Whittier's Attempt to Kindle Fire with Damp Materials
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
3
August 10 in History and Notable Events
Entries review signal events from 1810 to 1904 including Cavour birth and Menken death, a Russian fleet action at Port Arthur, and Japan urging officers to gather trade samples. It notes a Spanish warship visit to Havana and reflects on Cuban Spanish relations, Irish emigration stats around 1997, and historic ties between Cuba and Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camillo Benso di Cavour
Adah Isaacs Menken
Paris
New Orleans
Port Arthur
Withoft
Cuban
Havana
Cuba
United States
England
Bessemer Steel Process Trials and Early Adoption
The article recounts early reactions to the Bessemer process with Feter Kleman and John Lefler building a Dormsjo furnace to test continuous refining. Initial results were disappointing, but Consul G. F. Goransson pursued Sweden's use of the patent and in July 1858 a successful blown test produced steel with near finish and strong forging qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemey
Engineering
Henry
Bessener
England
Feter Kleman
Dormsjo
Garpenberg
Kleman
Hogbo
Edsken
Bessemer
Sweden
Parody and Politics in a Distant Parliament
The passage mocks monarchies and legislatures, noting Persia’s shah and a new parliament, Russia’s douma, and questions of authenticity of Betsy Ross and Martha Washington. It contrasts rising parliamentary raises with public interest in beef prices and Royal birthday honors by King Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Betsy Ross
Marjtha Washington
Edward
England
New York Tenants Enjoy Paradise Unlike London Lodgers
Sydney Brooks reports from London that New York tenants thrive under twelve month leases that include repairs heat and utilities. He contrasts this with British landlords who he says wield tyranny under long leases. The system in New York grants tenant equality while individual improvements ultimately become landlord property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Brooks
London
Harper's Weekly
New York
Mehuselah
Faded exchange notes youth folly and allowance
A brief quote contrasts a son and an older man over folly and allowances. The exchange reflects a generational view, suggesting generosity enables youth while restraint limits errors. The fragment reads as a clipped diary-like remark from the Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Your Mother Sympathy Ode and Whimsical Mentions
A playful fragment references a woman with a smile for jogs and tears for sorrow, followed by surreal asides about Archie-Baw Jove and wind from a pipe. Reggie comments on a burning smell in the air and a plea to “Put Me Up.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie
Reggie
Lilley campaign photos travel statewide in effort to win support
The Stamford dispatch notes Lilley uses personal letters and extensive photo distribution to reach voters in 168 towns. Mrs Lilley assists by placing lapel pins on supporters, while life-size portraits circulate to Fairfield and New Haven officials. Some fear overexposure may miss key local allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Fairfield County
Lilley
Washington
Connecticut
Sam Fessenden
The
Advocate
Waterbury
George
New Haven
Courier-Journal
Electric Boat Company
James
Schoolcraft Sherman
The Road to Wealth and the First Thousand Dollars
A speaker urges saving and wise investing leading to financial independence. He stresses the first thousand dollars as crucial, then compounding interest on four thousand, with ongoing saving to grow principal and reduce reliance on borrowing. The passage extols thrift as social duty and a path to modest, secure living.
Fish as Cure for Ills and Superstitions Highlight Old Beliefs
The Pittaburg Gazette-Times notes how fish-based remedies and myths persisted from ancient times. It cites cod liver oil as the only fish medicine endorsed by modern science, and recounts beliefs about trout milk mixtures for epilepsy, eel liver for deafness, eel skin for rheumatism, and red herring as luck for the New Year and fishing fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wales
Pittaburg
Gazette-Times
Hidden Dangers of Uric Acid and Kidney Function
An article explains uric acid as a deadly poison in the body and the kidneys as the organs that remove it. It links excess uric acid to rheumatic symptoms, neuralgia, sciatica, headaches, dizziness, and urinary disorders and endorses Dean's Kony Pills as a prompt remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Waterbury
James Connally
East Ae Prdge Pon
Thomas Jer
Bim
H.W. Lake Drug Company
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