Eureka the Petroleum Motor Could Revolutionize Travel
The Eureka steamboat uses petroleum mixed with air in a compressed chamber to drive a boat by explosions. John Secor of Brooklyn, a 32 year old inventor, claims the craft may run 100 miles on a dollar of coal. The design includes an air compressor, recoil vents, and a two foot diameter steel chamber tested up to 10 000 psi, with previous explosions not exceeding about 100 psi.
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Eureka
New York Sun
John Scor
Brooklyn
Prestons
Boier
Mr. Secor
Becor
One meal a day belief linked to health and hunger
The article notes famous intellects and actors reportedly eating one meal daily and adapting to it easily. It cites John Swinton as an example and warns that stimulants worsen hunger when meals are skipped. Dr. Tanner links overindulgence to disease and promotes eating sparingly of milk fruit and cereals.
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Dickens
Socrates
William Cullen Bryant
John Swinton
Tanner
Facts of Interest from the Era of Curiosities
The article surveys diverse topics from artificial ivory made of animal remains to aging teeth, animal eye transplants with limited success, rail gauge standardization in the South, export drying of French dried potatoes, oleomargarine deemed unfit for French hospitals, and life expectancy rising with health. it also notes Meriden Illinois tornado concerns, tomato seed evolution, and Ohio creating a dairy and food commissioner to police adulterated foods.
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South
France
French Academy of Medicine
Meriden
Ohio
Dairy and Food Commissioner
JHE ASHIONS Fashionable Basques
A fashion note on basques for street suits popular with young Indies. Describes heavy wool basques in dark colors with plaid or striped skirts and suitable fabrics for skirts and linings, plus trends in grenadine dress lining and wedding dress timing as brides-to-be consider marriages.
Miss Folsoms Wedding Gown Designs Featured
The fashion column presents two approved wedding gown designs inspired by Mrs Frankie Folsom of Cleveland. Both gowns emphasize ivory white satin with minimal draping in India silk, plain yet rich, and feature neck scarfs in fine white tulle accented by a border of orange buds. The piece notes the custom of bridal trips to Washington and the White House greetings.
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Miss Folsoms
White House
Washington
Frankie Folsom Cleveland
India
New York Fashion Bazar Review of Summer Styles
The piece surveys bridal gowns in cream faille with orange blossoms and lace, detailing a French silk gown with draperies and plaiting, plus two striking bathing suits in blue flannel and soft fannel with ivory braid. It notes bathing wraps of white toweling and modest restrictions on beach wear.
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New York Fashion Bazar
Fashion Notes on Aprons and Byzantine Dress Trends
The article describes black silk aprons with decorative trims for morning duties and outlines the Byzantine dress in etamine with plush stripes, minting a mosaic look. It notes hair fashion shifts toward false hair and bead trimmed lace mantles, plus color trends and men’s wardrobe details like belts, fringes, and colors such as peachblow and chamois.
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England
America
Durango
Mex
W. A. Hills
Oakland Valley
Iowa
Piso
Simmons
Wille
J.H. Zeilin & Co., Ors
Philadelphia, PA
Flynn
Clarendon, Pa
B. A. Jamieson & CO
Lake Shore and
National Tube Works
Syracuse
Disston’s
Simond’s
American
Dupont Powder Company
Geo. P. Orr & Co
Johnson & Siegfried
Warren
Second St
Savings Bank
L. G. Noyes
Warren, PA
J. D. Bernd & CO
Ektsssurgh
Ares
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