Diverse echoes from America in the late 19th century
A scattered digest notes diverse items from New York milk baths to Missouri trials. It reports a vagrant counting $28,000 in greenbacks in Chicago, a Morse car sale in Boston, Newcastle records stolen in colonial times, and a Chicago jurist's astonishment. Also mentioned are milk-bath purveyors in New York, spool cotton markups, a lost voice recovery in Lawrence, and Irish Rifle Association challenges for 1874 world championships.
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New York
Cincinnati
Albany E Press
Massachusetts
Chicago
Boston
Newcastle
N. T
George
England
Tirencock
Meteorological Journal of
Amherst Colleen
College
California
Ohio
Scharz
Europe
United States
Austria
France
Spain
North Germany
New York City
Manchester
Lawrence
Mass
Wrap
Melbourne
Womens Advocate
Chachelors
Tide
Jacksonville News
Mose Hart Club
C. J. Robinson
D. G. Ambler
GC. Drew
J. 5
CG. P. Devereaux
Washington
Boston Fraredler
Isis
Minnie Dmuneeska
White Feather
Sand River
Doctor
Haglund
Irish Rifle Association
A. Blennerhassett Leech
Dublin
Fisk
Tweed
Stokes
Walworth
Cheap zinc-coating process for iron articles in acid bath
A method for protecting iron items like cramp irons from rot uses a sulfuric acid bath to clean the surface. After rinsing and scouring to expose metal, the pieces are kept in lime water, then coated with zinc via chloride of zinc prepared in nitric acid and zinc slippings. The zinc liquid is used with sal ammoniac to produce a film of zinc, applied by immersion and heated to set.
Tempering zinc coated pieces in hot zinc bath
A description explains metal work where components are dried then dipped piece by piece with tongs into a hot molten zinc bath to reach the zinc temperature, removed, and eaten to remove excess zinc, illustrating a tempering process noted by a scientific publication.
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Scientific American
List of lost Atlantic steamboats and casualties over 32 years
The New York Herald compiles an index of ocean liners from the Atlantic era, naming ships such as President, Columbia, Great Britain, Helena Sloman, City of Glasgow, Pacific, Nassau, Arctic, and many others. It records dates of departure, wrecks, collisions, missing vessels, and casualty counts ranging from a few lives to over 400 on a single disaster.
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New York Herald
President
New York
Tyrone Power
Duke of Richond
Columbia
Nova Scotia
Great Britain
Ireland
Helena Sloman
Midocean
St. George
Iumboldt
Ualifax
Vesta
Newfoundkind
City of Philadelphia
Pacific
Liverpool
le Tyonnais
Adratic
Nantucket
Yonpest
Een
Dime
Austria
Newfoundland
Connaught
Massachusetts
Straits of
Belle Isle
Paraquet Island
St. Paul's Island
Cape Grace
Georgia
Sable Island
Cape Elizabeth
City of New York
Daunt's Reef
Queenstown
Leeland
Liverpool Harbor
Iowa
Cherbourg
Scotland
Ate Dyer
Fire Island
Kate Dyer
United Kingdom
Geroamia
Cleopatra
City of Boston
Halifax
Cambrina
Iffelan
Chuiftex
Irekind
Britannia
Frrth
Clyde
Marr's Rock
N. S
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Allen
Remarkable Survival Against Grim Odds
A Berkshire County PA Eagle report details a man born to poor parents who endures a succession of childhood tragedies. He suffers whooping cough at six weeks, nearly dies, survives thanks to a meddlesome neighbor, and endures severe burns from a cradle accident. His sister’s accident leaves him scarred and nearly blinded until doctors perform eyelid surgery. Rheumatic fever and a leg decay lead to amputation of most of the right leg, followed by crutch use, a fall from a tree that breaks the right arm, and a shoulder amputation after six months of complications. He contracts measles and typhoid, yet continues chopping wood daily, though he remains one leg shorter and with a stiff ankle.
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Berkshire County
Mendell of St Louis Keeps Insect Pets for Fun
The New Haven Press notes Mendell, a St Louis visitor, keeps ants and striped green bugs as trained pets. He guides the ants with sugar to perform a march and return to his pocket. The green bugs bow to his finger commands performing acrobatics on two and four legs. He has long pursued such studies and could write a book.
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New Haven Press
Mr. Mendell
St. Louis
Tle
Aly
Mendell
Mir. Mendell
Beggar Patiently Presses for Odd Lodging and Clothes
A narrator recounts a daylong encounter with a persistent beggar from Springfield who seeks breakfast, shoes, a shirt, drawers, a vest, and gloves, offering little money in return. The episode blends humor and hardship as charity fluctuates and the narrator questions the beggar’s honesty amid poverty’s strain.
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Degears
Vulvar Peau
Iouths
Springfield
Phen
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Lis Childlide Euidor
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Chef-r
Old Fashioned Recipes and Household Tips From Harper's
A collage of culinary fragments and household advice covers recipes for cakes and puddings with measurements, domestic ironing guidance, disinfectant notes, a rural anecdote on a manger device, and essays on heart disease symptoms and practical Christmas gifts. The piece blends era cooking, domestic science, and everyday care.
Spanish middle class life in Burnley style described
A Meacmillan’s Magazine excerpt contrasts Spanish domestic life with English norms, detailing hora routines in a warm climate. It notes stone houses, back courtyards, siesta culture, strict daily schedules from early morning choc olati to late evening paseos, and a master focused on politics rather than reading.
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England
Burnley
Comidia
Almedo
Meacmillan
The Value of Proportion in Human Behavior
A reflection on how beauty and wisdom show in restraint. The author notes most people lack proportion in character and objects. He suggests considering friends and famous lives to judge true greatness and warns against vanity and intemperance. Arthur Helps is referenced as a related author.
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Deware
Greager
Arthur
Medical Advertising Patter n for Nasal Disease and Remedies
An 19th century ad fragment promotes Dr. Pierce and Sage remedies for nasal discharge and chronic nasal disease. It describes symptoms such as obstruction, watery or putrid discharge, and offensive breath, claiming a full course of Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce’s preparations cures the disease by balancing the blood and restoring the nasal membranes, with testimonials and a reward for cures.
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