After Twenty Years Prentice Mulford Remembers Old New York
Prentice Mulford recounts his return to New York after years in California gold fields. He notes currency changes, a shifting city center from Union Forty-second Street to newer hubs, and early saloon life. He contrasts past and present fashions, theater norms, and daily life from 1856 to his modern view. He recalls oyster saloons, daguerreotypes, pop culture, and social quirks of 19th century New York City.
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Baltimore oysteropolis and the oyster trade world wide
Special Correspondence from Battimorum notes Baltimore as the oysteropolis of the world with Chesapeake Bay as the leading oyster region. Annual sales reach about 10 million dollars, with around 1,500 boats and 50,000 annual license payments. Dredgers and tangers wage a small war over grounds as an oyster navy enforces laws.
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Merlatti’s Fifty Day Fast Ends With Tender Dinner
Paris Cor London Telegraph reports Merlatti, famed Italian faster, broke his fifty day abstinence with wine at 5:30 p.m. and a modest meal, after rigorous fasting. Doctors doubt solid food soon, noting lingering exhaustion, feverishness, and head pains. Grand Hotel banquet crowded as he presided while guests watched the ceremonious first nourishment with mixed awe.
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London Telegraph
Heating on trains sparks safer travel idea
A New York Sun editorial argues for replacing oven heated cars with a steam heated rail system. It notes fire risks from stoves and brakemen handling heat, urging engine controlled, end to end heating across trains and larger locomotives if needed.
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New Method of River Sand Mining Near Caviba Pany
A scow twenty by sixty feet carries a fifteen horsepower steam engine and a powerful suction pump that draws sand rocks and gravel from the river bed at about fifty tons per hour. The material is discharged into a long flume on the scow and dropped ten feet from the stern, with large derricks clearing obstructions. The Stanis lans river, rich in gold, prompts Chicago capitalists to expect strong results.
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Pistol Factory Notes on New Feed for Gatling Guna
A collage of workshop notices describes improvements in rifle and Gatling gun design including barrel ignition, choke bore, and new loading mechanisms. The Thorne typesetter is praised for speed and efficiency, claiming 82 letters per cylinder and 700 cms set in eight minutes. References to Colt's sh hour and Baxter caul Disc encine ting, with notes on imports and domestic assembly.
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