Gout debates and a grand ship canal plan in 1895
At a New York Academy of Medicine gathering doctors debated gout noting it as nervous and not solely diet related while meat could help in some cases. British tax and American investments were discussed as well as a vivid spring vision of angels tending urban yards. Biographies covered Richard Vaux of Philadelphia and a vast proposed Great American ship canal linking New York to Lake Superior with a monumental lock at Welland costing about 150 million dollars.
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New York Academy of Medicine
America
William H. Draper
Draper
Bishop
Great Britain
United States
Old Country
Foreign Office
Northwest
Nicaragua
Boston
New York
New York City
Lake Superior
Hudson River
Lake Champlain
Champlain
Lake St. Francis
St Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Canals
Welland Canal
Mr. Dutton
Pittsburg
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Dutton
Destitution in Rain Belt Provokes Irrigation Debate
Since the start of the year distress and suffering rise in Nebraska Kansas and Colorado as surplus wheat and cotton remain. Relief is underway but critics claim land sharks pushed farmers into arid lands knowing irrigation could save them while the soil degrades without it. The piece questions where the culprits will answer after death.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Union
Railroads Move Toward Electric Power At Falls
One railroad company after another reads the signs of the times and is preparing to change its motive power from steam to electricity. Very soon the New York Central road will have on its Niagara branch only trolley trains. The pleasure of a visit to the Falls will then be increased.
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New York Central Road
Niagara
Falls
New German Ambassador Names and Urban Mail Insight
The text notes an anticipated change with Baron von Thielmann succeeding Baron Samma-Jeltsch as German ambassador in Washington, joking that Americans will finally pronounce the name. It also claims New York discovered a streetcar mail service, comparing it to St. Louis’s earlier use of the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Samma-Jeltsch
Baron von Thielmann
Washington
New York City
St. Louis
Latin American alliance urged to curb European powers
The piece argues for a defensive union among Brazil, Argentina, and other Latin American republics to resist European powers. It praises Venezuela’s stance toward Great Britain and calls the United States and Mexico to foster and join the alliance, claiming a united Americas could dictate terms to the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Argentina
South America
Venezuela
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Mexico
North
Antitoxine Supply Aids Diphtheria Fight
The New York board of health maintains a supply of pure antitoxine for diphtheria cures. It is offered for those who cannot obtain the remedy elsewhere. Physicians nationwide are urged to combat the diphtheria scourge now that antitoxine provides a means.
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New York Board of Health
Miscellany of history and ships in a bygone era
The piece surveys varied notes from the era: Bismarck’s claim that politics robbed him of happiness, the Norfolk Amphitrite, a new US navy monitor designed for coast defense with reach to Cuba or Nicaragua, limited by tallow shortages delaying the St Paul launch, Li Hung Chang’s shooting to divert scrutiny over state accounts, and the old maxim about a secret a woman keeps about her age.
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Norfolk
United States Navy
Cuba
Nicaragua
Li Hung Chang
Tract Reform and Public Health Notes Across Nations
A Sunday school conference condemns antiquated mission tracts and urges compassionate, ethical methods. London research links nervous diseases to modern life pressure. infant deaths rise early, then later. Exposition guards liquor sales to workers, aging statesmen inspire revivals in Germany and Britain. Cruiser design flaws warn against overheavy armament. Illinois law to cleanse Chicago’s municipal government drawn with national implications.
Picturesque Mackinac Island Outing Adverts
An old style travel pitch touts Mackinac Island as the Great Lakes summer resort with round trip prices from Detroit Toledo Cleveland and more. New steel steamers cost 300000 each, offer deluxe amenities, and sail routes connect Detroit Alpena Mackinac St Ignace Petoskey Chicago Soo Marquette Duluth. Also promotes Rheumatism cure called Mystic Cure with price and local seller in Warren Pa.
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Great Lakes
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Mackinac
Upper Lake
Alpena
St. Ignace
Petoskey
Chicago
Marquette
Duluth
Put-in-Bay
A. A. Schantz
SIEGFRIED Seeks lower gas costs and lawn beauty sales pitch
The ad promotes reduced gas bills and lawn care for profit and enjoyment. It claims flowers bring pleasure with small expense and labor. It highlights a wide selection of varieties and seeds, including nasturtians, promising an assortment that will impress neighbors.
The Vegetable Garden Seed Store Ad
An advertisement highlights an excellent assortment of vegetable seeds in balk and packages. It notes near time to plant certain varieties and mentions a lawn fertilizer that is odorless and effective, superior to stable manure for lawn recovery after a severe winter. It urges sprinkling seed on bare, winter killed spots.
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Ledger
News Publishing Co
D. D. Reed
Richard Vaux
Philadelphia
London
Queen Victoria
Legation
Victoria
Richard Vauz
Girard College
Eastern Pennsylvania
William Penn
Hood
Mags
Helen Hilcerd
Tully
F. H. Andrews
South Woodstock
Conn
Elsie Jenkins
Queensbury
Lucinda Rustzll
North Dartmouth
Massachusetts
Bismarck
St. Paul
Germany
Frederick William
Gladstone
England
Cincinnati
Trust
United States Agricultural Department
Illinois
Congress
Mackinac Island
H. N. Richfield
Warren
Landis & Co
Shippensburg
L. G. Noyes & Co
Siegfried
Sweet Peas
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