Timely Warning What Killed a Noted Orator and Other Cold Exposure Cases
An account from Hall's Journal of Health warns that sudden exposure to cold after sweating can cause rapid pore closure and fatal lung conditions. It cites Edward Everett and Professor Mitchell, plus various anecdotes of cold, exposure, and resulting consumption or pneumonia, urging staying warm after exertion.
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Hall's Journal of Health
Edward Everett
Faneuil Hall
Professor Mitchell
Delaware
Boston
Iran
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore
Odors of the Body and Historical Notes on Scent
The article surveys how body odors vary by perspiration and skin secretions, noting individuals with heightened scent awareness. It cites Plutarch on Alexander the Great's odor and mentions musk use, plus claims about brunettes smelling of prussic acid and blondes of musk, with age race and nerves affecting odor.
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Arkanaan
Minon
Cadet de Gassicourt
Ady
Alexander the Great
Plutarch
Haller
Burrows
Personal politics shape every nation's history through morals
A fragment argues that personal morals govern state politics and that character affects political principles, tracing this reasoning back to ancient times and Athens.
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Philadelphia News
Aristides Beshe
Ejust
The Cow Bird and Its Unlikely Cow Companions
This piece describes the cowbird, its close ties with cattle, and its feeding habits. It notes the bird's role in removing warbles and pests, its tameness near cattle, and its unique nesting behavior of laying eggs in other birds' nests and relying on foster mothers to raise its young.
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Americas
Unharmed by Thronging Sharks Near Trinidad Whaling
A Trinidad correspodent describes a whale captured off the Bocas islands near Monos and hauled to a shore station. Sharks swarm as work begins on blubber and oil, with harpooned sharks used for oil. a note on makeshift postboxes for children’s stationery is included.
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Trinidad
Pittsburg
Bocas
Porthern
Arctic
Monos
A Perfect Afternoon in Saratoga with Notables
New York letters describe a tranquil afternoon in Saratoga, the summer scene at two grand hotels, and glimpses of David Dudley Field and William H. Vanderbilt among guests on inner piazzas. The piece notes Vanderbilt’s witty remarks, Western Union quotes, and the informal yet exclusive social atmosphere among the rich conditioned by travel and leisure.
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New York
Saratoga
David Dudley Field
William H. Vanderbilt
Railroad King
Western Union
Vanderbilt
United States
Grand Union
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Dixon
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Dahe
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
California
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific Railway
Union Depot
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Detroit
Columbus
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Toronto
Montreal
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
East
Scientist's Powder Gun Idea To Deflect Tornadoes
Chicago Tribune reports John F. Schultz proposes using gunpowder near villages to intercept tornadoes. He plans placing a powder keg southwest of the target area to leverage northeast-moving storms, firing it when the funnel passes overhead to lift and possibly annihilate the tornado. The aim is to keep tornadoes away from towns and spend their force harmlessly.
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Chicago Tribune
John F. Schultz
Scientific American
Schultz
Mr. Schultz
Schultz Beieves
Eye strain from watchmaking vs reading sparks debate
A Breslau oculist reports most watchmakers show little myopia with use of loupes. Freiburg workers without loupes show few cases, while examinations of students, compositors, and lithographers reveal higher myopia rates, suggesting steady visual work may be less harmful than close reading and drawing. Separately, Chicago Herald notes the split bank-note fraud where a $20 bill is divided, doctored, and passed as legit currency.
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Yaris American Register
Breslau
I. Coln
Uite
Freiburg
Cohn
Chicago Herald
Literary Frivolities and Kate Gannett Wells
A Chicago Tribune note highlights a Dobson work claiming 33 535 spellings of scissors. It also mentions Kate Gannett Wells and includes a remark that average people are the ballast of the world in a concise literary aside.
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Chicago Tribune
Dobson
Kate Gannett
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ONIC
Ganna Joyce
Maple Street
Greeley, Colo
the Greeley Tribune
Weld County
Greeley
Tribune
the Tribune
Platte Valley
Sterling
Packard & King
Sterling, Colorado
America
H.hatierr & Co
Portland
Maine
J. Rosenfeld
Seventeenth St
Denver
Colo Coa
B. Whitford
Colo Music Books
Denver Music Co
P.O. Box
Farmer
Railway
M. Huchitt
R.S. Hair
Chicaco
J. W.graham
Austin
Texas
Dr. Hall
Greeley Tribune
Carver & Dunning
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