hickory for smoking. Estimated cost about $20.
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New York
Tor
Velocipede Mania Boosts Local Surgeons and Teilore Trade
The rise of velocipede enthusiasm is reported to increase business for surgeons and a local dealer named Teilore, reflecting a broader impact of cycling on the town’s commerce and professional workload.
How to prepare lime wash for exterior walls
From Scientific American the method uses a clean cask with half a bushel of lime, hot water to five inches above, stirred until slackened. Add zinc sulfate and salt, then optional pigments like ochre to color the wash. A splash of milk in the final wash improves durability for walls and fences.
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Scientific American
Uxusrpy Marriages and Domestic Felicity
A discussion notes that marriages often falter due to the husband, while the wife generally sustains domestic happiness. It argues women enforce proprieties more strictly, desire proper conduct, and seek a credible public appearance, whereas men frequently resist social norms.
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Dutien
Leavenworth Saloon Joke Counts Drunken Patrons
A Leavenworth Bulletin report describes a man entering a saloon and audibly counting patrons. He points to himself and to others, then quickly drinks six glasses of lager, leaving six glasses of hop water stored behind the bar. The enumerator reacts with disappointment and muttered regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Bulletin
Mammoth Bones Found at Neufchatel in Antiquity
Fossil bones unearthed at Neufchatel Switzerland are described as belonging to an antediluvian mammal. Professor Rutimeyer asserts they represent a mammoth similar to Siberian finds, dating to the stone age before the glacial era which ended the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neufchatel
Switzerland
Rutimeyer
Siberia
Rye on Saxoy Soil For Rye Growth On Sandy Lands
A German telegraph article on Rye notes that rye can grow only on soils with minimal sand content and certain humus levels. It warns that richer land yields more lush rye unless humus is excessive, which can harm the grain. Sandy lands lose humus quickly, enabling rye with less soluble humus than wheat or corn would require.
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Earth
Agassiz
Saxoy Sous
Germanifown Telegraph
Italian convicted murderer Donato Magaldo given life in prison
The article reports Donato Magaldo, an Italian convict, sentenced to life in state prison for the murder of John Ryland on Baxter Street, New York, with other assorted hometown curiosities and sensational notes from around the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donato Magaldo
John Ryland
Baxter Street
New York
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Que
Daily Eagle
Penn Street
Joe
Daily Eable
Weekly Gazette
Suci AS
Hotes
Rooolote
Business Cards, &c
Rially
Daily Eagle and
Gazette Office
Poa Street
Dlainte Ee Lang Polis
Q. A. Nicolls
Pee & Columbia Railroad
Thurs- Heero
Lancaster
Columbia
Lancaster & Color
Teeing
Philadelphia and Reading
Weston
Lebanon Wey Hoad
New Jersey Central
F. Kenver
Krvous & Co
DR. Stalver’s
Tonio
Barney
Rys Waisaiga
North Third Street
The
Eagle Bookstore
Reinhold & Schoener
North Sixth Street
Asthe
Ives
Alfenton
ADLER
Ritter & CO
Reading, PA
Phce
Bo. Paley
Orahe
Ee Ke
Bass Kip
O. Fasaala
Ors
Court House
Eagle ' Yi
Ness
Ken
J. R. Barrett & Co., Proprietore
Manchester, N. OH
W. J. Thlerwecuter
William Wells
Court of
Berks County
Richmond Township
George Zweyer
Lovis Tuas
Nicholas Hunter
Joel Zweyer
Levia
Haas
Adavor
Levi Hl
Liess
Clark
Levi A. Haas
Rae
Bushong & Bro
U. S. Bonds
C. Ms
Bushong & Brother
Fous
Third
Ciildren
O. B. Keller
D. C. Schnader
Moscow
Tabagh
Kiexixa
Am. Stock Journal
Washington
Dempacy
Phillipsburg
St. Martin's
State Auditor
North Carolina
Supreme Court
California
State
Newark
Orange
Vemont
Hag
Delaware
Kentucky
Benjamin B. Wiley
St. Louis
Memphis
Scotland County
Ohio
Boston
Cincinnati
Ohio River
United States
America
Cleveland
Dominick Welsh
New Market
East Tennessee
Mary Gilmore
Chicago
Arizona
Appomattox River
Virginia
Maine
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