Why of Superstitions Rocking the Empty Cradle
The piece notes the US and Canada wide belief in rocking an empty cradle to increase babies, linking it to primitive sympathetic magic and soul transmigration. It warns against rocking when a baby exists, as it might conjure away the existing soul or charm the infant away, advising not to rock until the current child outgrows the cradle.
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United States
Canada
Nice
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Obedience to Orders Brought Due Reward
William C McCloy recounts how Richard Harding Davis refused to surrender his game reporting badge to Arthur Brisbane. Davis insisted his city editor assigned him, and he must keep his badge. Brisbane offered to take the blame and reward followed later.
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William C. McCloy
Charlies A. Dana
Girard
Philadelphia Inquirer
Arthur Brisbane
Davis
Brisbane
Origin of Russian Ballet Origin of Russia’s imperial ballet school
In 1742 a ballet master returned to Russia at Empress Elizabeth Petrovna’s request, founding the famed imperial school that produced the Russian ballet. The envoy to France helped revive the art and establish a lasting national tradition.
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Russia
France
Elizabeth Petrovna
Peter the Great
Imperial School
Perspiration function and water loss in the body
The text explains that sweating is essential for life, with sweat glands reaching 60 miles end to end if stretched. It notes perspiration removes body waste, affects comfort in different temperatures, and varies with air moisture, drinking, and evaporation rates across seasons.
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Witter
Byron's Old Home Doomed in Lonifen Landmark Loss
The Lord Byron home at 8 St James Street faces destruction as wreckers move in. The long-ago poet’s residence features a spiral shaft staircase reaching the roof, tiny enough to pass a chair, with much of the furniture likely delivered through the windows.
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Byron
Lonifen
Lord Byron
St. James Street
Farm Production Falling Off in Thirty-Four Year Study
A Sears-Roebuck Sericuttural Foundation study, using USDA figures, reports farm production per capita near 1910 level as 100 with recent three-year total around 1003. The chart covers 1800 to 1923 for ten crops, combining yields by a fixed price, showing total and per capita production trends amid population growth and butter price influences.
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Papabuton
Sears-Roebuck Sericuttural Foundation
Fyures
United States Department of Agriculture
Public nerves and subway claons of a city exchange
A professor’s long distance call chaos exposes public manners on a bustling day. A malfunctioning telephone operator, frantic callers, and a near-miss on a crowded subway frame a vignette on public civility and habitual brusqueness in city life.
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Aps
Central
Clin
Milady
Indy
Tiis Hari
Mystery of slow drivers at railway crossing puzzled locals
Residents report a strange delay as motorists slow for about half a minute at a railway crossing. The cause remains undiscovered while travel times, once short, stretch into hours. Local witnesses describe long waits and uncertain excuses.
Oldest Furniture Throne Linked to Queen Hershepsa
The oldest known furniture is the throne of Rysyp ian Queen Hershepsa, preserved with the British Museum. It is believed to be more than 3,000 years old.
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Hershepsa
British Museum
Poet Shepherd James Hoge a Scotifish Writer Known as Ethrlek Shepherd
James Hoge a Scotifish poet and friend of Ste Willer Scott gained fame as the Ethrlek Shepherd from birth. By twenty he was recognized as a notable song writer and cultural figure in local circles.
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James Hoge
Ste Willer Scott
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Note
A damaged OCR snippet mentions a person named Williams and hints at a contemplation of actions and outcomes. The readable text is garbled and offers no clear event, date, or place to specify. No definite facts or entities beyond the names that appear are extractable.
Old Cornish Tongue Soon to Be Memory
Trelawney Roberts addressed the London Cornish association about the fading Cornish language. He cited a 11 year old girl’s baptismal card and notes on Dorothy Pentreath, John Davey, and place names showing lingering Cornish traces. he warned the tongue is not yet dead.
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London Cornish Association
Trelawney Roberts
Cornwall
Roberts
Anys
Pelneo Lucian Bonaparte
Dorothy Pentreath
John Davey
Zeenor
Famous Old Church At Perth Marks 364th Anniversary
The article notes the Church of St. John at Perth, a premier Scottish edifice, dating its foundation to ancient times and detailing its 12th and 13th century grandeur. It mentions Dunfermline monks, neglect, and a restoration begun by Robert the Bruce but halted by his death.
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St. John
Perth
Scotland
Edinburgh Scotsiman
Tradithin
Mets
St. Et
Dunfermline
Robert the Bruce
Scientific Canary Drinks Water In Unusual Manner
A New Bedford canary drinks water in a distinctive way. Suspended from its perch by a chained thimble, the bird balances and maneuvers, using its beak and foot to lift and lower the thimble until the glass below can be reached and drunk.
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New Bedford
Has Anyone Laughed At You Because- By Ethel Peyser
A short inspirational note urges extreme tongue control to avoid gossip and social messes. It promotes staying silent in potentially damaging situations to gain time for work and personal popularity.
Do Away With Mosquito and Malaria Vanishes
Do Away With Mosquito and Malaria Vanishes explains global malaria impact with an annual death toll around two million, notes most cases in tropics, and credits Sir Ronald Ross for linking malaria to the bite of a mosquito. It emphasizes quinine as cure and mosquito destruction as prevention.
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Ronald Hoss
Beauty Aids and a Congo Belle in Courier Wit
A Louisville Courier remark satire on beauty schemes. Hoffy says five bracelets make you beautiful and ten make you irresistible. Cutthbert counters with the Congo belle wearing about sixty pounds of assorted junk in a humorous clash of the era’s slang.
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Hoffy
Louisville Courier- Janrnit
Eyes on the Road Improve Family Driving Confidence
As a motorist you gain reassurance by knowing your eyes are healthy rather than guessing. Regular exams help detect issues early, keeping you and your family safer on the road. Schedule a eye check to ensure clear vision and quick reactions behind the wheel.
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A&e Poong
Suaas-Roesuck Agricultural Foundation
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Brother Williams
Scientific Canary
Ethel R. Peyser
California
C. A. Whisler
Denton, MD
Nisi
W. Brewster Deen
William J. Rickards
John H. Vickery
Circuit Court
Caroline County
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Geo
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HARMS
WM. Luebbers
St. Paul St
Baltimore
W. Irving Tilghman
P.D
East New Market
Armstrongs
Sleepy Hollow
Simmons
Urroe
Caroline
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Victor Records
Sae Sur
PRP SD
Teegt Toca
Foster
M. K. Newnam
Newsparr
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