Lost Continent tale reveals Phorenice rise in Atlantis
An ancient manuscript from the Canary Islands tells how Phorenice, a swineherd’s daughter, rises to rule Atlantis in Yucatan. Deucalion, former viceroy, learns of her bold reforms, military prowess, and the empire’s fragile throne as Tatho hints at looming dangers.
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Continent
Canary Islands
Phorenice
Tatho
Yucatan
Tatha
Pyramid
Atlantis
Deucalion
Mexico
Tathor
Fides
Zaemon
Coasting Without Snow In Summer Thrills Los Angeles
A Chicago Tribune note describes Los Angeles residents sledding on dry weed slicks after summer heat. Kids and adults glide down quarter mile slopes, race and tumble, with improvised brakes and a dramatic incident of a girl flipping into a pile of sleds.
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Los Angeles
Chicago Tribune
California
Kingdom Come
What He Would Do
A Denver Times humorous snippet depicts a asking lady and a beggar with angular smeller and uncertain spectacles. The man answers he would seek a Turkish bath and buy a city bubble with change, then asks for a ten cent piece.
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Denver Times
Steel of Many Kinds and Their Endurance Under Use
Severe tests to which the metal used in building operations is subjected reveal that steel and iron differ greatly in endurance. Structural steel has higher tensile strength and elasticity yet looks similar to iron. Modern open hearth steels resist long-duration fatigue far better than iron, with duty in high speed engines demanding resistance to tensile, torsional, and traverse stresses simultaneously.
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Scientific American
Electric Victoriette for Queen Victoria Revealed
Cassell's Magazine notes the queen’s electric car, the electric victoriette, seating for two in dark green morocco, rose madder lake panels, and black body with red trim. Weighing 12 cwt it runs 40 mile battery, 20 mph, nearly silent with low vibration and simple control.
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England
Cassell’s Magazine
Where the Coin Was Made In Four U S Mints
The article explains coin markings for 25 cent and larger pieces. It lists four U S mints Philadelphia San Francisco New Orleans and Carson City and explains marks below the eagle or arrows indicate mint origin. No mark means the coin came from Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
Carson City
Quaker City
Curious Orris Root Industry Then and Now
The Leghorn district report notes beads from orris root drilled through the center, once 20 million exported yearly, now 4 million. Beads tied to medical wound treatment, dentaminolo fingers aid teething, dyed grains sold for scent and odor removal. Paris hosts a bead factory. most exports go to Lyons and Frankfurt. industry waning in Italy with growing German and Austrian trade.
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Leghorn
Orris Root
Paris
Lyons
Frankfort
Italy
Germany
Austria
Foreign Office
Association of Chambers of Commerce
One of Nature's Barometers
A remnant of the Araucanian race in southern Chile uses a crab shell as a weather barometer. The shell is white in dry weather and develops small red spots as humidity rises, turning entirely red and staying so during the rainy season.
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Chili
Light From Smoke: Tobiansky Shows New Illumination
A Belgian engineer Tobiansky is credited by Youth's Companion with inventing a device to produce light from smoke. Smoke is drawn into a receiver, saturated with hydrocarburet, and burned to give bright illumination.
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Tobiansky
New Automatic Mining Cutter Revealed in Austria-Hungary Patent
An illustrated mining machine for cutting coal beds operates automatically after initial positioning under the cut area. It rides on a wheeled carriage, powered by electricity, with telescoping cylinders feeding cutters upward as material is dislodged. Inventor Wilhelm Selther of Schlan Austria-Hungary holds the patent.
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Wilhelm Selther
Schlan
Austria-Hungary
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Adulteration A Science From the English Government Lab
The principal chemist presents a yearly report on adulteration and enforcement. Tea samples refused for exhaust leaves or sand, beer analysis showing 15.6 percent diluted or sugar-added, tobacco imports fluctuating, and penalties totaling thousands of pounds. Lead compounds in pottery prompted a surge in home office testing and enforcement actions.
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Government Laboratory
Leeds Mercury
Board of Inland Revenue
Home Office
Proverbial Wit and Weekend Snippets
A collection of quips and jokes from various papers including quotes about haste, temper, preachers, politicians, and a humorous exchange about burning tobacco and rose leaves in a pipe. Includes remarks from the Washington Post and other papers.
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Ohio State Journal
Nautical Terms Here in Jest
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip section uses playful dialogue about yacht terms. The couple debates yaw luff stays and going about, joking that stays means mislaying a waist as they tease nautical jargon.
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George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Customer
A testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing ulceration of the womb and aiding many women with menstrual and reproductive disorders. The letter claims broad endorsements, warns against other medicines, and mentions a $5000 forfeit for genuineness if untrue.
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Ellen Ripley
Ladies Aid
Grand Army of the Republic
No. 7
T6th Ave
N. E
Minneapolis, Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Minneapolis
Will of Milwaukee man distributes estate with puzzling math
The will of Peter J. Gergen filed in Milwaukee probate divides a $3,500 estate among his widow and eight children with unusual allocations. Mary gets $200 more than others, Nicholas $50 less, John $70 less, Anna $30 less, while Joseph, Peter, Gabriel and Frank share equally at $200 less than Mary and other specified differences. Peter Gergen is named executor.
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Peter J. Gergen
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary
Nicholas
John
Anna
Joseph
Peter
Gabriel
Frank
Peter Gergen
Quip on Water Safety Sparks Witty Exchange
A humorous dialogue contrasts a doctor warning a young woman about unfiltered water with her retort about preferring an aquarium to a cemetery, illustrating a sharp, sardonic exchange. The brief scene captures social wit and health concerns in a flirtatious banter.
It Seemed So Strawber and Father In Help
A clipped exchange hints at family support from a father figure. The dialogue touches on willingness to assist, framed in a casual Town and Country style with modern city papers cited. The line contrasts cheerful dispositions and skeptical replies without broader context.
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Singerly
Hungary Aims Cotton Cultivation Amid Systematic Trials
Hungary experiments to grow cotton despite a five month growing window. Researchers propose seed and soil enhancements to shorten the cycle by two weeks, with government backing after preliminary success.
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Hungary
Massena Power Plant Opens Large Niagara Rival
The St. Lawrence Power company unveils a new system at Massena New York costing over 5 million dollars. It aims for 75 000 horsepower with an annual charge of 13 dollars per horse power versus 23 at Niagara. A three mile canal diverts a 265 foot wide 25 foot deep stream from the St. Lawrence into the Degrass river. About a thousand workers labored on the project for four years day and night.
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Niagara
St. Lawrence Power Company
Massena
New York
St. Lawrence
Degrass River
Trolley Automobile Line Demonstrated Near Berlin
Consul General Guenther in Frankfurt reports a Berlin engineer built a trolley automobile line like the Paris exhibit at Eberswalde. The car uses an overhead wire and a movable cable to receive power, enabling turns anywhere on the road. Experts have favorably inspected the system and expect broad acceptance in Germany.
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Guenther
Frankfort
Berlin
Eberswalde
Germany
Home Run Ball Crashes into Kitchen Bread Dough
A Philadelphia batter hit a towering home run in Chicago driving the ball over the right field fence into a house window and down the stairs into the kitchen. It lodged in a pan of dough under the stove shaping the next day’s ball bearing bread for the family.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Dinner dispute over roast beef and mutton head remark
At dinner, Willie and Mr. Chumpleigh joke about roast beef while Willie recalls his father promising a mutton head. The guest of honor replies with a calm, curious response as the family exchanges light banter.
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Little Willie
Mr. Chumpleigh
Philadelphia
Tess
You may talk till doomsday Mrs Jigsby clash
The Last Word from a Chicago Tribune humor column features Mrs Jigsby arguing with George Jigsby about a wife's obedience. He retorts with a boast about outliving her and having it engraved on her tombstone.
Seasonable Sentiment in Yale Record Coastal Imagery
A lighthearted Yale Record note praises a romantic country theme as buoys hug the shore along the coast. The piece evokes the sound of a fishing smack and waves kissing the beach, with an arm of the sea surrounding a sandy stretch.
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Yale Record
Revenue cutter question in a playful Smart Set quip
An old wisecrack asks what a revenue cutter is with a comic answer from a punning narrator. The exchange invokes family terms and nautical finance humor in a stylized magazine aside.
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Johnnie
Fred
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