Weather Bulletins and Miscellany From 1906 Notes
Foster's Weather Bulletin outlines 1906 crop forecasts with notes on forthcoming disturbances and warm and cool spells across the continent. It also recalls Langley’s work, Blue Hill observatory, the Smithsonian, and shifts in meteorology while segueing into a fictional mining saga and fruit handling tips from a New York Press rep.
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Washington, D. C
Continent
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Langley
Blue Hill
Boston
Harvard
Ocean Weather Bureau
Hydrographic Department
The
Naval Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Congress
Weather Bureau
Outlaw Jose Favara Faces Mine Strike and Extortion
The New Yorker silver mine in Mexico, run by Americans, uses Jose Favara to levy a 200 dollar monthly salary. After leadership changes, he is cut off and confronts President Nervely who bluffingly vows to use the law to end the threat.
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Jose Favara
Nervely
Star
President Nervely
New York
New Yorker
Mexico
Jose
Senor Barnes
Senor
Barnes
Mr. Barnes
The
Mr. Nervely
Court row over claim of Ishmael Aminabad Skeets
In a courtroom scene the defendant's lawyer extols a man named Ishmael Aminabad Skeets as handicapped since infancy. The plaintiff interrupts with sharp denial, calling him shiftless and lazy, before relatives restrain her and the counsel resumes.
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Ishmael Aminabad Skeets
Aminabad
Why the Moon Keeps the Same Face to Earth
The article explains that the Moon shows only one side to Earth because its rotation period matches its orbital period around Earth. It notes astronomers propose this synchrony results from tidal forces elongating the Moon when it was in a semi solid state in the past.
Turks Punish Drunkenness With Bastinado And Imperial Label
In Turkey a drunkard caught by a guard is punished with bastinado. After three offenses he is called an imperial or privileged drunkard. On subsequent arrest the man merely identifies himself, names his lodging, and proclaims he is a privileged drunkard before being released to sleep on bath ashes.
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Turkey
Umbrella making evolves with new designs and materials
The article explains umbrella production from rib assembly to finished product, noting wire insertion, hemming, and multiple assembly steps. It highlights materials like horn, ivory, and precious metals, prices up to 150 or 200 dollars, and annual output around 15 million umbrellas along with rapid design advances such as auto open and compact folds.
Pointed Paragraphs On Gratitude And Experience
A collection of aphoristic reflections discusses lessons from experience, parental caution, and worry, noting gratitude often appears where nothing seems due. The piece contrasts delayed lessons with present concerns and suggests individuality may be softened for growth, citing the Atchison Globe quote.
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Atchison Globe
Strenuous age debate contrasts daily life and past eras
The piece contrasts a Sunday school tale about Mary Potter with a remark by Miss Willing on inner worth versus appearance. It then questions modern speed and stress, comparing twentieth century life to Elizabethan times and 1806 England, noting unclear evidence of greater will or work.
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Miss Willing
Mary Potter
Mary
England
London Saturday Review
No Thoroughfare Nose Joke from Greville Diary
A witty exchange recalls Colley Grattan’s flattened nose and a remark about the broken bridge, illustrating a characteristic Celt readiness in Leaves From the Diary of Henry Greville. An American woman’s frank address to the Irish novelist frames the quip as social satire.
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Henry Greville
Colley Grattan
Young Tory Heir Pelted With Eggs During Speech
A young Tory heir to a dukedom was pelted with rotten eggs while delivering a political speech. He wiped eggs from his face and quipped that opponents’ arguments were unsound.
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Foster
Weather Bulletin
W. T. Foster
Science Notes
Alt
Celestial Kingdom
China
California
New York Press
Lawrence & CO
Som
Silas & Johnson Parker
Montreal
Orienial Rye
Rohde
Carson, Sewall & Co
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Rebone
A. E. Worley
Prop
Bryan Steam Laundry
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s Drug Store
Bryan
Texas
John Wittman
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
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