Cobra Venom Threat in India and Snake Facts
In Science Monthly J G R O Reilly notes the cobra can spray venom up to a man’s face and that over 10 000 lives are claimed yearly in India from bites. He outlines cobras varieties and compares elapidae and viper snaks, describing the cobra’s thin neck, rapid strikes, and tendency to dance to human motion.
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J.G. R. O'Reilly
Pular Science Monthly
India
North Africa
South Africa
Mr. O'Reilly
Tie
Farrior
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Linked to Indiana Legacy
Long obituary notes Miss Fannie Vandergrift of Indianapolis later Mrs. Osbourne and wife of the famed novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. It traces her 1857 marriage, California exile, European art studies, Monterey union with Stevenson, and Osbourne's disappearance. Also recalls Stevenson's American ties and Samoa residence, with brief notes on Dr Nathan Schwarzkopf's accidental death.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Indianapolis
Fannie Vandergrift
Indiana
Vandergrift
Vannie
Samuel Osbourne
Dence
Osbourne
Ne Court
Wiliam Bench
Gov. Wright
Willard
Paris
Europe
Osborne
Clayton
Hendricks County
Ind
Stevenson
Vandegrift
Riverside
Cal
Oakland
Monterey
Nebraska City
Neb
Danville
When My Ships Come Home and Christmas Bells Sing
A composite verse fragment recounts longing for home and enduring love as ships return at last. It contrasts a wartime strain with a Christmas hymn invoking peace on earth and renewed grace through the Christ child. The piece blends emotional yearning with seasonal canticle imagery.
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Miller Purvis
Europe Notes On Birthdays Canals Prisons And Cheese Microbes
Notebooks report Germany preparing grandly for Bismarck’s 80th birthday on April 1, 1805. A Baltic to North Sea canal nears completion, with parliamentary deaths in 1804. Dutch socialists push a revolutionary congress in The Hague. Czarist reforms free many in Russia, Manchester plans slum clearance, and India’s Chenab irrigation canal expands. Swiss Dr Adametz counts microbes in Emmental cheese, while Georgia’s marble belt promises polished stone but high quarry costs.
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Grenmany
Bismarck
Baltic
North Sea
House of Lords
Commons
Mr. Rot
Socialistic Revolutionary Congress
Hague
Manchester
England
Chenab
Northwest
India
Treating Baby Colic With Grandma Remedies Reconsidered
Kennett Wood notes grandmothers remedies like catnip tea and paregoric fail to expel wind. He endorses soda mint as a effective modern cure for infant colic, with plain tea, hot applications, and diet adjustment to shorten attacks, while warning against overfeeding and unreliable timing.
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Kennett Wood
St. Louis Republic
European Notes on people and property and Darwin views
Cornelius Herz real estate in Paris sold for 1 848 000 francs. King Oscar of Sweden uniquely accepts Darwinian evolution. Savorgnan de Brazza granted leave to return to France after Congo administration. Rev E B Nicholas of Charlotte Bronte alive in Ireland. Mr Strap travels to Scotland to study deer forest owners. Joax Burns, 36, London MP and labor leader, is a mechanical engineer. Mme Carnot funds to aid widows of working men with families.
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Cornelius Herz
Paris
King Oscar
Sweden
Savorgnan DE Brazza
France
Congo
Charlotte Bronte
Rev. E. B. Nicholas
Ireland
Mr. Strap
Scotland
Joax Burns
London
House of Commions
Mme. Carnot
Frances
M. Carnot
Neat Shaving Pad and Education in Rhode Island
A frugal shaving pad craft uses two chamois pieces nine by four and a half inches with tissue paper inside and ribbon lace. Designs include blue forget me nots with a shaving mug. public education first funded in Rhode Island in 1640 with 100 acres set aside for a school. A Baltimore syndicate plans electric railways linking major Central West Virginia towns.
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Rhode Island
Baltimore
West Virginia
Electric trolley routes and tests expand in early 20th century
A trolley mail route linked Brooklyn post office with Flatbush and Flatland via Flatbush avenue on the Brooklyn City Railroad line starting January 3. Negotiations advance for an Atlanta exposition electric fountain model akin to Chicago's. Tuer Cataract Electric plans Niagara Falls to Tonawanda trolley in spring. Inventors are invited to test propulsion ideas. A new electric railway may connect Port Colborne and Fort Erie to serve summer resorts along the lake shore.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Flatbush
Flatland
L. L
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Flatbush Avenue
Atlanta
Tuer Cataract Electric Company
Niagara Falls
Tonawanda
Port Colborne
Fort Erie
Can
Lake Shore
Fort Erie’ Beach
Crystal Beach
Point Rhino
Lake View Grove
Solid Comfort Or
Humberton Club
Doctor Warre's Specialty Questioned by Courtly Gossip
A quip filled column snippet presents Dr Warre as a specialist with two consultations and fees noted in a playful Vogue quote. It contrasts a pompous query about his focus with witty replies, illustrating social satire of medical authority and status in a stylish era.
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Warre
Vogue
Liztie Georcy
Papa
Revue Anecdotique
Miss
Figs and Thistles Reflections in Ram's Horn Verse
A Ram's Horn excerpt ponders self-made men bragging on work, the origins of brass from gold, and moral critique. It warns that doing little hides love, taxes that fund good matter, and that true religion is seen by the heart, not cruelty baptized.
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A. J. Tower
Boston
Mass
Remarkable Findings From Ancient Seas and Lands
A female eel with ripe eggs was caught in the open sea off the French coast. Mammoth tusks reach nine feet along the curve. An ostrich reportedly runs twenty five miles per hour and clears twelve to fourteen feet per stride. Avustria is unique in not native to ruminants, yet cattle and sheep thrive there.
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AvusTraia
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Palmyra
Forner
Kate N. Doggett
Chicago University
Lady Island
Cgeeat Barrain
Africa
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Doliara
Mao
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P. Dalry
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Atlanta, Ga
Natural History
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N.S. Bryan
Henderson
Ala
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Mark
the Celluloid Company
Broadway
New York
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Allegheny, PA
U.S
C.a.snow & CO
Washington, D. C
Coultrap
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MBS Weatrils Poblisie
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