Ancient Rome Compared with Modern Capitals in Splendor
The essay argues Rome in its peak remained poorer than contemporary European and American cities. It notes modest public buildings, ruined palaces, narrow streets, and lack of artificial light, wine, tea, coffee, tobacco, and luxury to compare with modern hotels and metropolises.
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Rome
Europe
America
Caesars
Palatine
Tiberius
Nero
Elagabalus
Paris
New York
Gueglielmo Ferrero
Pathans
The Busy Bees How Insects Work Collecting Honey
The article explains bee foraging behavior as it nears flowers the bee scents nectar with antennae and then uses a long flexible proboscis to extract it. The honey bag stores nectar for transfer to the hive with each wingbeat and digestion occurs later in the gut.
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Philadelphia
North American
His Success
A Glasgow minister seeks Jol’s view on why his Sabbath sermon pleased the congregation. The beadle replies that people care more about the tails of sermons, noting the sermon’s shorter length pleased listeners despite the head being longer.
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Glasgow
Beadle
Suffragette and Judge Debate Naval Bureaus Reform
A dialogue notes suffragette and Judge agree that government reform is needed and jokes about modernizing the navy bureaus with a combined wardrobe and chiffun ter, highlighting a postulation that bureaus are out of style.
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Naval Bureau
A Sample Thas-Po Observes a Wayman’s Taste
A fragmented note describes a person named Thas-Po who claims insight into a wayman who favors cheap items, with reference to a husband and a Delpha as a curd term, indicating a playful, unclear context.
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Thas
Count art by gold sand feet it once winged poem
Fragmentary lines describe guiding light or movement. The text mentions gold sand and a winged form, suggesting imagery of flight or ascent with an unfinished, enigmatic tone.
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Guidit
Hardest Bull to Fight: A Matadore’s Honest Tell
In Maud Howe Ennett’s Sun and Shadow In Spain a mata doré recalls a white bull that refused to fight. He followed the matador, and the hardest foe proved not fiercest but most reluctant, testing nerve and trust in the ring.
Ghost Fluid experiment and shark tale in Chambers' Journal
A curious essay describes Dr Maxwell's ghost fluid test showing a bluish cloud between hands in a warm room, with varied perceptual results in 300 trials. Also recounted is a dramatic shark incident in Queen Charlotte Sound where a steamer was charged after a rifle hit, described by T C Bridges. Includes a humorous note about a newspaper editor and a butcher named Harry Spinks.
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J. Maxwell
Court of Appeals
Paris
Vance Thompson
Hampton's
Maxwell
Queen Charlotte's Sound
Vancouver
Shark
T. C. Bridges
Chambers’ Journal
Harry Spinks
New Arrival Brags at Frozen Dog Bar
A rough new patron declares himself a terror and boasted he needs three men to handle him, remarking if staff are short two could do it on a pluch as he dusts off after a painful rise.
Fragmentary court exchange about an assault in pantry
A judge questions a speaker about an assault with partial quotes. The exchange reveals a claim that the cook assaulted and kicked the speaker in a pantry, with the dialogue indicating confusion over who committed the act. The source presents a tense courtroom moment with limited readable context.
Disconcerting purchases and odd coin problems
A reflective excerpt laments wasting money on items like a viella and no ben to not produce any sound, noting the need for a ten cent piece of rusin. The speaker uses quirky phrasing to question how many travelers, like Atalanta, are led astray by golden apples.
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McCall & Bischel
Aurelia
Iowa
Fred Schroeder
Westside Restaurant
Diamond S
L. P. Nelson
Ghent
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Ole Poulson, Mner
Ancient Rome
East Africa
Safari
London
Atalanta
Gould
W. B. Gillham
Nishes
Just
Our Town
Northwest
E. W. Barnes
Olice FL & M. Bank Buildings
W. R. Chandler
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