Bukharest: Roamian capital praised for culture and design
An extended National Geographic note lauds Bukharest as Romania's capital blending Paris and Vienna models. It highlights broad boulevards, bridges over the Dambovita, royal Palace, university, national theater, and a strong educational scene while noting some squalid districts and a thriving cultural life.
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Bukharest
Roumenia
National Geographic Society Gava
Balkan
Lfe
Bukhbarest
Paris
Berlin
Washington
Dambovita
Royal Palace
University
National Theater
Palace of Justice
Vienna
Buklarest
Surrender with honors in siege warfare described by Pearson’s
The piece explains the honors of war where a beaten garrison exits with colors, trophies, and self-led march, not as prisoners but as free men. Officers carry swords, march under their own banners, saluted by successors, as the fortress falls to the victor.
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Daish
Pearson
You Might Like to Try It and the Self Multiplication
A London Globe note contemplates a method of repeated squaring for fifteen and its variations. It estimates completing twenty-eight years of daily ten hour work to perform fifteen self multiplications, illustrating the scale of a colossal mathematical task.
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London Globe
Candied Cherries and a Racing Car Purchase
A recipe describes making candied cherries with a light syrup using half a pine of water to each half cup sugar, boiling, and repeatedly salting and resting the fruit over several days before packing. The item also notes Renkin-Heanbrough buying a $5,000 racing car to outrun collectors, per Puck.
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Virginia Chowchow
Aloga
Renkin — Heanbrough
Rankie
Puck
spans the world of color and its wide uses
A fragment describes color science spanning medicine and surgery, claiming natural products of the country yield a vast spectrum of shades and have worked wonders across industries and practices.
Winding a Clock for Accuracy and Longevity
A guide explains winding a timepiece to avoid wear and irregularity. Winding should occur at a consistent daily time, avoiding letting the movement run down. Winding in both morning and evening at similar hours helps the clock reach optimal tension without overstrain.
From Coal Tar to Color Industry Foundations
A historical account traces how coal tar derivatives seed the modern color industry, linking aniline, alizarin, and vanillin to madder substitutes, dyes, medicines, antiseptics, and fragrances. It notes the shift from agriculture to chemistry, the disappearance of madder fields, and the broad economic impact, with anecdotal quotes from the era.
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Castron
Ens
France
Holland
Department of Life
Centar
New York Times
Homomada Toothpowder Formula Improves Dental Care
A simple tooth powder recipe combines precipitated chalk carbonate of soda and orris root. Mix well and sieve to a fine powder. Pack in jars or tins for use. Soda removes grease and delays decay while orris root helps keep gums healthy.
Fragmented Klatch of Quips and Humorous Snippets
A collage of轻 witty remarks and comic lines from 19th century papers. It cites Edward Everett Hale and Thomas Carlyle on American traits, jokes about widowhood and husbands, and quips from Kansas City Journal and Boston papers, ending with a brash domestic teaser about a bride and housekeeping.
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America
Edward Everett Hale
Thomas Carlyle
Margaret Fuller
Carlyre
Care of Garments and Wildlife Horn Growth Report
The article discusses clothing upkeep noting dust and body moisture foster tiny bacteria that weaken fibers. It also mentions animal horn growth in deer and elk, describing velvet shedding, antler hardening, and seasonal shedding patterns across species.
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New York American
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S. J. Lieuwen
Mer
Roumania’s
Pilegmari
Beit Meng Ameri
Regio
Geld
Pittsburgh Press
Thoman Jeferson
Poupattuna
Cooke
Elin
Horge
Gog
Honaton Post
Kansas City Journal
Fletcher
Sam
Astoria
Toria
Iver
New York
Vale Our
Uthe
Nuiphrey, Homeo, Madivine Co., Wel SL
Humphreys
Gifron
Wintien
St. New York
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