Snakes Lecture at London Institution By Prof Huxley
The London Institution opened with Prof Huxley lecturing on snakes. He contrasted harmless ringed and coronella snakes with venomous vipers, praising beauty of nonpoisonous species while detailing how venomous snakes crush and swallow prey, and noting the salivary glands as the poison source. He warned fatality of bites and the lack of a universal antidote.
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London Times
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India
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Paper uses in London Globe sparks future manufacturing hope
The London Globe surveys paper as a versatile material featured at Berlin exhibitions. It notes paper objects from blankets to stoves and roofing tiles, highlighting paper blankets as cheap substitutes for bedclothes, potentially aiding the poor and reducing illness where washing is limited.
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London Globe
Berlin
Vatican to Establish School of Pontifical Diplomacy
A plan proposes a Vatican school to teach ecclesiastical students the history of Pontifical diplomacy from original Vatican documents. The text also notes a cultural custom of throwing shoes at brides as objectionable and deserving censure.
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Glass industry in Pittsburg reaches vast scale and impact
The United States shows a booming glass trade centered in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania as the nation's great glass center. The industry employs about 5,248 workers across 7 factories on 690 acres, with annual output surpassing seven million dollars and wages around eight million dollars.
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Pittsburg
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Te Handa
Arkansaw Etiquette in a Philadelphia Visit
In Little Rock two visiting Philadelphians quarreled at a hotel. A threatened pistol move led to a lesson in Arkansas politeness as an elder explains local etiquette rules, urging restraint and proper conduct to avoid offense.
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Little Rock Gazette
Philadelphia
South Arkansas
Wanted to Marry Again and Other Snippets
A humorous column recalls a colored man in Alabama seeking legal guidance on bigamy after his wife reportedly left him and was said to be dead. It also notes Archduchess Christine’s departure from Vienna to Spain, and reports a Tennessee wage dispute turning fatal. A Washington Capital item jokes about a widow and her photographs.
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Reine
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Washington
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Bone Disease in Cattle Across New England
A long-standing cattle ailment, known as bone enit or stifle joint lameness, is spreading from hills to valleys in New England. The disorder, Caechoxia ossifmua, damages joints including the hip and thigh, due to cartilage wear. Causes linked to feed minerals, especially phosphates, are discussed with remedies using bone meal or substitutes like cottonseed meal, and careful mineral supplementation to avoid udder harm or overuse.
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Ionte
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A 102 Year Old Suicide at Baghtow County Alms House
An elderly man, once a Hudson Bay Co. employee in Baghtow county, Mich., lived alone and friendless in the poorhouse. After years of hoping for a swift death, life refused to depart and at age 102 he killed himself in a pigsty at the almshouse, a grim end to a long life.
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Hudson Bay Co
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Angelina Draws Theo Dore Face in Playful Banter
Angelina sketches Theodore Dor e’s portrait, finding a strong likeness. Theodore reacts with a sharp jab about the image, while Angelina retorts with a teasing, arch rebuke about flattery and vanity. The exchange reveals comic tension between the two as they tease each other.
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