Dangers of Metals to Painters and Potters
A discussion on lead mercury copper and antimony hazards among trades. The piece details how lead poisoning affects digestion nerves muscles and the brain, with examples from painters potters gilders type founders and other workers. It notes mercury exposure in mirrors dentists and photographers and references copper antimony and other metals, ending with a moral about industrial risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
New York World
Portraits of Loyal Soldiers and Roman Governors in Critique
A Harper's Weekly sketch extols the American soldier's grit from desert to snow bound camps, while ancient Rome is critiqued through Cicero and Verres era finances. The piece cites notable sums earned by governors and clients, including Verres, Cicero, and Pliny, alongside Gibbon's Olympiodorus anecdote about senators' incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harper’s Weekly
L. Calpurnius Piso
Macedonia
Pisa
Rome
Verres
Cicero
Sicily
Cilicia
Pliny
Balbus
Folly and fate mix in the deaths and daring rescues
A reflection on self inflicted death as folly, citing Prevost Parados and Wollstonecraft, then a tale from the London Spectator on a parrying crow saving a hawk during a Salisbury Plain falcon hunt, illustrating courage amid danger and pursuit in a crowded field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury Plain
London Spectator
Maudie Confession Seals a Promised Union
Harold trembles as he confesses and Maudie replies her lips are not sealed. Harold immediately acts to seal the vow in a moment from a Chicago Tribune feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudie
Harold
Chicago Tribune
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New York Sun
M. Prevost-Parados
France
Washington
Mary Wollstonecraft
Putney Bridge
Chatterton
Boston Transcript
Bright
E. Bart HoLburn
Kalkaska, Mich
WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
Acker
Huma Sense Gectians
Dr. Acker
H. Hooker & CO
West Broadway
PISO
Laura E. Patterson
Newtos
Iowa
John CO West Company
Chilagg. III
Siegfried & GC Warren
Motte
Kopf & Henry
Water St
Warren, Pa
West
Siegfried & Co
Warren
George Stinson & CG
Portland
Maine
U. S
U.S
C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Raaewaneeaute
L. D. Wetmore
Pres
M. Beecher
Warren County
Fowest
England
Ireland
Europe
Myron Waters
GN. Parmleec
Vice Press
L. Gerould
Myton Waters
Gall
HL. A. Jamieson S. V. Davia
S. x Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.s.parmiee
A. T. Scofield
United
Clov
Sieerriep & Co
Wyman & Davis
Jewelers
Carver Ilouse
Rkonne
Hickory ST
Struthers
Ilton Works
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond
Warre
Humphrey & Nemover
Episcopaten
Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
W. Beaty
BR. Engsworth
Cashier
O. W. Beaty
Dunham
L. B. Wood
Chas
F. Nores
Glark
L. Agree
Charles Iy. Stone
F. H. Rockwell
A. J. Att
Sheridan
Beans Express
Johnson & Co
Boston
Mass
Chase
Lap
IL. C. Chase & CO
Boston, Mass
Geo, S. Davis
Rug Pate
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