Wax figure making shows skill and artistry in color and clothing
The article describes the intricate process of crafting wax figures, from clay modeling to wax casting and painting. It explains how fabric and skin tones are created, how eyes are set, and how details like hair, lips, and teeth are formed, with emphasis on arranging a group and dressing figures in period outfits.
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Eden Musee
New York
Mme, Tyetod
London
Musee Grevin
Paris
Lincoln
Abrahan Lincoln
Columbus
Ferdinand Ma Tidbolla
Virginia
John Brown
Unitad
Europe
William I
Germany
Strange Church Image of a Face in Wellsville Mo
A Wellsville Missouri church left a bloodstain-like image resembling a human face on its ceiling after a stroke of light in past years. The church was later removed and a soft tubing method for feeding is described in antiquated medical notes. References to medieval embroidery of initials and family arms highlight lasting value of well-made garments.
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Wellsville
J. L. Sullivan
Malden
Medico-Legal Society
Steamer friendships and a wary traveler’s tale
A steerage passenger arriving in San Francisco recounts a costly string of "steam er friendships" formed on ocean voyages. He recalls paying for others drinks and introductions, including a young lady and a semimil-lionaire, totaling about 800 dollars, with little lasting return. He warns that such liaisons are ephemeral and cautions readers about schemes aboard ships.
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Customs Corral
San Francisco
New York City
Yong
Bahamas
Tomot
California
Boston
Australia
Amazing tailor repairs moth damaged coat with hair patch
A Market Street clothing firm worker in repair proves unmatched with needle. He cut cloth then used hair from a black haired woman to stitch a patch, making the mend undetectable. The delighted customer sent a tip and praised the craft.
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Workroois
Philadelphia Record
Paper as a scarce material in Ulman Stromer era Europe
In Ulman Stromer's time paper was rare and chiefly used by scholars scribes and officials. Europe sourced paper from Italy and Spain via Pubriano in Italy where twelfth century mills existed. Spain had a lively industry, San Felipe Valencia, 1150, with paper making spread by Armies from Samarcand via Chinese prisoners.
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Ulman Stromer
Germany
Europe
Samarcand
Maid in New York Times Point of View Quip
In a New York Times point of view piece two eastern village maids discuss a Luxom Irish girl who left after a few weeks. The girl quips that Miss Earber wanted the closet rods set northeasterly while Miss Judith insisted on southwest, so she could not please both.
Remarkable Weather and Musical Notes From Texas Siftings
A quirky excerpt touches on stationery and barometers in weather reports. It recounts Arthur Sullivan composing The Lost Chord under emotional strain after a brother’s death, noting the organ nearby inspired the piece. The fragment mentions a horse sarees in the New Ho wells islands and a bookstore remark about sales.
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Salezman
Texas
Law
Arthur Sullivan
London Star
Wild Beasts and Trade at Hamburg Garden of Hagenbeck
The article details Hagenbeck's Hamburg facility in St Pauls harboring 600 to 700 animal pens and a vast yard. It covers expeditions to capture gorillas, elephants, and crocodiles, the staff of keepers and traders, and the extensive Latin-labeled cages. It notes imports from Crimea and other regions with annual hunts and purchases from sailors and vendors.
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Hamburg
St. Paul's
Hansa
Africa
San Gabriel Valley
California
Andes
South America
Amileur Spoksmen
Plains of America
Tasmania
Alaska
Uni
House of Hagenleck
Amazon
Upper
Nile
Crimea
Tropics
Arctic
Providence Journal
Mars surface studied with cautious outlook by Holden
The astronomer Edward S Holden director of the Lick Observatory says Mars shows dissimilarities rather than Earthlike details and advises reserve judgment while observers present divergent views. Frances Willard discusses force in controlling women and shoes, while Carlyle describes Tennyson to Ralph Waldo Emerson noting his striking appearance and vivid voice in a New York Tribune excerpt.
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Edward S. Holden
Lick Observatory
California
Mars
Frances Willard
Minneapolis
Merrimac
Tennyson
Thomas Carlyle
Ralph Waldo Emerman
New York ‘Tribune
Baldness and civilization in a Boston Herald critique
The piece questions a near future of universal baldness, contrasting outdoor European workers with refined city life. It mocks vanity, suggests harsh norms, and argues grassroots habits shape hair loss, urging a return to bareheaded discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Fin de Sievle
America
Boston Herald
From Ancient Remedies and Early Medical Practice
The article recounts early medical practice from roadside cures to Rome’s shops selling medicines. It notes labels required on remedies, then details physicians’ specialties, women practitioners, surgeons’ instruments, and early dentistry. It also mentions cameos from mother of pearl and ammonites in fossil patterns, plus notes on Siamese influenced languages in Hai Nan and Shan identities.
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Rome
A. P. Montague
How a Pretty Fashion Started In 1680
A St Louis Globe-Democrat note recalls Duchess de Fontanges losing her hat at a hunting party, then tying her hair with a ribbon garter. The ribbon tied look sparked fashion trends and hairdressing with ribbons continued for seven years.
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Duchess de Fontanges
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
No regular United States ship of war to upper Mississippi
An editor’s bet in a Chicago Tribune excerpt explores whether a U S warship ever ascended the Mississippi. The men cite May Memphis bridge reports about the Concord, debating if a regular ocean cruiser could reach the river and the bar at the mouth.
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United States
Mississippi River
United States Navy
Memphis
Mississippi
Great Bridge
Ucm
Concord
Cairo
St. Louis
Upper Mississippi
Thackeray Facial Features and public perception over time
The article cites 19th century observations on William Makepeace Thackeray's appearance from 1840 to 1859. It notes a broad brow signaling intellect a broken nose used for satire and self mockery and a roundish face described as an infant like with hair and spectacles. It includes Motley’s remark about Thackeray’s mug when serving as godfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Bronte
Thackeray
Mr. Motley
Experiments on Lubricated Bearings in England
English tests used a special apparatus to measure bearing load capacities. Steel bases in gun metal bearings at 50 to 900 rpm seized under loads of 100 psi for collar bearings 30 psi for footstep bearings 600 psi for cylindrical bearings and a pin with intermittent use to ten times those values. Friction with solid contact rose with load while liquid lubrication showed load independent friction. A journal crown bore and gauge indicated over 500 psi, and a ten inch rod supported six tons by lubricant pressure.
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England
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The
New Howells
Louis XVIII
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Stanishis
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Careie
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Talleyrand
Careme
Professor Holden
Carlyle
ai-Nan
Hoshow
Chong-Mai
Hansul Bay
al Lan
Yun-Nan
Tonguin
Quang-See
Hai-Nan
London Nature
Chicago Tribune
Washburn-Crosby Co
Shaw Shaw
Emerson Emerson
J. Lawrence Stelle
Stelle & Seeley
Wyoming Avenue
Scranton
SHAW
Emerson
Carpenter
Mercereau & Connell
Lackhawanna Avenure
Pacific Coast
Victor
Michigan
Norway
Bill
Juniata County
Pennsylvania
White Oak
Sullivan County
Hemlock Lumber and Lath
Tioga County
Rik
County Dry Hemlock Jolate and Stud By
North Carolina
the Richards Lumber CO
Commonwealth Building
Wiecermars
Igaenaria
Noutaer
Nimve Seed CO
Masonic Rempte
CanAas
MOOTI
Cleveland
Dr. Peal
Adios Pral Menigind Cs
John H. Phelps
Cor
Spruce Street
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