Deserts Forecast the End of Our Beautiful Planet
From Percival Lowell’s Mars and the Future of the Earth, the piece warns deserts signal planetary decline. It describes petrified forests in northern Arizona, the retreat of verdure with decreased rainfall, and how desert belts girdle the globe, foreshadowing a parched, lifeless Earth.
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Sahara
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Litte Colorado
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Syria
Damascus
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Breaking Wire With A Simple Looped Bend Trick
A peculiar method to break wire without pliers is described. Bend the wire into a loop and pull both ends tight to cause the wire to bend and break. The technique claims to work on wire up to No 12 gauge, suggesting it is quicker than using wire or sword.
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Breal
Coffee as a wedding gift from the coffee belt customs
A Brazilian official describes a birth tradition where a sack of prime green coffee is set aside as inheritance until adulthood. The gift is sealed and dated, opened at marriage to prepare the wedding feast, then returned to the couple’s home for at least a year. Age improves flavor, with aged beans fetching high prices from connoisseurs.
First American Glass Factory in New Hampshire
A Crockery and Glass Journal note recalls Robert Hewes of Boston launching America’s first glass factory in Temple New Hampshire in 1780. The site on Kidder Mountain near Mount Monadnock offered views of Wilton Milford Nashua and Manchester. today only ovens foundations and stonework remain as reminders of the American push for independence in manufacturing.
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New Hampshire
Temple
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Washington
New Haven
Conn
Robert Hewes
America
Monadnock
Temple Mountains
Wilton
Milford
Nashua
English Hill
Crockery and Glass Journal
Commoners Barred From Imperial Circles in Berlin Society
Berlin society remains divided as the Prussian nobility enforces exclusive circles. No commoner, regardless of global fame in science, art, or music, can gain noble status without the emperor's patent. Wives or daughters of wealthy families are likewise shut from high company, leaving distinct social worlds unmixed.
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Mllionaire
Empresa
Berlin
London
Thick as Damon and Pythias in a Humble Exchange
A young woman asks why Damon and Pythias were close friends while a bachelor jokes they were like two girl chums who grew inseparable. The exchange quips that doubt in ability leads one to fall behind in the race.
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Damon
Pythias
Chicago News
Bes Wready
Bread loaf attracts hungry fish on a summer rowboat trip
A New Yorker recalls a fishing outing in which a loaf of bread accidentally went overboard. While rowing back, the crew saw two large fish flanking a swarm of smaller fish feeding on the bread, a surreal image they call a "bread line" before giving up fishing.
A Bride With Some Good Points
A rural tale from England describes a farmer who hires a vicar to advertise a cow in lieu of a newspaper. An arranged bargain leads to the vicar announcing banns of marriage while the farmer, hearing only the clerical announcements, loudly praises a partner as “gentle and free from vice.”
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England
Joseph
Sarah
Red Hair Wary in Cornwall Says 1867 Penzance Case
In Land's End district Cornwall locals dislike the label red haired Dane noting strong prejudice against red hair. A 1867 Penzance town hall police court case revealed the insult led to an assault. The author cites Celtic hostility to Danes and Norse voyagers as shaping regional views.
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Cornwall
Land's End
England
Penzance
J. Harris Stone
English Illustrated
Meat Versus Song
The great tenor says meat dulls the voice and vegetarian countries yield finer singers. He notes his lunch of cheese omelet and fruit, cites birds as proof that carnivores croak, and contrasts England with Italy as places of vocal excellence.
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England
Italy
New York Press
Water scarcity and a West Australian murder case
A Wide World Magazine excerpt notes water scarcity in parts of Australia and recounts a case where three Afghan men were murdered near a road supply area in West Australia. A jury later unanimously acquitted the shooter at trial, highlighting tensions over access to water resources.
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Australia
Wide World Magazine
His Great Fault
A fragment from the Catholic Standard and Times quotes a would be author admitting he must hire a gardener for a country house with ample ground to tend. Crittick retorts that he could never manage a plot, mocking the speaker's comment.
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Crittick
Standard and Times
The Prettiest Girl In the Town Warning
The London Globe reports a forthcoming feature titled The Prettiest Girl In the Town. About one hundred young ladies mailed postcards urging the editor to refrain from using their real names in the piece.
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London Globe
Brevity Debate Cited By Kwater And Observer
The Philadelphia Press quotes Kwater praising brevity as the soul of wit, while an observer counters that brevity is not always so, yet concedes it is commendable in any event.
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Kwater
Philadelphia Press
Difference Between Twice Ten And Twice Eleven
The quoted riddle notes that doubling ten yields twenty while doubling eleven yields twenty two, a playful observation on language and numbers. It ends with a taut idea that strong things are in danger from the weakest, attributed to Rossett.
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Rossett
City Market Report snapshot of livestock grain and produce
LIVE STOCK hogs priced between 5.00 and 5.15 per unit beeves range 6.50 to 6.00 cows and heifers 0.25 to 5.00. GRAIN wheat 87c corn 60c oats 42c barley 60c rye 60c. PRODUCE Butter 18 to 20c eggs 12c potatoes 60c hay 7.00 to 10.00 straw 6.00.
To Restore Old Paintings With Hydrogen Peroxide Wash
The blackened lights of old pictures may be restored to their original color by touching them up with deutoxide of hydrogen diluted with six or eight parts water. The treated areas are then washed with a clean sponge.
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