Revenge A Shipboard Tale Of Steering Gear Mishap
A chief officer recounts a near disaster at sea when a steam steering gear fault nearly toppled a liner. amid gale seas and a shattered wheel, the crew rigged winches and improvised to keep the ship on course as a treacherous saboteur inside the gear system is revealed. The old captain remains unflustered, joking about private theatricals as passengers below slept through the peril.
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Pacific Islands
Worrard
Rome
Lanter
Liverpool Canal
The Bath and its Healthful Effects on Skin and Mood
An old issue discusses how regular ablutions influence health, vigor, and complexion. It weighs hot, warm, cold, and tepid baths, noting pore maintenance, post bath effects, and individual tolerance, with guidance on sponging, friction, and best bathing times.
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Harper's Bazar
Vestal Virgins and Fire of Rome in Ancient Lore
Ovid describes the first temple of Vesta at Rome as a wattled circular hut with thatch, tended by unmarried girls. The sacred fire symbolized Rome’s fortunes, linked to home and dwellings, with all towns sharing a mother hearth. If the fire faded, punished maiden rekindled it by rubbing wood or sunlight.
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Ovid
Vesta
Rome
Troy
Naming Babes Across Cultures: Customs by Lamp and Candle
A survey of infant naming rites from various cultures shows Hindoo practice of naming at 12 days with possible dual-parent input and a brightness lamp test, Egyptian candle selections, Muhammedan slips placed in the Koran, and Chinese traditions of temporary baby names until age 20, then a new name from the father.
Ireland’s World’s Fair Village Showcases Domestic Industries
An Irish village at the World’s Fair spans 25 000 square feet forming a quad rangle of typical cottages. Visitors pass through Mackross cloisters and a Blarney castle replica with an Irish cross at the center. Demonstrations include lace making, embroidery, homespun weaving, spinning, dairying, wood and stone carving, and wrought iron work.
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Ireland
Mackross
Blarney Castle
Yellowstone Park Wonders of the Nation's Public Grounds
The Yellowstone region spans Wyoming with parts in Montana and Idaho, covering 8 575 square miles. Early surveys in 1800 and expeditions in 1870 71 under Hayden led to a 1872 act reserving the park for public enjoyment. The area features high snow clad mountains 10 000 to 19 000 feet, deep canyons like Tower Creek and the Devil's Den, the Grand canyon, numerous hot springs and 50 geysers reaching 50 to 200 feet, with the park's altitude cited as around 150 000 feet above sea level.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Idaho
Hayden
Congress
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Yellowstone River
Tower Creek
Column Mountain
Grand Canyon
Theenar
The First Ruse for a Thermometer by Fahrenheit
A historical note on Fahrenheit and his early discovery as a boy in 1700. He observed snow and salt create extreme cold, defined as zero, and built a crude thermometer. He set a scale from zero to boiling, naming zero as the lowest temperature and assigning fixed points at freezing and boiling.
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Fahrenhalt
Fahrenheit
Fahrephelt
Altting
Shad
Satan
Thad
Ike
Sam
Tennysson
The Ass as Mentioned In Shakespeare
The piece surveys how the term ass appears across Shakespeare with plural uses and contexts. It cites Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream Horatio’s friend and others while noting repeated opprobrium in plays such as Two Gentlemen of Verona Comedy of Errors and The Tempest. It traces how characters label others as asses and the varied dramatic responses.
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Lucendo
Hortensio
Caliban
Language In Sealing Wax
A historical note explains seal color meanings: white for marriage proposals, crimson for business, yellow for jealousy, blue for constancy, brown for melancholy, green for hope, pale for reproof, violet for confidentiality, black for death, chocolate for dinner invitations, pink for confidences by young ladies, and gray for ordinary acquaintances.
Old Family Saying About Wedding Dress Colors
A fragment describes marriage fortunes tied to dress colors. White promises fidelity, gray distance, black regret, red danger, blue constancy, yellow shame, brown relocation, and pink low spirits. The verse offers a colorful, old superstition about colors predicting future outcomes.
Paris doctor tests electricity to treat diarrhea
M Errant Arslan, a French authority, says electricity helps diarrhea. A Paris journal notes he obtained permission from M Olivier to test the treatment on a large scale at Hopital des Enfants Malades. Results were satisfactory with most forms cured except cases caused by dysentery or intestinal ulcers.
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M. Errant Arslan
Paris
M. Olivier
Hopital Des Enfants
Smut of Grain and Hot Water Seed Treatment
Farmers should purge smut from grain as it lowers value and buyers are wary. Hot water bluestone treatments, including 132 185 degree soaking for 15 minutes or 186 188 degrees for five minutes, show promise in wheat and oats but can affect corn vitality. Dr Breveld’s experiments favor bluestone, with instructions to soak seed in dissolved copper sulfate in a tub, treat up to eight bushels per pound of bluestone, and avoid delaying treatment after infection. Continuous practice and fallowing after smutted crops help prevent recurrence.
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Vermont
Manitoba Farmera
Richard Waugh
Breveld
Berlin
Care of Chickens from a Massachusetts Poultry Talk
Statements from Abel L. Stevens of Wellesley on poultry care urge vigorous stock, clean dry quarters, and a precise feeding schedule. He recommends early hatching, frequent small feedings, a corn meal and middlings mix, and ample green food. Emphasizing shelter, shaded brood coops, and secure roosting, the advice promises high hatch rates and targeted feeding to separate pullets and cockerels at 12 weeks.
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Abel L. Stevens
Wellesley
Mass
Massachusetts Ploughman
Fertilizer Results for Corn From Georgian Trial
A Georgian agricultural experiment reports on corn fertilizer results. Muriate of potash shows doubtful benefit on clay soil. superphosphate and nitrate of soda prove beneficial. cottonseed meal less so. Overall, concentrated chemical fertilizers did not pay for the yield gain over unfertilized plots. The piece ends with a moral about speaking honestly and kindly.
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Georgian Agricultural Experiment Station
Philby
Gems in Verse. New York Sonnet by J. Henry Boner
Poem reflects on New York as the capital of the universe and the bustling city. The piece notes the New Yorker as an alien in a changing commerce driven metropolis and references historic Manhattan landmarks like Bowling Green.
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Delda
New Yorker
Dogrsill
Commerce
Manhattan
Bowling Green
J. Henry Boner
Take heed of the hand you raise in wasteful fire
A stark admonition laments reckless destruction from axe and flame. A "clown hands strike" motif contrasts with a guide who directs the blow, condemning barren landscapes and shedding light on how commerce feeds on a wilderness burned. The verse warns of polluted rivers and spurned nature due to human action.
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J.J. Jump
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Easton
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber Company
Tunis Mills
R S. Fountain
W. W. Tunis & Bro. Lumber CO
Baltimore Coal Tar and Manufacturing Company
W. Campen Street
Baltimore, MD
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Main Street
Denton
Manryland
L. H. Footo
Lloyd's
Maryland Steamboat CO
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Third Haven
Great Choftank River
Ida
Joppa
Lyford’s
Williston
Two Johns
Turkey Creek
Kingston
Dover Bridge
Hog Island
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Oyster Shell Point
Cambridge
Castle Haven
Oxford
Double Mill
Tilghman’s Island
Pier 4 Light Street Wharf
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Sec. & Treas
Light St
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E van Wagoner
RT. Carter
Joseph Guest
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Court House
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Parker
Palo
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Deugzista
Conference Academy
W. L. Gooding
Dover
Del
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Ridgely
J.H. Vangesel
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Ephesus
Promiio
GEMS
Sonnet of
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Sierra
F. W. Reed
Ant
S. W. Foss
Peter
Lonion Spectator
Chambers
Akles
Ladies’ Home
Penu
John Hazlewood
Eckerty, Ind
Mario Antoinetto
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