The Maiden Sultans and Perfumed Pockets Fashion
A NY fashion column discusses perfumed pockets as a modern luxury, notes perfumes sewn into hair and clothing, and recalls changing tastes. It also recounts a woman farmer who built a thriving orchard and a brief Civil War note about Mrs. Sarah Sceyle seeking a clean record. It covers Empress Woo and broader fashion notes, fabrics, trims, and the return of old styles.
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Howe Committee On
Waslington
Franklin Thompson
Sarah E
Abe
Sceyle
Moreepley
The Biggest Steel Rail Mill Near Chicago
The huge steel rail mill covers 100 acres near Chicago with fifteen buildings and electric lights. It processes ore, coke, and coal for rail production, shipping 150,000 tons of steel rails yearly in thousands of carloads. Fourteen locomotives run the works, and annual output approaches 50 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Stael
Connellsville
Stock House
Ohio
Indiana
Nleisen
England
Ae Yibsastek Fom
Ils
The Brammer. oeena 'The dremmer with thoe-tivo bamis
The readable fragments describe a local item titled The Brammer with a dreamlike theme, mentioning bamis and a notable figure. The text is garbled but suggests a short notice or brief column snippet from a historical newspaper page.
Counterfeiters Den Making Fake Bills Under Detective Nose
An undercover operation targets a Baltimore counterfeiting gang led by a cotton and tobacco dealer Williams. A hidden presses room is exposed when a reporter-turned-employee uncovers a two-press setup behind a brick wall. Six bureau detectives seize the gang, arrest Williams, seize plates, and recover nearly 50,000 in counterfeit notes and related goods.
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Balunder
Williams
Pertop
Washington
New York
Buffalo
Detroit
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
Baltimore
Wemsne
Successful Songs and the Topical Verse’s Odd Fame
A quirky note on successful songs, especially topical ones, being applauded in theater yet rarely bought. The piece explains how humor and illustration in verses matter, and how expert singers shape the delivery to enhance effect. It suggests audiences seldom remember or purchase these songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audiencs
Vast 19th Century Budget Sketches and Odd Facts
A scrambled catalog of historical notes covers con science questions and unusual topics. It cites a 1827 start for a "conscience faid" fund reaching 220000 dollars, reports on a Russian convict’s lashes, and a beekeeper in Malone capturing 800 bees. It notes Greeks, panama canal archives from 1780, and royal expenditures in Britain detailing payments to royalty, ministers, and officials with figures from 5,000 to 126,000 dollars per year.
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Washington
Begus
Malone
Christian Glauser
Heading
Penn
Venezuela
Philip II
Spain
Prince of Wales
Prince Alfred
Prince Arthur
Princess Royal
Princess Helena
Princes Louise
Princess Beatrice
Duchess of Albany
Duchess of Cambridge
Princess Augusta
Duke of Cairnbridge
Duke of Edinburgh
Aes
Prince Edward
Saxe
Weimar
Aed India
Admiralty
Lord Hhateraot
Ireland
India
Pittsburg
Lord Chancelor
Lord Advocate
Scotland
Stae
Solcitor General
Vegetation Cools Air By Gas Exchange Says Doctor
Dr Stephen Smith told the New York Academy of Medicine that vegetation moderates air temperature by absorbing carbonic acid gas and malaria while releasing oxygen and moisture. An acre of grass yields 6400 quarts of water in a day. trees like the Washington elm at Cambridge produced a vast cooling effect, with temperatures far lower than exposed urban surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hest
Stephen Smith
New York Academy of Medicine
Washington
Cambridge
Tete
Sea of A
Trea
Bowen's Budget notices medical quackery and odd remedies
A March Bowen's Budget column from Fort Plain New York warns readers to discriminate between meritorious and worthless medicines. It discusses St Jacobs Oil Red Star Cough Cure and Dr. Pherce Holden edge while mentioning counterfeit claims and dubious rhetoric. The piece also references historical figures and a critique of false medical advertising.
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Bowen
Fort Plain
N.Y
St. Jacobs Oil
Red Star
Horton
Hen. Detovth
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