The Clever Beggar of London Parish Traps a Minister
A London ninth of London minister recounts repeated encounters with impostors posing as destitute travelers. One tale follows a Scottish impostor claiming ties to Newcastle, another a from Edinburgh, all seeking money under varied pretenses. A later deserter, shown to be lacking tools, pleads for a four shillings loan while offering his coat. The minister learns to demand inquiry before charity and recalls similar scams over years.
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London
Litte
Chelsea
Init
Mavfarlane
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Jim
Gill
Athens
Scotland
Carron Company
Stepney
Clapton
George
Rochester
Puge
Gosport
Holloway Road
Croydon
Never Give on the Spot to Unknown Applicants
A local note warns against giving money on impulse to strangers. The author describes a rascal who used a similar tale to solicit funds in the neighborhood and urges readers to verify identities, ask for addresses, and make inquiries before donating. He emphasizes helping the deserving poor who do not seek alms directly.
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Chambers’ Journal
Medical notes on vision disorders and a cocaine synthesis claim
The article discusses astigmatism testing and its link to chorea and neuralgia, describes an eye test with parallel lines, and notes a German chemist’s claimed artificial formation of cocaine via benzoyl ecgonine and methyl iodide. It also covers railway brain versus hysteria, hypnoscope tests by Ochorowicz, and remarks on commercial travelers’ wages and habits, plus a fossil find in Ohio and Cincinnati’s centennial exposition fund.
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Charcot
Klein
Batault
Ochorowicz
Boston Herald
From Seaweed to Mars Canals A Wide Tech Snapshot
Science and industry items note seaweed as a superior electrical carbon, an Australian invents a high‑rate portable machine gun, Schiaparelli canal network on Mars gains corroboration, a corkscrew button patent sells for high money, and multiple notes on railways, chemistry alloys, and early electric traction.
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Mars
Schiaparelli
England
Italy
Detroit Free Press
Wilmington
New England
Transcaspian
Russia
Portland
Stoneware Company
Boston
Treatment of Cauliflowers Delicate Yet Rewarding
The article notes cauliflowers are often grown poorly as leaves are not tied to blanch heads white. Whiter heads fetch better prices and improper cultivation leads to vegetables resembling broccoli. It argues many could grow and use cauliflower if they had knowledge and seed, as well grown heads command good prices.
Miscellany of curiosities and notes from 19th century presses
A mix of brief items: a Guanajuato state prison school, a new Sonora gold find, quips about Dr Johnson and philosophy, fish diet observations, rising Mexican tourism and railroads, a corkscrew button, an ad burglary in West Chester, a phrenological skull, a marriage gift initials, a Texas pony with a mustache, Scandinavian bird lore, a Lowell milkwoman's success, rattlesnake gall remedies, a Boston wine fraud, Keetley’s mole transplant, and the 200th year of Newton’s Principia with a call for a science history.
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Guanajuato
Mex
Sonora
Johnson
Glasgow
J. S. Nairne
Mexico
Westchester
W. P
Winterville
Lowell
M. Koscick
Austria
M. Koscicky
Venezuela
Boston Custom House
Keetley
West London
Newton
London Atheneum
Royal Society
British Association
N. Y. Examiner
Styles in Cigars Shape Trends In Philadelphia Trade
A Philadelphia Record piece notes cigars now come in many shapes with fashion driven variety. Smokers prefer thick,bunched ends tapering to the butt while some demand extreme forms, molding complicating packing and sale. Retailers say only experienced makers produce the newest shapes.
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Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Record
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Peronella Maguffer
Peronella
John
Philadelphia Herald
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Omaha
Mr. Nicefellow
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