Naples traveler mocks Smell Naples and die in witty notes
Special correspondent writes from Narues Italy praising Naples as curious though malodorous. He jokes about fleas and beggars, admires lower city beauty and goats milk delivery, and details trips to Vesuvius Pompeii Capri and the Blue Grotto while critiquing excess perfume and disease risk.
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Italy
Naples
Pompeii
Narues
Dickey
San Lucia
Vesuvius
Mor
Riviera de Chiara
Mary Jane
Herculaneans
Capri
Ischia
Castellamare
Sorrento
Pozzuoli
Hell
Virgil
A Crooked Bit of Rail and High Engineering Wonders
Denver special reports the Right Hand Gulch loop railway from Georgetown to Gray's Peak, Colorado. Engineers blast along cliff faces and wind through canyons to lift trains 2,000 feet in eight miles, with aerial bridges and spirals for access to rich silver lodes. The line climbs from Clear Creek up to Georgetown, crossing 800 feet long bridges and offering a bird’s eye view of the Rockies and mountain towns.
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Gulch
Cole
Denver
Aug
Rockies
Union Pacific
Georgetown
Colo
Gray’s Peak
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Golden
Clear Creek
Central City
Idaho Springs
Guich
Graymont
Its Early Use at East Liverpool Ohio Gas in Pennsylvania
Special Correspondent Tuomuas J. Topp recounts natural gas deployment from East Liverpool to Pittsburgh and beyond. He describes early local use, the 1880 Pennsylvania gas boom sparked by a Murrayville well, its spread to manufacturing, and the shift from coal to gas in Pittsburgh, with 70 million cubic feet wasted daily near the city.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Umsus
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Murraysville
S Company
Wheeling
New York
Indiana
Andrew Carnegis
Tuomuas J. Topp
Gibraltar Not Impregnable Declared by Chicago Times
The Chicago Times asserts Gibraltar’s fortifications are obsolete with outdated smooth bore guns. It notes lack of modern artillery and minimal watercraft, claiming any ironclad could breach the rock without return fire.
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Gibraltar
Retin
Cicago Times
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the Marquis DE Leuville
Marquis de Lauville
London
Frank Leslie
Marquis DE Leuville
Prince Eristoff
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Leslis
America
Mrs. Leslie
Chicago Medical News
the Keystone Clothing Company
Beecher
M. Strelitz
Eam
Jay
Iris Hily
Ely Bros Druggists
Greenwich St
M. Sexton
Water St
Warren, Pa
Warren
N. K
White & Company
Beecher & Copeland
Meadville Conservatory OF Music
Alegheny College
Oehoes
A. Reynolds
Meadville, PA
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