Trick Ball Bounces Oddly As Gravity Shifts Off Balance
An article explains a hollow paper ball with a hidden lead weight set off center to create an irregular bouncing motion. By placing lead on the inner surface and sealing it, the ball tilts its center of gravity and fools observers in a balancing and rolling trick.
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Ench
Atraig
The Bird's Bath: Bird Bath Design and Habits
A Country Life correspondent recalls his experience with two bird baths a triangular tin and a circular metal bowl. Birds resisted the round bath but readily used the triangular one inside the circle, with timing varying by species and weather.
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Country Life
Fooling the Teacher and a Crib Card Mystery
A young pupil repeatedly turns his coat edge and hides a crib in it. The teacher asks what is in the pocket and discovers the cards marked Sold and Sold again, hinting at hidden trades as the boy faces consequences. N.Y. Weekly.
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America
N.Y
Parish Church Converts Winter Darkness Into Light
In a Kent parish church worshipers bring their own light during winter as there is no artificial illumination. Congregants hold a hymn book in one hand and a candle or lamp in the other while standing to sing.
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Kent
England
How He Judged
Cartoon dialogue between Mrs Cobwigger and Freddie about ice cream, showing Freddie insisting he can eat more. Witty caption captures a playful domestic moment.
New York Plans $450000 East Side Charity Building
The city approves a new East Twenty fifth Street facility costing about 450000 to house 72 000 people and 114 staff with separate living quarters to aid the homeless. The project aims to increase capacity from the current 800 nightly residents and include employment outreach, vetting, and better sanitation.
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Crimoe
New York City
Spotlees
Blackwell's Island
Itan
New York
East Twenty-fifth Street
Quiet Newport society and rural dances of former days
In Newport and nearby towns a portrait emerges of quieter amusements. The piece recalls mid 19th century seasons with Curtis, Longfellow, and Howe, then contrasts bustling modern entertainments with intimate parlor gatherings, readings, and local dances in barns and on green fields.
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Newport
Pocket picking tale ends with diamond find in London
A woman on a London bus loses a purse containing nearly five pounds but discovers a large diamond ring in its place. The ring turns out to be real and valued at about seventy five pounds, making the ill fortune oddly profitable in the end.
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London
Proper care for goldfish in roomy vessels
The guidance urges roomy vessels so goldfish can turn and swim freely. It criticizes keeping flakes in small globes, noting cruelty. Use clean pale water or pond water with pond weeds for oxygen and food, ensuring better health for the fish.
Stranger Bay Man With One Leg Named Smith
Column style line asks if a nearby man with one leg named Smith exists and questions the name of his other leg in a quirky daily note. The brief reflects humorous local banter or a gossip column tone.
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Smith
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