The First Clocks A Chronicle Of Timepieces
A London Globe article recounts early clocks from 1309 in Milan and 1344 in Padua, noting their astronomical functions and admiration. It mentions a 1280 first watch, a 70 year evolution from clock to watch, and an 18th century second hand addition in 1740. An alarm clock by Andrea Alciato reportedly lit a candle at a set hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padua
San Bustarigio
Milan
Andrea Alciato
London Globe
Browning and Lord Coleridge Quote on Reading Difficulty
Browning lent Lord Coleridge a poem and later the lord chief justice admitted he could not tell if he admired it. Browning answered that if a reader of Coleridge’s level understands only 10 percent, he should be content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Coleridge
Wasted Money and a Haircut Joke at the Warden’s Block
A brief cartoon caption features a warden promising six months for a crime and a prisoner lamenting bad luck after losing threepence. An advertisement for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup praises its teething relief and wind colic cure, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
Cyclopedias Spark Office Sale Debate
A business caller asks what causes the racket as two agents push the boss toward buying rival cyclopedias. The office boy explains the two competing products are being pitched, fueling the commotion at the door.
Cuticura Soap Aids Child From Severe Skin Disease
A mother recalls her year and a half old son's terrifying skin illness with open sores spreading to his body. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the sores healed in two months and he regained health, prompting the nurse narrator to endorse the remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert Sheldon
R. F. BD
Litchfield
Conn
Changes in boys faces by naval service and world science
A discussion of youths shipped to the British navy noting facial changes, plus innovations in farming disease resistance including Japanese chestnuts, and advances in electric candle design by German researchers. It covers reinforced concrete chimneys for factories, copper and coal transport control by monopolies, and Alaska copper wealth with the Bonanza mine and Copper River Railroad plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Messrs
Timar and
von Dreger
Germany
E. R. Matthews
Concrete Institute
Wood Used In Dirigible Build Promises Lighter Frame
Prof Schutte's new dirigible near Mannheim shows wooden frame work nearly finished at Rheinau. Wood is chosen to save weight and reduce atmospheric electricity, with a 138 meter balloon length and 17 meter max diameter. Eleven inner balloonets mimic Zeppelins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Schutte
Dantzig
Rheinau
Mannheim
Kolnische Zeitung
Alaska Copper Deposits Worth Billions Said Found
The article notes Alaska holds vast copper wealth with a $26,000,000 mine named The Bonanza attracting major interests like the Guggenheims. Benjamin B. Hampton asserts Alaska’s copper wealth may rival its gold, implying enormous potential for the territory’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guggenheims
Alaska
Benjamin B. Hampton
Hampton
Souvenir Seekers at Louisa May Alcott House
Tourists trespass on the Concord residence of Louisa May Alcott to seize grasshoppers as keepsakes from her lawn. A hotel telephone complaint about a noisy piano leads to a crowd outside Signor Busoni’s concert, highlighting the theme that one must accept limits and navigate family rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa M. Alcott
Concord
Miss Alcott
Hotel Astor
New York Herald
Ferruccio Busoni
Something for Everybody in Early 20th Century Doings
A roundup of varied notes from 1909 era including compulsory old age insurance in select European countries, London match usage, a year of clock ticks, and hair gray patterns. It mentions Korea customs, Bahia Blanca as a rising wheat port, and the Farthing Gazette in Moscow. Also recollections of Peter the Great with Halley, a Manila typhoon station plan, Siam tin and copper resources, and humorous anecdotes from military history.
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London
Korea
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
South America
Farthing Gazette
Moscow
Peter the Great
Russia
England
Halley
Deptford
Peter
John Evelyn
Edward FitzGerald
Omar Khayyam
Miss Eden Churchyard
Woodbridge
Neil
Meteorological Observatory
Mt. Mirador
Philippines
China Sea
China
Santo Domingo de Basco
Batan
Philippine Weather Bureau
Manila
Siam
Malay Peninsula
Abu Klea
Nubian
South Pole
Peary
South Polar
Shackleton
Mounts Erebus
Terror
Collier’s
Science
Farce Dialogue on War Costs and Posterity
A reporter asks who will pay to place the country on a complete war footing. Senator Lotsman replies that the burden falls on posterity, possibly of foreign powers, and offers imported perfectos as a distraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotsman
Juvenile Ignorance Prompted by A Tax Question
A humorous vignette features a boy named Tommy asking about his worth and the assessor’s fine for owning “all that.” Mr Tucker replies with four thousand dollars, prompting Tommy to question why a tax assessment applies to his possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Paw
Tucker
Doan's Kidney Pills Cured Watseka Man’s Kidney Pain
Charles Haster of East Locust Street Watseka Illinois suffered severe back pain, weight loss, and weakness for six months with pale cloudy urine. After trying various remedies he used Doan's Kidney Pills and gradually recovered with lasting results. Tor sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Roster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles Haster
East Locust St. Watseka
Donan
Doan’s. Tor Gale
Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Everyday Philosophy Verse On Fortune And Cheer
A short reflective verse counsels perseverance despite failed schemes. It urges a cheerful walk with a hidden hurt, suggesting fortune remains elusive and mood can mask deep disappointment.
Deafness Cure Promised By Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated by constitutional remedies. It asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, often due to catarrh, and offers a $100 reward for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Druggists sell Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hali
A Cautious Judge In a Murder Trial In Ireland
A judge halted a murder trial after weak evidence and directed a Not Guilty verdict. A famed defense lawyer sought to address the court for his fee, and the judge quipped that to prevent an accident they would first acquit the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Vegetable Compound Promises Cure for Female Ills
A Black Duck Minnesota reader reports recovery from Retroflexion using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter touts the remedy as a decades tested tonic, urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice in Lynn Massachusetts, and endorses the product for restoring vitality and health.
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Black Duck
Minn
SK. Pinkham
Big Baby
Anna Anderson
Lydia B. Pinkham
United States
Lydia K. Pinkham
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California Fig Syrup Co
Mississippi
Ike Chase
Dolliver
Iowa
Canada
Saya
Hearta
Ottawa
Eb.t. Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
Louisiana Plantations
E. J. Hamley & Son
Lake Providence
Harper’s
Belfast
Postum Cereal Co
Battse Cree
Michigan
U ‘Ise
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Mor
pan-Guggenheims
Geological’ Survey
Montana
Arizona
Bonanza
Copper River District
Geological Survey
Copper River
Sweden
Spain
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. L. Douglas
Boya
Ll. Douglan
Atampin Hia
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton, Mass
Coleman
Wallington, D.C
Gere the
Thompsons
SONY
Dr. Pierce
Steve
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Strete
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