The Two Thrones of Tanobar and the Cosmic Bean Plot
In Tanobar twin kings Chamian and Millice rule after their fathers’ deaths. Minister Gromline schemes to sow unrest with a universal Cosmic bean, planning shows and sports to lure the royals together. A sorcerer hints at a plot involving Prince Atto and Princess Lista to spur conflict and power. TO CONTINUED.
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Tanobar
Sen
Chamian
Millice
Romiie
Tyre
Prine
Gromline
Durin Ives
Quee
Gremline
Sone
Gromile
Advics
Atto
Lista
Grommie
Nastyria
Kobol-land
Divnguer-Glade
Kobol
Gralick
Coe Jana
Reeason
Undary
Time Measuring Across Cultures and Clocks Through History
The excerpt surveys ancient timekeeping methods from many regions. It notes Dutch pipe timing, tobacco clocks, Malay water markers, sun dials, flower clocks, sun and moon dials, Chinese celestial devices, and the clepsydra and hourglass, highlighting cultural ingenuity in measuring hours and minutes.
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Hans Brinker
Corea
Rockhill
India
Charles Lamb
Flia
Marvel
Paris
France
Milk and Feed Costs for New England Cattle and Dairy
An 19th century analysis compares dairy costs and profits, arguing New England farmers lack labor-saving tools. It covers feed influence on milk flavor, butter versus cheese yields, calf rearing from skim milk, manure value, and muck or peat as fertilizer with mineral additions.
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New England
Chicago
Boston
Eastern
Middle States
West
Initier
Massachusetts Agricultural Report
Shane
Timekeepers Old and New
Walter Hough surveys the evolution of timekeeping from ancient methods to modern science. He notes Prof Langley of the Smithsonian Promises to pair the simplest timekeeper with a device capable of recording one hundred thousandth of a second, illustrating advances in precise measurement.
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Walter Hough
Prof. Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Timekeeping Torch of Marquesas Islanders
The passage describes Marquesas Islanders using a palm leaf torch with candle-tree nut kernels arranged along a palm midrib. Each kernel lights the next in sequence, providing a simple timekeeping method as the nuts burn in an orderly succession. Bits of bark cloth mark intervals along the string to track time.
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Marquesas
Precious relics in Washington's National Museum collection
The National Museum in Washington houses priceless relics from great leaders including General Grant. Swords and canes inlaid with gems, gold boxes, and a vast array of jade and coins are guarded by alarms. The collection features Japanese coins, elephant tusks, and gifts from foreign monarchs, showcasing extraordinary craftsmanship and historic value.
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Washington
National Museum
Museum
China
Japan
Kiam
Gen. Grant
Sanene
Am York
Chattanooga
Glasgow
London
Capitol
Eld Wild Hall
King of Siam
Lee
Lange
Grant
Bala
San Francisco
Italians claim they first introduced postage stamps
A historical quarrel over the postage stamp’s origin. Italians contend Turin 1818 produced Italy’s first stamps a round framed allegorical design valued at 15 24 and 60 cents, predating Rowland Hill’s 1840 invention and 1847 adoption elsewhere.
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Rowland Hill
Turin
Victor Emanuel I
Sardinia
Thomas Chalmers
United States of America
Italy
Austria
Belgium
England
A Valuable Service
A New York Weekly item describes a patron sending ten dollars to a messenger boy and an agent praising the boss for service. It recalls a yesterday moment when the patron attempted to change with a broker for ten thousand shares of X.Y stock, only to discover the broker had not arrived yet.
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New York Weekly
Weather Tale From Grass La Heavy Rain
A vivid spoken fragment recalls a fierce rain at Grass La with both young and old residents describing it as unusually heavy. One onlooker says the storm seemed so intense the old boat appeared to float with its bottom up, and the scene felt like being at sea.
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Arry
Alice
Highlan
Dearie
Harry
Grizzy
London Mail
Fein
Sir John
Benno
Bedford Town
Sir John Cochrane
Griselda
John
Earl of Atryle
Duke of Monmouth
James
Highland Castle
Willy Grant
Aunt Alice
Grizzly
Scotland
England
King
Inverary
Earl of Argyle
Jeffries
Grizzy Cochrane
Edinburgh
Lord Dundonald
London
Lord Dundonal
Cochrane
Tir
Fenwick
J. B. Lawes
Drew H. Wagp
Devonshire St
Boston
Mass
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Frank F. S TockTon
The
Chapter
Overs
Earth
Growline
Copay
Twin Kings
Kobolland
DR Continued
Octave Thanet
Dundonald
Alfred
Germany
AY Lf
Clepsydra
Aedes
Fiyanda Foy
Soolsian
Belle Sugar
Sant
Npg
Total
Massachusetts
Csoe
Ata
Lowell Courier
Galignani
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