Adrift on ice tells of a perilous drift near Bluff City
Velyn Buss and Audrey Bell among a party that drifted far from shore on a winter ice floe near Bluff City. They endured cold, lack of salt, and hunger with improvised warmth and courage, finally making land with a welcome aid at Chookook roadhouse. The tale recalls other wartime heroes and Arctic perils.
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Velyn Buss
Blof! City
Audrey Bell
Charles Hagen
Erie Johnston
Bluff City
Miss Bell
Erle Johnston
Nome
Eric Johnston
W. F. Austin
Austin
Mr. Austin
Johnston
Hagelin
Fruit market discipline and large bulb lilies in ponds
The article counsels marketing fruit to a single reliable market and honest grading to gain price rewards. It then outlines growing calla lilies from large bulbs, potting with charcoal and soil, shading, watering, weekly feeding, and winter sun. It also details making water lilies in half barrels with pond-ready basins and companion aquatics, plus a note on using paraffin to control mosquito grubs.
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New England Homestead
Anna Lea Merritt
Lippincott
American Industry Notes Aboard Progressive Tech
The piece surveys diverse innovations from China’s silk thistle fabric to Pennsylvania mine telecoms improving rescue times. It reports Bangkok Siam electrification, poor local telephone service, and calls for more instruments. It also warns that insulating gloves fail under moisture and high tension. It highlights cement industry expansion in Michigan with multiple new plants and a Baldwin facility. It notes Stockton California’s briquette plant claims superiority and outlines building and loan associations as safe, cooperative financial institutions nationwide.
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United States
Stockton
Cal
Chicago
California
San Francisco
Protecting Weeping Trees From Winter Snow
A New York Tribune note explains how to shelter ornamental weeping trees on country lawns. It describes a winter-cover method using four stakes and two crosspieces to form a frame, allowing straw or hay to be packed around the trunk and branches, with crossboards at the top to bear snow weight. The frame can be reused annually as these trees grow slowly.
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New York Tribune
A Precocious Infant Tale From London Chronicle
A young girl wears a new cloak despite an east wind while her mother frets about catching cold. The child remains confident that wind and weather pose no threat, consistent with a lightly revealing Victorian voice from the London Chronicle.
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London Chronicle
Equinoctial Storms Misconceptions Debunked
The article explains that equinox storms arise from atmospheric changes as seasons switch, not from the sun crossing the equator. Records show more storms before and after the equinox, and while the term equinoctial is apt for timing, the date itself does not cause the storms.
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England
The Healthiest Land in Europe Sweden’s longevity rise cited
The Statistische Wochenschrift argues Sweden will soon be seen as Europe’s healthiest land. Mortality fell from 26.8 per 1000 in 1830 40 to 16.5 in 1900, with yearly declines across decades. Tourists note many elderly Swedes encountered.
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Statistische Wochenschrift
Europe
Sweden
Marriage Epidemic in Servia Sparks Government Debate
Servia faces a marriage epidemic due to marriage banks intended to promote thrift. Young people rush to deposit small sums for premium marriage, hastening early and unhappy nuptials. Government considers abolishing banks as the root of the problem in a growing crisis.
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Servia
Explosion of A‑word Lexicon Over 50 Years
Lexicon growth under A from about 7000 to nearly 60000 terms in fifty years driven by science and invention. Researchers note rapid coinage of specialized terms as new technologies emerge. The trend reflects expanding scientific vocabulary shaping everyday language.
The Height of Waves at Sea Discussed in Glasgow
Mr Vaughan Cornish presented at the Glasgow meeting that measured wave heights in deep ocean vary by observer and give averages: hurricane 28.54 feet, strong gale 20.64, gale 15.42, strong breeze 10.83. These are about half of the 40 to 50 feet sailors claim in strong gales, explained by recurrence of larger waves at short intervals grabbing attention and posing danger.
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Glasgow
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Vaughan Cornish
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Delhi
Tombs
Hills
Ninth Lancers
Cornhill
Archie Park
Wales
Alaska
Park
Shushetna
Brain
Accounts Park
San Francisco Chronicle
Hilario
Segovia
Palanan
General Funston
Everybody’s Magazine
Barry
Vicksburg
Palawan Bay
Fanston
Casiguar
Frederick Funston
Everybody's Magazine
Casiguran
Catsiguran Bay
Scien’ Tera
Ndustri
America
China
Pennsylvania
Bangkok
Siam
India
International Society of Electricians
Michigan
Michigan Bureau of Labor and Industry
Baldwin
Lake County
Ladies' Home Journal
Lillie Degenkolbe
South End
Lydia E. Pinkham
St.Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
Capsicum
Cheesebrough Manufacturing CO
State Street
New York City
U.S
Schmelzer Arms CO
Kansas City
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