Centennial items mark early July openings and exhibits
The article notes Michigan and Delaware state buildings opening July 4 and 5 with dignitaries such as Chief Justice Comegys present. It mentions visitors like Fred Douglass and the Massachusetts Press Association, displays of wooden nutmegs and dam creations, and upcoming society meetings in Ohio and Illinois. It also covers exhibits from Baltimore and Ohio locomotives, a seaside anecdote, solar system description, and advances in photo printing using gelatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State
Delaware
Comegys
State Commission
Fred Douglass
Massachusetts Press Association
Connecticut
National Archiological Society
Oio
Ohio
Wer
Joseph Hewman
San Francisco
Haa
Philadelphia
Agricultural Hall
Detroit Free Press
D. C. French
Mississippi
Dlinois State Building
Columbus
Fairmount Park
Italy
National Photographers’ Association
Springfield
Ill
John L. Beveridge
Thomas E. Ridgway
George N. Harlow
Vienna
Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Mechanical and Scientific Notes on Gypsum and Bees
Mechanics discuss hardening gypsum with marshmallow powder in 3 to 4 percent and 8 percent mixes for various uses, from dominos to plates. Observations note humble bees perforating flower bases to access nectar, with similar findings by Mr. Brothers in 1865. Dr. Gunther reports swordfish larvae differ from adults per the American Naturalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bundy
Aibes
Urcum
Brothers
Fort*Atkinson
Gunther
Religious and Educational Advances and Church Union Debates
The report notes over 60,000 Sisters of Charity worldwide and 2,682,185 Bible related publications by the British and Foreign Bible Society last year. Massachusetts employed 9,210 teachers in 1875, with about 19.5 percent from Normal schools. It covers UK church temperance efforts, Baptist growth, and Pan-Presbyterian discussions for 1877, plus English church figures pressing parliamentary measures against intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Sisters of Charity
British and Foreign Bible Society
Massachusetts
Union of
Church and State In
England
New York
Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Savannah
Edinburgh
Christian Union
Bishops urged to heed Parliament on subject
Public urged to adopt a prudent approach as measures in Parliament would attract serious attention from bishops, signaling a call for careful, informed debate on the issue. The article frames the bishops as key observers who must balance tradition with new proposals while guiding public opinion.
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Ion
Gure
From New York to the Mississippi River in Twenty four Hours
A condensed review of the Chicago and Northwestern route from Chicago to Omaha shows the fast train maintaining high times with well-ballasted tracks and modern equipment. The analysis lists departure and arrival times, per hour speeds between stations, and overall speed for the distance, challenging Eastern lines' claimed superiority.
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New York
Mississippi River
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Omaha
Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Sperring
Sui
Ty Oaen
Ad Junction
Nobel
Clinton
1851
London
Doone
Minton
Dedacter
Mizsieelopi River
Cinton
Omha
Chicago Tribune
Submarine Infernal Machine Promises Naval Endings
The Chicago Tribune describes Law's infernal machine being tested in Washington. A small submarine craft propelled by chemical engines would carry dynamite and be steered by telegraphic control from shore or a launching fleet. It could sink ironclads before a shot is fired, triggering a revolutionary shift in naval warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law
Washington
Aroma
Chicigo Tribune
Greek River Gods in Ancient Belief and Literature
At a Royal Society of Literature meeting, Mr Gardner argues that river worship has been underexplored compared with Apollo or Dionysus. He traces religious thought through Naturalism, Polytheism, and Scepticism, noting rivers as living deities in Vedas and German Rhine cults and Greece’s belief in the river as possessing soul and will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of Literature
Gardner R
Apollo
Dionysus
Greece
Paris circles push to ban PourricaL discussions
In Paris heated talk leads to several hosts banning PourricaL discussions. Instead of the usual invitation cue for dancing, hosts mark "politics prohibited." Pan on stoves are seen as wholesome for spring, yet not widely embraced by people.
The Mackerel Fishery Vast Atlantic Trade Details
The piece explains mackerel as a perennial table favorite and outlines the Atlantic fishery. It notes about 2,000 vessels, mainly small schooners, using half-line pay and four percent captain commission, and describes bait, seining, and dhow-style fishing. It also covers season timing from March to November, geographic ranges from Cape Henry to Canada, fleet coordination, port bases, earnings around £200, and the dressing, salting, and grading process for export No.1 to No.4 quality.
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Atlantic
Tvy
Cape Henry
New York
Cape May
Gay Head
New England
Maine
Canadian
United States
Japan
Chatham
George's Banks
Boston
Cook
Cape Ann
Provincetown
Wellfleet
Salem
Gloucester
Portland
Southport
North Laven
Wingard force demonstration sinks schooner at Lake Pontchartrain
In a signed statement Prof C G Forshey L A Maddox and M F Bigney recount witnessing Prof Wingard reveal a nameless force at Lake Pontchartrain. At 2 35 PM the apparatus discharged and within ninety seconds the test schooner Augusta sunk stern first. The wreck left the mast standing and flag torn, Wingard burned but alive, and witnesses predicted the Wingard force could revolutionize maritime warfare and influence national destinies. The New Orleans Republican reports this contested event despite public skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procea Terdal
C. G. Forshey
L. A. Maddox
M. F. Bigney
Wingard
Prof
Winyard
Bigney
Biney
Leretofore
R. Bigney
New Orleans
Nepublican
The Abuse of Narcotics in Modern Society
A formal critique traces narcotic abuse across England America and Germany. It cites lax controls, chloral in West End workboxes, morphine disease in German populations, and urges early work therapy as essential, noting low recovery rates and extensive social impact.
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Engand
America
Privy Council
England
West End
New York
Germany
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Mechanical and Scientific
Religious and Educational
Church of England
Abraham
Canon Ellison
Canterbury
Isishope
Wappet
Ronnie At
Cove
Maassachusetts
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