Firsts in American history span roads, watches and mills
The article lists early American milestones including the first turnpike at Sreeham center and Philadelphia night watchmen licensed in 1697, first sugar in New Orleans, Greenfield table cutlery in 1834, Saratoga temperance society in 1998, Chilliothe Recorder in 1814, Philadelphia directory in 1785, Hopkins patent in 1790, and several industrial feats such as the first fire engine 1731, Raynham forge 1652, American Farmer 1819, Cumberland nails 1777, Sunday Courier 1825, and Pawtucket cotton sewing thread factory 1794.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sreeham Center
Philadelphia
New York
New Feeney
New Orleans
United States
Greenfield
Mass
Temperance Society
Saratoga
N. Y
Recorder
Chillicothe
Samuel Hopkins
England
North America
Raynham
American Farmer
NotableNames Across Nations Mentioned In A Wide Review
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has long lived in Summerville North Carolina. Gustav Jovakovitch 1500000 sheep tended by 35000 dogs. M Thiebaut formerly consul for France in New York appointed first secretary of the French legation in Washington. Joseph Merrill of Amesbury ill at eighty. Mile Stanleyetta Titus first woman lawyer in New York marries Edgar Werner publisher of voice training books. Count James Portales mining magnate in Colorado native German nobility. All French presidents save one have statues. Carnot statues at Nolay Nice Fontainebleau. Five more statues planned for Angouleme Chalon sur Saone Beaune Nancy Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
Summerville
N. C
Gustav Jovakovitch
M. Thiebaut
France
New York
Washington
Joseph Merrill
Amesbury
Mass
John G. Whittier
Mile
Stanleyetta Titus
Edgar 8
Werner
Voice
Colorado
James Portales
West
French Republic
M. Carnot
Nolay
Nice
Fontainebleau
Caserio
Angouleme
Chalon-sur-Saene
Beaune
Nancy
Lyons
Household Tips From Old Recipes and Remedies
Darken mahogany or carved woods with cold drawn linseed oil and brush well. Use a strong alum solution to wash damp walls. Do not soak fresh fish before cooking as it ruins flavor. Dry flour well and sieve twice. store in a tin. Salt prevents starch from sticking when boiling. sugar is less effective. Clean oilcloths with warm milk and scrub every six months, then varnish. Oranges are plentiful in season for their citric acid and medicinal value.
Oddities Report From Various Locales
Twins born to Mr and Mrs Everhard of Green Island Michigan have different birthdays with one before and one after midnight. In Uskub Macedonia prison ants torture inmates by tormenting a bound victim. A North Walcott New York gravedigger fled as ground rocked and his hair turned white from a woodchuck nest. An English missionary reports his flock’s cannibalism waning as knives and forks spread and civility grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everhard
Green Island
Mich
Uskub
Macedonia
North Walcott
N. Y
SAID OF WOMEN AND RELIGION NOTES FROM MAJOR TOPICS
A collection of quotes on women discretion and fame contrasts with religious and mission updates. It notes Asyut training college Egypt seeking funds for buildings Salvation Army US property valued near five million dollars doctorates conferred 355 times bishops’ pay and palaces travel churches on the trans Siberian railway church counts in Iowa and Madagascar Lutheran figures and missionary staff and school attendance numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asyut
Iowa
Madagascar
Life of S. T. Montgomery Ends in Michigan Death
S T Montgomery a Kokomo veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars died in Manistique Michigan at an advanced age. He once led Kokomo Daily Herald and Kokomo Tribune, edited Mishawaka Enterprise and Manistique Pioneer, and was known as Maj Wright 8 Clarke. His son and rival newspapers fueled a famous family war.
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S. T. Montgomery
Manistique
Mich
Kokomo
Ind
Twentieth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Montgomery
Kokomo Daily Herald
T. C. Philips
Kokomo Tribune
Mishawaka
South Bend
Studebaker
Will Montgomery
la Grange
Elyria
Maj. Wright
Clarke
Maj. Clarke
Pioneer
Sun
Republic
Manistique Pioneer
Kimball authorities Linked to Kimball Theft Case
Sioux City and Kimball officials reveal probable evidence tying Thomas Delaney of Kimball to two years of shop thefts. Delaney, who died in Sioux City en route to Hot Springs for health, had his belongings found to contain stolen jewelry and clothing from Edward Brenne’s Kimball store. Local friends question the accusation despite the discovered items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Sioux City
Thomas Delaney
Hot Springs
Edward Brenne
Delaney
Brenne
Frills of Fashion Glove Colors and Seasonal Fabrics
Fashion notes highlight Pearl yellow and pink tan gloves with Vandyke collars in ecru and white, lace trims, and summer gowns. Descriptions cover tulle chiffon ribbons for neck frills, old-fashioned silk brocade for waistcoats, and white moire silk on white alpaca gowns. White gowns and accessories dominate for informal and dressy wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecru
X rays in diagnosis spotlight Dr Schmidt lab
Chicago physicians exploit Dr O L Schmidt’s X ray laboratory fitted to diagnose disease. Established three months ago, it uses a 600000 volt supply and 12 inch spark coil. The team includes Dr F C Harnisch and Paul Bracht. The unit shortens exposures to minutes for hands and elbows and aids locating bullets and bone conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Man Talks Clearly After Removing Tongue in Buffalo Hospital
A cancer patient who lost tongue and several glands in Buffalo, New York, learned to speak again. Dr Williams studied mouth muscle use and heredity, discovering a left side disadvantage can be overcome. After five weeks out of hospital he speaks fairly well and shows signs of further improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Williams
Wiliams
Storm-Stricken City Rebounds Amid Relief Efforts
Recovery progresses in the tornado district with relief stations easing aid demand as $183,531 in funds grows. East St. Louis restoration continues, demolished buildings are rebuilt, and tenants adapt to new shelters including tents and box cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
General Fund
Merchants’ Exchange Committee
East St. Louis
Relief Committee
Unclothed Swimmers Chase Policeman Through Atchison Streets
In Atchison Kansas a patrolman tried to curb a bathing nuisance at White Clay creek. Thirty boys stripped to bathe and fled across West Atchison streets and yards, evading capture. one boy was snagged and then injured by a barbed wire fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Kan
West Atchison
White Clay Creek
Saloon Versus Church Legal Battle Emerges in Madrid
In Madrid Boone county Indiana saloon owner B Arie argues the mulct law prohibiting saloons within 300 feet of a church blocks construction of a Methodist Episcopal church started within the boundary. He seeks an injunction claiming the church cannot be built inside saloon territory. Courts will decide whether the saloon or church must yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Madrid
Boone County
B. Arie
Arie
Nilsson Buys Watteau Portrait at Paris Auction
Christine Nilsson the Comtesse de Casa Miranda purchased Watteau's Diane au Bain at a Paris auction for 107000 francs. The painting had previously been offered to the Louvre for 100000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nilsson
Christine Nilsson
Comtesse de Casa Miranda
Watteau
Diane Au Bain
Paris
Louvre Museum
Irish Lord Chancellor Salary Mentioned
The lord chancellor of Ireland is reported to receive thirty thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Fresh Book Notes and Literary Gossip of the Era
Miss Kate Sanborn plans The Little Zoo a humorous look at animals in literature. Olive Schreiner contributes South Africa articles to Fortnightly Review. Over 80000 copies of Story of an African Farm sold in Britain. Nora Perry died May 13 in Massachusetts. Atlantic Monthly rejected her first poem the couplet about tying a bonnet under a chin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Sanborn
Olive Schreiner
South Africa
Review of London
Great Britain
Zola
Rome
Nym Crinkle
Charles A. Dana
the Sun
Nora Perry
Massachusetts
The
Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic
Forain Caricatures Fetch Three Thousand At Paris Sale
Auction in Paris sold a Forain caricaturist lot for 3000 francs. Elephants in Africa face scarcity inspiring a proposal for protected reservations under British protection like Somaliland. German school enrollment shifts from gymnasia to English and French based systems. Queen Margherita of Italy’s mother, the dowager duchess of Genoa, contracting smallpox during a visit and was cared for by her daughter. Paris commune memory marks mass for Mgr Darboy and hostages. Malabar Catholics, 200000 strong, from Chaldea Nestorite rite to receive two local bishops of their own rite.
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Forain
Paris
Africa
Somaliland
Gymnasia
Realschulen
Margherita
Italy
Genoa
Quirnal
Mgr
Darboy
Malabar
India
Chaldea
Weather Signs and Folk Forecasts
Reading nails and carpet tightness as weather cues, the text links dry brittle nails to fair weather and pliable nails to rain. It notes the new moon timing affects forecasts, with morning or evening windows signaling changes, plus seasonal wind directions influencing rain or frost.
Wall distance affects piano tone and old putty removal
The passage notes a piano sounds best away from walls while red-hot iron softens putty for easy removal. It also covers a Athol Missouri street cart spraying water 60 feet wide, peppermint oil production, US apple consumption by the English, rat predation on sunflower seeds, fashion for color-matched cyclists, crematories in Manchester Woking and Liverpool, and states lacking veto power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athol
England
Manchester
Woking
Liverpool
Rhode Island
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
Remarkable claims on strength and nature in old notes
Lenehock and Humboldt claim a pound of fine spider webs could circle the world. The skull bones arch to maximize strength with minimal weight. Water freezes to 30 000 psi and no material resists this pressure. One tenth of England's population is said to suffer gout, Dr Fehlauer links it to meat intake and suggests vegetarian diets. Salmon are noted far from rivers, caught at sea near northern New England on hooks for cod.
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Lenehock
Humboldt
England
Fehlauer
Berlin
Etiquette Notes For Weddings And Courtship
The guide covers dancing at weddings, bridesmaid dress style with high neck bodice, men removing hats in halls, writing to intimate friends starting with My Dear Mr Gray, preferred note paper colors, bowing on the street, etiquette for hand greeting, inviting guests with visit length, accepting flowers, and sending thanks for flowers.
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Mr. Gray
Suspected race for Greenland meteorite between Dyche and Peary
The article suggests Prof. L. L. Dyche of Kansas State University plans a northern voyage possibly to Greenland to claim the world’s largest meteorite, disputed by Lieut. Peary who warned against removal. Dyche intends to sail after reaching Seattle, with the meteorite valued around $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyche
Alaska
L. L. Dyche
Kansas State University
Greenland
Lieut. Peary
Peary
Prof. Dyche
Lieut
Seattle
North Pole
Behring Straits
Northwest Passage
Impudent 16 to 1 Free Silver Rhetoric Exposed
The piece assails the free silver platform as hypocritical and dangerous arguing that free coinage at sixteen to one would force silver monometallism and destabilize the economy. It notes historical context and disputes current claims while urging opposition to free silver.
Debating Bimetalism and the Dollar's Value
A critique of monetary bimetalism argues the two metals system creates debt-driven demand shifts and price uncertainty. The piece condemns allowing payment in multiple metals at fixed ratios, warns of risks to merchants and farmers, and cites Mexico's stance on free coinage.
Farmers urged to plant millet or sowed corn for feed
Dry spell threatens hay crop. advice to plant millet or sowed corn to ensure cattle feed next winter. Millet and Hungarian grass listed as suitable. oil of tar cited for corn to deter grubs and crows. Fruit growers offered spraying guidance and stock including Paris Green and London Purple.
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Bovele
Plato
Juvenal
Frills OF Fashion
Pitcher’s Castoria
Popular Science Clippings
Chilldren
Sucker State
Silverites
Peoria
Illinois
Hamilton
Jefferson
Mexico
China
Harvey
Valasco
Tex
Rio ,Grande
Boies
Philadelphia Telegraph
British Knights
Sician
Lydia E. Pinkham
London
Timothy
Stowell
Siegfried & CO
Lda
Nereuibergie
W. C. Rockwell
Mairi St
Bradford, PA
Ayer
C. Davis
Wautoma
Wis
Ayers
the Mail Office
C. Smith
American Tobacco Co
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Marlbury
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadilly
Monte Christo
Fehlman Bros
H. S. Thomas
East St
D.A. V. & P. Railroad
Telephone
W. H. Daven
U. S
Dearborn St
Chicago
Eli
SAND
Dunkirk, NY
Farm Products
South America
Asia
Russia
Argentine Republic
Coin
Financial School
Congress
REAL
Boston
Barney Barnato
Treasury
Lake Street
Pearson
America
Pennsylvania
Warren
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Pena Sheffield
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Pullman
Erle and Williams Rn
Rce
Ashington
Kane
Erie
East
Putman
Williamsport
Renovo
Ridgway
Poncey
M. Prevost
J. R. Wood
Gen
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River
R. R. Co
Albany
Eesseeses Utica
Eooveerss
Sytacusc
Rochester
Soos Niagara Falls
Wscssssseeee Bumaio
Ceeseees
Falconer
Alconer
Eecsense Ackicy Cossees.e
Russell
Arren
Rvineton
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Garland
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Titusville
Pittsburg
Epson J. Weeks
No.1
Exchange St
N.Y
C. H. Kercham
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Expr
Irvineton
Tidbute
Tionesta
Ol City
Buffalo Express
Oll City Express
Leffard
R. Bell
J. A. Fellows
Mooney-Brisbane
Clinton Streets
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Barnes
Howland
Ves
Sheield
Brookston
Emton
Hownd
Reif
Sheffield Junction
Maite
Cincinnati
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