History Myths and Animal Ears Across the Ages
A collage of opinions and anecdotes from Washington Star and Detroit Free Press, debunking famed historic claims from Plymouth Rock to Norse voyages, Columbus, and Pocahontas while explaining animal ear positions in predator and prey behavior with childlike conversations and household tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithman
Plymouth
Chaning
Harvard
Cortez
Aple
Strabo
Athor
Concepion
Hisory
North America
Columbus
Anthusiast
Horsford
Charles River
Weltham
Newton
Charles
Delaware
Hudson
Napoleon
Waterloo
England
Sheridan
Winchester
Narthera Frietehie
Pocahontas
John Smith
Washington Star
Uncle Tom
Dolly
Ted
Tom
Detroit Free Press
The Charm of the Modern Woman and Egg Shell Art
A discussion on the modern woman’s charm versus progress, warning she may become too clever and self confident. Then a note on ostrich egg shells repurposed into decorative arts, painted in Persian-inspired designs and used in elegant corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titian
Venus of Milo
N. Y
N. Y. Advertiser
Rain Power and a Lost Solar Wind of Water
A Philadelphia engineer calculates that one inch of rain on a square mile yields about 17.5 million gallons weighing 72 thousand tons with energy near 22 000 horsepower. He notes coal use for pumping and recalls a past West Indies proposal to generate electricity from roof runoff, which failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cassin
Narrow Racape. Patrick Finds One Seat on Streetcar
A fragmented excerpt describes Patrick entering a streetcar and finding a single vacant seat. He jokes about luck and narrowly missing being crowded out, with a fellow passenger remarking on the timing and his near miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick
Notable New England Elms and Their Grandeur
The article extols New England elms with Wethersfield claiming the state’s oldest and largest elm, possibly the largest east of the Rockies. It details immense circumferences, sprawling branches, and notable trees in Windsor Sheffield Mass. and a famed Canaan Conn. elm praised by King T. Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Wethersfield
Windsor
Connecticut
Sheffield
Mass
Berkshire
Canaan
Conn
Massachusetts
Berkshire Hills
Ashley Falls
King T. Sheldon
Winsted
N, Y. Times
Cuticura Soap and Cure Promised for Itching Scalp
A warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP and a single application of CUTICURA are claimed to give instant relief, aid rest and sleep, and lead to a speedy economical permanent cure of itching burning scaly skin and scalp after hospitals and other methods fail. The product is praised as wondrous for torturing disfiguring humors and the most remarkable cures.
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George William Curtis
Mr. Hurtin
Roscoe Conkling
Mr. Conkling
Mr. Curtis
Curtis
Charles Sprague
Toston
Indianapolis Journal
John Johnnie
Son of Tail
Tail
Pelee
Preacher
Buffalo Express
Lincoln
Gen. Sickles
Salm-Salm
Leclerc
Sally
Danville Register
Rocky Mount
William Robertson
Robertson
Jerry Barlow
Franklin
Supreme Court
Carlisle
Democratic Congress
Congress
Cleveland
Franklin Press
Rockingham
Pat
U. S
Reval
Alizaria
N.¥. Ledger
Gon Gceneral A
Nicholas of
Russia
John D. Cameron
Asheville
Vance Mills
Salisbury News
Murphy
Rutherford Democrat
Atlanta
Bailey Johnson
Greenville Reflector
Jerry Simpson
Washington
Kansas
Anderson
Ind
Dispatches
David Holmes
Oklahoma
Teerad
Cracoas
Sean
Rita
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