Paganini Burial Journeys Through Europe Across Decades
The London Spectator recounts the long, errant saga of Nicolo Paganini's remains from Nice in 1840 through repeated relocations to Villefranche Cannes Parma and Genoa. It notes embalming delays a Vatican decision and finally a glass pane showing the preserved face as the body was moved across Italy and France.
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Paganini
Nice
Rome
Villefranche
Comtes de Cessoles
Cape St. Hospice
Genoa
Marseilles
Cannes
Gajona
Parma
London Spectator
Leather furniture cleaning and wax preparation method
A step by step home method for leather furniture cleaning uses boiling milk on a woolen cloth to lift dirt, then dry with flannel. After cleaning, apply a pea sized amount of wax with a cloth, then buff with a clean flannel. Wax mix uses beeswax, turpentine, and paraffin oil heated in hot water.
How Silver Mines Form
The earths crust holds water that percolates and forms mineral solutions. These solutions dissolve traces of silver from rocks and, heated by internal heat, rise and deposit metal as they move through underground cracks and cavities creating silver lodes.
Nature the Artisan in a World of Craft
The text personifies nature as a creator of varied crafts including bark cloth tapa glass pipes rope from vines and lacemaking from sage trees. It presents nature as an artist producing fabric glass rope and intricate plant-made textiles across different regions and materials.
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South Sea Islands
West Indies
Yellow paper shortage anecdote from New York Press
A New York Press piece recalls a newspaperwoman asking for an 8 by 10 yellow unlined pad after a story ran out. The corner shopkeeper responded that yellow and unlined is available but preferable is out, adding a wry note about what's in stock.
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New York Press
Ways of a Mole The Manner of Eating and Burrowing
A Chicago News account describes observing a mole from capture to release. The animal digs rapidly, uses strong forepaws to shred meat and move soil, avoids sunlight, and shows acute scent and motion responses. It thrives in earth-filled conditions before being freed.
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Chicago News
Where Woman Is Boss in Kongo Nation
Captain Tuckey reported in the early nineteenth century that the Kongo tribe in west Africa crowns female lineage as sovereign. Daughters of the mighty chief choose husbands and can sell a refractory spouse to slavery, with royal alliances valued amid a chief with up to fifty wives.
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Tuckey
West Africa
Graceful Getaway
Mr Makinbrakes tries to slip away from an unplanned luncheon visit with a polite protest about the bother of hosting. He cites an engagement and thanks Mr and Mrs Varney as he makes a graceful exit from the scene.
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Makinbrakes
Mrs. Varney
Chicago Tribune
Sermon Parable Turns On Wheel Metaphor
A weary preacher finishes a long sermon as a congregant privately remarks the message reminded him of a wheel. The tale jokes that as the spoke wears thin so does the tire, prompting the minister to react with curiosity.
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Larper
Rev. E. M. Hoyle Delivers Sermon at County Home
The Rev. E. M. Hoyle preached at the county home Sunday, delivering a religious service to residents and staff. He spoke on faith, hope, and community, offering comfort and encouragement to attendees.
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E. M. Hoyle
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Advert for Women
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for a wide range of female ailments including prolapse, displacements, backache, and menstrual distress. It claims safety with bottle formula visible, endorsements by medical writers, and notes the inclusion of Pleasant Pellets for cleansing and general health. The text directs readers to write to Buffalo New York for advice and to obtain literature and the book at a small cost.
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Pierce
Marie
K. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Tiare
Sale of Land by Order of Superior Court March 18 1907 Key parcels offered at court
By virtue of a Superior Court order in the Murray estate the heirs will sell at the court house door on March 18 1907 to the highest cash bidder the Strayhorn lot No 34 parcels describe a corner starting Ni alley W T Hargrove and Glossen to Latta lines with a tenant house on the property. Sale at 11 oclock a m. Moore commissioner. February 7 1907.
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Superior Court
Cornelia Murray
J. S. Murray
J. Fd
W. Corner
Glossen
David Latta
W. T. Hargrove
N. K
Hargrove
Geen
J. Ear
A. M. Moore
Durhams Train Arrivals Schedule Noted for Weekdays
Trains arrive at Durham with No 241 daily except Sunday from Henderson and Oxford connecting at Henderson with north and south trains. No 221 daily except Sunday at 1 am from Henderson is a mixed train.
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Oxford
Henderson
Durham
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