An 1800s Cowskin Tale of German War Thrift
The Prussian war office recalls a case from the Soor campaign where a guards regiment lost a cowskin used as rations. Despite months of inquiry no single culprit was found, and after 14 to 15 months the colonel paid 3 thalers, and the matter was dropped.
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Germany
Prussian War Office
Soor
Lacy
War Office
Grenadier Guards
Costly Accidents From Deep Mines And Flooded Caverns
Immense industrial schemes fail disastrously as storms flood English mines. The Tin mine near the sea flooded after pumping and repairs fail. The Speedwell tread mine in Derbyshire bore 8,000 feet into a hill, but a hidden cavern and water forced abandonment after 40,000 tons dumped. The Bottomless Pit endures as a remembered rift.
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London Answers
England
Speedwell
Derbyshire
Yawning as a Monkey Gesture Among Primates
The baboon family shows a distinct habit of signifying by yawning, likely started as a threat display with teeth. The gesture may cause an involuntary yawn in others, and two unfamiliar baboons in a shared cage will yawn at each other, especially when provoked by visitors.
Crystal forms of fats under microscopic view
Small samples of butter lard and beef fat are boiled cooled for 24 hours and examined under a microscope. Butter crystals are large globular with a bright polarization and a St Andrew's cross, lard crystals are stellate, and beef fat crystals are foliated. Over time butter crystals degrade into rosette forms.
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St Andrew's Cross
Old Verbs and Lazing in Early English Verse
Notes and Queries cites Samuel Rowlands 1610 where layterers laze in the street lurk in alehouses and range in the highwales. The term appears in Mortimer Collins lyrica with lines about Cupid and lazery lasses and light oaths.
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Samuel Rowlands
Martin Markall
Mortimer Collins
Will Power Keeps Hiw Up Claims Rise
Atchison Globe notes a recurring claim that only force of will sustains Hiw, reflecting editorial skepticism about self-denial and persistence as sole drivers. The piece surveys opinions and situational factors influencing such assertions.
The Knightly Love of Anne and Andrew Jackson
A Kentucky frontier tale follows Anne a fifteen year old girl who loves Andrew Jackson. A plot to kill Jackson spurs her to ride to Hungerford's woods to warn him despite danger, ending with Jackson uplifting her dying form and pledging protection in a grim wartime setting.
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Alleghanies
Anne
Bey
Leroda
Nan
Lisa
Hungerford
Andrew Jackson
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Mather
Harry Clay
Huthgerford’s
Larry Clay
Ottercreek
Thungerford
Montagie
Jose
Mistress Tangerford
Tennessee
Desert Not Dreary Says Ray Stannard Baker Quote
In Century magazine Baker argues the arid desert is not dreary or cheerless but hopeful and strong while human mining towns and herds create ugliness and pollution. He frames deserts as calm, clean, and noble until people arrive with destructive industry.
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Ray Stannard Baker
Round peg in square holes blames misdirected work choices
The piece argues much wasted effort arises when people forced into unsuitable careers. Ambitious parents push youths toward professions ill suited to their talents, while true callings in art farming or carpentry are neglected, yielding many life defeats from forcing a round peg into a square hole.
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Harper’s Bazar
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