Pathetic Originality in Test Paper Errors
A collection of student exam blunders shows Americans misshaping history geography and physiology with absurd claims. Examples include Henry VIII as a widower and Gibraltar as an island built on a rock, highlighting notable misunderstandings.
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Henry VIII
St. Bartholomew
Pilgrim Fathers
America
John Brighton
Martin Luther
England
Worms
Gibraltar
Cane Hatteras
Gulf of Mexico
Austria
Mason and Dixon
Ancient Greek Athletes and Feats Recalled on Olympian Plain
The article recalls legendary Greek champions from Olympia and Altis. Milo of Crotona carried a four year old heifer and ate it in one day, Phayllus leaped fifty five feet with aid, and Eurydamas and Avrachion boxing and wrestling battles are described with brutal feats and tragic endings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympian
Altis
Athens
Greece
Milo
Crotona
Olympia
Phayllus
Wao
Bach
Eurydamas
Cyrene
Avrachion
Bits of Science and Curious Facts from Many Lands
A compilation of short science notes covering hair counts, horse railway extents, cow milk yield, belt power transmission, lamp batteries, coke production by state, coin inscription tricks, a German heavier-than-air design, Pennsylvania reed baskets, powerful fireboats, portable blacksmith shops, muslin dairy windows, pulp yields per cord, ocean fish packaging, electricity shocking eels in California, matting grasses research, and a proposed Gustave Fox memorial in Montpelier France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Belgium
Snow Mountain Power Company
California
Department of Agriculture
Unfamiliar Facts From a World of Oddities
A collection of curious statements notes peculiarities across nations and nature. It cites a Chinese delicacy of fried wasp, European coastline length, Atlantic cable capacity, and population projections for New York City.
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Great Britain
Europe
New York City
Guanajuato
Mexico
Kismah
Catskills
Splinters and Wit in a Curious Parlor Exchange
A quirky dialogue mocks temperance zeal and daily vanities with quick jests. Names Bowers Powers Bills Wills Adele Be telle appear in miniature repartees about habits and weights, though the text reads more like clipped street theater than a formal feature.
Proverbs From Many Peoples and Languages
A collection of aphorisms from diverse cultures and languages. Phrases include Latin, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Koranic wisdom on suffering, company, foolishness, ascents, wind, anger, action, pain, and providence.
Bucklen Arnica Soap Delivers Quick Cures
Clinton Maine resident E E Chamberlain praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for pike bites chapped hands and old sores noting it cured them all. Sold for 26 cents at Frank B Jones drug store with notices published January 2 1909 and last on February 13 1909.
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E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton
Maine
Bucklen
Arnica Save
Frank 8. Jones Drug Store
Notice of Attachment in Gogebic County Case
The Circuit Court for Gogebic County issues a writ of attachment in the Julius J. Patek versus John Anderson matter for $200. The writ, returnable December 8, 1908, was issued September 30, 1908. Judge J. Patek, attorney Julius J. Pater, Ironwood Michigan.
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Gogebic
Julius J. Patek
John Anderson
Notice For Purification Timber Claim Notice
Notice is hereby given that Andrew G Rudberg of Ironwood Michigan filed to make final Timber and Stone Proof to establish a claim to land described in SEC NWX 36 T9N R47W Michigan Meriden before the Clerk of the Circuit Court at Bessemer on January 21 1909 Witnesses include Charles J Peterson Steve McKevitt Frank Hokanson and August Baden all of Ironwood Michigan
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U.S. Land Office
Marquette
Mich
Andrew G. Rudberg
Ironwood
Nwx
Township
Range
Michigan
Meriden
Circuit Court
Bessemer
Charlies J. Peterson
Steve McKevitt
Frank Hokanson
August Baden
Probate Notice in Gogebic County Michigan 1908
The Gogebic County Probate Court in Bessem er holds a hearing on January 5 1909 at ten for the estate of Daniel O Brien. The Val Blatz Brewing Company petitions to remove administrator John McNicholas and appoint John Fruit or another suitable person. Public notice is given for three weeks in the Bessemer Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic
Bessemer
Said
Curtis Buck
Daniel O’brien
Val Blatz Brewing Company
C. A. Johnson
John McNicholas
John Fruit
Bessemer Heralla
Doge and Divorsays Sioux Falls Fashion Divides Citizens
The Sioux Falls colony is split into three diversays by dog ownership and wealth. One-dog residents live quietly in business district boarding houses, two-dog diversays inhabit the Cataract area, while three-dog diversays buy houses, import autos, hire servants, and live apart as spectators gaze. Women diversays amid fashion spark chatter as locals remark on illusive style.
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Sioux Falls
Chicago
A Cure For Misery From Electric Bitters
R M James of Louellen Ohio declares Electric Bitters a cure for malaria misery and bilious attacks. The tonic claims to relieve chills jaundice and stomach liver and kidney complaints with a guarantee at Frank B Jones drug store.
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R. M. James
Louellen
Frank 8. Jones Drug Store
Service by publication ordered in Gogebic chancery case
Grand Union Tea Co. sues Edward J. Ryan and Georgina Ryan in chancery. Ryan is absent from Minnesota, so appearance by publication is ordered. The defendant must appear within four months, with publication in the Bessemer Herald weekly for six weeks. William S. Baird is circuit court commissioner. William W. Wicker, solicitor for complainant. (Jan. 9 to Feb. 26)
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Grand Union Tea Co
Edward J. Ryan
Georgina Ryan
William W. Wicker
Minnesota
Lorimer argues practical education above social veneer
George H. Lorimer, author of The Letters of a Self Made Merchant to His Son, urges practicality over social show in a mid Lent Philadelphia debate. He cites a Cynwyd friend who married last month and learned his wife was a good cook, illustrating practical skill over idealized notions.
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PeAngelle
George H. Lorimer
Lorimer
Philadelphia
Cynwyd
Mamie
Didn't Want Apples In Pennsylvania Farm Tale
A New Jersey church pastor, owner of a large Pennsylvania farm, boasted of rich apple crops while visiting a sister. He offered a barrel of apples, claiming they are fattening in abundance. The sister, noted for slim build, declined the gift citing the pork use for excess apples.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
How It Struck Him
A German farmer in Camden visited a bank during a panic and demanded cash. Bank staff explained they issued cashier's checks only, and after a moment he grasped the idea, comparing it to giving a milk ticket when a baby wakes at night.
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Camden
Hans
Not out to serve a knife with pie
A restaurant exchange shows a waiter and patron debating utensils as the patron requests “au az” while the waiter comments on table etiquette, revealing a humorous miscommunication about cutlery with pie.
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Sur
Mary Fouts Fights Revenue Men in Two Kentucky Battles
Mary Fouts, a moonshiner from Beaver Creek, Kentucky, engages and repels a revenue posse in a mountain fortress. In a 30 minute duel she wounds Deputy Marshal Day and Deputy Marshal Henry D. Yates is seriously injured while others are wounded as the officers withdraw with their casualties.
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Old
Kentucky
Mary Fouts
Beaver Creek
Miss Fouts
Marshal Day
Revenue
Miss
United States
Mays
Mary
Henry D. Yates
Leprosy Debate Sparks National Alarm Over Soldiers
A veteran returning from the Philippines is reported with leprosy amid public alarm. Some claim it is not contagious while doctors debate its infectiousness. The piece cites Mrs Wardwell’s case in Arizona and notes Gen Wardwell died of other causes, arguing leprosy danger here is overstated.
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Philippines
Tyre
Wardwell
Arizona
Gen. Wardwell
Fair Land
Liable to Explode in Tennessee Mountain Home
An elderly Tennessee woman, in the mountains, takes capsules prescribed by a doctor. Her son asks how she feels and offers food, but she eats nothing. She sits in a rocking chair while her son lights her pipe with a live coal, prompting her to fearfully shout to remove the cartridges she wears in her body.
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Tennessee
Scientific progress glimpsed in diverse fields
The article surveys advances from locomotives and nerve signaling to coal imports, petroleum totals, paint coverage, parrot language training, Madagascar palm wax, and seven other innovations. It notes Benitolite gemstones, a Canadian razor combo, a Buenos Aires steam fire engine, a pocket umbrella, and findings by Harlan I. Smith on prehistoric Wyoming remains.
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Alexander County
Buenos Ayres
Harlan I. Smith
American Museum of Natural History
Wyoming
United States
Dominion of Canada spans vast square miles
The Dominion of Canada covers nearly 3,746,000 square miles. Fireworks were originated in the thirteenth century by the Florentines. Lead world production in 1907 reached 904,010 metric tons, down from 968,174 tons in 1906.
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Dominion of Canada
France
United States
Santa Rosa
Cal
Rome
Settling Siberia Vast Russian Migrations Across Ural
The article reports massive Russian migration into Siberia forming a new society. Over 500000 moved in the past year, with 180000 in 1906 and 400000 in 1907, plus 70000 families in the first three months of the year. Emigration occurs in colonies, driven by Siberian wealth claims and agrarian discontent.
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Ural Mountains
Siberia
United States
Vassilichikoff
Duma
Grand Council of
Empire
Abd ul Hamid Proper Form Fading in Press Names
Rand notes show Abdul Abdul nomenclature variations used by American and English papers for the Turkish sultan. The London Chronicle favors Abd-ul-Hamid or Abd-'l-Hamid meaning Servant of the praised one. Critics say Abdul without Hamid is misleading and doctored by editors.
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Turkey
Abdul
London Chronicle
Abd-ul-Hamid
Abd-'l- Hamid
God
Allah
Abd
Abd ul-Kadir
Abdbd-ol-Latif
Abd-ul-Asif
Hamid
George du Maurier
George du
T. P. Ooonnor
Ihomaso
Obscure Philadelphia reformer Josiah Leeds praised for modest funerals
The late Josiah W. Leeds of Philadelphia championed modesty and simplicity in public life. He reformed theatrical posters, nudity in art, and opposed funeral ostentation, often quoting a graveyard epitaph about money not buying back the dead.
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Josiah W. Leeds
Philadelphia
Leeds
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Jouius J. Pater
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Ironwood, Mich
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States Land Office
State OF Michigan
Bessemer Herald
William S. Baird
Compla'nant
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Madagascar
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