Child prodigies blaze through early years in art and science
A fragmentary list recalls famed figures from Dante to Voltaire and Hugo, noting remarkable feats in childhood. It cites Lombroso in misapplied context, then mentions Tasso, Michelangelo, Raphael, Beethoven, Mozart, Byron, and many others achieving genius before adulthood across languages, music, painting, poetry, and invention.
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Nto
Égire Lombroso
Némne
University
Dante
Beattice
Tasso
Verges
Bicall
Cotte
Thinice Eta
Pointer
Niebuhr Ont
Jonathan Howards
Michel Apgelo
Gussend
the Little Doctor
Rauber
Victor Hugo
Pope
Byron
Moore
Annereon
Meyerbeer
Claude Joseph Vernet
Wren
Raphael
Beethoven
Kichorn
Mozart
Bubler
Weber
Baton
Charles XI
Ridiculous Fad of Fashion in Early Hair Styles
The Spectator of 1718 notes fashion pranks with women's hair as highly variable, from Henry VI horns to 45 degree angles affecting doorways. It cites cleanliness neglect and elaborate stuffing of hair rollers, including a Boston incident in May 1771 where a high tower was torn off, stuffed with yarn and hay.
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Addison
Indy
Chateau de Vincennes
Anna Green Winslow
Boston Gazette
Boston
Sterilizing apparatus and food kettle using solidified alcohol
Solidified alcohol is praised as a convenient fuel used in cookers and devices. A sterilizer with two chambers heats water to steam to cleanse instruments and gauze. A similar principle powers a food kettle for aviators, where a hidden alcohol burner keeps meals hot for hours.
Explaining Knockout Blow At The Jaw And Inner Ear
The article explains how a uppercut to the lower jaw drives the ear’s inner structures upward into the skull. This shock disrupts the semi circular canals causing dizziness and temporary paralysis. A sideways jaw blow affects the opposite cavity while a center blow divides shock between both sides.
Fraud Charge Trials Link Landis and Chicago Man
Town Hold For Fraud in Federal Court in Illinois tied to the Black Diamond Company case. Yoh sells to New York firm, with bond set at 46,000 dollars. H.P. Harcock of West Union appears for Chambers as judge lowers bond to 5,000 dollars after hearing case details. Fire at Baptist Sunday School picnic yields sociability despite two showers. Camp Fire Girls return from McGregor trip. directors renew bank terms. Brackin ships Chester White gifts. creamery cooling plant installation nears. Local notes cover weather, road grading delays, returning soldiers, school events, and visitors from Randalla, Town City, Waterloo, Clermont, and Guttenberg.
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Landis
Chiou
Sellith
New York
Black Diamond Company
H.P. Harcock
Weat Union
Chambers
Federal Court of Illnois
Baptist Sunday School
Muller, Bridge
Tor Home
McGregor
Citizens’ State Bank
Ben Baumgartner
Nella Mattoon
Peter Gunderson
J. B. Brackin
Chester White
Wendgon
Blue Earth
Minnesota
Brackin
Chester Whites
Eigin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Kid Leather
Aelling
Boston
Indy
Harrington
Ira
Wil Bauman
Arnold Bauman
Will
Actilery
Berlin
U. S
Winifred Schmid
Randalla
Consolidated
Helen Rubger
Helen Nicklaus
Town City
Fayette
Waterloo
Bikema Ia
E. G
Stoehr
Gruvor
Echo
Laura Phillips
Des Moines
Fred Spahr
Detwo
Irve Hendershott
John Halverson
Clermont
Mra
John Stanton
Earl Greenley
Guttenberg
Bowen
Train Delays and Falle Tracks of Tongue Twists
A narrator ruminates on listening to a poet recite indecipherable lines that resemble Sanskrit or Syro-Chaldaic verse. The piece warns that mistimed syllables can derail trains, urging readers to rely on train announcements or risk missing connections.
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Henry
la Francaise
Tree Exudates Milky Milk From A Tree Milk
An article describes a tree yielding a milky, nourishing sap or milk via trunk incisions. Workers soak maize bread in the sap, and the liquid shows cheese like curd when exposed to air. The translucent, balsamic fluid is inhaled and described as non fetid and aromatic.
Frankenstein Origins Across a Rainy Geneva Week
In 1816 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Lord Byron read German ghost tales by Lake Geneva. They improvisd a tale in which a scientist named Frankenstein creates a towering monster that haunts him, murders a friend, and strangles his bride before the scientist dies in the Arctic.
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Mary Woolstonecraft Shelley
Shelley
Harriet
Byron
Mary
Geneva
Frankenstein
Arctic
Samoan Politeness Brightly Decorated By Customs
An historical note discusses Samoan politeness as observed by American naval officers in Pago Pago. It cites Stanley M. Mathes on Samoan serving customs, noting chiefs taking multiple cigars and visitors being expected to lavishly help themselves.
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Llent. Com
Stanley M. Mathes
Honolulu
Mathes
Pago Pago
Simple Tartes Speech Clip Sparks Senator Sorghum Dialog
A fragment shows Senator Sorghum arguing that the people lack trust in figures while Whit counters that they want plain talk rather than fancy data. The terse exchange captures a political rhetoric moment.
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Senator Sorghum
Highland items Ina Roberts visiting in the Guy Moore area
Ina Roberts visiting in the Guy Moore area with numerous community members listed visiting homes Sunday and Thursday. The column records yet another round of social calls, guests, and local errands across Highland, including visits to Kingman, Rothlisberger, Wenger, Frey, and Kerr households.
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Ina Roberts
Guy Moore
Fred O'Dell
Ray Shaffer
Rex and
Lena Medberry
Wikader
Mary Wenger
eRalph Shaffer
Otis’ Rothaberger
Mrs. Turnbul
George Gibson
Gladys Cook
Leon Wenger
Henry McMillan
Bernies ‘Ernst
Ruth Roth
Nannie Frits
Cedar Rapids
Walter Wilbur
Billy
Theilliam Brabham
Nursa Stanford
Fayette
Bert Chapman
Martin Klingman
Timber Lake
South Dakota
Floyd Patterson
Stephen Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Will Frieden
Will’ Frieden
al Hermen
Lee
Freddie Klingman
R. H. Peters
Fred Reichert
C. L. Kingman
Son
Carroll
Lawrence Mac Kellar
C. D. Chapman Home
Lena
Rex
Walter Medberry
Elsie
Mildred Yearous
Roy Wall
Cecil
Hilda
Ray Kingman
Harvest Aid From Pumpkins For Poor Corn Crops
Iowa State College agriculture men propose planting pumpkins in missing hills and waste places to salvage feed. Pumpkins mature before frost and provide succulent cattle and hog feed. implementation aims for 100 percent field efficiency despite wet weather and replant challenges.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Large strawberry bed owner notes poor harvest due to rain
Mrs. Sutter picked fourteen Quarta from her bed last Saturday and has the largest strawberry bed in town. The crop will be much below normal because of the wet damp weather causing rot and mold in the gardens in town.
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Misa Grace Bowen
Gedar Rapida
Was
Clermont Ek
Bran Vauis
Waukee
Lwaukee
Lion Brands
Max
Hawkeye
E.C. Miller
Hall
Hunt
Ali Druggista
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toloda
Chin
H. S. Hadsel
Mee
Crtisans
State
Saas
Elgin
Elgin Savings Bank
A. Kinsel
Postville
Schori
Bros Deslers
Nuus
Fepet
Kigia
Willia
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