Bronze hulls and biology topics in a 1900s science digest
The article notes the Brazilian boat Guanabara uses bronze construction to resist corrosive waters, with a bronze propeller shaft and propeller. It discusses mold and bacteria causing book discoloration, lion cub markings and evolutionary links, Panama Canal biogeography and calls for a biological survey, and a German study claiming the Gulf Stream strengthens and shifts due to wind and pressure patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guanabara
R. Lydekker
R. J. Pocock
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Chicago
Panama Canal
Panama
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Panaima Canal
Gulf Stream
German Marine Observatorium
Quick Sleep Aid From Sleep-Deprived Child
A Louisville Courier Journal item recounts a seven year old boy who, unable to sleep, tries a counting method proposed by his physician father. The child asks a perplexing question about what comes after trilligna as the father vanishes to his room, leaving the boy to ponder sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier- Journal
Dus Bey
Trilligna
Drowned Manuscript Loss On Cambridge Bridge
The Atlantic's first editor James Russell Sewell dropped a manuscript into the Charles River from Cambridge Bridge as his bat struck and it sank with papers. Efforts recovered the bat but the manuscript was lost to the river, leaving questions about the fate of the writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Sewell
the Atlantic
Cambridge Bridge
Loston
Dortium
Seppie
Aly
Unclear Source Text Card
The readable text is garbled and contains no discernible events or entities to summarize into a factual headline or summary. No person, place, or organization can be reliably identified for a valid news item.
No Stain on His Record and a Winter Ride
A New York clergyman, vacationing in the Adirondacks, is accused of stealing a setter dog by a local guide whose property the dog is. To prove innocence, the clergyman offers a two dollar bill, remarking on how odd his accusation feels and noting the driver later confirms he has never stolen anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddy
Guy
Guy Semington
Holbrook
Tie
New York
Doctor
Maddy Clyde
Europe
Paris
Agnes
Aikenside
Jessie
Madison Square
Itis
Clyde
John
Hemington
Lucy
Grandma Markham
Adirondacks
Dot
Questionable romance cited in anxious mother dialogue
Fragmentary Chicago News excerpt shows a mother probing her daughter about Gotrox intentions with exaggerated humor. Daughter reassures the mother claiming sincerity while referencing a dated social scene and family jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotrox
Papa
Chicago
Newa
Farm Wisdom and Animal Care for Efficient Rural Life
A composite set of farming notes covers manure use wood ashes and proper feeding to maximize crop and animal yields. It emphasizes careful manure management protecting roots, value of honest industrious youth, and the shift from horse power to brain power on the farm along with broader rural education and labor trends.
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Poarety
Pepe
Clare Epdecr Uchem
Sunnshine
Dr. Holbrook
Margaret Atherstone
Lacey
Cross
Miss Clyde
Guy Remington
Hocomerville
Ption
Remington
Noah
Farmer Green
Grandma
Here
Honedaie
Aikepside
Mr. Remington
Jun
Guy Hemington
Lonedale
Viora
Ows Reddy
Foundation
European
Germany
France
Netherlands
Department of Agriculture
United States
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