Egyptian musical instruments prove ancient scale predates Greeks
A Royal Academy lecture by Mr. T. S. Southgate on ancient Egyptian instruments and the Kahun tomb flutes shows Egyptian music predated Greek theory, with eleven-hole flutes producing notes close to our diatonic scale. The event featured Mr. J. Finn performing a funeral dirge and comparing ancient tones to the bagpipe.
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London News
Zuni Moon Reflection Believed As Younger Sister
Frank Cushing described a Zuni belief that the moon’s reflection in water is the younger sister of the moon. The goddess of love and coquetry is said to have decreed women wear their hair parted on the side, a tradition the Zuni men and women supposedly follow like their higher sisters.
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William Dean Howells
Harper's
Frank Cushing
Bullalo Express
A Moral Quandary About Kissing Two Women
A Boston Transcript quip notes that choosing between two young women, one pretty and one plain, exposes flawed judgment. Kissing the pretty woman yields no appreciation, the ugly one is affronted, while kissing the plain woman earns gratitude and the handsome one views it as sarcasm aimed at the ugly girl.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Shamrock Badge Request From Pinsburg Bulletin
A fragment from Pinsburg Bulletin describes a request for a sham rock fern badge and mentions O'Bryan the scenic artist. It notes weekly pin making and a private box seating exchange, with dialogue about where Jim will sit tonight.
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O'Callahan
Hest
Jim
Jack
Reform Sightings Hit Phillipsburg Town Streets
A Bethlehem PA Times note alleges Phillipsburg is overrun by peculiar tramps. One thief reportedly took a hand mirror a few days ago along with a hair brush and a can opener.
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Phillipsburg
Bethlehem
Invention of a sprunglinger enables a man to leap and fly
A German Professor Griese of the German Society of Evastation in Berlin invents a machine called a sprunglinger that, by his own muscular power, lets a man leap into the air and fly a long distance. The Patten Multiplex Telegraph now runs sixteen circuits between New York and Philadelphia at twenty five words a minute. Steverson’s 1845 wave pressure finding 6083 pounds per square foot shows wave velocity drives destructiveness.
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Providence Journal
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The Advantages of Conversation in Learning
A reflection on how conversation with well informed, clear speakers enhances understanding. It asserts that asking questions, clarifying points, and revisiting topics aids memory and learning, arguing that a competent teacher surpasses any textbook and that dialogue inspires both speaker and listener.
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Charles Dudley Warner
St. Nicholas
Dog Tales And Curiosities From Old Times
A quirky collection notes dogs' antics and human kindness, contrasts illness care with quiet, and odd price comparisons. It recalls Bruno bringing a forget me not sprig, medical prudence for visitors, precious metals values, and frontier meals in Kansas with buffalo and game memories.
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Mischief at Charity Fair Leads to Deposed Cashier
A junior class candy stall at a school charity fair becomes a case of theft by multiple girls and their teacher. Five conspirators siphon funds through overpayment tricks, then reveal the cashier Mamie Jones was replaced as the scheme unravels. The exposé shows a costly but revealing misrule at the bake sale.
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Mainie
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No. 1
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New York ‘Tribune
Evolution of European meals from medieval to eighteenth century
Louis T. Peale notes in the Detroit Free Press that in Europe from medieval to mid eighteenth century people ate three meals daily with dinner at midday being the main meal. Breakfast was eaten around 5 am as rising was early and lunch followed at noon with a lighter supper in the evening.
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Europe
Louis T. Peale
Detroit Free Press
Veteran seeks pension claim help after wartime injury
A veteran asks a pension attorney to prosecute his claim for a pension citing injuries from the late war. The attorney questions the method as the veteran recounts buying and eating a plot of an army sutler. Kate Field's.
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pension attornney
Kate Field
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