Oddball Dispatches From Far and Near Tales of Machines and Mischief
A column of curious items spans many topics from Panama Canal spending to giant industrial wheels. The piece notes Baldwin locomotives buried at a ditch site and a 53 foot sand wheel for Calumet and Hecla Copper Company. It also covers a Hangchow court martial, failed artificial egg ventures, humane horse homes, and experimental animal death methods. Additional anecdotes include a crippled Delaware train worker, Jay Gould quirks, and a Missouri election wager remembered in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesseps
Goverment
France
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Gays
Paldwin
Scranton
Penn
Calumet and Hecla Copper Company
Lake Superior
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Hangchow
Solomon
T’ienshe
Newark
N. J
Lso
Cobble Pickers In Johnstown Iron Dump Described
A New York Times report portrays cobble pickers at Johnstown iron dumps, with 200 daily workers including women and children aged 8 to 16. They dig cinders for iron cobbles, weigh and voucher each pile, and earn 10 to 40 dollars monthly while poverty and degradation rise. An elderly former businessman is cited, and church groups have tried to curb the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel Works
Johnstown
Iron Company
Church
Johanstown
New York
Indian Garden of Eden Legends of Mt Desart Island
Ancient Mt Desert lore says Eden lies on the island with the first people born of a golden haired youth and hazel eyed beauty. She binds him with a cord of his hair and learns corn from a green stalk seeds, then they and their offspring watch over Earth from the Sickie. An abrupt humorous note recalls a Connecticut plumber’s water and hot lead experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Desert
Eden
Maine
Monicha
Lewiston (Me
Connecticut
Statistics Interesting to Apiarians
Summary of beekeeping reports from Gleanings in Bee Culture detailing prices for comb honey and extracted honey, percentages secured, quality and season ratings, and feeding patterns. It notes New York World prizes for accurate state election returns, with rapid, precise reporting timing on election night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tor New York World
New York State
Catarrh Cure Claims Clergyman’s Victory
A clergyman long tormented by catarrh found a remedy that cured him and saved his life. Readers sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence will receive the recipe free of charge. An unrelated Scotland study notes a tortoise walking a mile in four hours.
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J. A. Lawrence
H.G. Root
M. C
Pearl St
New York
Kemp's Balsam Promises Relief for Coughs and Consumption
The rush on druggists continues daily with many calling for Kemp's Balsam and its Threat and Lungws for coughs colds asthma bronchitis and consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the standard family remedy, is sold with a guarantee and offers trial size free.
Man May Wear Epaulets Yet Be Only a Drummer
A report notes that a musician can wear epaulets as part of a band uniform while serving strictly as a drummer. The distinction between rank insignia and role remains a point of interest in uniform etiquette.
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Treasury Department
Mr. Bergh
Joan T. Trainon
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Stoo
Tinor
Crane
Amman
Pritchett
Uervile
Seld
Mr. Thompson Hiles
J. H
Robert Oldham
Charleston Navy Yard
Balgklava
Inkerman
Sebastopol
Marine Corps
Jay Gould
L” Road
Mr. Gould
St. Louis
J. J. Bissell
Cleveland
Bissell
Harrison
West Chester
Chester County
Port Townsend
Ore
Texas
Norristown
Podenbach
Bohemia
Mimtiaa
Com
Tt. Fain
Zoe
St. St. 1
Suis
Swift
Ceveliant
Beck
Drawer
Atlanta
Scotland
Mahpeahwakosta
Isaac Thompson
Fox
Hood
Apotheraries
Lowell
AULA
Lancenrs
Bivery
Tylesdeeld
Nickel
Japan
Ney
Walhted
Rms Free Brevister Miz. Co
Holly, Mich
Avery
Binghamton
al Adere
Blair's
Mok
ANT. Kennebunkpert
Lawefree
Witon
D.C
Cincingnati
Augusta
Rators
Pico
The
Edy Co
Payette
Lad
Bryant
Mais
Buffalo
Fen & Telleur
J ‘i. Hong
Srista
Pim Pyems
Ie Ami
Yeuderer
Eaprees Ams
L. Douclas
Centlemen
Schom OL Shos L. Douglas
Esneberi Ce
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Balgia
Sciatica
Lumbago
Vni
Charles A Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Natarry
Ely
ELY Pros
Warra St
Fen
Sorme
S. Larry
Allegheny
EPPS
Epy
Tin Service Gazette
Thun
James Epp
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