Polish Women Endure Hard Labor And Endless Duty
Polish women are described as hard and rough laborers who appear older than their years due to demanding family work. The piece notes upper class charm alongside patriotism and multilingual ability, while detailing extensive toil in fields, railways, masonry, and park maintenance across Galicia and Cracow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairkind
Nevin O Winter
Poland
Warsaw
France
Nave
Galicia
Gaticia
Cracow
Tapping Nature's Power: Early Promises and Probed Limits
The article surveys 19th century views on tapping air wind water and sun for electricity. It cites figures like Tesla and Steinmetz, notes tidal and hydro schemes, and weighs the dream of cheap power against costly or impractical methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Lueien Larkin
New York American Bay
Union
Thommen Katherford
Tesla
Steinmetz
New Zealand Gum Mines Aged Harvests Revealed
The article describes gum digging in New Zealand as a unique, largely unregulated pursuit. Diggers roam government lands with spears spades and bags to uncover fossilized hawaii gum from ancient forests, guided by climate and chance for modest daily returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Ind
New Zealanl
North Island
Pearson's Magazine
Wheels In a Watch and a Quip on Rising
The article lists wheel revolutions for a 24 hour day totaling 1 460 per year for the main wheel and other gear counts: center wheel 1 760, third wheel 69 080, fourth wheel 545 600, escape wheel 4 728 200, ticks 1 458 000 per year. It ends with a quip about early rising attributed to Gibbs and Dibbs noting its value depends on after rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Free Press
Gibbs
Dibbs
Bostov Transcript
If a Fan Could Move a Boat Against Its Sail
A reader asks if an electric fan on a boat could propel the vessel by blowing against its own sail. Garrett B. Serviss explains that action and reaction conserve energy and that the boat would not move forward. the fan would recoil and push the boat backward unless the air is treated as an external wind. He compares to a gun and bullets to illustrate the momentum transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shy
Abe
David
Garrett B. Serviss
New York Journal
Luck in Photography Draws Camera Maniac’s Nerves
A photographer rebukes the notion of luck in photography explaining that modern methods rely on exact science. He cites photometers exposure tables and timers to show every step is planned. He recalls past lucky yet imperfect results and argues skill with proper equipment removes luck from the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hin
Philadelphia Ledger
Area of the Lungs and Limits of Capacity
Physiologists note organs have safety margins with lungs especially large. Experiments with artificial pneumothorax show capacity reduction to one sixth still allows life. Mars lights explained as reflections, not signals. Humorous vignettes touch on marriage to a burglar alarm and social class in Russia.
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Patmre
Courmont
Paris
Bos Mtul
Boston Herald
Mars
Chrisian Herald
Pearson's Weekly
Venomous leeches in Sumatra swamp endanger scientist
Dr Andries Verhagen of Batavia and a young assistant faced a perilous trek in eastern Sumatra after a shipwreck. Venomous leeches swarmed them, biting through skin and injecting poison. The doctor lost an eye socket and fought weeks for recovery in hospital.
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Sumatra
Andries Verhagen
Batavia
Java
Netherlands
New York World
Easily Satisfied Visitation and Creative Banter Across Eras
An elderly aunt visits without warning and hints at hosting a meal with raisin bread, cream tartar biscuits, fried chicken, and preserves. Interwoven are snippets about a playwright manager and a modern electricity diagnosis, ending with notes on the ancient islet Tenedos and its historic fame in Homer and Virgil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sereids Bean
June Joy
June
It Didn’t Bite It at the Ticket Window
A man asks if a picture is suitable for his daughter to see at the ticket window. A girl replies that it is all right. The fragment mentions It, a Sunday school teacher Benny and a judge, with assorted humorous lines and references to Lipplncott’s.
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Chicago Record Herald
Benny
Beau Fielding a Puzzle Enigma of English Society
Beau Fielding, a fashionable young man of William III’s reign, amasses wealth with no clear income. Rumors link him to theft or gambling, but he lives lavishly until his sudden death leaving little evidence. Also included are notes on vegetable ivory from Phytelephas macrocarpa and a few short anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Fielding
William MI
Thomas Wilson
Leicestershire
Evelyn
Holland
John Law
Mississippi
France
Beau
Phytelephas Macrocarpa
South America
Magdalena
Colombia
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Dence
de Boneid
Luck IN Photography
Rus
Russia
Sumy
Ful Lowe
New York Pines
Harper's Magazine
Tenedos
Greece
Vergil
Dardanelles
Lipplncott’s
Ballie
Franz
Holbrock Bros
Voss-Holbrock
Holzberger
HH. Jones Service
East Sth
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio Union
Hamilton
Ohio Union Brewing Co
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