Ancient Phoenician and Roman Dentistry Revealed in Museums
The article notes that dentistry dates back to ancient times with Phoenician bridgework in the Louvre showing teeth united by gold wire and implants fixed by gold wire. It cites Courne ta’s riveted metal bridgework from the sixth and seventh centuries BC, and mentions Martial the satiric poets’ references to artificial teeth and Roman care for dental prosthetics.
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Sidgo
Louvre
Paris
Courneta
Tarquinii
Rome
Martial
Norwich guardians ban word pauper in records
A Norwich board of guardians decision bans the word pauper from all records and minutes. Bir Millington, a farmer, argued that relief may be needed through no fault of recipients and that the term stigmatizes families including children. He proposed substituting the word poor.
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Norwich
England
Bequeathing Fortunes to the Public and Its Rise
A growing practice among wealthy Americans urges trustee duties for public good. California leads in applying fortunes for common welfare amid a debate on philanthropy. A Bostonian learns from the San Francisco Call about benevolent bequests and civic responsibility.
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California
San Francisco
Quinine Prices Then and Now Noted in Humorous Quote
A remark recalls quinine’s price of five dollars per ounce fifty years ago. Today it costs about one tenth as much, with the old price cited as five dollars in syrup or baked apples to disguise the bitter taste, attributed to a Madiscuvile Hussler.
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Hochschild, Kohn & Co
Baltimore
Madiscuvile Hussler
Timber Resources in Caucasus Forests Highlighted
The Caucasus rich forests present future development potential with walnut and boxwood belts along the coast already fully exploited. Two lumber mills, at Poli and Sukhum Kelee, dominate current timber operations.
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Caucasus
Poli
Sukhum-Kelee
Washington Navel Orange Named for Department in DC
The navel orange was first found in Bahia Brazil and carried to Australia. Slips failed there, then the identical department in Washington DC sent slips to a Los Angeles grower. The trees flourished and yielded fruit named the Washington navel orange in compliment to the capital department.
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Bahia
Brazil
Australia
Washington
D. C
Los Angeles
Rabbit fur replaces wool in Sydney hat making
Rabbit fur has supplanted woolen felt hat making in Sydney Australia where 32 factories operate. The fur is superior to merino for hats and millions of rabbit skins are used annually. It takes about six average skins to craft a fur felt hat with one factory consuming 25,000 to 30,000 skins per week.
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Sydney
Australia
Valuable Crucifix Carved Leonardo Da Vinci Seeks High Offer
A carved ivory crucifix bought at a rag fair in Reus ten years ago passed from a deceased owner to her daughter Senor Mayner's wife. A visitor offered 500, then 75000 by an antiquarian, both refused. Now valued as a top Leonardo da Vinci carving, an American collector has offered 125000 and the offer is under consideration.
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Reus
Senor Mayner
Senard Mayner
Leonardo da Vinci
First Use of Tobacco As Sacred Incense
The text claims early pipe smokers were medicine men and tobacco served as incense to honor great spirits. It notes tobacco’s sacred status among Indians from Hudson's Bay to Cane Horn and describes its enduring epithet as a divine weed used in homage, similar to incense in the Orient.
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Hudson's Bay
Cane Horn
Free expert advice on building cottages and living rooms
Miro Meltham A Radford offers readers free advice on cottage design and building costs. He argues a two story house may cost less than a bungalow if space is optimized, and describes a practical three to four room layout with modern living room emphasis.
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Miro Meltham A. Radford
Edita
William A. Radford
West Jacoon Boulevard
Chicago
Alii Guer
Sdea
Night sweats blamed on poisoned gut not TB infection
A medical note argues night sweats in early tuberculosis arise from poisons absorbed by a disordered alimentary canal. It says cleansing the intestinal tract stops sweating, then with pure air and a simple diet the patient may recover, while ongoing digestive errors worsen wasting and poisoning.
Snoring Cure In Church Draws English Banter
A New York Press item notes an English preacher, Rev. A. Allen Barrett of Claygate, devised a petite mental contrivance to stop snoring in church. A sleeping parishioner, when thus adorned, cannot snore during the sermon until after the service.
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Claygate
England
New York Press
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