Miscellany of science, industry and notable feats
Facts cover diamonds burning like charcoal in heat to taxation on Beards in Japanese villages. Curio origins, rust prevention lime, electric deposition bronzes, and turbot eggs up to ten million. NSW twice British Isles size. Queensland thrice Germany Belgium. St John Cathedral in New York to rank fourth by size. Nottingh am dustless streets with calcium chloride. City of London and London energy use compared. Thompson Fall cooling system. Austria postal debt collection. Swiss silk export 20 million. Motor car trials in Scotland with cheering crowds. Siegfried Markhus credited. Goldwin Smith brain willed to Cornell. memory-rich Englishman sells brain for music hall. Sign wear and match advertising plan. Hermann Oelrichs obituary and athletic prowess.
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Goldsmiths Debt and Johnsons Aid in Wakefield Sale
Boswell notes 1704 crisis when Goldsmith unable to manage money led to arrest by landlady over unpaid rent. Dr Johnson sent a guinea, visited, and helped extricate him after discovering The Vicar of Wakefield in Goldsmiths desk. Johnson sold the manuscript to a bookseller for £60 restoring rent.
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Gulf of Mexico described as future great power and wealth
The Gulf of Mexico is a 1000 mile long sea bordered by rich nations, with the United States and Mexico on the north and south, and West Indian islands to the east. The article argues the region will exceed ancient Mediterranean civilizations in wealth, power and historical significance.
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Treatment of Prisoners of War in Early 1800s
An English writer recalls harsh Boer era and early nineteenth century practices. He cites French prisoners kept aboard hulks at Portsmouth and Bishops Waltham. Dogs, rats, and starvation are described as methods to manage captives.
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Rope Haulage Powering London Trains to Summit
A steel wire rope three miles long powers daily locomotive pulls from Glasgow to the summit of Cowlaire gradient on the up and down lines. The endless rope lies on surface tracks, dips underground at ends, costs L000, lasts 10 to 12 months, and is set in motion by a stationary engine at Cowlaire to haul each train to the summit before the journey continues unassisted.
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Mental Alienation in England Cited by London Hospital
In England, excessive civilization breeds mental alienation. Causes include ill assorted marriages producing hereditary insanity, risky speculation, frequent commercial crises, volatile politics, lazy rich, alcohol abuse, and many religious sects, per the London Hospital.
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Inquiring Town Folklore About Heaven Industries
An amused local inquirer asks if any industries operate in heaven while a guarded reply, cited by the Courier-Journal, hints that travelers heard matches are made there. The fragment reflects small-town gossip style reporting.
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Fragmentary Conversational Riff Leaves Readers Guessing
A garbled exchange hints at a reporter and a central figure named Pete Sear in a cryptic discussion. The text suggests a tense scene with a guard or center figure present, but details are largely unreadable.
Balding Breton Women and Hair Customs Described
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat piece portrays Brittany in northwestern France as a granite country where women gradually lose hair from the temples due to the Leaddress coif. It contrasts with Breton men, described as coarse and prone to drink, who work bareheaded and rely on their wives.
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The Butte Hill and Daly’s Copper Empire
A vivid account from McClure's Magazine describes Marcus Daly's expansion around Anaconda as Butte grows from a quiet town into a vast copper empire. Miners toil daily, forests are cleared, furnaces blaze, pumps groan, and explosives rumble as immense hollows form and a subterranean city emerges.
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Misunderstanding fats and oils in the diet
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette argues fats and oils boost cold resistance and disease resistance. It warns excessive protein from meat causes disease and urges fats as essential, noting scrofulous children and tuberculous patients may benefit from higher fat intake to improve health.
Why a Woman Buttons Garments On the Left Side
In the London Tailor and Cutter correspondents debate the left side buttoning. One writer suggests the practice origins lie in old nights out when a gentleman escorted the lady on his left arm. His sword arm stayed free while she fastened her cloak with her left hand.
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Gratitude for the golden age of work inspires
A Success Magazine quotation extols those who feel daily gratitude for being born into a thriving era of labor and recognize the debt owed to predecessors who struggled and sacrificed to enable current achievements.
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Dinner Dress Sparks Quiet Gossip at Event
A Detroit Free Press item notes a costly gown drawing attention at a dinner. One guest questions the outfit while another declines conversation, hinting at social tension without details.
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Where She Parted From Paul and a Woman’s Rights Test
Impassioned note from Household Words on a woman preacher facing opposition with Paul as test. Quote highlights the speaker’s stance that Paul and she diverge. Also cites Rousseau on beauty and virtue in action.
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