Strange and Curious Trees and Human Signatures
A longest list of curious botany notes describes a palm blossom and plum growth in De Bois, tree-root oddities on Staten Island, and a California root’s sewer journey. It also profiles electrotherapeutics growth, then ponders signature phrases in old letters, showing social habits and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Bois
Nat Gifford
Staten Island
California
John H. Roberts
Robertville
S C
Beelal Correspondenen
Dave
Universal
Cement mixtures for repairs and bonding
The passage describes waterproof cements using burgundy pitch or asphalt with gutts Peroles, plaster of Paris waste for crack sealing, a glass cement with gelatin and lime chromate acid, a glow preservative with linseed oil and varnish, and shellac varnish as a cement. It advises applying warmth and pressure to set bonds.
Feminine Oddities and Wonders of the Sea Explored
Female smoking shifts from cigars to pipes in Paris and London stage, a female bookmaker appears at Kennington Park, and a Paris duchess requests funeral music with burial beside her husband. German girls face black confirmation dress rules, and fire brigades for women rise in England. Sea mysteries reveal waves, salinity, and Atlantic cable geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Paris
Kenpton Park
Gove
Co‘lin
Uen
Turur
Jennie June
Moon
Laine
Girton College
St Michael's Trouse
England
Railroads and electric lights across nations and states
The article surveys global railway development noting Germany, Russia, and the United States. it cites ratios of rail mileage to population, and hints at electric lighting replacing traditional illumination on trains. Kansas, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Texas rail figures are listed, alongside city streetcar and elevated rail mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Kanaas
New England
New York
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Texas
Ilinois
Chicago
Strooklyn
Kansas City
Fortunes From a Coffee Pot tale of Armour Chicago Millionaire
The article recounts Phil Armour of Chicago who during the Pacific gold rush saved $190 in a coffee pot while others searched for fortune. After losing the pot and recovering the money from a fire damaged pot, Armour kept the cash in a belt. That $199 formed the foundation of Armour’s later millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Acmon
Madr
Dolars
Phil Armour
Chicago
Pacific
Armour
Kall
Galveston Teacher Recalls Civic Pageant Aboard
A Galveston high school teacher recounts a historical tale of visitors including Tom Ochiltree and Mr Mackay at a civic gathering. A student poem praises Mackay and Ochiltree as gold from California and brass from Texas while other anecdotes describe dinner and catechism recitations amid playful misstatements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geol Tehmettary
Galveston
Tom Ochiltee
Mackay
California
Tow Ochiltree
Texas
Romance of Roses Legends Attach to Beautiful Flowers
The article discusses rose cultivars favored for formal occasions, including Marechal Neil, Jacqueminot, Bon Silene, and the queenly American Beauties. It recounts legends behind each rose’s origin, from a wounded French hero to a royal tale at Eugenie’s court, and notes the era’s fashion of large bouquets and lavish gift roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Dorothy
Detroit Free Press
Papa Gautier
Jacqueminot
Bon Silene
Marechal Neil
Italy
France
Emanuel
Neil
Eugenie
Abesh
Pau
M. le Marechal
Chris
Silenus
Louis Quinse Rosea
Monsieur
Kleber
New York
Gossip of London Town contains curios and wit
The column notes revived London trends such as a penny weekly Treasure Trove by Archibald Grove of the New Review and mentions a modern windmill atop a warehouse, brightening cultural life with humor, museum lighting, and a civil world of salaries, promotions, and social quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Loxpes
Archibald Grove
New Review
Norway
Sweden
London Times
John Walter
Lonpos
Delane
The
Times
Buckle
Standard
Pullock
Saturday Review
Hutton
Spectator
Edward Lawson
Telegraph
Mr. Burnand
Punch
Daily News
Frederick Greenwoll
St James
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philadelphia
Bss
Abrath
He Baa
Omer
Wes
Mone
Betis
Pati
Atlantic
Caeng
Christian Union
James Fran Fost
Johnny
Romance OF Roses
Whoenee
Marechal Nels
Emperor Eugenie
Aulene
Jorameye
Noth Tennessee
Sears
Bees Lane
Busta
Wilerland
Mrankiia
Wales
Provo Moraes
Kerchlia
Mr. Quickrich
Quickrich
Brown
Cholley
Perpurr
Uscix Rastus
Dolphus
Rascal
Rastus
Chile
Solomon
Samson
Reggar
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