Antwerp Exposition and Rubens Relics Seen by Americans
A traveling American writer visits Antwerp, describing Steen citadel and prison, Rubens portraits, Plantin Museum, and the Exposition Universelle. He notes the city’s blend of old grandeur and modern growth, prices for services, architecture details, and the unique Belgian lace and ceramics on display. The account covers city life, tickets for the exposition, and the impact of the fair on locals and travelers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Besthoven
Munster
Antwerp
Liverpool
New York
Wilcus
Wiese
Lyons
Mile
Mathilde ‘Thowas
Brussels
South Pacific
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Walter Sanford
Sanford
Dames
Verlat
Vanderhagan
Jean Robie
Joseph Louis le Brun
Geefs
Nicaise
de Koyser
de Brackeleer
Lansonniere
Araisndscape
Belgium
Charles Martins
Academy
Trafalgar
Nelson
Hendrik Schaefela
Jacques le Corate de Larsurig
Charlotte Mingers
Georgette Mounier
Marguerite Dumont
Boulevard Leopold
Marie de Keyser
Are the Grasshoppers Coming
A leading Inter Ocean editorial warns about grasshopper invasions and past extermination attempts. It notes a 1874 moving fan mechanism by T. C. Henry and weighs Montana origin, Kansas reach, and potential northward spread. It also includes a satirical Why Do Doctors Preserve Liquors? tablet about Brown's Iron Bitters as a health tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Providence
Henry
Montana
Kansas
Propa
Rocky Mountain
Alchison
Gray Hairs and Health Across Races and Ages
A discussion notes the link between gray hair and health, arguing for broader observation. It cites that grayness appears in some in their teens or twenties without indicating decline, mentions George Borrow and Schopenhauer as theories, and observes racial differences in onset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Munster Kirche
Rhine
Weisbaden
George Borrow
Schopenhauer
Dr. Orbigny
South America
Onr English Cousins and Oddities in Ads
A pasted column fragment notes St Jacobs Oil sales surpass nine million bottles locally with chemists praising its pain relief and rheumatism results. It also retells a frontier joke about a smart coon and a polecat, alongside brief ads for Duror’s Worm Pills Carter’s Liver Pills and a Scotch fare puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpox
St Jacobs
Curious Sermon Anecdote Sparks Health Message
A Scottish Methodist congregation debates building a new chapel while a rich member offers repairs. A mishap with falling plaster leads to a quip that spurs laughter. The piece extols timely, prudent action over patchwork in health, urging readers to seek Warner's Safe Cure for kidney and liver ills, citing a London press echo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Warner
London Press
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Jennie
Europe
Rubens
Steen
Ameren
Ben
Musee Plantin
Plantio-Moretus
Iister
Ant Werp
van Dyck
der Quentin Matays
Cathedral
Tenisis
van Dyke
Zerden
Verviers
Hnde
Bavaria
Ludwig
Boon
Maria Johann Fariog
Beethoven
Arnat
Brusels
Robert
Clara
Maine
Selireder
Georgy Henscbel
Heidigberg
G. W. Hanna
London
Spurgeon
London Pall Mall Gazette
Pall Mall
Christendom
Gazette
Great Britain
Rome
Augustus
Stee
Amosee
Si Jackson
Onion Creek
Arkansaw
Ey Duror
Carter
Jean Ingelow
Day, Haws & Co
Elatera of Charity
Dea Mofocs
Greenwood Avenue
Greenwood Park
Ursus
Apedal Courgs
Bistra Bupsrtor, Jr. Joseph Academy
West Sixth St
Dad Moms
Iowa
Dalrytron
Qhilaren
Carreei
Cratoria
Pic
Catierh
Lachlan
Toowts Ragnehrt Es
Ate Borneys
Washington, D.C
Pacino
Minlford
Charles A. Voweler
Maltimore
Maryland
T. Dy
Aida Dion
Sige “Brown
Brown Cremival CO
Baltimore
Contale
Myron
Myetah
Tiy
Spencer
Tioga Co
N.Y
Aiap Racing Alott
Etre
ELY Brothers
Owoxu
Yieron
Rillen
Nin
Patie
Dat
R. U
Thor Lorillard
Navy
Phine
Rui
Man
Mustang
John Bull
Kent
Smith
Bull
Main St
Louisville
J. OL. Moora
Farmington
Mich
Hops & Walt Bitters
Dermor
Mice
Hagan
Manufacturers’ Distributing House
Briotey, Waeever & Co
Garden City
Schuttler
Watertown
Hampton
Ford Mills
Asias Dero
Oxford
Brooklyn
Calis
Fulton Btrest
U.S. Grant
University of Notre Dame
Ao Gouna
Minim
Rhyan & Hutomings
Lawrance
Kansas City
Sears
Lrathort
de Cable
Gore Vars AL
Weebyter
K. Coates, Pree
Kanaas City
C. Bean
Dos
Moines
Lowe
Paris
G. W. Fitzpatric
Wyandotte St. Kaw
AR. Keenn
Locetes
Aaa
Giattiieaa
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