Halley's Comet Return Examines History and Future
The article discusses Halley's comet returning after 75 years, noting the use of telescopic plates as celestial telegrams to time its appearance. It highlights the comet's historic orbit calculations by Halley and Newton, the role of Jupiter and other planets in altering or capturing comets, and explains comet composition including nucleus, envelope, and a long tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Wolff
Heidelberg
Halley
Exer
Jupiter
Lexell
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Egypt
Greece
Isaac Newton
Newton
Ulysses
Achilles
Perhdo Untless
Earth
Jules Verne
Olbers
Blela
Arago
Fragmented Biela's comet sparks debate on tail and dust
Readable segments discuss Biela's comet discovered in 1826 breaking into two fragments drifting apart. The piece links its fate to a meteor shoal every six and a half years and debates tail formation by solar radiation pressure and light-driven forces, noting historical misgivings and calculations of collision odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biela
Tssz
Peanuts Shells Ignite Fatal Burn in York Woman
A 24 year old York PA woman Mrs Kite Hoover died from burns after peanut shells poured into a cook stove ignited her kimono. She fled to a neighbor who extinguished the flames but she suffered burns from feet to head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kite Hoover
York
Hoover
The Five Ages Of Baseball
Fragmentary text describes phases of baseball history with a star player and a major contract. Mentions a minor star set to record anew and a famed baseball wonder earning five figures. Ends with a metaphorical shift to a beach scene.
A Chronicle of Phrases on Time and Worry
Prose reflections emphasize time management, busy lives, and gendered views on discipline. Warnings against multitasking worry, self-harm from stress, and avoiding court or debt are linked with practical advice. The tone resembles a moralizing columnist cadence.
Household Hints for Cooking and Cleaning Practices
Practical tips advise stirring rice with a fork and adding salt to cake. Use vinegar and a copper cent to remove paint from windows. Cook oats in boiling water adding a few at a time. Mop linoleum monthly with boiled linseed oil. Dip a new broom in soap suds weekly to prolong life.
Demographic snapshot of New York City
The city employs over 250,000 people at night and runs 122 department stores with more than 50,000 workers. Daily water use exceeds 476 million gallons while 250,000 travelers occupy transient hotels each day. Hotel properties exceed 50 million dollars in value. A child is born every four minutes and a chess game occurs every seven minutes.
Things Worth Knowing
Buckles date to 1680 and Torricelli barometers in 1643. The Belgian navy is the smallest in the world. London police arrest figures cited. Maple at 99 a year and Mo pow has the lowest priced daily. Young Lone Wolf, a Kiowa Baptist minister and Carlisle graduate, reads his Greek testament daily.
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Torricelli
London
Mo&pow
Young Lone Wolf
Carlisle
Dynamite on a Farm in Pittsburg Kansas Demonstration
The Pittsburg Kansas Times reports 3000 farmers witnessed Dr William Hamm of Viconti promote using dynamite to loosen subsoil for cultivation. Demonstrations showed sticks placed 25 feet apart to three feet deep with battery shots yielding ground shaking and fissures. Many farmers plan to implement the method, hoping it becomes common in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelis
Pittsburg
Kan
Kanas City
William Hamm
Viconti
Coomintey
Kansas Department
Peruvian Music Described By Geraldine Guiness
The article notes Peruvian native music as striking and strange with yararts similar to Ute tunes. It compares Indian paravis to Babylonian exile songs, highlighting themes of patriotism and sorrow. Mentioned are mothers singing to infants and Kechua words sung by shepherds and harvesters in minor harmonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Geraldine Guiness
Peri
Babylon
Pampas
First American Sulfformed Man John Drey Dies in Mill
John Drey, the first man reportedly sulfformed in America, died at a Whippany New Jersey paper mill. Employed by a paper company, he tended that sheets were properly placed under a huge falling knife. A sheet shifted, he reached, and the knife descended, cutting thousands of sheets as he fell.
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America
John Drey
Whippany
N. J
Prey
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Tar Ance
Paw
Washington Star
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Atchison Globe Lights
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