Rise of Japan Tied to Fairhaven Boy John Mung
The article recalls Commodore Perry’s Japanese mission and credits a Fairhaven boy, John Mung, later Manjiro Nakahama, with shaping early relations. A fifteen year old fisher lad educated in a Massachusetts village learned English and Yankee ways, later influencing U.S. Japan ties and becoming a notable figure in Fairhaven.
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Commodore Perry
Fairhaven
Buzzard's Bay
Mass
Massachusetts
Enat
Manjiro Nakahama
John Howland
William H. Whitfield
Japan Sea
Pacific
John
Mung
John Mung
Journey of Manjiro Nakahama and Perry Era Lessons
The article recounts John Mung Manjiro Nakahama’s path to citizenship, a whaling voyage on the bark Franklin, and study of navigation. It notes his 1860 return to Japan, the Perry negotiations, and Nakahama’s role as an interpreter whose early aid influenced U.S. and Japanese dealings. Also includes a quirky note on St Louis pronunciation from a train announcer in New York Sun.
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Franklin
California
San Francisco
John Mung
Japan
Commodore Erry
Commodore Perry
Manjiro Nakahama
Imperial Palace
Yeddo
Nakahama
St Louis
Grand Central Station
St. Louis
Saint Louie
Louis
Saint Louiss
New York Sun
Saving and Spending by Justice Baldwin at Hartford Club
Simeon B Baldwin, Connecticut associate justice and Yale law professor, urged frugality to workers. He advised a single man earning $1.50 daily to save 25 cents a day and avoid marriage until $100 is saved, noting excessive spending on food and home furnishings. The talk touched on national language gender usage and reflected broader austerity themes from era discussions.
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Simeon B. Baldwin
New Haven
Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut
Yale Law School
Hartford Workingmen’s Club
Drying apparatus for hair by Andreas Bausen
German inventor Andreas Bausen of Würzburg introduces a dry ing device for hair that uses a fan and heated air through a flexible tube to scalp regions. The system, mounted on a stand, folds for storage and aims to dry thick hair quickly without scalp injury.
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Andreas Bausen
Wurzburg
Bavaria
Germany
New Storage Battery Nears Completion at Edison Works
Thomas A Hoison has nearly finished a new storage battery praised for space and power efficiency. An experimental station will open at Edison Company Silver Lake New Jersey with new buildings added for battery models. In two months the battery should be completed and manufacturing for market may start if results meet expectations.
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Mdivow
Thomas A. Hoison
Edison Company
Silver Lake
N. J
Electric Treatment of Disease Apparatus Described
The article details an electrical therapy device using a flexible back pad with multiple contact plates to route current along the spinal column to affected areas. It claims enhanced nutrition and strengthened organs by stimulating the disease site through electrical conduction and discusses the spinal cord as a conduit for motor sensory and autonomic impulses.
New Aeronautics Claim Maps a Safer Balloon System
An 19th century report notes M Sibillot of Paris proposes a new dirigible design with a gas heating and cooling system to rise or descend without losing hydrogen, and includes plans for on board refrigeration and heating to control altitude. A British chemists’ arsenic soil study finds limited transfer to leaves and pods but not fruit. A metal hose advances replace rubber for steam lines, offering higher pressure resistance and longevity.
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Frinstols
Aeronautioa
M. Sibillot
Messrs. A. and
A. F. Angell
Protective Glass Treatment For Electricians Revealed
A new process for making protective electrician gloves involves soaking one slide in rectified petroleum and the other in india rubber solution. The gloves dry five minutes at 60 degrees then cool. The petroleum side receives a linseed oil nitric acid coating while the india rubber side is dusted with a 50 50 mix of asbestos and talc.
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Ieves
New Street Car Headlight Lamp Introduced
A new incandescent lamp called the dtereopticon is described for city and suburban car headlights. It is a compact conical helix about half an inch in diameter. A 32 candle power lamp can illuminate a straight track up to 600 feet on a clear dark night.
Value of the Woman Body Calculations Raise Debate
An ingenious chemist claims the average human is worth about 18300 dollars from a chemical standpoint. He bases his figure on the body containing three pounds and thirteen ounces of calcium, with calcium currently valued at 300 dollars per ounce.
Smallest Engine Ever Base Compared to Best Designs
A newly completed horizontal engine claims record size and accuracy, built from gold silver copper and steel, occupying a space about the size of a silver quarter.
The Humor of Life and a Photographer’s Baby Trial
In a light anecdote a photographer captures a baby’s crowing and laughing with toys, boasting skill as the parent praises the result. A ward-corrution debate sparks a sly exchange about investments. A man brags of lending a dollar while a humorous telephone boast closes the scene.
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Mads
A Troublesome Trial and a Theatre Query
The parson, lawyer, and physician name troublesome cases with a wife seeking a husband a divorce and a spinster unsure what she wants Charlee remains silent Mrs Torkin comments on paying to watch an actress and compares it to costly horse racing bets An exchange hints at social norms and personal desires in a mid century setting
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Charlee
Charley
Money Not Lost. Lakeside Talk Sparks Divorce Plan
Mr Lakeside laments losing all his money to the book keeper Lig and debates divorce. Mrs Lakeside proposes marriage to the woman who won a breach of promise suit for $50,000, and suggests she will wed the bookkeeper.
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Lakeside
Dramatint Plays Noted in Morning Paper
Wife mocks the paper as it features a klepto maniac story on the front page a will contest on the second a funeral on the third and a christening on the fourth reflecting Clyde Fitch plays in the issue.
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Clyde Fitch
Discretion of Pat Priest-Pat in Saloon Scene
A quoted exchange reveals Pat Priest-Pat hurrying after someone who ran into a saloon. The speaker notes he had only the price of one drink, hinting at a rushed, informal confrontation amid riverfront activity.
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Pat Priest
Pat
On Board Conversation About Shipboard Life
A quirky dialogue recalls Miss Romantique aboard a ship and a pirate boarding encounter. Capt Gruffe-Yee mentions a $5 daily rate for a sixth floor room named The Very Dream. A friend notes the audience was fashionable but silent as the pianist recalls no one listening.
Evident Relationship Involving Burst Family and Mines
A fragment notes a quip about ministers marrying young and a statement that Alice May Burst James Wood Burst and Henry Will Burst are children of a father connected to a dynamite factory. The piece hints at inheritance and risk tied to explosive work. No additional context or dates are provided.
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Alice May Burst
James Wood
Henry Will Burst
Fragmentary dialogue on a youth and a hand request
A disjointed exchange shows a youth praised for a fine hand and a nimble banter about asking for it. The scene hints at a social flirtation as they discuss a future event. They are described as selecting furniture, page eight.
Fragmented dialogue and crowding in a local column
A garbled composite of names and snippets from a community page or panel discussion. The text includes phrases about rheumatism, a doctor’s prescription, a church fundraiser, and a boastful inventor, all jumbled with regional names and street talk, lacking a single clear event.
Aunt Alice and the moral lesson in a quirky exchange
A humorous exchange imagines a child asking Aunt Alice if she was very bad. She replies she tried to be good. The child concludes it is better to be bad to have something interesting to discuss later. The lighthearted moral touches on curiosity and storytelling.
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Alice
Noe Intention to Leave Stern Parent
Noe and Stern discuss support terms as Berthan and L Wo agree to live with the narrator. The dialogue implies a family arrangement about providing for a daughter after departure.
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Berthan
Boston Gret Granger Pole Warm-hearted Reversal
A printed dialogue notes Miss Pole as cold and distant while Farmer suggests she would shed a tear only at a hall atone. The exchange portrays a stark character contrast between the two individuals.
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Granger
Miss Pole
Farmer
Too Late for Advice in a Family Dispute
A father offers wise hindsight to his son, who rebukes him that it is too late to complain about past advantages. The exchange highlights generational perspectives on opportunity and accountability in a concise dialogue.
Imagined Scenes of Married Life in Comic Exchange
A humorous dialogue sketches a couple where the husband eases his burden of laying carpet while the wife dismisses the strain. The exchange pivots on practical work and the idea of imagined circumstances, ending with the wife urging the husband to relax despite effort.
Thrown Again at It in a Hard World
A fragment quotes a character noting the harshness of life while contrasting wealth with repeated car incidents. The dialogue implies a worldview where riches do not shield from misfortune as the speaker reflects on being thrown from a vehicle multiple times.
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Tate
The Count's Impression in Life Conversation
Edith notes rumors of the count's harsh behavior. Ethel recalls he allegedly entered the United States without duty payment, reflecting social tensions in a brief dialogue excerpt.
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Edith
Ethel
United States
Customer Complains of Tough Steak and Roast Chicken Suggestion
A diner tells a waiter the steak is the toughest he has had. The waiter privately suggests the roast chicken as an alternative, implying the chicken is easier to eat.
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