Newton Principia Secured by Library of Congress
The Library of Congress obtained one of the rare first edition copies of Isaac Newton's Principia, a compact 1687 London work famed as a cornerstone of gravitation study. The copy was bought from Watson Davis, former Science Service editor, who relinquished it to the library upon its request.
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Isaac Newton
Library of Congress
London
Newton
England
Library of Congress Cepy
Watson Davis
Science Service
Samir Pepys
Royal Society
No Word or Deed but Leaves an Impression
A reflective meditation on small acts and tiny influences, suggesting chalk dust, a football, or a bird’s wingbeat can ripple through the world. The quotation attributes vast effects to minute items, arguing meaning lies in every action and word, even if uncertainties remain.
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Christian Lleralel
Minute Eyes of the Volvex Revealed by Dr Mist
Dr B S Mist of Johns Hopkins University explains the volvex, a minute green organism near still water. Each cell ranges from 200 to 2 200 in number and 01 to 000 millimeters in diameter, with cells working independently toward a common objective.
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Mist
Johns Hopkins University
Remembering Shakespeare Sparks Composer Travel in Stratford
A celebrated composer famed for Lonce and Juliet tours Stratford-on-Avon and views memorials. A friend describes an old cottage and asks who Shakespeare was, prompting a startled reply about setting Romeo and Juliet to music and a mistaken name.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Mibherasted
This Economy World quote by T. N Carver on improvidence
The excerpt critiques improvident races and poverty driven behavior. It argues against resistance to reform and defends social defenses. notes a danger to the poor and the need for responsible peoples and enduring institutions.
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T. N Carver
Figure This One Out Hat Dialog Puzzle
A fragmented dialogue jokes about a hat called miraculous by one speaker and misunderstood by another. The exchange hints at a “miracle hat” title while admitting uncertainty over who named or called it miraculous. The odd phrasing suggests a misheard nickname and a playful miscommunication.
Waltz Etymology Ties Dance to Roll and Turn
Dance Magazine discusses the word waltz tracing its German root welter meaning to roll and notes old English links to welfowing. It cites 1882 encyclopedia remarks on frantic turns and the term German vaults as fashionable in England. The article also mentions possible ties to volte or youth via horse riding and fencing.
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England
Walt
Sanatorium Miss Winner In Wood Slogan Contest
James E. Noble Jr. of Sanatorium Mississippi won first prize of 5000 in the National Lumber Manufacturers association Slogan for Wood contest. His motto Certified by Centuries of Service. The event awarded six grand prizes and 50 regional prizes of 1000 each totaling 15000. About 401000 people entered.
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Washington, D. C
James E. Noble Jr
Miss
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Hislogan
Synthetic Wood From Coal Promises Furniture Use
Scientists claim coal can be converted into synthetic wood from vegetable matter for furniture and other uses. The material is described as durable and heavy with a gas polish finish, and tropical regions are noted for rapid tree growth to supply raw material.
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Tropics
Fugitives Cited by Police After Narrow Escape
At police headquarters, Cusser identified both men involved in the chase that unfolded when a rain tied dhieted to a door and a pistol was brandished. Miss Reardon also identified the suspects amid the pursuing crowd.
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Dhieted
Othe
John I Cussen
Cusser
Cussed
Miss Reardon
New York Times
Classified notices from Athena area advertise sales and rentals
Mrs Laura Froom offers prunes for sale next week call at the Athena Hotel. Wanted work by the hour or day Mrs Fern Price Kidder cottage Fifth street Athena. For Rent Newly refinished and furnished five room cottage on Third street Mrs Lila Kirk. For Sale F B Wood offers Athena acreage for sale see him at Northern Pacific depot. For Sale Beautiful piano near Hanford must sell immediately $10 per month write Tallman Piano Store Salem Oregon for particulars. Piano sacrifice in storage near Athena partly paid for piano like new free delivery fully guaranteed will accept phonograph or other instruments in part payment write Geo Robison piano adjuster 208 Oak St Portland Oregon.
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Fern Price
Kidder Cottage
Fifth Street
Athena
Third Street
Lila Kirk
F. B. Wood
Northern Pacific
Hanford
Tallman Piano Store
Salem
Oregon
Geo Robison
Oak St
Portland
Oreron
Local Weston Social Notes and Dispatches From 1906
A roundup from Weston and nearby towns includes visits by Jimmy Froome to his uncle, local dances with La Brache Bros. orchestra, medical treatment in Walla Walla, and Mrs. Stone in Portland. Returns from South Africa and Prince Edward Island fans, hunting plans, horse trades totaling 560 dollars, plus a sick boy recovering and a boy avoiding blackberries after a stomach upset.
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Chas. Norris
M. M. Johns
D. H. Preston
Weston Wednes
Jimmy Froome
Prescott
Washington
J. E. Froome
E. L. Barnett
Attorney Peterson
Pendleton
Harry McBride
la Brache Bro
Weston
Ed Manasse
Walla Walla
A. B. Stone
Dr. Stone
Portland
Charley Norris
John Gillis
South Africa
America
Mr. Gillis
Prince Edward's Island
A. M. Gillis
Frank Swaggart
Charles Brown
John Day River
Mr. Brown
Ray Gallagher
Robt. Jamieson
Austin Foss
Spokane
J. Bloch
Fred Kershaw
John Benson
Ralph McEwen
Eugene
The
State University
T. J. Kirk
Grant Erhart
Sam Hutt
A. L. Swaggart
Tom Caton
Harp of Ireland Reappears in Trinity College Dublin
In the Gold Room at Trinity College Dublin a harp claimed as the Harp of Ireland rests. Legend says it traveled from Tara to Pope Alexander II after Brian Boru’s death, later passing through Henry VIII to the Earls of Clanricarde, then to a Limerick antiquary. Archaeologists date it to the 14th century.
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Trinity College
Dulin
Ireland
Tara
Brian Boru
Clontarf
Alexander II
Vatican
Henry VI
Henry VIII
Earl of Clanricarde
Limerick
Lamp's Long Sea Trip Mystery Object
A curious object bobbing on waves off north Wales was found with a brown coating and an Osram timbre mark. The item, identified as a plate one and a half miles across the water, drifted and sank with the sea, but eventually surfaced and moved in its usual manner.
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North Wales
Elreght
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Minute
J. A. Griffith
Luis (Wye) Herald
Laura Froom
Athena Hotel
Harp of Ireland
Lamp
McCormick-Deering and Superior
McCormick-Deering
Superior
Rogers @ Goodman
Mercantile Trust
J. E. Crawley
B. B Richards
Foley
Blader
Bolvig
Box
Orting
Chisign
D.r.shampoo
Company
Grian and Feed
Sperry
Lee Wilson
M’er
Babs
Duffield
Athena, Ore
Twin City Sanitary Cleaners
F. E. Smith
Milton Freewater
Penn Harris Barber Shop
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co
Athena Labor
Northwest
Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers
Waitsburg, Wash
First National Bank OF
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