West Virginia Emerges as a Separate State
The article recounts how West Virginia split from Virginia amid diverging paths and the slavery question. It details early exploration by John Laderer and La Salle, settlement challenges, the 1861 Wheeling assembly, a new constitution, and admission to the Union in 1863 as the Panhandle State with 24,170 square miles and eight presidential electors.
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Jonathan Brace
Virginia
West Virginia
Old Dominion
John Laderer
la Salle
Ohio
Pt. Pleasant
Wheeling
Lincoln
Panhandle
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Right or Left Eyed How Dominant Brain Sides Shape Vision
The piece explains that many people are right or left eyed as they are right or left handed. By focusing on an object and alternately opening each eye, a person can determine ocular dominance. The more developed brain hemisphere influences how quickly and accurately the eyes align with the object.
Life and Beyond in Kingsley's View of Heaven
A quotation from Charles Kingsley frames earthly life as a vapor and shadow compared with eternal realities in heaven. It emphasizes fleeting happiness, poverty, and the enduring light of God beyond mortal existence.
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Light Kingdom
Charles Kingsley
If About Dying Provokes Thought on Final Affairs
A wealthy man arranging his affairs told his lawyer there is no if about dying. The lawyer interrupted noting the certainty of death and the need to plan now. The anecdote urges readers to prepare documents and be explicit about future wishes.
Untitled quote on speech and emotion from Uncle Eben
A rustic observation notes that a man often gives his best speech when uncertain about the subject, driven by the need to display maximum emotion. The speaker, Uncle Eben, reflects on the human urge to overcompensate with feeling.
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Uncle Eben
Primitive Travel in China Shows Animal and Foot Power
The piece explains travel in China relies on two leg walking for short distances and four leg transport for longer journeys. It notes railways and steamships are beginning to appear, while camels and donkeys remain commonly used for carrying loads.
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China
No Proof of Giants Race Discredited by Buffon Era Thinkers
The article notes Buffon and fellow naturalists once speculated humans 10 to 15 feet tall inhabited Earth but that view is now discredited. It presents a concise historical stance on gigantism in human history.
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Buffon
Unfortunate Human Trast Passage Cited by Uncle Eben
In a reflection attributed to Uncle Eben the text laments a cultural bias that values entertainment over rigorous teaching. It notes that many people prefer a passable banjo player to a first class lecturer, highlighting a tension between popular culture and intellectual discourse.
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Eben
Dan
Pretty Molly and HerSlogan
Jack Hoffman pursues Molly Malone in a comic romance where Molly’s secret guiding slogan remains mystery. After repeated rejections, he roars to desperate action driving Molly to a preacher for a marriage, and she weds him with a sly smile that hides her true rule: worry them if you want them.
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Molly Malone
Jack Hoffman
Jack
Molly
Hoim
Moly
Geood
Masbell
Dave
Ned
Molly Sininai
Phonograph
Man’ Logan
Lfe
Testing Colors and Ultraviolet Color Fading Lab Tests
An expert notes that fading in dyed materials and wallpapers is caused by invisible ultraviolet rays in sunlight. European dye merchants formerly exposed samples in South sunlight to test permanence, now using electric mercury-vapor lamps with a quartz tube for rapid, climate independent results.
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Europe
Christian Science Monitor
Delicacies in New York Colonies and Turkish Kasler
The text describes seafood and imported delicacies in early New York colonies. Lobsters are sun dried and salted, a kavinr from Hellenes and Asia Minor trades is noted, and a firm seasoned product called kasler is described with an beeswar coating that preserves it for years and imparts a faint honey aroma.
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Asia Minor
Lava Souvenirs From Kilauea Volcano Edge
Tourists visiting Kilauea in the Hawaii islands seek lava souvenirs by throwing coins knives and trinkets into the lava stream near the crater edge. After brief immersion the items are retrieved with a long stick and cooled as keepsakes of the world’s largest volcano.
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Kilauea
Hawaii Islands
I 3
Jewish Physicians Honored In Medieval Papal Court
During a long interval popes were assisted by Jewish physicians. In 1385 the Iteman senate cut Jewish tribute after doctors of that race refused to charge the poor. Pope Boniface IX issued a diploma to Eling Sabbas and sent a recommendation to Angelo db Manuele.
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Iteman Senate
Boniface IX
Eling Sabbas
Angelo Db Manuele
Cleaning varnish with tea leaves method guide
Do not clean varnished paint or enamel with soup soda and water as it dulls the finish and may cause peeling. Instead use a tea leaf solution by soaking leaves in hot water for ten minutes, then use the cold liquid to wash the varnished surface and finish with a dry cloth.
Evolution of early prison systems and aims
The text traces the origin of prisons from private deterrents to public reform institutions. It notes private use to eliminate rivals, the emergence of workhouses in London around 1550, and reformist aims. It mentions 1703 Pope Clement XI organizing a criminal ward in Rome to aid rather than punish offenders.
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London
Clement XI
Hospital of St. Michael
Rome
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R. C. Harris
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Birmingham
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Atlanta
Montgomery
Toledo
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Denton, Maryland
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