Oddities of Noted Authors and Statesmen Habits
A collage of idiosyncratic work rituals and pacing from Voltaire Balzac Pitt Addison Mezeray and others. It notes candlelight late nights chilly rooms isolation postchaise naps in vinegar water and even shredding paper for Bentham manuscripts and Napoleons peculiar meditative routines.
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Voltaire
Balzac
Pitt
Addison
Shapman
London
Girodet
Michael Angelo
Mezeray
Gretty
Bossuct
Schiller
Guido Reno
Sarti
Leonardo da Vinci
Titian
Rubens
Montesquieu
Buffon
Alexander Dumas
Milton
Fox
Jeremy Bentham
Napoleon
New York Commercial Advertiser
Musical Talent in Tyrol Remarkable Local Singers
A traveler praises Tyrolean musical gifts noting common country folk possess fine pitch and expressive voices. An Englishwoman witnesses two peasant girls join in a Viennese air, then confirms their talent by inviting them to sing along with the performer. A vivid portrait of rural musical ability and ear for harmony.
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Tyrol
Bismarck
Snake charming across continents described by Col. Pike
Col Nicholas Pike recounts striking scenes of snake charmers in Cape Town and India. He notes natives handling puff adders and cobras with music, snakes emerging from thatched roofs, and being restrained under baskets as music allegedly calms or controls them.
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Col
Nicholas Pike
Cape Town
South Africa
India
Brooklyn Eagle
Irrigation in India and uneven rainfall distribution
The Chicago Times notes stark contrasts in India's irrigation: some districts receive over 100 inches of rain annually, yet nearby areas suffer drought. Farmers use oxen driven wells and skin buckets to irrigate fields where wheat flourishes, while adjacent lands endure scant crops in hot seasons, remaining desolate under the Indian sun.
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India
Chicago
New Jersey Guest Declines Room with Bath at Washington Hotel
A brief Epoch item records a New Jersey guest visiting Washington hotel asking for a bathless room. The clerk repeats the question, and the guest declines, noting he will be in town only a couple of weeks and had bathed recently.
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Washington
New Jersey
The Army of Germany Emergency Troop Total
The Boston Budget reports Germany could field 2 960 000 thoroughly drilled soldiers and 3 480 000 with some arms knowledge, totaling 6 440 000 men. A Lewiston blacksmith sells iron finger rings at fifty cents each claimed to cure rheumatic pain.
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Army of
Germany
Boston
Lewiston
Wanshee Tales From an Irish Night Watchman
Michael Phelan recounts eerie banshee encounters in Ireland near Dublin and King's County. He tells of a three foot tall spectral child with yellow hair, a family banshee foretelling illness, and a comb lost to a spectral presence in corn fields. The stories end with a warning that banshees avoid human contact.
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Michael Phelan
Planters
Ireland
King’s County
Dublin
Michael Burns
Mike
Wang
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wild Horses Fight in a Terrible West Showdown
Theodore Roosevelt recounts a brutal contest between a gray stallion, a black stallion, and a small jack ass on a ranch. The trio, released from adjacent pens, collide in a fierce fight with the jack lunging first, grabbing the gray by the throat. The black horse attacks both, while men intervene to separate the berserk animals. Roosevelt notes the jack’s efficiency and the danger of wild stallions on ranches.
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Theodore Roosevelt
The Artels of Convicts on Siberian Transport
Michael Malkoff describes artels as provisional convict groups led by a staresta who controls meals money and spokesperson duties. They enforce strict rules and punish informers while on ships and in transit. Covering murder by choking, informer hatred, and strong artel authority reduce traitor presence.
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Siberia
Siberian
Artel
Michael Malkoff
Chicago News
Dressing Dying Out Blessing Food Custom
The Globe-Democrat notes the practice of blessing meals is fading as modern values shift. It questions why food is privileged over clothes or books and suggests alternatives. A Norse dance or reading aloud before meals could improve home life, which it sees as overly task driven and less joyful.
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Globe-Democrat
Burman Women Share Burden in Pagoda Work
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent notes Burman women work hard beside men. They carry bricks and mortar in shallow jars on their heads while climbing bamboo ladders to aid pagoda construction. This head carriage, common in Burmah, seems to make their movements more graceful.
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Burmah
San Francisco Chronicle
Zulu Architecture Defies Straight Lines and Multistory Design
In Wilf P. Pond’s Drake's Magazine piece, Zulu builders favor circular forms in all structures prose notes that straight lines and square houses are incomprehensible to them. They rely on posts, sticks, reeds, and thatch, rejecting bricks, stone, and mortar as beyond their understanding, and doubt multi story concepts even for large works like Capitol size buildings.
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Diamond Fields
Capitol
Washington
Seattle
Wilf
P. Pond
Drake's Magazine
War Pictures On Six Loft Floors In Cold Ward Sleep
In a Century newspaper description, six lofts show eerie war imagery lit by a lone candle. Soldiers-like sleepers lie head to foot in ranks, divided into squads led by a captain who enforces spooning to share warmth, with late night boot shouts of Lights.
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Borden
Oak for Railroad Ties Circular Warns Wasteful Use
The U S Department of Agriculture forestry division issues a circular for railroad managers noting that white oak is being overused for cross ties, depleting a timber valuable for other uses. It highlights chestnut oak ties and urges economical use of forest supplies to preserve resources.
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Forestry Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Remedy for Hiccoughs Promised by Medical Journal
A New York Medical Journal note suggests a hiccough remedy: the sufferer plugs both external ear canals with fingers while a helper pours a small amount of liquid for the sufferer to swallow. The method reportedly yields an immediate effect.
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New York Medical Journal
Close Figuring in a Yacht Ituce on Volunteer
A Boston Globe item reports on a scheme to speed the Volunteer in international races. During Thistle races reef points were removed from the mainsail to reduce drag and holes were plugged with soap to smooth the sail surface. General Paine discussed windage influences in a conversation.
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Paine
Boston Globe
Miss Alcott on Young Authors and Practice
The letter urges young writers to write in their own way and learn from criticism. It stresses grammar, spelling, punctuation, short words, and brevity, discouraging excess adjectives and foreign terms. It promotes reading good books and listening to wise voices to improve style and print whenever possible.
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Miss Alcott
St. Nicholas
The White Dragon of Canton Legend Told in Chicago Times
Ruhamah recounts the Cantonese fear of a great white dragon said to haunt the river. The creature allegedly devoured unwary men and is appeased during the summer solstice by boiled rice and rice brandy offerings. The dragon festival features firecrackers tom toms and songs audible through the night.
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Canton
Secial
Chicago Times
Moral Teaching Plan for Schools by Beedy Century Idea
A classroom method selects small groups to find and recite short morals each morning. Pupils read aloud, teachers discuss meaning, and maxims are copied to a board and student journals. Volunteers review prior sentiments daily, with allowances for older stored quotes if needed.
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Mary E. Beedy
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H.S. Miller
Ertilizers
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Oyat Satake
Frank Turner
Ruthsburg, QA. Co
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Denton, Md
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General Commission
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Baltimore
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Masonic Hall
Denton, Ma
Libby
Oak
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Emory & Neavitt
South Street
Gould
Gould& Cos Furniture
Phila
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BR Rice
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