Honeybee Queen Safeguards Against Poison Honey
A Scientific American piece outlines how honeybee queens are protected from toxic honey through layered internal defenses. Workers, attendants, and the hive’s digestive processes act to dilute or deny poisons, while the queen continually moves and receives food only in controlled amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itis Isles
Hutie
Asiatic
Turkey
Nenophon
Leney
Armenti
Pirtheras
Bois
Withes
Letes
Scientific American
Isiriy
Wax forms and show figures in a Philadelphia workshop
In a large workshop dealers mold and finish wax heads hands and bodies for show figures. Heads cost 7 to 50 dollars with glass eyes and human hair. Workers describe the wax process from molten wax poured into hollow molds to eyelids brows and hair applied with specialized needles. Papier mache limbs are also produced and drying, painting and powdering follow. Imitation and piracy of designs are common as thousands of copies flood the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville
America
Philadelphia Press
Quote on Thomas and a dollar chase
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution references Brer Thomas still stealing at the world. The dialogue notes his fixation on earning a dollar and someone offering 50 cents. The line reflects streetwise humor about thrift and mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Atlanta Constitution
Dueling in German Universities and Their Fighting Corps
Fritz Morris describes the enduring dueling culture in German universities with fighting corps such as Borussia Bonn Saxo Prussia Heidelberg and others. He explains honor duels and by agreement tournaments with mensur bouts, uniforms, and strict codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borussia
Bonn
Hohenzollern
Saxo-prussia
Meidelberg
Hohenzollerns
Rhenania
University of Wurtzburg
Norma
Berlin
Franconia
Munch
Hannovera
Bismarck
Fichter
Gottingen
Fritz Morris
Illustrated Sporting News
Rare 1902 Virginia cough remedy tale in local press
In a winter tale from Melfa Station Virginia a mother recounts using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to save her baby from a severe cold that threatened pneumonia She credits the remedy with curing the infant and thanks the manufacturers She notes local merchants H R Palmer Son and W J Smith Bro carried the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John KE. Harmon
Melfa Station
H. R. Palmer & Sona
W. J. Smith & Bro
Bonds of Friendship Evolve With Age and Experience
The piece explores how friendships deepen or shift as people age, noting that long-standing bonds can endure while new ones form in later life. It contrasts youthful constancy with the steadier, more selective ties that persist, referencing Coleridge and Emerson to frame aging and social ties. It also promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a blood poison cure with testimonials and home care details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Collier’s Weekly
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Tax Executions To Be Collected By Oisy Marshal
All tax executions for 1908 have been placed in my hands for collection. It would pay all delinquents to see me at once as I expect to levy the files as soon as possible if they are not at once satisfied. I, A. Bradberry, Oisy Marshal.
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Orrine
Orrine Company
St. Washington, D.C
Neailo Ang
Mr. A E.L
Atlanta, Ga
Joan L. Arnold
Hayton St
Athens
John L. Arnold
Clayton Street
Union Central Life Ins
Cincinnati
Ohio
Aaron
Ned Cohen
Agts
Office Commercial
VnEo Orpeetares
Gripin
TVS
Tae Bor
Model Meal Mill
J. S. Bings& CO
the Farmers
W. A. Mallory & Company
Abney Bros. Company
Georgia
Eppes-Wilkins Company
Athens, Georgia
ROYAL
Germany
Cth
A. Bradberry
Oisy
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