Diverse scientific notes scattered across decades of discovery
The text surveys various topics from a life preserver using calcium carbide to Venusian mountains and polar shifts. It cites observations by Ausundsen, Isidor Kitsee on cellulose insulation, Langley’s bolometer advances, cork forests in Italy and Spain, brain weights across ages and notable figures like Turgeneff and Gambetta, followed by remarks on butterfly farms and Charles Lamb recollections.
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Venus
Herr Arendt
Posen
America
Ross
Ausundsen
Isidor Kitsee
Smithsonian
Langley
Italan
Sicily
Sardinia
Calabria
Spain
M. Marchand
Marbourg
Turgeneff
Gambetta
Bcarcely
Glimpses of Mary Lamb and Her Famous Brother Charles
Notes on Charles Lamb from Rev G B Davies reveal Mary Lamb’s birthdays and other details. The account recalls Lamb’s close ties with Mrs Hume’s family, Mary’s plea to be taken away during fits, and Lamb’s comforting presence as an elder brother in a houseful of girls.
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Charlies
G. 8. Davies
Charterhouse
Godalming
London Bookman
Charles Lamb
Lamb
Hume
Mary Lamb
Charles
Rainmaking Experiment Captures Attention in Australia
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a designer claims to induce rain by releasing a gas from three centers for up to thirty-two hours. He asserts rain can form across a ninety mile zone at any altitude with any sky and wind, creating tropical showers from a vacuum in atmospheric layers.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Yankee Model Frauds and Their Rehashed French Tricks
The piece discusses how French swindlers imitate American con artists and notes a long running local scam in which a man and boy set up a pitcher breaking bet. A boy distracts with a swinging pitcher while the man bets on a broken pitcher to rob a victim before reaching the corner.
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New York Sun
More Than His Share
Terence a jovial Irish hod carrier works on a new building. The building owner asks if his brother is a bishop, noting unequal fortunes. Terence answers yes and reflects that the good things of life are not evenly divided, stating the brother could not do this to save his life.
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Terence
Terry
Sor
Not as Crazy as He Seemed
A Toledo real estate man bought an old dock at Manhattan Ohio for 500 dollars a year ago. He sold the oak and walnut logs from the dock and has earned 20 000 dollars with more expected. The dock was sixty years old and water curing increased the log value.
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Toledo
Manhattan
Marvellous Menagerie on Ohio Farm
A remarkable display on an Ohio farm features wild beasts ingeniously carved from roots and branches. Gardens orchards and fields host a toy Noah's Ark of living wood sculptures crafted from natural materials and imagination.
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Ohio
The Real American Girl Portraits of Working Life
A historical reflection contrasts the typical American girl with leisure class depictions. It argues real women balance work in kitchens factories offices and schools with tasteful dress and ambition to grow in mind and spirit. The piece credits public kindness and humanity for civilization’s progress and laments antique cruelties.
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William Allen White
Home Decoration Emphasizes Healthful Wood Floors
The Iowa Homestead advises that proper home decoration should prioritize health and simplicity. It favors hard wood floors with rugs over carpets, minimal furnishings, quality photographs over cheap chromes, papered walls over white expanses, and plain wood and leather over tapestry or stiff set furniture.
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Iowa Homestead
Mrs Van Der Vaart Champions Illinois Child Labor Law
Mrs Slarriet M Van Der Vaart led the push for Illinois child labor reform as chair of the Industrial Committee of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs. She toured factories, compiled statistics, and earned broad praise from club women.
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Slarriet M. van der Vaart
Illinois
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Illinois Federation
van der Vaart
Chicago
The Future Is with the Gentle and Meek
A reflective passage notes kindness rising as a trend and time not truly moving backward. It contrasts past brutal cruelties such as gladiators, chained prisoners, and slavery with a slower pivot toward gentleness, foreseeing a calmer era where pity returns.
Mrs John Redmond Named Ireland's Leading Parliamentary Figure
The article extols John E. Redmond as Ireland's premier parliamentarian in London. It notes his leadership of the Irish Nationalist party, oratorical skill, and strong presence. It also describes Mrs Redmond as a supportive, literary inclined figure, born Miss Beesley, married in 1899.
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John FE. Redmond
Ireland
London
Westminster
John E. Redmond
Napoleon
England
Redmond
Beesley
Mothere Read This Carefully On Feeding Young Children
Guidance on feeding rapidly growing children warns against overfeeding and rich foods. It advises one small daily portion, thorough chewing, and avoiding wine beer confections and between meal snacks. It notes summer illnesses stem from improper food and stresses abstinence from laudanum paregoric or teething remedies.
Hair Signs in Japan Reveal Marital Intent Through Hair
In Japanese custom women express marital status via hair styling. Maidens position the front hair as a fan or butterfly with ornaments, widows seeking new husbands pin hair at the back with tortoise shell pins, and widows committed to fidelity cut hair short and wear no decoration.
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Japan
Expensive Steak Burns Money in Denver Toast
A Denver woman bought a 30 cent beefsteak for 300 dollars, deposited the cash in an envelope on a table, later used the money as kindling in the kitchen, and after cooking the steak she tried to recover the money at the mint but was dismissed with laughter.
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Denver
Don’t Complaain About Time And Purpose
A reflective aphorism on the human tendency to lament scarce time while wasting it. The passage laments living in idleness or aimless activity and treating days as endless despite the desire for more productive use of life.
Old Fashioned Garden Ends In Angered Union
The verse recalls a couple sowing a garden in an old-fashioned fashion leading to a quarrel and breakup. Bleeding hearts and bachelor’s buttons symbolize their separation as anger and decay take hold, culminating in an unexpected marriage noted by Frank Leslie’s.
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Frank Leslie
Reddys Pluck Described By Manila Club Storytellers
In a Manila Club recount, Captain Oldsborough recalls Corporal Reddy a young Connecticut native from a hat shop who led sixteen men against a native band near Tayabas Province. Reddy is wounded but loads troops during a stubborn siege then dies after prayer as the squad endures 28 hours ambushed and starving.
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Manila Club
Manila
Oldsborough
Tayabas
Tle
Connecticut
Reddy
Bunkle
Acting the Part in a New Married Life
A bride asks her groom to play the part of an old married man after their wedding. He jokes he cannot, then at the hotel he stays out until 4 am playing cards with friends. The bride weeps, and he asks if he is “doing the old married man like a daisy.” The couple later remains married, with the episode known to others.
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Henry
Long-Felt Want Inspires Inkstand Humiliation Joke
The Century recalls Dr. Holmes's fondness for odd desk accessories like pencil sharpeners and penholders on his study table. He quipped that an unmucilage brush that cannot enter an inkstand would spare him moments of humiliation, a remark attributed to an inventor’s latest contrivance.
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Dr. Holmes
Plate Glass Sight Gag From Philadelphia Ledger
A humorous line from the Philadelphia Public Ledger features an old gentleman asking to view spectacles to see better, while a new clerk quips that watching over them is as effective as looking through them. The exchange highlights a playful take on eyewear.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Proper Classification and Witty Quips
The passage recalls quips from a St Louis lumberman noting distinctions between kin and lineage, and a jab about women and corsets as the only steel they battle, reflecting humor and social banter of the era.
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Gunbusta
St. Louis
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William Watkins
Eastbourne
France
Museums of Natural History
Hazlitt
Goodwin
Campbell
New Rain
Nero
Caligula
Julius Norregard
Mrs. van der Vaart
New York Evening Post
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