Venus and Jupiter as seen by early telescope explorers
A historical survey of Venus and Jupiter discusses their sizes, distances, and visual features through telescopes. It explains why Venus appears bright with hidden surface details, while Jupiter presents a dynamic, turbulent globe with faint surface cues and visible moons. Thepiece notes Schiaparelli’s Venus rotation theory and French experiments tracking Jupiter’s appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Bianchini
Columbus
Galileo
Maren Polo
Schiaparelli
Sculapareti
Vetus
France
M. Eugene Antonindd
M. Antondadi
Thias
Wearang Ell
M. Antoniandi
Incomes in England Deepens Class Chasm Between Clergy and Professionals
The piece notes dramatic income gaps in England with top earners in public life and church hierarchy earning fortunes while professionals face limited social rise. It cites the Archbishop of Canterbury at about 15,000 pounds a year, versus clergy averages near 1,000, highlighting stark disparities in a democracy.
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Sir Charles [Tnseeil
Gop
Canterbury
Artery General
Sir Andrew Clark
Great Public Echools
Emall School
Great
Macaulay
England
Scott
API
Eton
Harrow
York
London
Elvilen
Bottall
Strangest Tales of Modern Science on Disease Germs
Harper's Weekly recounts the bacterial origins of common diseases such as erysipelas tuberculosis diphtheria tetanus typhoid and influenza. It explains how germ activity depends on body vitality and environmental conditions noting that spores may be harmless until conditions in the body allow growth and disease development.
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Sternberg
Harper's Weekly
Touches of nature amid old Southern aristocracy
A St Louis Globe Democrat excerpt recalls a Augusta scene on Green Street where an elderly gentleman in worn finery purchased six cents worth of meat. He paid with a nickel to a darky, then rewarded the boy with the change, a moment revealing the dignity and poverty of old Southern manners.
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LE. Buford
Charleston
Augusta
Green Street
Martet
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Flour Awards Honors Washburn Crosby Flour at World's Fair
The N V Tribune reports the World’s Fair gold medal for flour goes to Washburn Crosby Co for Washburn Flour Mills Minneapolis. Judges deem the flour strong and pure and fit as first class patent flour for family and bakers use.
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Chicago
Washburn, Crosby Co
Great Washburn
Minneapolis
Uae
Local Medal Winners Across Town Represent Diverse Firms
A list of award winners across multiple towns and stores shows numerous Gold Medal and Superlative Brand recognitions. Names include Dunmore, Hyde Park, Washburn Street, Brady, Mowrw, Manley, Spencer, Fenner Chappell, Gillesphig We, Olyphant, Pokwilo, Ermyi, Wintres, Honesdale, Teavelle, Atherton, Nuryea, Moosie, Pitteton, O'Boyle, Clark, Daltoi, Nicholwin, Waverly, Factoryville, Moscow, Forest City and others receiving Gold Medal or Superlative accolades.
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Ecranton
F. P. Pettey
Washington
Dunmord
F. P. Prieg Gok
Dunmore
F. D. Manley
Hranil
Hyde Park
Carson
Davis
Washburn St
Brady Joseph A. Mowrw
Misiti Avenue
L.spencer
Cy Gillesphig We
Muarketetree
James Jordi
Pokwilo
shatter @ Kelair
Ermyi
Wintres A Co
Moan Eto
J. &. Clark
Honesdale
N. Poster & Co
Bon
Factoryville
Charley Gardger
Trop Bottom
Inn & Son
Tobyhatin
Tibvhainy & Lebiga Lumber
Ion'daboro
A. Adams Giold
Moscow
Valee & Clements
Lake Adel
Jamea
Bartréee
Forest City
J. J. Morgan & Co
War relics and curious tales from a brass watch
A Massachusetts captain from the Ninth Infantry carried a watch with a bullet embedded in its case during Civil War battles at Laurel Hill and The Wilderness, preserving his life. Nearby, O Ferrall recalls a bishop-like tale of a dagger and a sweetheart’s daguerreotype in wartime pockets. The piece also notes the Papyrus Rhind, an ancient mathematical manuscript in the British Museum.
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Walter French
Captain McGunnigle
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers
Boston
Laurel Hill
O' Ferrall
Virginia
Baltimore
Heston Advertiser
Abnies
Aarne
British Museum
One-Cent Confederate Die by Lovett Engraver 1801 Piece
The sole complete die mile for Confederate money was a 1 cent piece crafted by Philadelphia engraver Lovett in 1801.
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Confederate States of America
Lovett
Philadelphia
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N.V. Tribune
the Flour Awards
William Sissenberger
Penn Avenue
Perris Wut
N. A. Hulbert
Guy Music Store
Wyoming
Avup
Steinway & Som
Decker Brothers
Hilanich & Back
Btuliz & Baum
Orcans
Atlantic Refining Co
Algo
William Mason
Coal Exchange
Wyvalog Ava
Vite Broke
Duponts
Wapwallopen Mille Logerne County Puanil
Willainggton
Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Central
Wyoming Ave
Scranton
Third National Hank Building
Agencina Holford
Pittston
Ofan DT Swith Son
Plymouth
Mulligas
Willkware
Aponte
Ropauts Chemical Company
Columbia Manufacturing Coo
South Eutaw Street
Baltimore, MD
Scranton Tribune
Scaineey
Cerner Lanie Mowe
Rim Pee
Tall
Arnie
Cleveland
Chin
John TH. Phelps
Spruce St
Acranton
Erie
Dru
Masoud Timple
Ill
H. ©. Sanderson
Draggist
Snrude Streets
Mott
Optra
Tavelsaa
Voeland
C. M. Hank Is
Ranaiat
Menu Avenue
Ron Life
Fee Byrne
Eleaee
Deiter Sro CO
U.S
Jae
Dexter
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
America
Geo, R, Cromwell
G. R. Cromwell
the Capitol
Moston
Printing House Square
New York
Seven Falls
Cheyenne Canon
Colurmdo
Chestnut Stree
Mihladelphia
Yellowstone Falls
Hrenton
Newport Central Park
Auditorium Hotel
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