The Thimble Maker and Antje’s Long Promise
A sixteenth century Antwerp tale follows Antje Van Der Solst a wealthy patrician’s daughter who vows to wed Adrian Van Benschotten a poor goldsmith. Years later Adrian returns successful from England after creating the thimble earning fame and fortune for the couple celebrating their golden wedding with the tale of the first thimble.
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Antwerp
Ami
Ekater
Antje
Adrian
Anna van Dersulst
Adrian van Lenschotten
Schelde Quay
Mynbeer van der Solst
Brabant
Mynheer
Myoheer
Ante
Greta
Grand Jacob's Cathedral
Weil
Antje van der Solst
Sheffield
Shefield
Adrian van Benschotten
Antwerpt
Opals and Their Counterfeit Shadows Across History
A historical overview traces opal varieties and counterfeits, noting heat can restore some color lost in water, and ancient imitations hid under glass paste. It surveys renowned stones linked to Empress Josephine and Queen Victoria, plus European crown jewels, and compares Hungarian opals with newer mines from Mexico and South America.
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Mexico
Westminster Review
Josephine
Troy
Eugenie
Victoria
Hungary
South America
Changed Her Tune In a Post Office Letter Incident
A tourist in a country district letter counter faced a haughty lady clerk who berated his scribbled address. He offered to send a telegram, then wrote a sharp rebuke to the Secretary of the General Post Office. The clerk learned a lesson in civility and duty. A closing quip notes that a woman can look satisfied when not a man.
Parental Experiment on Innate Grammar in a Child
A couple conducts a home experiment to see if children are born with grammatical instincts or learn from hearing. They guard their infant from ungrammatical speech and model polished language, yet at sixteen months the child utters his first sentence, declaring Me don't want no dam, disproving the theory.
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William
Willy
W. L. Kiordup
At the Center of the Earth Speculation on Depth Effects
The article cites Prof. Leslie and imagines substances under extreme pressure to 4000 miles deep. It says water at 362 tiles would become as dense as quicksilver, at 34 miles as dense as water, and at Earth’s center water as dense as lead. A four foot square steel block might shrink to a child’s ABC book size.
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Leslie
Immense Profit Seen in Paris Wall Removal
The passage argues Paris walls enclose 12,000,000 square yards, about an eighth of the city, and claims the state will gain a huge profit by removing the barrier and selling the reclaimed ground.
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Paris
Europe
The Mechanism of Walking Description of Muscle Action
The London Hospital explains walking uses calf and back leg muscles to lift the heel and bones, lifting the body as weight shifts through the leg bones. The trunk moves forward, toes and front thigh muscles lift the leg, hamstrings bend the leg, and balance shifts over each supporting leg with hip rotation and trunk rocking.
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London Hospital
Ink Stand Sacrilege Sparks Death Sentence in Kraal
An African traveler in a Hottenotes kraal is accused of desecrating a royal household inkstand used as a complexion cosmetic. He is sentenced to death but saved by a naval captain who pacifies the furious aunt with a gift of black ink.
Water conduits planned for Jerusalem reconstruction
The Turkish Ministry of Public Works proposes rebuilding ancient Jerusalem water conduits to deliver 2000 cubic metres daily with 1000 free for the poor. Water would be distributed at sites such as the Mosque of Omar and the Holy Sepulchre. New tunnels would connect to the Arab aqueduct in a 3570 metre tunnel at an estimated cost of 2,000,000 francs.
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Jerusalem
London Standard
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Usehold Magazine
the Goldsmith
Foor
Itill
Myoheer van der Solst
Myaheer
Tam
England
Tagre
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