Poisonous Insects in Bolivian Jungle Excerpt
In the Bolivian jungles along the River Beni certain insects are described as highly venomous. The apasana is a bird eating spider reaching 8 to 10 inches with a woolly body and red legs whose bite can be fatal. The paulo santo ant rains down on a touch from hollow trees, delivering stings like hot coals. Other pests named include zaputama a nearly invisible insect in grass, guanaco a sand-dwelling bug, bareful a sand fly, sweat bees antopheles malaria mosquito, plus wasps ticks and jiggers.
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Bolivia
Beni
Paulo Santo
New York Times
Recalls Stereopticon Lectures and Fading Popularity
A Washington Star reader muses on the bygone era of stereopticon lectures in the city. He recalls buzzer signals to change slides, sleepy operators, and sometimes misreadings of Leaning Tower of Pisa versus the Coliseum. He also mentions contrived songs and sentimental picks, contrasting past diversions with present tastes.
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Ower
Pisa
Coliseum
Washington Star
Boy settles bill and pays two cents fee
A Brockton Massachusetts Enterprise item recounts a town boy visiting a store to pay a bill owed by his father. He insists on settling the account, the merchant tallies the sum, and the boy pays. He then asks for the two cents it would have cost to mail the bill and leaves satisfied.
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Dent
Brockton
Mass
Minster Abbey Manor Aged Oldest English House In Market
Minster abbey on the Isle of Thiunet, claimed as England’s oldest house, is up for sale by order of trustees of the late Lora Conynham, said to be a fine 11th century Norman manor renovated around 1413 built on the site of Edbarga’s Saints Peter and Paul monastery dating to the 8th century and destroyed in the 9th by Danes. The building, described in the Poem’s Day book as Thenet manor, is noted as the island’s only manor in Saventines.
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Minster Abbey
Isle of
Thiunet
England
Conynham
Edbarga
Peter and Paul
Thenet Manor
Saventines
Diet talk and blue blood in a Times letter
A Los Angeles Times reader jokes about dieting to escape being labeled blue blood. The letter notes a mother on a diet for an unclear reason, asking if dieting can render her son red like other boys. The humorous exchange reflects diet fixation and class labeling.
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Ind
Times Medical Department
Los Angeles ‘Times
Not So Much Interest I Have In Reading Books
Noting that knowing books is often seen as a mark of education and trust, the speaker argues many interesting people avoid heavy bookish talk. He recalls rarely being in bookish circles except with publishers or writers, as quoted from Dr W Bowes Monthly.
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Db W Bowe
Gems From Dr Johnsing Garrick Lawsuit Heard
A humorous exchange shows Dr Johnsing Garrick facing a law action with the Great Lesscogen advising married witnesses. Garrick and Sir discuss the difference with a quip about a married witness used to cross examination.
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Garrick
Lesscogen
Haydn Visits Bris tol Music Store in 18th Century Twist
A fashionably dressed man enters Howell's music shop in Bristol seeking better piano music. He reveals he has written the works himself, declaring, I am Haydn. Howell, recognizing the great composer, embraces the encounter and they become fast friends. Kansas City Star.
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Howell
Bristol
Haydn
Kansas City Star
Thirst and Desire in a Desert Love Poem
The poem by Douglas Malloch reflects on the limits of material wealth after enduring desert thirst and hunger. The speaker renounces riches and fame, realizing true longing centers on love and companionship rather than gold or treasure.
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Douglas Malloch
First Brought Navel Orange to North America
The naval orange’s successful introduction is credited to William Saunders. A Scottish planter, later, sent plants to Hogg in New York. The collection survived a year in a greenhouse before being sent to Florida, where Seminole War actions led to its destruction. The owner then moved to Haltl.
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United States
William Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Thomas Young
New York
Braz
Florida
Brazil
Mr. Hogg
Broadway
Twenty-third Street
New York City
Haltl
No Complete Leisure Even for Richest Man
Commentary notes there is no man with 24 hours of leisure, outlining daily duties from eating and sleeping to banking, taxes, and civic duties. It cites E. W. Howe's Monthly on the paradox that even the wealthiest may be the busiest.
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E. W. Howe
Old Working Principle of Explosive Engine
The article traces early ideas of explosive engines from 1680 when Huygens described a powder driven device to push air from a cylinder and lift a piston. It notes prior concepts used atmospheric pressure after initial piston movement and mentions the slow shift to rotary motion, detailing early piston and cylinder designs.
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Husgens
Molasses Saves Ship Amid Mountainous Seas
A ship endangered by towering waves was saved when the captain dumped 70,000 gallons of molasses overboard. The uncrystalized syrup from raw sugar created a viscous barrier that slowed the water and stabilized the vessel.
Genius and Reliability in the Face of Nature's Force
A reflective passage contrasts the wild surge of genius with the steady pull of gravity. The volcanic eruption’s red bolt climbs wildly toward the stars, yet a calm, inexorable hand brings it back to earth remembered by Bayna.
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Bayna
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Market Street
Denton
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Denton, Maryland
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McCormick
Deering
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R. H. Stafford
Burrsville, MD
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Bate
Ernest G. Cooper
Wesley E. Thawley
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Rebecca Gordon
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Caroline County
Otis W. Rogers
Marguerite Rogers
T. Pliny Fisher
Hotel Chelsea
Cor. Howard and Mulberry Sts
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W. A. Smith
Market St
Denton, MD
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