Washington Wonders and the Capitol Tour in 1885
Washington sights take center stage in this Evening Wisconsin dispatch. A tour through the White House grounds, Capitol pillars, National Museum and Bureau of Printing reveals marble, frescoes, and the vast Smithsonian legacy. The piece notes the founder of the Smithsonian, his era, and the monument’s recent lightning strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Capital
Smithsonian Institute
Washington Monument
Wisconsin
Wasascros
D. C
Washington
White House
Ecorner
United Staten
Crawford
Rogers
Harper's Ferry
Vld
Rome
Fromn
Nafional Museum
Tus IX
Gen. Washington
New Orleans
Royal Society
Humphrey Davy
United States
Congress
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
The Wheely Wisconsin New York Letter on summer life and yachting
Special correspondence from New York June 17 discusses fashion and resort society, contrasting Newport Lennox and coastal towns with Bowery diversions, summer theaters, and the approaching international yachting contest. It notes yachts named Puritan and Priscilla, Genesta and Galatea, and mentions America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
New York
Sheepshead Bay
Newport
Lennox
Long Branch
Atlantic City
Cape May
Saratoga
Bowery
Hans
Genesta
Eastern Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Gen. Butter
America
Wallack’s
Black Hussar
McCaul
Mme. Cottrelly
Dixey
Boston
Magnetic telephone without batteries tested near Fort Worth
A Texas inventor T H Brown has developed a batteryless magnetic telephone and telegraph. In a 38 mile test the system operated without chemical power, using a horse magnet transmitter and ear disk receiver. Western Union officials oversaw the trial in Fort Worth and Cleburne with Brown, Masterson and operators, claiming secrecy and potential world-wide communication.
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Fort Worts
Tex
T. H. Brown
Brown
Washington
Edwin F. Masterson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Overland Telephone Company
Western Union
Chas. A. Tinker
Gome
Texas
Forth Worth
G. J. Frankel
Frankel
Masterson
J- H. Murphy
Robert L. Moore
Globe-Democrat
Fort Worth
Mr. Grainger
C. M. Boucher
Cleburne
Tinker
Atlantic Ocean
Messrs. Brown and
New York
France
Germany
England
Pombe
Curious War Museum Tour and National Gallery Notes
A visitor describes a Washington museum tour with army uniforms, battle relics, and Corcoran Gallery sculptures. Highlights include a War Department collection, Elgin marbles, Powers’ Greek Slave, and Guiteau’s jail cell. Public notices and health reports follow, touching baking powders, post office curiosities, and local incidents.
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Spottsylvania
Washington
Lafayette
Our Republic
Corcoran Art Gallery
W.W. Corcoran
M. Ezekiel
Vela
Ghiberti
Michael Angelo
David
Rinehart
Clytie
Ary Scheffer
Charlotte Corday
Patent Office
Mauke
Franklin
Colonies
Guiteau
Sergt. Mason
Lanatic
Army Medical Museum
Ford
Lincoln
D. H. Jouxson
Horrors of War at Suakim Zereba Described by Scots Guards
The London Standard reprints a letter from a Scots Guards officer at Suakim detailing the aftermath of McNeill's zereba. He recalls bivouacking among corpses, graves along the retreat route, and the grisly sight of mangled remains as the march to Suakim carried on. The account ends with vivid descriptions of festering corpses and the grim scene near Sunday’s fight.
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Tam
Handub
Cuba
Duplxy P. Hata
Frankfort
Mich
London
Frask Ware
New York
Portville
Olean
N. Y
Virginia
Joe Lagrander
Lagrander
Dayton
Mint
Crockery
Abram French & Co
Boston
Tur Abbe Baltifol
Lizer
Jensixes
Herat
Fifth Avenue
Mathiesius & Co
Forepaugh’s
Flint, Mich
J. Rielly
el Rito
N. M
Samuel H. Farman
Baltimore
Chas. Goodwin
New York City
Fossfork Agency
Idaho
Salvador
Menendez
Guatemala
Carlos Kru
St. Helena
Cal
California
Thomas A. Coit
Middletown
Conn
Charles Gilbert
Calgary
Man
Bismarck
Oak
Gilbert
Robert Dus
Lebanon
Tenn
T. C. Hexperson
Akron
National Union Stock Company
St. Louis
Joseph W. Torrey
Barnes ‘Trading Company
Hong Kong
Rajah
Borneo
Boston Highlands
Mass
Zacatecas
Mexico
Dendorz Libre
Greenwich and
Reade Streets
Hermance, Dickinson & Co
Newport
N. H
Odd Fellows’ Hall
G. A. R. Hall
Josepa Taylor
Bayard Taylor
Kenneth Square
Supr. McCain
New York Insurance Department
Anglo- American Insurance Company
Washington
D.C
Turaxe
Department of Justice
Frank Howe
Howe
Mr. Brewster
C. Arthur Preller
St. Louis Trunk
England
Preller
Maxwell
Aukland
Preller’s
Pennsylvania Road
Christiana
Kennedy
Atglen
Joseph Mulvaney
William Conover
London Standard
Scots Guards
Suakim
McNeill
Zereba
Tamai
Tom Cringle
Be Warned Intime Purifying Blood With Ayers Sarsaparilla
Be warned int ime kidney diseases may be prevented by purifying renewing and invigorating the blood with Ayers Sarsaparilla. When debility perverts kidney action these organs rob the blood of albumen and pass it in urine while worn out matter remains. Ayers Sarsaparilla restores kidneys to proper action and albuminuria falls away.
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Grant
Batile
John H. Traylor
Bradfin Asta
LaGrange
Tam Swit Srecoie Co
Atlanta
Kidney Disease Prevention Promoted by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
Advertisements claim Bright's Disease prevention and kidney inflammation relief from Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Testimonials from Mrs. Weld of Jamales Plain Massachusetts and W M McDonald of Boston report kidney health improvements after using the remedy. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is touted to restore appetite and strength amid long-standing kidney complaints.
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Ayer
Jas. W. Weld
Forest Hill St
Jamales Plain
Mass
W. M. McDonald
Summer St
Boston
John McLellan
Cor
Bridge and Third Sts
Lowell
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Mason
Owen Township
Phelps
NES
National Board of Health
Washington, D. C
State Board of Health of
Michana
Commissioner of Inland Revenue Department
Ottawa
Canada
Dr. Price
Saunders
Inland Revenue Department
Cresswall
Court Street
Louis Schertz
Yaad
Minneapolis
MisneaPouis
Minn
Milwaukee
Ed Turner
Beaver Dam
Wis
Janesville
Josiah Anderson
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
U.S. A
Cui
Shle R
GC. J. Rhodes
Misbler
A. Schellentrager
St. Caer Street
Cleveland
Mishlehr Hers Bitters CO
Commerce St
Philadelphia
Edna Parker
Tutt’s
New Yorks