Inventions and Style Notes Across The Ages
A fragmented column surveys historic leaps from Italian unification to the electric telegraph and Nile exploration, then shifts to local commerce. Jacob Keller showcases 250+ pant patterns and fashionable diagonals while Ed Clemons offers daily ice deliveries. Local ads promote a Warren two story house, a trustee land sale, and a generous act of a poor Irish lad returning a wallet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Keller
Warren
Keller
Yankee in Natal on Independence Day 1888
The writer recounts Independence Day in Durban Natal 1888. He describes street life with Dutch transport wagons Indian coolies and Arab traders. He meets Mr Cato American consul nominee in practice and notes Natal’s blend of European African and Asiatic cultures amid British rule and colonial dynamics.
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Durban
Borneo
Bowery Dime Museum
Naval
New York
Lota Abulung
Yaniar
Africa
Sevelini
Smu Bsay
Anc
Atlantic
Natal
America
Indian Ocean
Orange Grove
Smith Street
Pravdad Guethaet
West Street
India
London
New York Letter Warns Rural Girls Against City Life
Special correspondent writes from New York on the perilous path of country girls moving to the city. He notes high living costs, crowded lodging, and unhealthy diets. Salaries vary widely by occupation, with many earning little while many youths lack safe housing and support as they seek better fortunes. He urges girls to improve homes and opportunities locally rather than migrate to cities.
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Jutoria
Ming
South East Africa
South
North America
New Amster
Canada
England
Cape of Good Hope
Hullamers
George
Merri
South Africa
Natal
Cape
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Durban
Ladismith
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Kleriksdorp
Barberton
Washington Monument
United States
National Police Gazette
New York
Philadelphia
Board
HixLen Pursent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Italy
Texas
Germany
French Republic
Nile
Niger
August Merck, Jr
Warren, Pa
Warren County
Pittsfield Township
Deerfield Township
KR. Brown
Ed. Clemons
A. Ruhlman
Bute
Glade
Charles P. Peterson
Warren Pa
War- Fen
Geo. Ball's
Merck Drug Store
Morris & Mullen
Charney Sullivan
Washington Street
Messrs. A. P. Ordway & Co
Pennsylvania
Frank M. Knapp
William A. Rankin
Ezra T. Hazeltine
Alexander H. McKelvy
Samuel T. Neill
Act of Assembly
Warren Homestead Loan and Trust Company
Tome Samuel T. Neill
Pleasant
William Yaegle
Pleasant Township
Treasury
J.P. Meyers
August Lesser
Lane
Abbott
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Mo Orapas
Geneva
Tellin
J. Smith
Piofle
Pichpouket
CossHl
Alore
Raffir
Cato
Cate
J. W. Siber
Cape Town
Globe
C. U. Host
OUR
Miranda
Maud
Madaline
Procter & Gamble
Speedii
Boston
N. Greenlund
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Block
Dipper
Spinne
D'amond Block
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