How Water Causes a Fire in a Lab and On Stage
A water bottle in sunlight can act as a burning glass concentrating rays to ignite nearby combustibles, starting fires in storerooms. The piece also recalls lighthearted vignettes: a shipwreck survivor on the Owl train and a calm Liverpool man revealing a fire engine misinterpretation, plus a quip about losing an umbrella and a museum manager’s tale of amputation fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Uncle Sam
Liverpool
London
Aunt Betsy Snack Box Misfit Sparks Postal Joke
A humorous vignette follows Aunt Betsy and a meek buyer John Tenbrook in a Chicago store as a gift of boxed shaving soap is rejected with a note from the niece. The piece shifts to a classic riddle about old overcoats fading away through a chain of owners ending with disappearance, as recounted by the Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Betsy
Ashman
John Tenbrook
Chicago News
Chicago Tribune
Dying Man Defies Spiritual Counsel at Deathbed
A gravely ill man near death feigns indifference to religion, evading the minister’s questions. Rev Paul Weyand visits at Morningside and asks if the patient desires heaven, to which the man replies that heaven is the very place he has resisted for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Weyand
Morningside
Pittsburg
Simplicity in Funerals Emphasized by Jewish Tradition
A Jewish American writer praises simple burial practices as equitably modest. He notes inexpensive coffins and uniform linen shrouds stress equality in death while modern rituals and wealthier trends pressure both rich and poor.
Poor William and the Marriage Debate in Verse
A quip filled piece references William and a 3000 dollar income as a wedding hurdle. Mentions The Battle of the Baltic and Ye Mariners of England as notable martial poems with Sir Philip Sidney’s praise of Chevy Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
England
Philip Sidney
Chevy Chase
Silk Hat Public Debut Sparks Silly Gaffe
In a comically mangled report the article notes a man’s first public appearance in a silk hat causing amused reactions as bystanders react to the unusual style and scent. The piece mixes humor with social observation about fashion and etiquette in public spaces.
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Hlengs News
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Anniston Banking & Loan CO
M. B. Wellborn
Lincoln’s
Liver
THE
Lincoln Medicine CO
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Lincoln
Perteure
M. Miller
Stickney’s Pharmacy
J. G. Wikle
Banner
Inien
Pacific Railroad
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
J. F. Aglar
St. Louis, Mo
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
China
U. S. Army
Standard American Annual
Pulitzer Bldg
New York
Cksonville, Ala
Wiploma
Cataogue
W. Daugette
Jack
Sarah Bernhardt
America
Jeanne d'Arc
Chicago
Japan
Richard Manafield
Mansfield
Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
Hickard
Bennet
William
Bat
Deslight
New Boston
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Noble Street
Hople
Aper
City
Oxford, Oxania
Jacksonville
Piedmont
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