Steam powered carriage by Harris brothers in Manchester
A steam powered automobile using soft coal as fuel is built by George and Peter Harris of Manchester New Hampshire. It features a steam condenser and a smoke consuming cap on the boiler, with water tank on the dashboard and fuel under the seat. The machine weighs about 400 pounds and needs 20 minutes to generate steam, then runs with strong power and no visible smoke.
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George and
Peter Harris
Manchester
N. H
Inventors
Chicago Daily News
W. L
Douglas Bhoe CO
Brockten, Mats
Minnesota
America
Balzer
UO Union Geed
John Asalzer Seed Co
LA Crosse
Wis
Olan
W. Madison Me
B. Cmioa GS
TLE
Bicycles on Parade Signal Shift From Fad Gear
The Madison Square cycle show marks a turning from low handlebars and odd tubing to simpler, quality parts. Designers favor longer cranks, higher gears, and streamlined rims with tasteful color and striping. Innovations include hub designs allowing quick spoke adjustment without removing the sprocket.
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Sun
Madison Square
New York
England
New Rubber Disk Tire Innovation Headlines
A radical tire invention uses rubber disks of varied thickness mounted with three ribs and vulcanized to the case. The design features disks spaced by 7-16 inch gaps and a 3-5 inch central hole near the bottom, showcasing a novel approach to tires for bicycles and automobiles.
Bicycle and automobile innovations and tips from old periodicals
The excerpt reviews a tire design with self adjusting disks for load, praises tire durability and valve-less construction, and notes the Cleveland style claim. It comments on the automobile plow promising labor savings, a winter rider flannel aid, and Java’s bicycle factory in Samarang as proof of growing adoption.
Tips for Safe Cycling in Slippery Street Conditions
In humid days grease coats city streets making riding dangerous. The advice urges riders to use hard mid sized tires, ride with steady pedaling, steer straight, and add pedal pressure near the gutter to resist sideslip. If no exit exists, dismount promptly for safety.
Motorcycle Racing Praised As Sport Of The Future
The article lauds motorcycle racing as a future favorite in America showing strong spectator appeal. It highlights high speeds on banked tracks and the thrill for those who love athletic competition and speed trials, noting the machines are of the automobile order and attract public interest.
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America
Automobile Marazine
Bicycling knee blamed as new cycling ailment
Doctors study a rising cycling disease called bicycle knee affecting the leg above the knee. Two cases are reported with gradual onset linked to excessive cycling, especially among older newcomers. Overexertion strains young riders on oversized cycles and advocates careful, balanced training.
Brain weight and intelligence in historical view
Article notes that brain weight does not correlate with intellect. It cites figures such as 57.7 and 599 ounces for two idiots and a comparison showing Gambetta’s brain lighter than a typical seven year old. It also mentions a “dwarfted Indian squaw” with a brain weight of 73.6 ounces.
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Gambetta
Greatest Match Strikers in England Dominate World Use
England uses more matches than any country. Experts estimate eight matches per person daily and over 1.7 trillion matches burned each year worldwide, highlighting substantial consumption.
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England
NegerORRI RS Hosts Shelter For Cattle And Tips
The notice advises selecting thrifty young steers not over 30 months old with good beef form. Look for broad backs, well sprung ribs, strong loins, and even age and size. Prepare feed lots with an open shed and proper bedding. costly barns unnecessary. Tests at the Missouri experiment station compared steer lots, noting quality traits.
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Missouri Experiment Station
Warin
Open Cattle Shed and Feed Lot Plans in American Agriculturist
The article outlines design options for sheltering cattle in feed lots with best gains in no shelter, good shed, and barn. It describes a south facing shed 32 by 16 feet holding 80 dehorned steers, required lumber, wind breaks, and four 12 foot long mangers.
Disease of hogs and government remedy guidance
The article discusses hog diseases and sanitation, outlining a government formula for treating outbreaks. It lists ingredients such as wood charcoal, sulphur, salts, bicarbonate, and antimony sulfide to be ground and mixed, with dosage guidance for feed and notes on housing, feeding, and disinfection requirements.
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Farm Journal
Dipping as a Good Practice for Flock Health
The Rural World advocates dipping as essential for flock preservation. It argues some sheep may show no illness for years while others are affected, so the entire flock must be dipped to protect all and curb disease spread.
Socks and Sizzle: Odd Fashionist Stages Colorful Display in Philadelphia
A young businessman on a brief trip to Philadelphia spends a day showing off outrageous colored socks in a hotel corridor. He buys last summer socks at 50 cents a pair and wears bold, CRAZY designs for about ten hours, hoping for publicity but not newspaper coverage.
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Philadelphia
Pitts
Cantankerous Parlor Chats Spark Witty Parade of Notes
A parlor scene in Cass avenue features a young preacher quizzing Elsie about the Ten Commandments as the Browns celebrate a golden wedding. The dialogue shifts to social critiques on matrimony and the Savage Bachelor ribbing in a playful, editorially light tone.
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Browns
Indianapolis Press
Local Courtroom Scene and Patent Medicine Ad Tradeoffs
A crowded courtroom features a foreign witness answering in his native tongue while a young observer quips about shorthand. The scene precedes an affidavit by Frank J. Cheney of Toledo promising one hundred dollars for every catarrh case cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The note promotes testimonials and lists 75 cent price for Hall’s pills. A mother asks how her three year old slept as a father sings softly, remarking the child slept well enough to hear nothing.
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Detroit Free Press
City of Toledo
Lucas Country
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Cincinnati Enqurer
Grain-O the new grain drink replaces coffee
Freces promote GRAIN-O as a safe coffee substitute enjoyed by children and adults alike. It imitates mocha color using pure grains and suits delicate stomachs. Priced 15 and 25 cents per package, sold by grocers. The Detroit Journal notes a separate moral judgment about a rich man and his wife's aspirations.
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Detroit Journal
Proverbial Remedies and Wit in 19th Century Ads
A compact collage of health tips and clever quips from period advertisements and opinion lines. Mentions Piso's Cure for Whooping Cough, Hale's Honey of Horehound, Pike's Toothache Drops, and humorous remarks about diplomats and prodigies, with names and places including Brooklyn and Chicago.
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Hale
Pike
Me all face Indian reply to governor general
A Canadian governor general, riding through cold weather, asks an Indian how he endures the chill with little covering. The Indian, with a straight face, answers that his face is already hardened by exposure, then walks away saying Me all face.
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Canada
Cincinnati Enquirer
Spring Travel Deals Bring Half-Rate Trips Southward
March and April bring agreeable weather in the South as plants bloom. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers round trip tickets at about half rates on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April to major points in Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida. For details contact P Sid Jones, DPA Birmingham Alabama, or Jackson Smith, DPA Cincinnati Ohio.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
West
Florida
P Sid Jones
Birmingham
Ala
Jackson Smith
D.P
Cincinnati
The Overland Limited and Pacific Express Advertised
Train ads promote The Overland Limited leaving Chicago 630 PM arriving San Francisco third day and Los Angeles next morning with meals in dining cars and through sleeper service. The Pacific Express runs 1030 PM from Chicago to California with first class and through tourist sleepers. Also notes mockery line and jokes from various papers.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
North- Western Line
Overland Limited
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Express
California
Chicago & North-Western
Ill
Excursions to the West and Southwest by Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route announce a series of excursions to the West and Southwest. Tickets go on sale March 6 and 20 and April 3 and 17 at very low rates. Maps pamphlets time cards and illustrated materials are mailed free on request to H C Townsend.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
H. C. Townsend
P &T.a.st Loui
ELY Trane
John M. Smyth Company
West Madison S
Chicago
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Algeria
Java
Samarang
United States
Negerorri
Miesing
Cass Avenue
Elsie
Papa
Mamma
the Savage Bachelor
Lane
Dnoyer Gi
Dime Museum
Piso
M _ P. Dieter
Qttenn Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chicago Dispatch
Yale Record
York State
Ohio State
Eiers
Zlaure Howe
Pittsau
Samoa
Chambers
Peruna Medicine Co
W. L. Chambers
Polly
Kansas
Baltimore American
Washington (Ja
Democrat
Allen
Olmsted
Leroy
Washington
Ian Democrat
Atchison Globe
Michigan State Board of Health
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Michigan
St. Louis
U.S
Canadas
H. O. Townsend
Genstadassenger
SI. Louie
Dept
Boston
C. B. Goldthwaite
Troy
Palmer
W. L. Douglas
Pnion
Las
Jackeon
Chicevo
Alzer
Goodall Company
Antrim
Cansta
Immigration Department of Interior
Ottawa
Orte
McInnes
Merrill Bik
Detroit
Mich
Willame
Seth
Altico
Cleveland
Oma
BHOUD
FAY Manilla
Diara
Gmrewn Sons
Halaman
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