Military notes on weapons and armies around the world
The report surveys various military developments including French army mounts and subsidies, British naval night sight experiments, a Russian purchase of an aerial torpedo boat, and trials set as secret. It mentions Canet and Hotchkiss guns, a 67 ton gun safety debate after rapid firing, a new steel rifle shielded armor, and Austrian triple alliance use. It notes Turkish forces, 600000 repeating rifles, Krupp artillery, and Belgian observation ladders for field batteries plus Driggs Schroeder breech guns built in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Triple Alliance
Kruzp
Asia
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Washington
Electric Sparks Illuminate 19th Century Innovations
The article surveys early electric lighting in London with arc lamps limited in use, notes European battery makers, and cites Gutta percha scarcity for submarine cables. It highlights the Marquis of Salisbury using electricity for estate tasks and a sea friendly winch for boats. It also mentions the Collier Audible telephone, claiming it surpasses a Bell receiver in efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Marquis of Salisbury
London Electrical Engineers
Amateur photographer fails to shutter during Vatican coup
Snap Shots notes Luigi Primola, son of Princess Bonaparte, gaining fame as an amateur photographer after capturing a pope’s image in the Vatican. A separate story recalls a photographer who exposed fifty plates by mistake, failing to open the shutter. Other items describe brain tumor localization by instantaneous photography and new light sources using aluminium in photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luigi Primola
Bonaparte
Herr Putz
Vienna Photographic Society
London
McClellan
Columbus
Ohio
Carrier House
Warren
Wayside Gleanings Headlines From The City And World
Paris ragpickers tally about 310000 nightly. Canada bans Sunday streetcars. Danish cities curb bicycle speeds to four. Mendocino County California gas risks life. US great seal rests on treaties and pardons. Gold coin shipped in five gallon kegs valued at 50000 each. Rome catacombs hold 6 million, Paris 3 million. Old quarries held victims of 1724 revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Canada
Mendocino County
Cal
United States
Rome
Business In Business. Tam sir Well then remove a third of this nose
A brief quoted line from Life magazine features a terse exchange about a nasal modification, illustrating a sharp interaction that hints at surgical or cosmetic humor within a concise cultural snapshot. The fragment suggests a curious, satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
River schooner sighted prompts engagement doubt
Tramp and lady argue over engagement as a schooner is spotted on the river. A cockney servant mishears and a mistress jokes about lights being lowered to wake others. A child calls its father grandpa, prompting commentary on aging and paternity.
Railway Rumbles and Curiosities Across North America
A compendium of railroad trivia noting a 72 mile horse car in Mexico, a 300 foot trestle on the Northern Pacific, and a 211 mile straight Argentine Pacific stretch. It cites Buffalo station train totals, Bashaw railroad dress rules, New York law on fencing tracks, Canada’s bond cancellation plan, Lehigh Valley talks with St Catharines Niagara, and a short Pennsylvania line with a long name the Cresson Clearfield County and New York Short Route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Northern Pacific
New
Argentine Pacific Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
Wabash Railroad Company
New York
North Shore
Canadian Pacific Road
Lehigh Valley Company
Canada
St. Catharines and
Niagara Central Company
Pennsylvania
Cresson
Clearfield County
Pen, Chisel and Brush Profiles of Noted Creators
A survey of prominent figures reveals Andrew Lang praised for poetry in a rose garden while Robert Browning’s son becomes a forty two year old watercolorist married to an American. Juan Valera, ex Spanish minister, pursues politics and literature at sixty. Frederic Remington, about thirty, described as well built with fair hair, gains fame for Indian-life sketches. Jerome K. Jerome, fathering a daughter, has a slender frame and light blue eyes. Colonel Francis Baring, sculptor of a bronze Letty Lind, earns favorable notices. James Lane Allen, tall and grave, mixes storytelling craft with teaching roots. Edward de Goncourt, Parisian author, stands out for striking features and healthful appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Lang
Robert Barrett Browning
Juan Valera
Dona Jaz
Pepita Ximene
United States
Frederic Remington
Jerome K. Jerome
Playright
Jerome
Francis Baring
Letty Lind
Carmen
James Lane Allen
Kentucky
Edward de Goncourt
Paris
Beauty and scripture trivia from a Chicago Tribune fragment
A collage of home beauty tips, then a biblical book count from the Bible and Apocrypha. It notes benzoin polish, skin care mixes, and remedies, followed by a detailed tally of books, chapters, verses, words, and letters in the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha sourced to Dr. Horne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Horne
Philosophical Cogitations From the Globe
A collection of maxims on friendship gossip faith and aging. The piece notes that true honesty may emerge from gossip and laments missed growth from constant virtue while observing aging shifts in demeanor and the sharper traits said to appear in women.
Tionesta Valley Railroad Time Schedule May 11 1991
Tiona Valley trains listed with southward No. 2 from Garfield to Wolf Run and northward services from Sheffield to Garfield. Timetable shows departures and arrivals from Sheffield, Brookston, Barnes, Wolf Run, and Sheffield Junction, with connections to P. and E. R. R. and P. and W. JEERY CRARY serves as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Railroad
P. M.P
Dunkirk
A.rh
Fredonia
Laona
Lily Dale
Inclairville
Gerry
Ross’ Mill
Falconer
Junction
Frewsburg
Fenton
AL Warren
Irvin
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Garland
Arpedo
Ewto
I Grand
Oli Selkirk
Titu
Tu Ville
Trai
Depot Corner High
Beech Streets
C. H. Ketcham
Rbatcheller
Ticket Agt
Garfield
Sheffield
Barnes
Brook
Shefield Junction
Brookston
Wolf Run
M. No
Tiona
Sheffield Junction
Hefield Junction
Jeery Crary
Supt
Tiena
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Powder and Ball
Business In Business
Michael
Judy
Mrs. Weston
Weston
Bible Statistics
Ateaison Globe
Erie
Philadelphia
Boston
Orleans
Lorth
Southy
Tfield
N. H. Wallace
Gil City
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Waarren
Trvinton
Tioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Neab
Leffard
BR. Bell
Sup’t
J. A. Fellows
Gen’s Pass
Exchange St
Warren and Farnswort
Vendergrift and
Dimham's
Clarendon
Pl& ER
Rideway
Vanderarift
Dunham's Mill
D. Wood
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & B. Division
Toe Tasie
Harrisburg
Pullman
Philadelphic Jeepers
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Pribnan
Eric
Williamsport
Trevail
mTrain
Sp.m
Erie P. i. Ains
Warren Vat
Eri
Kane
Ridgescept
Wa P.m
Lew Hefield
Sunder
Ing
Shefield
Chase. Pugh
J.B. Wood
Man
Allegheny Valley
Tionesta Valley Railroad
J. F. McClelland
Moritz Salm
Boston Shoe Store
Warren, Penn’a
N. Greenlands
Berekey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker
Exchange Block
Warren, Pa
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