European Drinks Across Regions and Beverages Across Europe
The piece surveys national drinks by country from England to Turkey, noting ale and mixed drinks in England, wine and absinthe in France, lager and beer habits in Germany, and strong coffee in Turkey. It notes social contexts, cravings, and peculiar customs such as dognose in England, vin ordinaire in France, and rahvay coffee in Turkey, with vivid regional observations.
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England
France
Germany
Turkey
English Channel
Monsieur
Acros
Pierre Macelotte
Lerlit
Pierre
Millin
Munich
Hungary
Vienna
Danube
Lelow
Budapest
Slavonia
Danubian
Balkan Peninsula
Bulgaria
Roumelia
Boston
Rocky Mountain
Thomas Stevens
New York Mail
Expres
European Study of Food and Human Nutrition
European study of food and nutrition reveals extensive experiments in German laboratories. Researchers use advanced apparatus to measure intake, digestion, and output, including weighing food, waste, and even exhaled air to understand how the body is nourished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Europe
Germany
Hansas City
Remarkable showing of crime drop in Ei land
According to the English surveyor general of prisons the current criminal population is about one fifth of what it was fifty years ago. Had it risen with population it would be twice as large, a striking contrast reported by the Chicago Times.
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Eiland
Chicago
The Merry Corpse Verse on a Grim Grave Life
A fragmentary poem depicts a corpselike figure enjoying a calm grave life. It contrasts a jolly existence with mortality and the worms as a chosen aid. The speaker imagines ease in death, free from earthly cares, while winds and rain surround the silent figure.
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Worms
Dancing Turkeys Attract Crowds In Saloon
A Philadelphia News report describes a Frankford avenue saloon using a forced heat floor device to make two turkeys dance to an organette. The cages were three by five feet, the iron floor heated by coal beneath, and patrons paid nickels while the birds shuffled and bobbed in time, drawing curiosity but raising cruelty concerns as the trick proved unsustainable.
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Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia News
Traveling public rudeness inspires a tale from dinner table
A dinner table tale recalls a night train ride where two men kept fellow passengers awake with loud chatter. A sharp rebuke at the end of the car, spoken by a passenger named Edward Everett Tule, earned laughed relief as the other passengers approved the quiet return. The anecdote comes from the New York Tribune. Brussels lace making shown as a delicate craft with women weaving by hand in damp cellars to prevent thread breakage. The article notes each worker may have a family pattern and that the lace thread is spun in damp cellars to maintain quality. The piece cites Frank R. Stockton in a collection from J Nicholas.
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Quist
Edward Everett Tule
New York Tribune
Brussels
Inch
Grantmother
Frank R. Stockton
J. Nicholas
Nature's Seed Sewing Exaers Exploding Fruit
A naturalist attempts to preserve the woody sand box fruit from Barabados West Indies. When ripened on the tree it bursts explosively scattering seeds. Drying a specimen caused a violent explosion, blowing apart the container.
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West Indies
Arkausay
New French Coinage and Soldier Doctors in Russia
The article notes France designing new coinage with nickel replacing bronze and large figures showing value, plus an obverse with the republic’s effigy and date and a reverse with Liberty Equality Fraternity. It also cites Pravitelstvennyi Vestnik claiming the Russian army has 2,808 surgeons, 232 veterinary surgeons, and 93,455 feldsher medical assistants, about one surgeon per 300 men.
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Praviteistvennyi Vestnik
Flour Milling Decline Signals Industry Transformation
The piece traces a shift from small neighborhood mills to large operations driven by new processes and lower costs. It cites census data and Col E Ham Cawker’s directory showing widespread mill closures from 1840s onward, with North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and New York examples, arguing overall mill count will shrink as efficiency grows and transport improves.
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Col Wight
Dar Leso
United States
Buveau
Pha
Minneapolis
Col. E. Ham Cawker
Milwaukee
Col Gawker
Ir. Suiury
North Carolina
Dawka
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Sinds
Col. Cawker
Michigan
Albert Shaw
Chautauquan
The Photographer and the Sitter Parable Tale
A photographer asks a gentleman to sit for a likeness with consent to self pose. They split the result, the sitter claiming the first pose and the photographer the second. The tale ends with the sitter realizing both were his and the photographer’s plans. The Argonaut report preserves a dated humorous anecdote.
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Thriller
The
Argonaut
Great Favor Granted In Breezy Exchange At Chicago
A dialogue between Mrs Breezy and her daughter mentions correspondence with Mr Waldo on his return from Boston. The New York Sun notes the polite, earnest interest in occasional letters. The piece ends with a remark on the French war balloon built in sturdy sections to withstand bullets.
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Breezy
Waldo
Boston Hiss
Piamma
Mae Winds
Chicago
Matma
Gallagher
New York Sun
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Englys
John Bull
Join Bull
Little Giant
Boss Stable
F. Kersey
Ankets
Noy Enouc Wang Inty
Waz “‘JaReads
Rooia
Warren
Iido
Fic
N. K
E. Bartsch
Water St
Diarmeend Block
Seruges
Coney Island
Muggs
Philadelphia Times
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Vighigan
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Og Re
ST. Paul
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lencaster
Ancker
Wilson
Mason & Hamlin
Mason& Hamlin
Iano
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano
East 14Th St
Union Square
New Lore
Caraleue Ree
Canal Street
Acu
Swgrpeie Railroad
ARRLN
Passencity
Titusville
Gatland
PL & Rig
Viaiderarift
Garfield
Punhatm
Hve
Garfiehl
Lapham’s Mill
Laema
Wood
Gerstart
Worm
Oa. A
Insana
Eline
Acker
Noyes, Warren
L. G. Noves
Catarrd Mart
Arles
Penasylae Agriultural Works
York
Paargahar
Saad Ee Ear
Walter
Hera
Pop
Business Directory
Charles A. Peterson
Brown & Stone
T. Neil
New Exchange Block
Leonhart Bros
J. A. Schofield
Second Street
First National Bank
BROWN
Ball & Thompson
Beatty Block
A. A. Davis & Co
Binsmoor & Cable
Oolice Waterlstrevet
Scofield
Hunter & Son
MOOR
Ja Cable
Wetmore
Noyes & Hinckley
John Change
C.h.louis
W. D. Hinckley
W. G. Truskey
W. E. Ries
Office Beatty Black
Cornelius
Justice of the Peace
Seefeld Black
Front Street
W.Y
J. al. Baines
Liberty Street
Baptist Church
Lepcer
John Sager
Wise
Nothig Carver House
Exchange Ate
G. H. Leontart
Revere Howse
Frank Metzgar
Tuutes
Lew Aleyer
Exchange Block
Suspension Bridge
Gus Muir
Palace Barber Shop
W. A. Fireayes
Episcopal Church
C. Smith
Sporjam Business College
Cleveland
Allegheny College
Meadviel
Conservatory of Music
Davin H. Wieeler
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