Evolution of the bicycle from Draisine to modern velocipede
The article traces the bicycle’s origins with Baron von Drais and the Draisine in Europe and America, noting 1818 introductions, the Bowery craze, and the later 1865 Lallemant innovation with front crank attachment. It explains gradual improvements transforming the bone shaker into today’s bicycle and ends with leather seam distinctions in garment making.
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Baron von Drais
Germany
England
America
New York
Bowery
Chatham Street
City Hall Park
St. Nicholas
Pierre Lallemant
Edward Gilman
Lallemant
The Arab Horse and Bee Culture in California
Bee culture thrives in Southern California with a merchant owning 160 hives, each housing 45,000 bees for 7.2 million bees total. The article also weighs Arab horse value against American trotters, noting Arab endurance, soundness, and small size, plus Clay stock lineage and notable sires like Grand Bashaw and George Wilkes.
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California
England
America
Russia
France
Arabia
Randolph Huntington
Rochester
N. Y
Anazeh
Naomi
Cold Spring Harbor
Long Island
George Wilkes
Boston Post
Florid lawyer defends cheesemonger in libel action
In a Beefsteak Garrick tale a florid lawyer, counsel in a libel case for a provision merchant against a local paper, tells the jury the client is a cheesemonger and compares reputation to peach bloom that with a touch withers.
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Garrick
London
Hall Catarrh Cure ad and stock exchange note
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh cure claim and promotes Hall Catarrh Cure with testimonials from Toledo druggists. The note also states a Boston Stock Exchange seat sold for ten thousand dollars.
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F.J
Toledo
Lydia E. Pinkham and eye-water claim and French bank data
The fragment mentions Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments and eye-water sold for 2 cents per tile. It also cites Druggists and a faint feeling among the best female population. A note claims 350 cotton mills in the South. It records 5,759,856 savings bank books in France on January 1, 1891.
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Lydia & Puebkene
France
Flin Restorer Claims Quick Cure and Free Trial Bottle
Dr. Kline promotes GREAT NERVE Restorer with a no-fit claim after first day use. Offers a treatise and a $2 trial bottle. Ad cites Dr. Kline at 031 Arch St Philadelphia and touts widespread health warnings and etiquette guides. Tornado damage notes in Texas poultry, while Lydia Pinkham and decorum guides are urged for mothers and daughters. Washington introduces double decked street cars. C 31.
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Flin
Burros Pack Governor Axtell's Moving Car Joke
A New Mexico anecdote recalls ex Governor Axtell sending two burros to his Cleveland home. The Lake Shore freight agent reported missing two bureaus and two jackasses, prompting the reply to place himself in the burros' position.
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New York Tribune
Axtell
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore Road
Glove Making Terms Explained in Historic Note
A discussion of glove terminology describes leather as a trunk and finger pieces as fourchettes. It details quirks or gussets joining fourchettes, the slit welt binding the opening, and the top welt added at the glove’s top.
Royalty With Simple Childhood
The German Empress and the Princess of Wales share a background of simple, bourgeois upbringing. It notes the Danish Princesses, led by the Princess of Wales, sewed their own outfits. Their father Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein lacked funds for a private carriage, using hired equipage for travel.
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Princess of Wales
Prince Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein
Pall Mail Gazette
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Promises Refund if Not Satisfied
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a tonic for girls entering womanhood and feminine health issues. It claims to strengthen the system regulate functions and ease delicate female ailments with a guaranteed money back offer if unsatisfied.
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Pierce
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Setat
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