Giants and gadgets and a world of curiosities in news
A compilation of varied notes. It reports Germany’s farm totals and owner cultivation, compares Western ranch yields to mining output, and muses on oil replacing coal for ships. It mentions a horse hat in France, Herodotus, Peters and ancient white men, Chinese registration data, British cooking, and a large gun’s velocity. It ends with a poetic verse on perseverance.
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Bordeaux
France
Stanley
Herodotus
Peters
Nyanza
Smoggy Row keeps secrets as romance blooms quietly
In Smoky Row a boarding house tale unfolds with Mr Calthorn, his daughter Nora, and handsome Lionel Lutherlyn. A mistaken burglary leads to a backstairs confrontation then a friendship forged over breakfast. Months later a wedding reveals Lutherlyn as Smoky Row’s owner, changing all perceptions.
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Mr. Calthorn
Nora
Tiohel Luthellyi
Mr. Lutherlyn
Betty
Lionel Lutherlyn
A Scout's Close Call In An Indian Camp
A friend recalls Doctor W. F. Carver trapping in Minnesota with Brewster. In a dug-out he confronts chiefs White Antelope Whistler and Fat Bear who dine, sparking a fierce escape where Carver uses a blazing stick and pistol to kill the three attackers. Also notes Second sight claim and John Stewart of Invernesshire.
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W. F. Carver
Minnesota
Brewster
Carver
Koola
White Antelope
Whistler
Fat Bear
Louisville Courier Journal
John Stewart
Belladrum
Tnvernesshire
Beverley
Prize joke fragment from Chicago Inter Ocean fragment
A fragmented school prize joke is cited from Chicago Inter Ocean noting a pupil named Johnny and a sick winner Jimmy. The brief exchange questions who carried off the first prize and hints at a humorous misunderstanding involving the prize and the sick winner.
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Johaony
Johnny
Jimmy
Chicago
Great Library Sets Cost and Size for Congress Building
A detailed description of the Library of Congress rise near Washington notes its massive 468 by 936 foot footprint plus a 36 foot entrance. The four curtain halls enclose a hollow square with an octagonal reading room under a 100 foot dome and three wings forming four courts. The Italian renaissance exterior features gray granite and ornate friezes with carved keystones and cosmopolitan faces. The project, costing 4 million dollars, will house about 1.5 million volumes.
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Congressional Library
Washington
Potomac
Library of Congress
National Capitol
Capitol
America
Greece
Repairing an Ocean Cable Story
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report explains how oceanic telegraph cables are repaired after breaks. It describes locating faults by measuring resistance, using grapnels and dynometers to hook and pull the cable, and splicing ends once both directions test clear.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
New Sleep Theory Discussed by Rosenbaum and Cappe
The New York Tribune reports on Herr Rosenbaum's theory that sleep results from water buildup in brain cells affecting circulation and nervous action. It notes Cappe's Edinburgh view that venous congestion in the pia mater and dispersion of blood can trigger sleep, with infants potentially having higher brain water content.
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Herr Rosenbaum
Wéiitely
Rosenbaum
James Cappe
Edinburgh
New York Tribune
Uncle Sam Had a Chinese Soldier
A Philadelphia Record item notes that Lt Jackson of Company H US Infantry revealed a Chinaman served in his unit for twenty years. He was the only Chinese soldier in the US Army he knew, praised as a good soldier, with Camp Zook officers present.
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United States
Jackson
United States Infantry
Camp Zook
Jesse Baker
United States Army
Philadelphia Record
Weekly Constitution Promotes National Service and Global News
The Weekly Constitution urges readers to support the magazine in shaping responsible legislation. It claims unmatched national influence, with world coverage and reporters across Southern and Western states, promising benefits to readers, neighbors, and the country.
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Constitution
America
Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Frank R. Stockton
Joel Chandler Harris
Suc
Bill Arp
Sarge Plunkett
Wallace P. Reed
Frank L. Stanton
Virarsia
Texas
Missouri
California
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New York
Everbody
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Arkansas
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Connecticut
Florida
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Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Henry Thompson
London
London Spectator
Persia
Sparta
Rome
New York News
England
Germany
Sandy Hook
Smoky Row
Helen Whitney Clare
No. 13
Sam
Clariea
The
Atlanta Weekly
Atlanta, Ga
Europe
Congress
the Farm and Farmers’ Department
the Women's Department
the Children's Department
the Constitution
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