Pedestrianism and the need for better roads in America
The article argues Americans are less fond of walking at home due to poor roads and grim inns, urging improvements to enable long foot journeys. It cites a New York area visit showing prosperity but filthy highways, laments inherited road neglect, and imagines youths traversing Alpside routes as a healthier national habit.
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Europe
America
New York
bin Yagak
Switzerland
Germany
Appletons' Journal
Fatal Lime Kiln Tragedy Claims Mother and Two Children
A farm accident near Cameron involved a lime kiln where a father briefly tested the fire before lowering three children into the pit. The eldest boy, thirteen, and two younger siblings suffocated as gas filled the kiln. The mother and another child discovered them. despite attempts to rescue them, all three died. The events unfolded as the family tended hay after the initial attempt, with neighbors witnessing portions of the process.
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Pittsville
John Kane
Cameron
Kane
Mrs. Cameron
Mr. Cameron
Pittville
Cor
N. Y
John KB. Cameron
Gunéron
Awd
Ani Wranduother
Ellen
Coe
Oehild
Personal crisis suicides in England and Wales 1858 1874
The Register General figures show stable per population rates of deaths by own action from personal crisis across 1858 to 1874. In 1874 total suicides reached 3,592 with 1,204 males and 388 females. incised wounds and hanging were common. Urban areas show higher rates though proportionate differences vary by region.
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Register-General
England
Wales
England and
London
Metropolitan Police
Ténison An
Police
Sas
Surrey
Seitinex
Hampshire
Berkshire
Death by own action rate across English counties
The British Medical Journal notes higher rates of death by own action in urban, educated populations. Rural areas such as Wiltshire Dorset Devon Cornwall and Somerset show lower rates under 1 per 1,000,000, while Wales reports as low as 39. The piece discusses potential links to lunacy statistics and civilization-driven competition.
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London
Wiltshire
Dorsetshire
Devonshire
Cornwall
Somersetshire
Wales
England
British Medical Journal
Grumbling at the Warm Weather
A reflective piece argues that grumbling about heat or cold is a superficial vice linking to a broader cultural belief. It contrasts temperate climates with extremes, praising vigor forged by varied seasons and citing New Orleans as evidence of hardy northern influence through roused footsteps and resilience.
Wonder Telegraphy Sees Music Voice Over Wires
The Boston Traveller records Prof Bell’s experiments sending music and voice over telegraph wires. Bell plays America and Auld Lang Syne, heard in New York with full chords. He claims voices can travel 1000 miles, enabling future speeches from distant cities to be heard by audiences. The piece also notes debate over California’s whipping law and its constitutionality.
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Prof. Bell
Bell
New York
Ile
America
Prat Bell
New Orleans
London
Paris
Boston
Music Hall
Bells
Washington
Faneuil Hall
Mechanical and Scientific Notes On Metal Tests And Slate Roofs
Mechanical and scientific guidance discusses buoyancy of casks, slate measurement and roof pitch, and shop shafting speeds. It covers iron and steel testing with nitric acid, quality indicators, and hammer tests. French Temperance Society prize questions invite essays on effects of natural wines versus industrially produced wines and brandies.
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French Temperance Society
Juunier
Rue de l'Universite
Paris
Centennial exhibits and curious notes from Philadelphia
Nearly all small articles in the Japanese exhibit are disposed of while the Siberian display draws curious visitors with fetishism hints. An estimated 100000 Centennial visitors are expected after September 1. The Canadian exhibit in Agricultural Hall rivals the U S one in extent and variety. In Machinery Trail the Suez Canal plans draw interest. Indian excitement boosts the Catlin collection of drawings and paintings for foreign visitors. In the Pennsylvania Educational Building, a 1776 private school setup contrasts with 1876 state educational means. A storm in Berks County produced blue and green hailstones walnut-sized. The Independence Hall bell, 13000 pounds and costing 5000, is to be recast for better tone. The Philadelphia statue association plans a Columbus statue in Fairmount Park on October 12, aided by King Victor Emmanuel II’s 1000 francs. The government fog horn uses a caloric engine, no steam or water, with hot air driving air into a large reservoir ready to toot in minutes.
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Agricultural Hall
United States
Suez Canal
Catlin
Pennsylvania
Berks County
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Statian, Association of Philadelphia
Columbus
Fairmount Park
America
Victor Eanmanuel
Italy
Editors Never Lie The Visit To A Newspaper Office
Three dusty travelers with a pistol confront the editor in his office demanding truth about newspaper reporting. The editor concedes some editors may lie while arguing sincerity and professionalism, and the men depart promising to write from their neighborhood. The piece ends noting the incident may not prove much.
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Somne
Tam
Mixsouri Brunswicker
Long steam horn spouts eerie note across harbor
A Chicago Evening Journal cor report describes a twenty foot long siren horn mounted to a tank with forty psi pressure. The device releases a single squeal every forty five seconds and its sound is said to be unmatched, audible over water for about thirty two miles when wind and waves are calm.
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Uri
Chicago Evening Journal
Cold exposure risks after chilling and sudden warming
A Pomeroy's Democrat snippet explains the danger of warming a thoroughly chilled body too quickly. It describes how cold exposure followed by heat can trigger pneumonia or bronchitis as capillary lung engorgement and static circulation provoke inflammatory reactions. Common colds can arise similarly from mucous surfaces chilled then heated.
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Pomeroy
Democrat
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California
Detroit
Irres Press
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