A Male Flirt Scares Dayton With Love Maze
Oscar Edson backs three women Miss Grant Miss Graham and Lucy Brown in a whirlwind of flirtations. Lucy rejects him after learning a former fiancé claims her, leaving Oscar to face an unrequited pursuit and a fortunate turn for Lucy as she weds another.
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Scaredson
Dayton
Oscar Badson
Lucy Brown
Oscar
Maria Spooner
Christendom
Lacey
Les
Maria
Lucy
Ife
Oscar Edson
Miss Spooner
London
Miss Diranut
Miss Grant
Serigus
Belle Gra
Belle Graham
Miss Graham
Grant
Misa Graham
Miss
Graham
Livy Brown
Jieg
John Smith
Oscar Edsons
Lucy Brown Smith
Oscar Rossen
Prolongation of Life Through Medical Advances
A Nature correspondent cites statistics showing rising life expectancy with modern medicine and hygiene. Canada data indicate growing sexagenarian share: 3.70 per 100 in 1851, 4.48 in 1801, 5.10 in 187, 6.32 in 1881, and 7.01 in 1891.
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Amon
Nature
Canada
Wasps Feed On Roses Along With Fruit Attacks
A Gardener's Chronicle correspondent reports wasps destroy not only ripe fruits like apricots grapes and pears but also rosebuds and blossoms on two flourishing rose bushes despite the gardener's efforts to protect them.
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The
Gardener's Chronicle
Various Natural Wonders and Scientific Observations
A survey of natural phenomena covers irregularity in insect jaws and spider silk, oyster strength, coastal shading by gravel, and the Kew Gardens palm collection. It notes polar fox coat color, global plant cultivation, woodpecker drill anatomy, and a Spanish phonograph in telegraphy. It also details heat effects on the Washington Monument, thunder shower electricity, and Bordeaux rains of pollen misidentified as sulphur.
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Earth
English
Kew Gardens
Beamer
Arctic
M. Maurice Despres
Cordova
Spain
Washington Monument
Bordeaux
Population theory and world capacity by Ravenstein
Ravenstein estimates sustainable population by land type with 207 per sq mile for fertile lands and smaller densities for steppes and deserts. He projects full global capacity near 2072 if current census growth persists, though cautions about unknown errors.
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Ravenstein
Nez Perce Punishment System and Communal Discipline
The Nez Perce winter lodges housed many families with dedicated youths enacting discipline. Pe-wet-tu-te-pats administered punishment at dark, forcing all children to watch. Innocent children avoided it through errands, while guilty ones faced prolonged, ritualized whippings upon return.
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Alice C. Fletcher
Nez Perce
Misguided Burglar Tries Silver Heist on Ground Floor
A burglar on Steenth Street raided a dining room silver stash but alarmed upstairs. A voice cried Willian, is that you, prompting the thief to improvise Yes darling. He fled into the street muttering that his inexperience with husbands doomed him.
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Sikes
Steenth Street
Willian
Inquirer
Harper's Bazar
Time Resisting Cedar in Ancient Egyptian Boats
Cedar wood's durability amazes farmers for fence posts and is illustrated by cedar boats buried near the Nile. Experts estimate these boats date back about 4,500 years, surviving due to desert dryness that covered them.
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