Biela’s Comet and Its Repeated Returns Through History
The article traces Biela’s comet from its 1826 discovery by Biel a in Bohemia and Gambart in Marseilles, noting its 62-3 year periodicity and links to comets of 1772 and 1806. It follows subsequent sightings in 1892 and 1945-46 with split nebulosities, renewed observations in 1852, and failed recoveries in 1830 and 1861 before its 1872 sighting.
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Biela
Josephstadt
Bohemia
Gambart
Marseilles
Montaigna
Limoges
Clausen
Pons
Santim
Padua
Hubbard
Washington
One Man Faces Civil Service Copying Test
A civil service board tests applicants by copying printed matter exactly. A man copied a pristine page but added a flawless fly speck, earning a perfect score for this section and later becoming a trusted commission employee.
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Civil Service Commission Boards of Examiners
Washington Star
Commission
Faces of War Death and Oddities Across Nations
An old war correspondent notes each nation’s death demeanor from dull French wit to the stoic German and the tearful Irishman, while a royal incident reveals a crown prince returning a hat to a professor. Melbourne endures its first snowstorm with playful snowballing, and London church doors note excise meetings. England bans dog arrivals from Ireland to curb rabies, and Cincinnati creditors seek removal of Archbishop Purcell trustees.
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Thomas Atkins
Name of the Steins Wrecked in St Marys Bay
Jan 15 gale struck St Marys Bay wreck, ten bodies recovered among rocks. Recovery efforts impede by rough seas. photo of a seaman with a cap marked B M Falke washed ashore. Funnels and vessel markings suggest German ships Falke or Tretrleam Ceo. uncertainty remains about the wreck’s identity. Local Catholic service at Holyrood noted.
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St Mary's
St. Mary'a Bay
Holyrood
Lloyd Iner
Falke
Aneriaon Teterleam
Neglected Cat Heroically Defends Girl From Snake
A Kentucky farmer's cat, Busey, defended Lizzie, his farmer's five year old daughter, from a three foot poisonous snake. The cat pounced, bit the snake, and, aided by the farmer's wife with a garden tool, the reptile was dispatched. Lizzie and the cat share a bond, with the cat receiving extra milk as a reward.
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Kentucky
Busey
Lizzie
Lizele
Jn Chaeinnati Enquirer
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