Metz and Strasburg Fortified as Impregnable Frontiers
A London Mail correspondent portrays Metz and Strasburg as heavily fortified outposts facing the west with immense stores of food and fodder, vast entrenchments, and a poised German army ready for rapid mobilization. The piece details forts, glacis, rail links, and entrenched defenses as evidence of an offensive German strategy and impregnable bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Strasburg
London Mail
Paris
Gravelotte
France
Verdun
Leboeuf
Germany
Berlin
Alsace-Lorraine
Frontier Force
Rhine
Weil
Saints and Sinners and the Fishing Dream Bit
The writer links Emersons seasonal sainthood to spring fishing and The Complete Angler. He recalls Jesus calling fishermen, contrasts urban weariness with dreams of mending nets, and imagines wandering anglers and poets sharing a dreamlike, idyllic night of fishing and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Galilee
Peter
Father Walton
City Plants Suffer from City Smoke Injuring Leaves
Plants in urban areas show damage from city smoke as fumes affect leaf porosity and hinder gas exchange, reducing growth and vitality.
Missionary Nurse Endorses Pe-ru-na in Patient Letter
Miss Georgiana Dean, a former missionary in Liberia and graduate of the Frances Willard hospital nursing program in Chicago, writes from Chicago on January 20, 1899 praising Pe-ru-na. She reports remarkable cures of obstinate catarrh of the stomach and describes catarrhal dyspepsia symptoms and requests a free health book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgiana Dean
Liberia
M. E. Church
Chicago
Frances E. Willard National Temperance Hospital of
Mfg. Co
Columbus
Hartman
Blood Circulation Timings Mentioned in Study
A medical note states the blood completes its circuit in twenty two seconds and every three minutes the entire blood supply is revitalized within the body. This highlights rapid circulation and renewal cycles observed in the research context.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised remedy and Henry Irving success
An advertisement praises Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole cure for swollen shoes and foot discomfort with powder sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. It notes a free sample and lists Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. The piece also reports Henry Irving regaining financial footing as his production Robespierre excites London audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Henry Irving
Robespierre
London
Patent Office Business Opens Territory Patent Protections
Official notice that territories under US military government grant patent protection when certified copies are filed with the governor general. Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines are covered. Cross granted a patent for a clothes pounder. Dunn granted a patent for a velocipede horse. A company formed to manufacture. Free information and advice offered by Thomas G. Orwig & Co. Des Moines Iowa April 22 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U 8
Patent Office
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
C. W. Cross
Grinnell
Wedderburn
Board of Examiners In Chief
E. J. Dunn
Humeston
America
Thomas G. Orwig & CO
Solicitors of Patents
Des Moines
Iowa
Shopping as a Profession in New York City
The piece describes professional shoppers earning substantial incomes in New York by taking a percentage from wealthy clients and stores. It portrays a thriving field for enterprising women paralleling that of hustling men, with thousands involved and prospering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
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Saints
Jesus
Frances Willard Hospital
China
the Spalding
N. E. Young
Spalding
A. G. Spalding & Bros
New York
Denver
Carter’s
Carter’s Ink CO
Boston
Mass
Western
Canada
Immigration
Department Interior
Ottawa
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Neb
Candy Cathartic
Kay
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