Wonders of America: The Pension Building details
T T Maxey describes Washingtons Pension Building, the largest brick structure, completed in 1885 as a Civil War memorial and housing the Pension Bureau. It spans 400 by 200 feet with 175 rooms and a grand 18,000 person corridor. The building holds 748,147 pensioners and disburses over 165 million dollars annually.
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HE Penston
Washington, D. C
Pension Bureau
Prescientia
Uncle Sam
Natives of Marshall Islands Shift From Savagery to Modern Life
Fifty years after missionaries, Marshall Islands people have schools and hospitals, a modern chief with a house and wire communications on Wotje, and a gendered division of labor where men avoid work and women bear the burden, including child care, while Japanese presence shapes daily life.
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Marshall Islands
South Seas
Japan
Wotje
Plants Have Heart and Pulse Claim Revolutionizes Botany
An Indian botanist Sir Jagardis Chandra Lose claims plants possess a heart and pulse, with a two way water circulation and a breathing-like leaf exchange. He reports experiments in Calcutta showing stimuli trigger responses and a primitive nervous system in plants.
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Sir Jagardis Chandra Lose
Sir Jagardis
Brent
Sir Jogardis
Botanical
Calcutta
Congo Martyr Honored With London Hospital Tablet
A tablet will be placed in a London hospital ward to honor Mandoboi a Congo chief who volunteered for experiments to study sleeping sickness He endured daily bloodletting for months to aid microscopists and the germ of the disease was discovered at the cost of his life The Living Age
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Congo
London
Mandoboi
England
Whisky History Unlocks The Word Origin
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes whisky is now historic in American speech and traces its origin to the Gaelic phrase nisgebeatha meaning water of life. It mentions no true whisky root in southern Texas and describes cactus that is now obsolete, though still growing.
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Texos
Milwaukee Sentinel
Clash With Spain A Long Line of Disputes 1850s
A fragment recounts 1850s tensions between Spain and the United States over the Black Warrior steamship seized at Havana. Diplomatic exchanges followed, owners sought 390,000 in damages, and the Ostend Conference led to the ship’s release after a 6,000 pound fine, restoring relations.
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Spain
United States
Cuba
United Stites
Lavana
Madrid
Ostend
Fnally
Latent Abilities and the Power of Self Belief
A note urges belief in latent abilities awakened by necessity. Many fail because they doubt themselves and quit after small defeats. Do not fear effort nor overconfidence, but apply every faculty to the task and you may be surprised by the outcome. Exchange.
Blind Man Sees With Nose In Remarkable Sense Claim
A blind man explains how smell functions as a primary sense in darkness. He argues that odor maps help determine location and recognize people and clothing types, noting each street and house carries a unique scent. He says scent allows navigation as reliably as sight for the blind.
Fijian Politeness Shown to Visiting Guests
The piece describes Fijians eager to please visitors, performing acts of deference like prostration when a guest slips. It notes communal efforts to entertain guests, with volunteers offering feasts or other comforts, and rulers seldom commanding but rather seeking to win favor of their subjects.
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Ans
Fiji
Spared Oblivion of Grave Pets in New York
Hundreds in Greater New York keep departed pets close, refusing city disposal. Taxidermists say owners commission memorials for cats dogs and even birds. Birds are mounted with grasses and canaries under bell-like coverings, cherished as keepsakes.
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New York
Racine’s Loveliness and Intensity Revisited
Lytton Strachey extols Racine’s poetry as a poignant beauty beyond antiquated pomposity. He argues that familiarity with Racine reveals extraordinary intensity and depth, enlarging the boundaries of art and offering new happiness to readers.
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Racine
Arn
Lytton Strachey
Growing vocabulary counts, English word use varies wide
A historical note surveys word diversity from Shakespeare’s 15,400 to daily speakers 2000 to 3000 words. It cites Max Muller’s high estimates, the Book of Knowledge, and a surge in vocabulary with new dictionary editions and terms tied to electricity and technology.
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William Shakespeare
Julian Milton
England
Max Muller
Oxford
How to Foretell Weather Methods in a Thunderous Sky
A dated guide explains early warning signs of rain by observing clouds and sky changes. It notes that shrinking clouds hint at little rain, growing clouds suggest storms, and a persistently changing cloud indicates shifting weather. Dry air dries clouds, while a charged atmosphere releases moisture as rain.
Human Zephyr Dives to Save Lost Oil Tool Near Los Angeles
Walter McCoy of Taft California, nicknamed the human zephyr, crawled into a deep oil well near Los Angeles to recover a rotary tool lost at the 110 foot level. Wearing a gas mask and oxygen, he made six descents, spending long hours in tight passages to remove the tool without damaging the well.
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Los Angeles
Walter McCoy
Taft
Cal
MerCny
Danish Folk Songs in Simple Style and History
Danish folk songs largely date from the nineteenth century with earlier Danish music borrowed from Italian and German sources. Related to Swedish tunes, Danish reels and dances reflect maritime and hunting themes, typically sober in mood with less overt melancholy than other Nordic traditions.
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Denmark
Unio Us
Britain
Ireland
Syte
Startling East-end Matron Calls Quietly For Information
An East-end matron, described as dignified and stately, phoned a Pennsylvania station requesting information. Her calm manner contrasted with a confused exchange as she asked about travel times, revealing a puzzling and minor domestic scene reported by the Missourian Telegraph.
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Pennsyslvania Stithon
Welee
Girile
Miisbuveh Chrontete
Just Wenders Observes Traffic Warily in Farmyard Exchange
In a rustic exchange reporter Will TL Adams notes heavy traffic along the road as Just Wenders laments the constant whizzing carts. The old tram sits nearby while an intrigued frug remains in the farmyard, pondering who might be driving the darkype along the route.
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Will TL. Adams
Tinhneall
Toll-Keeper Seeks Fee From Goatless Cart
In a comic Bouston Pran script scene a pointedman rides a cart with no goat to cross the bridge. The tollkeeper demands five cents, and an argument follows. The driver deflects and the goat appears later, with the toll dispute continuing as the Dateloan shrugs off blame.
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Cans
Mixed Religions Interdenominational Leg Appeal
The Christin Advocate reports Doctor Grenfell after an argument writes an appeal for a wooden leg for a Rowan Catholic patient to aid mobility. Published in the Congregation atte and read by a Baptist woman whose Methodist husband, who had worn a wooden leg, had just died. The Methodist leg given by a Baptist is now used as a model of interdenominational understanding.
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Grenfell
Congregation Atte
Limerick Ireland’s Historic River City and Industry
Limerick sits on both river banks and King's Island about 180 miles from Dublin. Its bacon curing creameries condensed milk works and salmon fisheries keep busy. The city’s history spans from early Ptolemy references to medieval fortifications, with King John visiting in 1210 and James I making it a stronghold. The island and cathedral from 1170 remain important sights.
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Limerick
Irelnogs
King’s Island
Dublin
Rory O’moores
Kate Kearney
Lhmerick Fins Hua
Says
Bublethi
National Geographic Society
Ptolemy
John
James I
England
Hsoldt
Constant Fight on Crabs
The article notes Japan’s fishermen face a giant coast crab nearly ten feet long with claws spanning 22 feet, a destructive species in the West Indies that overrun areas, devour eggs and coconut leaves, and force replacement of 30 to 70 percent of seedlings after clearing land.
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Japan
West Indies
East Indies
Put Out Your Tongue and the Glossoman Hyney Superstition
A fragmentary discussion on reading character from tongue shape and moon crescent orientation. The essay cites glossoman concepts claiming a short broad tongue signals untruthfulness while long narrow tongues imply gentleness. It touches on crescent moon points and sun position with outdated astronomy notions.
Neighboring Burlesque Ends With Death Revelation
Mrs N Parker bursts in on her new neighbor to find Mr Jones in an armchair and declares a neighbor is dying. He calmly corrects her revealing the dying wife is indeed dying while telling her to mind her own business. The scene ends with Mrs Parker astonished and Mrs Jones entering.
Apple Waste Utilized by Factories in Allied Products
A passage notes how apples are fully used by manufacturers after pressing for cider. Pomace is treated with hot water to extract pectin sold for jelly and jellylike products, while run-off is dried and ground into cattle feed. The description cites an agricultural bulletin.
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Cattle Food
de Puituent of
Agriculture Bulletin
When Does He Work
A fragmented dialogue notes Mr Wombat’s whereabouts through the day. At 2 o’clock he was at lunch, by nearly five o’clock he was at dinner, with interruptions implying the sequence of meals and location. The wording suggests a humorous or nonsensical exchange from Lomny ville Counterdom nol.
Origin of Cochineal Industry Section
Origin of the cochineal industry traced from Oaxaca and Mesleo to Central America, then Canary Islands. Indigenous Quinea people used the bright scarlet dye without knowing it came from an insect on cacti. They valued plant dyes and fabrics, and Indian blankets dyed with vegetable colors are noted for sale in the market.
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Oaxaea
Mesleo
Fience
Centre America
Canary Islands
Elewhere
Quinea
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