Demand for Cheap Clocks Drives U S Export Boom
The New York Evening Post reports American made clocks and watches ship globally from New York, with export value rising from about 1 million in 1878 to an estimated 1.7 million in 1899. Ansonia leads output at 5,000 units daily, while foreign demand outpaces supply. Clocks head to Hong Kong Buenos Aires Bombay London and many regions.
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New York Evening: Post
Hong Kong
Buenos' Ayres
Bombay
London
Cape Town
Manila
Arabia
Africa
Plymouth
Salem Bridge
Roxbury
Terry
Ansonia Clock Company
Two Bluffing Reporter Jack Rogers Narrates Train Ride
A narrator describes Jack Rogers, a broke reporter from the Des Moines Air Blast, visiting Dubuque and leaving by train to Des Moines. He convinces a conductor to let him travel, claiming newsroom backing, and meets the editor Mr. Smitem aboard.
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Jack Rogers
Dubuque
Des Moines
Jack
Rogers
Beck
Pear
Smitem
Des
Rogue
Gilad
Patent talk and plant inserting machine ad shown
A 19th century notice details patent applications for an auxiliary air heater to heat and circulate room air and a cabbage and tobacco planting machine adapter. It notes undivided halves assigned to W. S. More and J. Morgan and E. Whitney with prints by THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO. Des Moines Iowa December 27 1899. Magnetic Starch advertised as the best laundry starch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S
J. Morgan
Atlantic
E. Whitney
Chicago
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Des Moines
Iowa
New Inventions Show Clever Bottle and Tire Ideas
A Connecticut inventor conceals a cork inside an extended neck to prevent refilling by breaking off the extension with a specialized tool. A New York inventor unveils a pneumatic tire with a thin tread and a folded detachable inner tube in a crescent shaped assembly. A water mill device patent describes a reservoir and return pipe with a pump.
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Connecticut
New York
The Scholar Who Cherishes the Love Fae
A fragmentary literary note presents a scholar devoted to the love fae, a poetic reflection on myth and longing. The piece hints at enchantment guiding study and the search for beauty.
Patent cure advertisement and claims from 19th century
An old ad offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by a nostril cure. It promotes Hall's Pills from J Cheney Co Toledo as the best remedy and hints at testimonials and free sent for. The text uses faded typography and misprints typical of period advertisements.
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Condi
Ee Vaneen
J. Cheney & Oo A CO
Toledo
Hall
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China
Alaska
Hudson Bay
British North America
North Africa
Orient
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Iiteeees
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Ead Ty Et Drees
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