Feminine Oddities Show Women Entering public life
Tax use of tobacco rises among French women and London ladies display cigars in drawing rooms. A female bookmaker debuts at Kempton Park with flashing attire, signaling bets while women jockeys loom on the horizon. A deceased duchess asks for music at funeral and heart kept in an urn with her mother. German girls face black dress confirmation rule. Row and riding culture expand among women as cycles gain respect. Girton College hosts organized women fire brigades with new waterproof fire drill dress and corset-free gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Paris
Kempton Park
Jennie June
Lapvirs
Girton College
St. Michael's House
England
Railroads Bring Smarter Cars and Electrified Rails Worldwide
Reports from Germany and Russia indicate electric lighting and American passenger cars may become standard on railways. The United States shows high rail mileage with Kansas leading among states. Smoking rooms in passenger cars are expanding as railroads retrofit coaches with compartments for smokers.
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Germany
United States
Kansas
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Texas
Illinois
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Baltimore
Scranton
A Parcel of Dates and Human Oddities Across Ages
A mosaic of facts traces inventions and customs from 1716 to the modern era. It notes early plano use, ancient fans, 166 B C references, and Edward II entering Calais in 1847. It covers printing, trade marks, patents, music notation, and royal wardrobe curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C
Edward II
Calais
Europe
China
Scotland
England
Edward III
Richard II
Gutpo
Arezzo
Babylon
Guttenberg
Jane Vanes
Giant Fresno County palm tree and nut-sized plums noted
A Du Bors man reports a blossoming palm tree and plums nearly as large as nuts in his yard. Brannusters in Fresno County discovered the state’s largest tree yet. A rope laid four feet from the ground measured 129 feet 5 inches. Nearby at Gifford Station on Staten Island railroad, a woodland feature shows roots attaching to trunks above ground, giving a spidery stump appearance as the porous soil shapes the area.
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du Bors
Brannusters
Fresno County
Cal
Gifford Station
Staten Island
Books Old and New From a Wandering Press
A collection of brief notes on literary events and curiosities. Highlights include a Hennew translation of Longfellow printed in Jerusalem, Davitt’s new paper initial print run of 150000, Napoleon III’s library to be auctioned, Luther’s marginal notes found in Zwickau, and the record price for a velum missal bought by Henry VIII from Leo X. Also mentions forthcoming Oxford college histories, engraved portraits collecting trends, vast Viennese habitation, Bolivian currency scarcity, standard time adoption, Spanish baring of brunettes, Berlin mail volumes, and a white frog found at a Salt Lake quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennew
Longfellow
Jerusalem
Michael Davitt
Napoleon III
Luther
Zwickau
Shakespeare
Dickens
Ronald Gower
Marie Antoinette
Marquis de Surgeres
Richelieu
Vienna
Bolivia
Asia
Europe
America
Spain
Cadiz
Berlin
Salt Lake
Inventions Spotlight from Tar Tanning to Air Cushioned Cars
A survey of innovations includes Apalachicola leather tanning with palmetto roots yielding soft hides, coal tar treated Buicks, and long boiled waterproof bricks. Other items cover pea shellers, a collapsible air cushion railway car, a three egg-shell clock clockwork, champagne wire cutters, and Scottish patent patterns. An electro medical section notes pain free teeth extraction via electrical prongs and a new electro therapeutic society. It cites tests showing variable human resistance to currents and reports on electrolysis removing tumors.
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Apalachicola
Fla
E. A. Garland
Wisconsin
Hugh Orr
Bridgewater
Mass
Washington
Orr
Philadelphia
Abrath
Smugglers Outflank Quebec Officers On Beauport Road
Customs officers watched as two carts with four whisky casks were seized near Beauport road at midnight. Smugglers later landed 148 casks on the island of Orleans while the officers towed the seized goods to Quebec.
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Quenec
Beauport
Quebec
Orleans
France
Washington, D.C
Treatments for boil wounds from Youth's Companion
The article describes using electrolysis and antisepsis to prevent bleeding and shock after removing a boil, with cautions on pain management. It notes applying soothing remedies if pain rises, keeping the area dry as it heals, washing with tar soap, and using yellow resin ointment with lint dressings secured by adhesive plaster or light bandages.
Zodiac Belt and Its Twelve Constellations Explained
Ancient astronomers defined a twelve sign zodiac along the ecliptic belt about 18 degrees wide linking the sun’s path and planetary orbits. Hipparchus is said to have arranged the twelve constellations around the circle, with signs shifting as the equinoctial points move over time.
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Aries
Hipparchus
Chicago Tribune
A Plea for Kindness and Courtesy in Everyday Life
A Chicago Herald voice urges men to perform simple neighborly services with grace. It condemns arrogance and promotes affability, arguing that even small acts of kindness ease encounters and improve dealings. The piece contrasts polite conduct with rude self importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Accidents in a Best Regulated Family
A brief courtroom exchange highlights the phrase about accidents within the notion of the best-regulated families. A judge emphasizes that his family is not among the best-regulated, adding a touch of humor to the serious matter.
Gossip of London Town and Its Modern Ventures
Gossip notes union efforts by Loxpos photographers and a revival of the curricle in London. It reports on a penny weekly Treasure Trove by Archibald Grove, windmill atop a London warehouse, and electricity at the British Museum. It lists editor salaries and press finances, mentions Watkin Tower plans, and praises Bozeman’s electric streetcars.
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London
Lowpox
Archibald Grove
New Review
Norway
Sweden
Tnenx
British Museum
London Times
John Walte
Lowden
Punch
Daily News
Frederick Greenwood
St. James
Paris
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Kine Munpenr
Italy
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Krupp
Henry Irving
Messenger
Townsend, Mont
Bill Heads
Alex C.carson
the Messenger Office
Bozeman
G. M Jones
JONES
Townsend
G. M. Jones
LaXi
Nelson, Langhorne & Settles
Baily Block
Helena
Montana
A.W. Nelson
General Land Office
Agricultural Lands
Ss. W. Langho
Helena, Mont
O. Box
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U. S. Land Office
Helena Mont
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