Women as Indian fighters and other historical notes
The piece recounts brave actions of women in colonial America defending homes and towns against Indian attacks, including boiling soap defense and loaded cannon assist. It also covers early selenium cell work, chemical observations on sea air, insects in seawater, copper health effects, and technology notes on tricycles, tea and bamboo growing in transcaucasia, pulp production, and a French education ministry budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hanrch Brndley
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Talcott
Hadley
Boston
Dorchester
Maine
Bickford
Oyster Thiver
Eather Jones
Heard
Dover
New Hampshire
Bogarth
Dunkard's Creek
Pennsylvania
An African Market and Its Bustling Trade Observed
A vivid account of an African market where natives from long distances bring fowls, eggs, and fresh produce in woven baskets and wicker cages. Traders, led by sharp women, haggle under shade trees while men lounge or smoke. A market chief enforces disputes with fines, then the square empties until the next weekly gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Brazil
America
Africa
Zoological Gardens
Items of Interest From a Century Ago
A varied collage notes a Texas scientist viewing a meteor dug up near Los Angeles described as trunk sized, Meissonier painting Francis I with Bayard, and an English electric jet lighting device. It mentions East Indian cheese substitutes, a Chicago–Chinese mutual fainting anecdote, M. Mace the French detective, Berlin asphalt growth, and Swiss lake-dwellers bronze artifacts. Local incidents include a Nashville mill scare, a jail window pane, lignite coal discovery near Bismarck, a Bethany snowbound hen, and waste paper sales in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tho Angeles
Meissonier
Francis I
Chevalier Bayard
India
Chicago
Berlin
California
Nashville
Tenn
Mason
Guitean
Croker
Bismarck
Dakoth
Jones
Bethany Pz
Avery
Treasury Department
Washington
New York
Diverse Scientific Notes and Observations Across Fields
A survey of natural history, technology, and medicine notes diverse findings. Topics include animal habitat types, coral reef regulation in Algeria, vine pests from Victoria, French underground telegraph plans, cloud height photography, infant emotions, germ resistance to disinfectants, a gangrene case with eucalyptus therapy, and metallurgy for electromagnets. Further items discuss deer horn consumption, kidney disease water loss, and leaf water loss in nephritis.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles E. Fritts
de. Petzholdt
University of Dorpat
Caspian
Aral
Danalen der Chemie Und
Pupk
Liebig
Giesen
Hesse
Neture
A. W. Pearson
Lim
Zosterz
Merrimac
Goth
A. Howles
de Pietra
Santa
Durfort
Ayrton
Perry
Faure
Sellon-Volkmar
M. Woeikof
Transcaucasian
Russia
Japan
Akita
Niphon
Amorin
Ministry of Public Instruction
France
Marseilles
Tomlouse
Bordeaux
Lyons
Besancon
Clacrmont
Paris
Toulouse
Puy de Dome
Pic du Midi
Montecuria
National Library of
Paria
National Archives
M. Mace
Collinsby
Toronto Mail
Liverpool
Sientifis
W. Thompson
Orang
Algerian
Froneh Goverment
England
Kew
Victoria
Gesundheit
Bonamy
Hughes
J. Freyer
Deer Forest
Dunrobin
Scotland
Zoological Society of London
Janssen
D. Matteson & Co
Lion Street
F.d.matteson&co
Cary & Matteson
Seil
Center Street
Wirtner & Alling
General Hardware
T. Hoole & CO
Dickinson & Co
Blossburg
Taic Belt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!