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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1888
Page
3
Brooklyn Eagle recounts glassmaking from raw materials to final products. It explains composition including silicates and oxides, the melting pot, frit, cullet, and the journey of blown bottles and window glass. It contrasts methods for crown sheet plate glass and flashed glass with details on blowpipe handling and casting, plus finishing steps.
The New York Tribune notes Senator Cullom’s post office plan for a double postal card with a diagonal back flap that seals like an envelope. Writing remains private unless the flap is loosened, protecting correspondents and adding slight weight.
A New York Evening Sun interview with a railway conductor reveals the colorful slang for coins under a dollar. He catalogs denominations from plank to crevice seekers, naming each piece with vivid nicknames and recounting how counterfeit and foreign coins appear and the quirks of small change.
Albert H Canby recently back from Paris recounts a five hour entrapment in the catacombs with guide inebriates. Dutiful rope guides return, oil dwindles, skulls echo as Canby survives in gloom and danger, vowing not to revisit Golgotha for any price.
In a Chicago News piece a physician advocates cautious use of cocaine, praising its value for eye and laryngeal surgery and potential in melancholia while warning of a dangerous, rapidly forming habit. The article predicts future understanding and classification alongside quinine and chloroform.
A humorous piece reviews the graphophone craze with social parties and expert operators, noting how the device exposes voices and articulations. It contrasts parties in Washington and New York Tribune observations with a reflection on the rise of advertising design, where artists now earn through newspapers and magazines, blurring art and commerce.
An essay on how observers note distinguishing marks to identify people in crowds and pair names to faces. It cites a Globe-Democrat quote about how small features reveal access to places, plus a medical note from the Chicago Herald warning Brights disease rises from long sitting and lax activity, urging more movement.
A terse exchange aboard the vessel features Mulcahey asking about life preservers and an officer confirming their purpose. The dialogue shifts to a grim quip about taking the survivors to hospitals as others die at sea, reflecting harsh wartime or maritime hardship language.
A compact ad touts Five Mile warp threads and the 5/A Boss Stable horse blanket line. It promises very strong fabrics in multiple styles, urging customers to see their dealer before cold weather and to avoid imitations by ordering directly, citing 54 horse blankets as stock to consider.
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