Luminous Meteor Trains and Other Notes From Science
Prof Prowbridge from Columbia studies luminous meteor trains seen after shooting stars. They drift slowly, may last minutes to an hour, and can be daylight visible. The piece covers lightning tree susceptibility, Bushman Hottentot origins, telephony leads, and a French study on nitro explosives reducing heat and preventing ignition in mine atmospheres.
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Prof Prowbridge
Columbia University
A. W. Borthwick
Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh
Borthwick
Africa
Europe
Mediterranean
France
Ireland
Sir A. Johnston
Old Country
Absent-minded luncheon tale under hostess strain
A Young matron recalls a luncheon mishap caused by an absent-minded guest. Despite warnings about not taking any leftovers the guest helps herself to portions, leaving the table short and the party hungry. The anecdote ends with all guests going home hungry.
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Bruie
Amy
Abe Xaw
New York Tribune
Fragmented Literary Snippet On Naval Hero Triangle
A garbled passage references a young naval figure entangled with a cad and a knotty chump. The speaker questions the hero who supposedly embodies all three roles, reflecting a muddled line from a diary or narrative fragment.
Do You Love Me Well Enough to Give Up Cigars
A fragment notes a couple in dialogue about marriage and future finances with one partner joking about giving up cigars for a pipe after marriage as reported by the Illinois State Journal.
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Illinois State Journal
Neighbor Gossip Stirs After Marriage Choice
A local girl faces sharp taunts from neighbors claiming she did not marry the man of her choice after her wedding. The community debate centers on social pressure and expectations surrounding marriage.
Stepmothers in fairy tales and real life
An essay argues stepmothers are unfairly maligned and compares them to the impossible ideal. It notes Cinderella’s influence on child views, praises wise patient stepmothers, and warns against public scorn while stressing the value of balancing love, rights, and affection within blended families.
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Cincinnati Post
How Mexican Dishes Are Made Chile Pepper and Gable Enter Large ly Into Old Spanish Mecipes
The Denver Times notes the chile pepper as the key ingredient in Mexican and Spanish cooking and describes prep methods. It outlines drying peppers, boiling, removing skins, and using chile pulp in sauces and dishes. It covers fish stuffing, cheese sauces, beef, eggs, and rice with chile pulp, offering several recipes and tips for flavor and thickening.
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Denver Times
Mextrona
Cadiz Streets Charm with Narrow Canals and Colorful Balconies
A San Francisco Chronicle style tour describes Cadiz Spain with narrow canyon like streets, white upper stories, tiled facades, and balconies projecting from every floor. Gardens in bay windows, shops on Dubuque tetuan street, a transformed Spanish hotel, and towers crowned by glass houses offer sunlit views of Cadiz, the Pearl of Andalusia.
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Old Town
Spain
Cadla
San Francisco Chronicle
Dubuque Re Tetuan
Cadiz
Andalusia
Suez Canal Cost and Global Trade Snapshot
The article notes the Suez Canal total at £120,750,000 and cites vast maritime activity with over 25,000 vessels of more than fifty tons. It lists German cotton manufacture ranking behind Britain and the U.S. and Mexico’s railways at 19,000 miles under Diaz, with clothing workers rising to 307,157 and government revenue from $15,000,000 to $115,000,000. It also covers Britain’s female tailors, a fruit export figure of 40,000,000 banana bunches, a Plymouth council decision to end the Fishynge Feaste, a Los Angeles women's relief association, a Maori seaside name Tamataukakikatangihangakouniu, and Old World ship and outlaw lore including the Dreadnought, turbine propeller concerns, and Robin Hood origin stories.
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
Diaz
Mexico
Europe
Central
South America
Jamaica
Plymouth
Eng
Francis Drake
Jewish Women's Foreign Belief Association of
Los Angeles
Cal
Moses Mendelssohn
Bertha Hirsch Baruch
Relief Association
Hawke's Bay
New Zealand
Tanenulnrangi
Stobin Hood
Locksley
Nottinghameshie
Tie
The
Wets
Chiefy Bherwood Forest
Barnsdael
Yorkshire
Earl
Mrantingdon
Abbess Hildegarde and her herb garden noted in London Chronicle
Early text highlights Hildegard of Bingen as Abbess who founded a school for purses at Rupertsburg near Hingen on the Rhine. It notes her study of healing arts, teaching medicinal plant use, simples, and medicines, and her Jardin de Sante as a medieval materia medica. She was canonized after death.
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Aimes
Indegarde
Rupertsburg
Hingen-om the Rhine
Hilldegarde
Jardin de Sante
Materia Medica
London Chronicle
Superstitions of the Railroad Life and Beliefs
The article surveys how railroad workers and travelers embrace omens and charms. It cites practices such as avoiding Friday first runs, ensuring the first passenger is male, fearing left handed engineers, and protecting baggage with specific charms. It notes the prevalence of the number eight and belief in curses after accidents, plus travelers using flowers, ribbons, or Psalm 16 for safety.
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North Carolina
Mounted Nurses Could Join English Army With Brigades
A course of training at the North London Riding School showcases the Islington Drill Brigade Girls Yeomanry as mounted nurses. They bind wounds, hoist soldiers onto horses, and ride to field hospitals, prompting army officials to consider the idea for future corps.
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North London
Islington
Brittary
Navy
Army
Army Medical Corps
Corta
Alaska Coast Abounds In Fish Industry Growth Ahead
The Pacific region has abundant halibut along its coast and large cod banks inland. Alaska's fishermen bring fish home daily, while canning and salting expand salmon output for global markets. German buyers have already shown interest in Alaska salmon, signaling future growth in transport and worldwide distribution.
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Alaska
New England
Atlantic
Pacific
Ina
Boston
New York
United States
Germany
Hamburg
Pacific Coast
Agitation and Silence Across Nations Cited in Transcript
A compact quotation links agitation and inaction across nations. It notes Cleveland’s silence regarding wrongs, while England remains deaf to cries, reflecting a terse editorial stance in the Boston Transcript.
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Casey
Mollie
Dugan
Olam
Clveland
England
Boston Transcript
Farmer Shuns Circus Over Cost and Fear of Himself
A Baltimore American reader recalls a comic tale of a farmer who refuses a circus visit due to the expense and a rough memory of a past coon hunt. He recounts building a barn, chasing a coon, and a collapsing tree that ruined his efforts, then vows to stay home and toil in the fields for a year.
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Teast
Hull
Baltimore American
Roosevelts Worth and Moral Tales in Post Riff
The post riffs on public virtue and family, noting Roosevelt favors someone with a large family. It humorously questions marriages of unlikely pairs in a museum setting and suggests people might improve if not exposed. It ends asserting many men's goodness stems from being unseen or not found out.
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Schenectady
Fils
Potter
Episcopal Seminary of
Virginia
Alexandrian
Mona. J. Thovert
French Academy of
Rome
Ane
Chile
Suez Canal
Mussulman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Drikemen
Pullman
Aumse
Solimedl
Foctio
Circus
Tate
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