From Japan to Paris and a world of notes
A collage of curiosities and trade snippets. Chrysanthemums for three months, Japan’s advice on keeping cut flowers. Manchester shipments of steel cars and machinery. Paris cleaners and coffin customs. England’s walking stick once owned by Charles II. walrus whisker toothpicks. an imminent England Belgium telegraph line. African cotton mission from Tuskegee. Ottoman census figures. astonishing blood circulation math. T Stewart mansion in New York nearing Astor cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Manchester
England
Charles II
Worcester
Bozeofel
Charles I
Cromwell
E. T. Stewart
Fifth Avenue
24Th Street
New York
Astor
Tuckahoe
Stewart
Italy
No Moon Would Hinder Harbors and Docks, says Source
The passage argues that without the moon the country would lose many seaports and tides. It suggests ships and docks rely on the tide and that harbor depths would drop to about a third, jeopardizing great docks and port facilities.
Trinity Church and Broadway Tale of Old New York
A vivid Old New York sketch centers on Trinity Church and the surrounding Wall Street Broadway district. It recalls historic parishes, the church’s Gothic interior and Astor memorials, mentions Hamilton’s obelisk, Bradford’s press, and the 264 foot spire, with views over the harbor, Hoboken, and the Statue of Liberty from the city’s financial core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
New Street
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Broadway
War Street
Finance of America
Babel
New World
Wall
Trinity Church
America
Queen Anne’s
Vesey and Christophreete
Annelia
Inglis
George
Henry Barclay
New Church Street
Alexander Hamilton
William Bradford
New York Gazette
William B. Astor
Capitola
Grace Church
Tenth Street
Worth
Jem Bey
City
Hoboken
Power of Suggestion in Chicago Healing Methods
A Chicago clinic showcases hypnotic and somnambulist based therapy as a growing medical trend. The piece discusses mental cures, the shift from drugs to psychological treatment, and the role of patient suggestibility in healing outcomes. It notes the dangers of overreliance on mesmerism and the need for cooperative patient participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
McKinley
Chicago
Sven
Itu
Miscellaneous Items From a Fragile Era
A collection of brief notes mentions Kulomobiles sold off after thefts exceeding $29,000 at Dublin Zoo, a nursery near Mexico Missouri cultivating 250000 fruit trees, and a Kansas City divorce docket with 300 cases. Also included is a London spectacle mission aiding vision, the Veiled Prophet founder Mukmia the Veiled, and tales of deserting soldiers to a fiery end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Zoo
Gurdes
Mexico Mo
Perte
Kansas City
London
Spectacle Mission
Hekim Hen
Allah
Mukamia
Malad
Sultan Mahdi
Country banks lure farmers as social hubs in the countryside
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece contrasts city bank formality with country banks where large armchairs fill spaces, stoves heat winter crowds, and banks serve as meeting places for farmers and visitors. The tone notes the social function, not just finance, with vibrant street scenes and casual customer gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter Ocean
Neily Bank
Shara
City Bank
Remourn
Ple
Small for Itz Age and Whisky Exchange Dialogue
A quirky exchange at the Cow and Pail with Pat ordering whisky and the landlady sizing up its age. The scene blends rustic humor and local dialect as diners discuss time, age, and dinner bells amid a stream of fragmented quotes and place names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Tady
Raum
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Convant
B. Britton
Bottineaul
Dak
Saeed
Parla
China
Alaska
Europe
Belgium
Lagone
Africa
Graf Waldersee
Booker T. Washington
Tuskeegee
Ala
Mussulmen
Turekey
Asia Minor
Beluchistan
The
Indies
Rand Old Church
Trinity
James Lawrence
Chesapeake
Leicester
Philadelphia
Colonies
United States
New York City
Trinity Churchyard
DR. Charcot's
Berillon
Oybrenat
Duns Des Cattle
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