Notes and Comments Brimming With Oddities and Observations
This item compiles a wide set of notes on topics from economics to science and society. It mentions Argentine trade shifts, rapid housing demand in Kenova West Virginia, wheat and pork production shifts, a murder heir paradox, Western oil speculation, genealogical trivia about Moses Canvers, and Weather Bureau head Prorsesos Moorr suggesting captive balloons for data collection. It also touches on platinum vault burglary, a Japanese literary coincidence with Holmes, extreme self-harm cases, Leland Stanford president David Jordan on coeducation and matrimony, and the broad role of forestry in public policy.
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Moses Canvers
Milton
Penn
Mr. Chamberlain
Germantown
Prorsesos Moorr
Weather Bureau
North Pole
Benjamin Franklin
David Braue Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Seaeved
Leech Fishing Tales From Marshes and Swamps
The leech fishing trade thrives in murky waters though out of fashion now. Men wade knee deep and even up to their chins to lure leeches with exposed limbs, bagging hundreds per season while risking significant blood loss. An expert can harvest four to five hours before fatigue ends the haul.
Forests, Vermonters, and the need to save our woodlands
The speaker warns of forest devastation from reckless timber cutting in Vermont and Europe. He urges reason and public outreach to avert long lasting ecological harm threatening large parts of the republic.
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Vermont
Europe
Republic
The Fakir's Business Fit At The Fair
Stragglers at the fair witness a parade of driving horses while fakirs draw crowds. One fakir suffers an epileptic fit, foaming and convulsing, shocking onlookers. After recovery he resumes selling wares and makes more money in minutes than a day. A brutal scream at another booth adds to the chaos before calm returns. The epileptic man, seen again, jokes about not having a dead cinch on fights.
Beds of the Ancients and their sleeping layouts
The ancient sleeping arrangements describe beds on a floor or divan with coverings of ekine. Middle beds used rushes, heather or straw. Feather beds are believed known to Bealnce and are hinted at in a poet’s lines, suggesting luxury bedding in early times.
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Per
Insect Duel Between Wasp and Spider During Vacation
A professor recalls a summer camping scene and describes a fight to the death between a wasp and a spider inside a tent. The wasp builds a mud home on a tent pole while the spider spans a web across the corner. After repeated skirmishes both insects die from their venom.
Raising Prize Angora Cats by a Chicago Girl
Miss Nellie Wheatley pioneered Angora cat raising in Chicago, creating a new industry built on prize Angora cats valued from $50 to $200. She secured initial stock after six months and now maintains a top floor setup with baths, feeding plates, grooming, a cat gymnasium, and daily care for her prized felines.
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Chicago
Nellie Wheatley
Miss Wheatley
Periwinkles As Food Return To Oyster Grounds
An oysterman explains periwinkles or winkles, noting they attack oysters and can devour a bushel quickly. They are gathered on oyster grounds, sold at Fulton market for about one dollar per hundred, or a cent and a half each, and bought by Italians, French, Germans, and English. Young winkles are prized for flavor. some shore residents even eat the winkle eggs.
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Fulton Market
Speed of the Bicycle Shows Wheels Surpass Walking
The article argues that bicycle travel covers ground far more efficiently than walking. It notes that a single pedal revolution can propel fifteen feet, with less effort than two walking steps. It then ponders the required height of a person to match a cyclist’s leg movements by walking the same distance.
Bravo Man Survives Seven Days Lost in Ditch
Mr Condon of Bravo Allegan County Michigan wandered away from his route after a day on the State road ditch toward Fennville. He lay unconscious for seven days among weeds and brush before a search party found him and helped him home. He believed heart trouble caused his collapse and only learned of the weeklong absence upon his return. People on the ditch project were said to know he was there but did not search.
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Bravo
Allegan County
Mich
Condon
Fennville
Arrears in German Theater Crowd Sparks Mock Arrest
A German manager and actor Woltersdorf opened Kabale und Liebe at his private playhouse with only one spectator present. The company, thinking a holiday, botched the performance until a backstage policeman arrested the audience for disturbing public entertainment and the show ended in the watchhouse.
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Herr Wolterndorf
Stadttheater
Ereupon
Pabne
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Traina
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Exetaxp
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Liu Ting Che
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachuse
New York City
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the Tribune
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Choice Flour
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Cincinnati & Allegan Mail
Chicago Express
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AIR Line
Fort Wayne
Srorson
Seoee Oconet
Hie Angels
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W. W. Snyder
Fremont
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Bank OF Fremont
Susan Bat
Nowr. G. Batt
Solleticus
Hilton House
QOOD
Virginia
Tidewater
H. Bowes
Coldwater
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