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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1893

Page

4

Sleeping Beauty tale told by Truth Paris correspondent

A Truth Paris correspondent recalls a legend of Empress Augusta Victoria and Crown Prince William of Prussia. In Primkenau a sleeping beauty moment unfolds with William seen in an arbor. She awakens to royal intrigue and engagement follows with Augusta Victoria coordinating the welcome.

Denmark Paris Truth Primkenau Augustenburg Empress Augusta Victoria Cassel Bonn Holstein William Prussia Augusta Victoria

Eccentricities of Genius and Their Odd Habits

A survey of famed figures from music, science, and royalty noted for unusual quirks. Ilavda’s need for stage attire and a diamond ring, Sacchini’s cats on his shoulders, Tycho de Brahe’s hare phobia, and odd reactions to animals, flowers, and eclipses are highlighted as links between eccentricity and genius.

Pittsburgh Dispatch Ilavda Frederick II Sacchini Tycho de Brahe Tadislaus Poland Henry III England Erasmus Rotterdam John II Moscow Chevalier de Guise Maria de Medici Louis XII

Typical American Students Represented by Two Boston Statues

Two statues exhibited in Boston depict the average American college student, a five foot eight inch male weighing 138.5 pounds and a five foot three inch female at 115 pounds. Measurements from forty two body parts across forty two regions show the typical developing twenty one year old, noting Americans are better built than British or German peers.

Boston Rochester Post and Express

Cross sign used to pledge truth by Christians and rulers

The cross was first practiced by Christians to distinguish themselves from pagans. Ancient kings and nobles used the sign of the cross as a pledge of Christian faith to the truth of the matter they attached it to.

Curious Chinese anesthesia from frog and flour method

A Chinese anesthetic is produced by irritating a frog placed in a flour jar. The frog emits a liquid that forms a paste with flour, which when dissolved in water shows strong anesthetic effects. Immersion of a finger in the liquid dulls pain to the bone within minutes. Cleveland boasts the highest share of foreign-born residents among U S cities with populations over two hundred thousand.

China Cleveland United States

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