New Jersey tunnel plan and early electric propulsion debate
Readable items discuss a proposed canal and cave-like tunnels across New Jersey from the Delaware to the Atlantic, urged by Philadelphia merchants to shorten water routes to New York and Europe. The piece then surveys advances in electric lighting and propulsion, plus commentary on census ideas, patent law, and political shifts in Congress.
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New Jersey
Delaware River
Atlantic
Philadelphia
New York
Bay
Europe
Oldest Church Tower in the United States Deep in Tacoma
A young man on a Puget Sound steamer near Tacoma describes the oldest church tower in the United States, visible among the pine woods and sunset glow. The narrator tours a small church built by early Tacoma settlers with a pine-trunk tower and ivy chancel, meeting Me, a former leader, and hearing about the church’s founding as Tacoma’s community grew during the 19th century expansion.
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Puget Sound
Ing
Tacoma
Commencement Bay
Puget Sea
Mount Teoma
Ranier
United States
Minint Toroma
Dueoria
Douvey Nove
Old Tavonia
Stheer
Salvation Armay
Seattle
Su Tlock
Majeli Lyter
Anil
Dio Soxtou
Ibn Wilde
Anwika
Bishey
All Tacoma
Paville
Tucows
Lpland
State of
Washington
The Case Against Cheaper Shoes in Housekeeping
An analysis argues that cheaper shoes, though tempting, wear poorly and fail in appearance. It notes that higher priced footwear lasts longer, stays presentable, and costs less per month of wear when evaluated by service value rather than initial price.
France Ready for Dahomey Campaign Amid Amazonite Defense
The report notes France moving to subdue Dahomey with a large expedition aimed at Abomey. It cites 200 Dahomean deaths in prior clashes, King Behazin marshaling about 6,000 women and 6,000 warriors and planning to strike the French coast once the dry season ends. The route via dense forests to Abomey is deemed impractical, with a river ascent implied. A separate San Francisco Examiner item mentions electricity, and a Cleveland snake expert describes restricted feeding when snakes shed.
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France
Dahomey
Dex
Abemey
Dahomeraos
Bedazin
Tse
Hk Tiedeskare
Kiven Ative
Carl
Abonney
Wheme
Sep Tans
Saya
N.Y
Frain
Aml
San Francisco Examiner
Misa Eve
Adam
Eten Ranch
Cleveland
Spirit Fingers at the Key in a Telegraphsman’s Ghostly Tale
A veteran telegraph operator recalls a fall from grace after a trusted city move to Omaha. He describes deepening alcohol problems, ghostly tapping on the sounder, and spirits haunting his work after a fellow suffered madness and death. He longs to quit and return to rural life, rejecting sensational spiritual profit.
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Omaha
Ladianapolis
Apediten
Iimanity
New York
Aso
Weil
Ogee
Thala Trical
Cleveland
Oiala
Cheyenne
Agmiatia
San Francisco
Billy
Feisen
Earth
Offles Ber
Chinese Physicians In City Work On Health Contracts
A New York report notes about twenty Chinese doctors in the city who stay busy visiting patients as needed. They avoid the American plan of individual doctor visits, preferring contracts to keep people healthy for a set period. Contracts often cover a household, a practice common in China but rare among local Chinese families, with typical annual payments around fifty dollars per person.
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Cays
New York
Chinumen
Colusman Leomes
Abia
Winky Stot
Yaniin
China
The Longtenow Family and the Came Weide spat
The tale centers on the Longtenow clan near Came Weide with Mixes Longfenow and Rev Samiel Longfele Jow linked to the poet’s kin. Younger siblings build houses on an oil estate while primogeniture shapes kinship as a memorial looms near Cambridge.
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Weide
Longfenow
Samiel Longfele Jow
Kienard
Dana
Mere
Joeph G. Thorpe Jr
Longivliaw
Cambridge
Jersey City Doctor Urges Red Poles for Live Wires
A Jersey City physician recommends painting all telegraph poles carrying live electric wires red to alert the public and prevent accidents. The column urges authorities to adopt the safety measure nationwide as an urgent precaution.
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Jersey City
How They Keep Warm in Montreal
A vivid exploration of winter wear in Montreal describing thick woolens, fur caps and coats, moccasins, and layered stockings. The narrator recalls a New Yorker’s astonishment at Montreal fashion and notes Montreal as a lively capital with wardrobes that defy the cold, concluding with a reflection on jewels of virtue and the global population doubling in 260 years.
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Montreal
United States
Coll Ag
Exiem
Laska
Tobogang
Pee Dame Awe
Ralph
Harper's
Engraved Gems Through Antiquity and Royal Wealth
A fragmentary account traces gem engraving from ancient times to the Renaissance, noting tools like diamond points and lenses, early signets of Polycrates, Nero, and Mithridates, and the high value placed on gems by rulers. It mentions unusual details about jewelry at royal weddings, and an incident of a modern blockade anecdote.
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Horace
Bart
Francis I
Matteo Delo Nassaro
Vienna
Jacome da ‘Tresto
Nero
Polycrates
Helen
Ulysses
Pythagoeus
Inter
Mnesarchos
Orestes
Agamemnon
Antenophis
Herodotus
Dialoa
Kewa
Davides
Gary Julius Ceasar
Cleopatra
Loliia Paulina
Caligula
Saxe-Weliar
Russia
Buylanis
Bavaria
Ges
Mile d'Albe
Eagocin
Earl of Dantley
Milas Mowerlede
Mile
Lejegne
Culmay
Murat
Corsica
Lila Tut-Famd
Ink contract reveals high profit at retail ink sales
The Cincinnati school board awarded a contract for ink showing large margins. The ordinary price is five cents per small bottle, and a child could estimate the cost of a gallon at that rate, indicating substantial profit potential from the deal.
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Cincinnati School Board
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Alma Record
Brown & Frerdem, Publishers
Ifa
London
Leompelai
General Medical Council of England
Tve
Edmiro
Francis A. Walker
Caurtoil D. Wright
Causie Ly
Congress
Mom
Unose
Mies
Malilor
Nferwarde
Lawe
Aenstial Ghanes
Elac'k
Bereett
Ioan
Longtenow
Tone
Jowale
Cossip
Prierly
N. Y
Pious
Chad
Tsun
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