The Warren Meal Fossils and Inventions
A roundup of scientific notes from Indiana fisheries to lamp life, sponge farming, and rope fiber chemistry. Profs Jordan and Evermann estimate 150 fish species with fifty edible. culluvert material from cellulose, lamp insulation near friction extends life with earth connection. Mediterranean sponge fishery and diving armor shift. Studies question rain causality with trees. two plastering mixes patented for first and second coats. Brown-Sequard shows breath toxicity via inhaled vapor tests on rabbits. Rheea fiber extraction promises cheap rope and woven goods. Boot and shoe manufacture highlights 295 machine driven devices reducing costs and boosting fortunes.
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Indiana
Mediterranean
Belfast
Asia
Europe
America
Odds and Ends from Early 1900s Humorous Snippets
A collage of jokes and witticisms from various papers poking fun at accents manners and social scenes. Lines joke about Utes Piutes cookouts and boats of wine with quips from Life Harper's Bazaar and more. Short vignettes show everyday misreads manners and miscommunications across time.
Witty quips and quibbles from varied columns
A collage of humorous quotes from editors and spectators in 19th century papers. Jests on banks hiring women, steam heating, marriage cures, and academic missteps mingle with editor remarks and parlour anecdotes across several publications.
Kemp's Balsam Invitation for Free Sample Bottle
The proprietor asks readers to visit any druggist and obtain a free sample bottle of Kemp's Balsam to test its claimed lung healing power. Larger bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp’s Balsam
Wells, Richardson & CO
Props
Burlington, Vt
Do Women Live Longer Than Men Statement
A Boston Courier remark notes gender longevity inverting a common belief by saying widows outlive the husbands they once shared. The quote implies that surviving spouses may have longer lifespans than their late spouses.
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Boston Courier
Remarkable Postal Runners and Early American Steam Engine
The piece compares endurance feats of Arab, Bechuanaland, and Chinese messengers with long routes between Tangier and Fez, Shoshong and Kimberley, and Pekin to Lhassa. It then recounts Rhode Island’s claim of America’s first practical stationary steam engine in Cranston, built by Joseph Brown, described by Dr. Manasseh Cutter in 1787, including the engine’s complex details and operation.
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Morocco
Tangier
Fez
Madison Square Garden
King Khama
Bechuanaland
Shoshong
Kimberley
Pekin
Lhassa
Detroit Free Press
Rhode Island
United States
Cranston
Joseph Brown
Knightsville
Manasseh Cutler
Ipswich
Mass
America
Providence
R. I.) Journal
Copper coin forging ring sentenced in Hankow case
Two coppersmiths formed a private company in Hankow to melt imperial copper coins. They produced about ten thousand coins worth roughly three pounds before capture. The ringleader faces immediate decapitation, an assistant is to be decapitated after imprisonment, others receive varied punishments, including banishment and floggings.
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Hankow
Turkestan
Pekin Gazette
Lippincott’s
Lhrrncott’s
Eapre
Ine
Welco
Charles King
U.S.A
Grace King
M. Elliott Seawell
Selina Dolaro
Maurice Barrymore
Ja Eason
Astonishing Ignorance and a Creditors Assignment
A Chicago Tribune blames Amelia and Cyrus for ignorance as Cyrus reveals an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The couple fears losing their house and luxuries while deciding to discharge the coachman.
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Amelia
Cyrus
Chicago Tribune
Farmer Bell Eyes Chess Automaton for Farm Use
Indiana farmer and son meet the chess automaton Ajeeb in Chicago. Bell jokes he would not sell him, but would force him to shuck corn, work the farm, and thrash his son-in-law. The tale ends with the notion that wonders of wood and brass signal a shift toward honest labor and plain speaking.
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Farmer Bell
Squire Abner Bell
Jake
Indiana
Chicago
Eden Musee
Ajeeb
Kain
Arkansaw
Jersey
Hackensack Meadows
Fulton Street
Sprout Branch
Saddle River
Paris
N. Y
Massachusetts
New York City
A Most Unkind Cut Waltz Sparks Silent Challenge
A scene from Harper's Bazar shows a trio of dancers pirouetting for about three minutes until she signals a desire to stop. Their exchange reveals a sharp tension as he remarks on fondness for the waltz and she replies with a pointed retort, leaving the room in heavy quiet.
Trains de luxe Term Reflects Car Makers Travel Comfort
A term once used for luxury rail service now applies to the plush travel ideas created by automobile manufacturers. The phrase signals new thinking about comfortable, high end mobility driven by car firms.
Eclipse Dims Hope at Japanese Castle in August 1887
In August 1887 a grand eclipse spectacle at a Japanese castle drew visitors, yet advancing clouds obscured most of the sun. The crowd witnessed totality briefly as a sun edge appeared, then darkness and calm settled, ending with departure and reflections by Mabel Loomis Todd.
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Japan
Old Castle
Mabel Loomis Todd
St. Nicholas
High Buildings Protest Against Sky Scraping Structures
An American Architect warns against a proposed twenty eight story Minneapolis building. He cites earthquake risks and structural instability from tall masonry, noting higher costs, rent increases, and danger to tenants that could hollow out upper floors in such a structure.
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Minneapolis
New York
Etiquette at Vassar and the social customs described
The piece outlines Vassar College etiquette with card visiting rules for freshmen, yearly room parties after ten with lights out, and group entertainments to save effort. It notes class parties among seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen, burlesque trig ceremonies, minstrel performances, refreshments, dancing, and costume balls within houses.
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Vassar
Yale
Harvard
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Warren
Science and Industry
Puck
Boston
Washington Post
Jankins
Edinboro
Terre Haute Express
Congo
England
Smith
Milkman
Bobby
Harper’s Bazar
Texas Siftings
Salt Lake City
John
Monsieur
Miss Singleton
Numhedd
Boston Transcript
Baltimore American
Mr. Naggleton
Maria
Ponsonby
Dolliver
Congress
Mufty
Racoon Ridge
Prof
Surtout
Tootles
Baltimore
China
Christian Union
Larry
Allegheny
Cary
Burlington, VI
Jacobs OL
Mark
New York Morning Journal
FP. G. Kellogg
East 86Th Street
St. Jacobs
Mra_ Kellogg
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Kopf & Henry
T.S. Messner & CO
Warren County
Christian Smith
First National Bank
Warren, PA
Morck Bro
Jewelers
Ofticians
August Morck
Optician
Tess É& CO
Jadob Keller
W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Reed
Erie, Pa
HANGE
W.b.coleman & CO
Eee Rowland
C. Bae
Hickory St
Sherman
Fewett
Syracuse
Gale
Pittsburgh
F. O. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
ALL Drugg'*t
P. Greenland
Episcopal Church
Mammoth Furniture Store
P. Greenlund
Wat, Avnes & Sons
Aly
Albany
Saratoga
Pullman
Great
Cleveland
Cincinnati
ST. Louis
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Texas
Aon
Garfield
Pass
Jamestown
P. Farmer
R Arts
A.M. Tucker
W.C. Rinkarson
Gen. Pass
Joseph Fleming
Market Street
California
Joseph Fleming & Son
Market St., Cor
Hill
Jamestown, N.Y O.S. Gates
Verrine
North Carolna
Perrine
Canada
Perrines
Front SF
Fiat Napen
York
Penney
Farquhar & Son
York, Pa
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