Summer in Paris and the Seine Excursions
A lively Paris column compares summer heat with New York, mocks French hygiene, and notes the Seine as a bathing spot for dogs. It highlights a recent Paris circus with a Seville themed bull fight act, then mentions repurposing the former circus building as a Turkish bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Fort Yuma
Colorado River
America
Seville
Spain
New York Mail and Express
Parton on Farm Education at New York University
James Parton laments the lack of student interest in agriculture at a prominent New York university. He notes that while machine shops and laboratories thrive, farming fails to attract students who, though taught from youth, would rather avoid tilling the soil unless driven by necessity.
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New York University
Department of Agriculture
Congress
James Parton
New York Mail and Express
Texas
West Point
Dram Corps
Plebes
Philadelphia Times
Brotherhood of Nations
New York Commercial Advertiser
Fans for Hot Weather
The article notes a surge in fan manufacturing as heat arrives. An automatic night fan uses a spring to swing for an hour, with a headboard clasp for bed use. Day fans are lighter and larger with bamboo sticks and Japan paper, folding compactly for portability.
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Japan
Mail
Catching a Blackmailer by Registered Letter Trick
A St Paul attorney described a method to trap a blackmailer. A prominent businessman received a hush money demand. A registered letter was sent and the writer was summoned, arrested, then released with a promise not to return to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Listener
A Real Vacation Idea Challenges Daily Life
A Somerville Journal quote argues real vacation requires radical life changes in habits and environment to gain true benefit. The Whitehall Times notes that a lover's heart may be found in a lock of hair, adding a contemporary aside.
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Somerville Journal
Whitehall Times
Retaliation in a Missed Romance of Youth and Age
A poem recounts a man who loved a woman in youth while she spurned him for his age and later, as time passed, his passion evolved into a doomed pursuit. The speaker laments spared affection and contrasts youth with aging beauty, noting rivals who could not wed.
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Carelega Fancy Led
Wiliam
Russell
New Process Aims to Turn Waste Coal Into Heat and Light
The article details experimental methods to reclaim waste coal, notably water gas and a pulverized coal process. A Philadelphia company claims to convert 20,000,000 tons of fine coal dust into usable fuel with automatic dust and air feed, reducing cost and eliminating smoke. In tests at Harrison safety boiler works, 1,400 pounds daily used cost about $3 per ton while 900 pounds of dust cost about $1 per ton, with machine costs around $165 and annual repairs under $10.
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Philadelphia
Harrison Safety
New York Post
From Epic Dreams to Dime Novel Lifework of a Humble Author
Old Andy Whitney, a famed dime novel writer, recalls his path from ambitious epic poetry to quick dime novels after repeated rejections. He describes publishers calling his manuscript unavailable, forcing him to switch to editorial work and later to serialized stories, where he found success and a modest living.
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Andy Whitney
Columbia College
Andy
Sochel
New York
Training Oarsmen Plaisted Dismantles Old Training Theories
Fred Plaisted the oarsman and trainer of oarsmen is noted as a practical and sensible innovator. He reshaped Gaudaur’s routine by using a horse for walking, promoting milk and cream intake, and flexible eating. He believes the eater wins, a modern approach contrasting past tea and toast training.
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Fred Pialated
Fred Plaisted
Gaudaur
Hanlan
Plaisted
Creve Coeur Lake
St. Louis
Chicago
Florence
Pullman
Chicago Herald
The Students Joke in Paris Medical School
Paris students from many nations attend laboratories and hospitals, with art study as a focus. In a humorous winter incident a chemistry lecture halted by a loud lip smacking tunnel joke disrupted a grand amphitheatre, angering the professor while amusing the male students.
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Paris
New York Sun
Increase Your Weight By Eating Rich Foods Say Finck
The text cites Henry T. Finck advising weight gain by consuming crisp digestible foods. It lists cakes pudding syrup honey candy pastry fattening meats like tender lamb salmon and eels milk and cream corn bread and butter root vegetables sugar beets carrots and underground crops. It stresses eating often and slowly focusing on digestion rather than quantity to nourish and round the body.
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Mr. Banting
New England
Henry T. Finck
Bees Stop Queen Victoria Train In Night Signal Light Failure
The report describes Queen Victoria’s journey from Balmoral to Windsor halted by a swarm of bees that gathered in a signal lamp glass box, extinguishing the light. The engineer stopped the train, considering keeping the bees as a memento if time allowed.
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Balmoral
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Little Fibs and London Pranks by Impoverished Pedigree Chaps
A lighthearted sketch describes London youths unable to afford a cab simulating rides on improvised steeds. Algie and Bartie wear cords and tops, splatter themselves with mud, then dash to Bond or Piccadilly, matching mud types to localities. A dressmaker sews three white dresses for display rather than fit, to stage pretend cleanliness.
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London
Algie
Bartie
Chappis
Regent
Bond
Piccaddilly
Windera
No Place for Oratory and Other 19th Century Notes
A compilation of short items discusses Roman dome construction with pumice and Pozzolana cement as a durable vaulting method and compares it to the Pantheon. It then notes that the supreme court is no place for eloquence, urging concise legal argument before judges. Additional items include a medical anecdote on tides and a French ebook simulating an English invasion.
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Catania
Pantheon
Rome
S. Smirke
BR. A
London
Supreme Court
L. White
American Magazine
New England Sabbath Reflected in Winnipeg’s Quiet Sunday
A letter reflects on a New England style Sabbath in Winnipeg Manitoba. The town of 25 000 residents shows church capacity for 15 000 with Sunday services filling all churches. Businesses close streetcars idle and everyone enjoys a traditional day of rest despite mixed public opinion.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Warnings and Schedules for Warren Area Trains and Goods
An 1887 Warren Pa listing details spas remedy sales by L G Noyes druggist and multiple railroad schedules. Eastward morning trains depart from Warren toward Sheffield Ridgway and Erie with through Pullman cars to Philadelphia and Baltimore. Westward and through trains to Erie and intermediate stops run with varied arrival times and connections, including Kane and Williamsport.
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Warrendal
Sheffield
Ridgway
Oil
Erie
Sunbury
Warrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Aassington
Washington
Putman
Williamsport
Kane
Warren
Tile
Erie Mail
New Yorks
Jthiladelphia
Haltimore
Waren
Brig
Maltimore
Fiie
Katte
Waltle Lt Press
Sheflich
I Old Express
Shefield
Warren L
Ene Expy
J. Pug
Tien Man'gr
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Seine
Europe
Alexander H. Sweet
California
Nipomo
AN Humbee
Rhode Island
Angleterre
Dorking
England
Hastings
Tunbridge
Acker
L. G. Noyes
Warren, Pa
L. G. Nuves
Aber
L.G. Noyes
Drugg
St. Warren
Philadelflila & Erie RL
R. Westwalls
Adon
Shefield Ek
Kane Accom
Pennsylvania Railroad
JR Wood
Gen
Pelotos
Glade
Conewango Bridge
L. Dalrymple
Welo
Association
John Anderson
J.B. Arnold
Jary Cies
DAV. Tech
D.G. Beers & CO
Newtown, Conn
Nsw
Ayer & Son
Adlertesig
Samir Ayer & Son
Warren Savings Bank
Foreign Exchange
L. BF. Watson
Pres
B. Nasmith
A. J. Hazeltine
L. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter
M. B. Dunam
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
L. R. Freeman
EES National Bank
Warret, Pa
Myron Waters
Francis Thenty
D. L. Gerould
Capital
Riese National Bank
Warren, Penna
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher, Cash
Warren County
Jowest
Ireland
Scotland
Chamberlain Institute
Randolph
N.Y
Falk
Pring
JT. Holwoards
General Agency
John Sill
Warren, Pr
Adam
Meldrum
Main Street
Buffalo
Raglans
Newmarkets
Main St
American Block
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