The Ballad Art and Forensic Ear of Prof Child
An article discusses ballad collecting and the gifted instinct of scholars like Prof Child who could detect forgeries and preserve genuine oral literature. It notes the balance between publishing new verses and preserving traditional ballads, stressing sympathy with popular genius and the poetry of nature.
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Korr
Iine Deid
Hiercluve
Gregviér
Vivor
Aviantic’ Monthly
Percy
Dsy
Boston Woman Values and Aging with Dignity
The Forum notes Boston women gain esteem from achievement and character. Reston is praised as a place where older women pursue botany painting or political economy with independence. A 70 year old students’ mastery earns respect, while a bright engaging woman earns male pardon for aging.
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Boston
Reston
Floyd
Oratory
Alwayne
Belgium uses silent dungeon punishment for criminals
The article notes Belgium bans the death penalty and details a solitary confinement cell that blocks voices and sight. Prisoners reportedly survive at most three years, with food fed through a sliding panel and varying diets failing to extend life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Japanese Literature Shows Stacks of Learning by the Mikado Realm
The London Dial notes lively literary activity in Japan but warns the periodical dominance and commercial spirit threaten quality. A native laments Chinese language versifying and youth critics' airs while a substantial history project on the recent China war aims to take five years at 60,000 yen and the Imperial university gathers 16 scholars for an exhaustive national history.
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Japan
London Dial
Tfe
China
Imperial University
Metamorphosis of a Warship into a Wickham Flour Mill
The warship Shannon, captured by Sir Philip Broke, was brought to England in 1814. In 1820 its timbers were bought by John Prior of Wickham and repurposed into a flour mill. Deck beams 22 feet long were reused as joists, with many timbers bearing marks of Shannon shot. The story reflects swords beaten into plows as civilization evolves.
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Hampshire
Wickham
Philip B. W ‘Broke
England
John Prior
Wickham Mants
Prior
Chesapeake
Shannon
Financial Reverses and Cuban Cave Caverns
The piece notes a Washington Star view on vast profits and insatiable appetite for gains, with a tale of a cautious investor in government obligations. It then describes Cuban caves slowly filling with snail-shell cement from carbonate of lime, and a Boston Herald illustrated report on Parisian restaurant frauds and improvised ham bone substitutes making ham plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Cuban
Cuba
Paris
France
Boston Herald
Primitive North Carolina Court Delivers Questionable Verdict
A squire presides over a hog theft case with a jury that returns a puzzled verdict after claiming they did not know a verdict existed. The piece recalls a crude rural court and a baffling exchange as the foreman and squire press for a verdict amid a motley panel.
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Detroit Free Press
North Carolina
Hal
Burnt by Roentgen Rays on a 13-Year-Old's Skin
A Deutsche Medicinische Wochenschrift report describes a 13-year-old exposed naked for 45 minutes to an X-ray apparatus for a photo. Within two weeks a red spot appeared above the navel, forming itching blisters. After six weeks the irritation subsided but skin discoloration spread and later peeled away.
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Deutsche Medicinische Wochenschrift
Coltons Advice on Wants and Spending
A Christian Advocate note recounts a Lexington Avenue car conversation about a shopper’s purse saving quote. A curbside scrap warns that ruin comes from chasing wants, not real needs, urging readers not to seek wants abroad but to let true wants come to them.
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Lexington Avenue
Christian Advocate
Colton
Decline of Mentone as a Health Resort
Reports say Mentone in southern France, once famed for convalescents, now draws fewer visitors. Claims allege soil germs that worsen health instead of helping it, with locals appearing ill and disease rampant, underscoring perceived germ theory decline.
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Mentone
France
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