Speed of Fingers Differs in Both Hands Study
A Carnegie Institute study by Feather L. Gatewood reports that the right hand’s fingers move more accurately than the left. The ring finger on the left sometimes bursts with speed when paired with the right forefinger, but slows when paired with the left middle finger. Two fingers on both hands work faster together than singly, with some coordination increasing overall speed. The findings suggest typists and pianists may benefit from training to balance lagging fingers.
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Alrready
Carnegie Institute
Feather L. Gatewood
Hindus' Love of Jewelry Across Indian Society
A descriptive piece notes the deep passion for gold and ornaments among Hindus in India. It describes widely varying practices from rich households to poorer ones, including ear and nose wires, toe rings, arm bracelets, and decorative adornments worn during festivals. It highlights women as the leading displays of wealth through jewelry across towns and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ely
Origin of Fifty-Fifty and Pitty-Fitty in Theater Box Office
An article traces the origin of terms like fifty-fifty pitty-fitty and the box office split between theater owners and producing companies. It notes early practice in New York when engagements were arranged, with each company seeking its own deals and the phrase evolving through variants such as sixty forty and sixty five thirty five before fifty-fifty became standard.
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New York
Detroit
Emancipation Celebrations Across Caribbean Lands
The piece notes varied emancipation observances through the year including August 1 marking abolition in some areas and a September 22 Lincoln Proclamation anniversary widely celebrated. It cites Britain paying sums to slave owners and that over 700,000 slaves were freed in the West Indies, mainly Jamaica, with events led by diverse authorities.
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Trmeh
Ite
Colo
West Indies
Jamaica
Eng
Lincoln
Vai
The Way of Speculation and a Wild Stock Jump
A Buffalo Ex article fragment discusses speculative trading and a touted stock expected to rise shortly. The tone critiques the idea of predicting rapid gains and notes skepticism about the advised strategy.
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Arbroker
Itoo
Buffalo
Bible Above All Else In King David Era
The excerpt reflects on Davids deep love for scripture, tracing his engagement from Genesis through Deuteronomy and Job to later books. It cites the vast Bible as guiding his spiritual sight, with a grand sense of divine foreknowledge and care surrounding David and his lineage, as described by James Hamilton.
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David
Job
Tineelf
Jamea Hamilton
Unpleasant Lady To Meet The Gorgons
The Gorgons in Greek myth include Medusa a monstrous female whose gaze turns people to stone. Perseus aided by Minerva and Mercury beheads Medusa using a shield reflection then presents the head to Minerva.
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Medusa
Perseun
Minerva
Perseus
Polydectes
Seriphus
Mercury
Eskimo Ivory Carving Traditions in the Far North
The article explains Eskimo ivory carving as both industry and pastime in the Arctic. Hak lines use walrus ivory rather than elephant, yielding crude but artistic pieces. Common items include beads cribbage boards napkin rings and crochet needles made from walrus outer tusk. The finest wares come from aged semi fossil walrus ivory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exkimos
Kerasund a Legendary Turkish Black Sea Haven
Kerasund on the Turkish Black Sea coast is famed as the loveliest city in Anatolia. Legends link its name to a band of cherries and Caligula sending for cherries. A small island near shore hosts a ruined castle with Mithridates’ daughter, an orange altar to Mars, and Jason’s legend of the golden fleece.
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Kerasund
Romance
Anatolia
Black Sea
Itta
Caligula
Rome
Mithridates
Mars
Jason
He Bibles in Demand Among Collectors
Detroit News notes a 1611 King James Bible typographical error in Ruth 3 15 altered to “he In te” before the s was added. Early editions were chained in churches and worn away, leaving few copies. the surviving “he Bibles” are highly sought by collectors.
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The
Detroit News
Facts Over Eloquence Shapes Modern Governance
A character quotes a senator noting that public interest now centers on figures and data rather than grand orations. He argues that current conditions favor arithmetic over rhetoric in governmental affairs.
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Senator Sorghum
Ended Dream of Wealth in Alchemy Scandal
A historical account of alchemy's decline after the Semler affair. Baron Hilrachen's Salt of Life was misread as universal medicine. a servant's sly deception and a brine misstep during tests led to a legal inquiry and public mockery of the gold quest.
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Semler
Germany
Sener
Baron Hilrachen
Waterhen Adopts Sea Life and Builds Floating Nests
A London Tit-Bits note describes the waterhen as a bond bird that thrives near water and has reared a nest four feet in length anchored to water-plant stems. The bird uses roaches and twigs and can drift on ponds while parents follow, proving its aquatic adaptation.
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London
Peace Convention in Washington February 1801 Report
A historical note describes a Washington peace convention called by Virginia in February 1801 to peacefully settle North South tensions just before the Civil War. Fourteen free and seven slave states were represented with one vote each. President Tyler chaired the gathering and a state–representative committee proposed constitutional amendments aimed mainly at aiding the South. The report was adopted by the convention but not approved by either house of Congress.
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Washington
Virginia
Tyler
House of Congress
Portland
Willamette River
Ross Island
Public Service Commission of Oregon
Eastern Oregon
Oregon
McCoy
Corey
Kerrigan
Sam A. Kozer
State Department
Lake Patzcuaro King’s Kitchen Train Legend
The account notes Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan near Yellowstone’s height as a navigable water body. It cites Dugeuaro as Taruscan royal seat where locals sell vegetables at night and fishermen cling to steep islets. A historic king reportedly moved meals by a 18 mile shore-long slave train around the lake.
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Yellowstone Lake
North America
Lake
Patzcuaro
Michoacan
Sierras
Dugeuaro
Plas
New York Evening Post
Patzcuoro
Iguazzlo
Alligators and Crocodiles Compared in Jaw Structure
Alligators differ from crocodiles by broad snouts and the arrangement of teeth: in alligators the fourth tooth on each side of the lower jaw fits into pits in the upper jaw, while in crocodiles the teeth slide outside the jaw and are visible.
Inference Employer Age Guess in Quip
A clerk asks a woman for her age. She refuses and says she is thirty odd. The clerk suggests if the number is odd to record eighty, provoking a humorous exchange.
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Mployer
eWeill
Many and Varied Tastes
Anne notes that differing tastes keep the world interesting and essential to trade. Mother mentions global variety exists in all regions and cites a humorous article on how various cultures prefer unusual foods and items, from gum chewing to stewed candles.
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Anne
Africa
South Sea
Milwaukee Sentinel
Three Good Men and True
A Western tale recalls Lawyer Hopkins who defends a sheep theft case by arguing the flock merely strayed. The prosecutor retorts that sheep head remnants in a flour barrel prove the crime. Hopkins then travels to the nearby town to bridge with selectmen, but reports three officials as failing to act rightly.
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Hopkins
Mr. C
Ihiladelphia Ledger
Balancing of Trees in Winds Protects Upright Growth
Washington Star reports a theory on irregular branch arrangement in large trees. While gale forces bend limbs in opposing directions, nonuniform motion may prevent total uprooting by balancing sway, a mechanism argued to shield white oaks and beeches with unsymmetrical canopies.
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Washington Star
Hills and gibbet hills of England's past with memorial tablet
The piece notes former execution hills in England. Tyburn near London hosted gallows before Hyde Park's Marble Arch. On Surrey downs near Hindhead the Devil's Punch-Bowl marks a gibbet site with a 1786 tablet lamenting a barbarous murder of an unknown sailor and listing the condemned Ednad Lonegan Michi Casey and Jas Marshall.
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England
Tyburn
Lenidon
Hyde Park
Surrey Downs
Hindhead
Ednad Lonegan
Michi
Casey
Jas
Marshall
Literary Digest
Keep the Ming Healthy Through Thought
The article argues health flows from thoughts and beliefs. A polluted thought stream at the fountainhead shapes the body, determining health or disease. Harmony between mind and body requires avoiding affirmations of unwanted conditions.
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Wisease
Enlightened voter phrase in Birmingham age herald
The chronic office seeker defines an enlightened voter as a constituent who shakes his hand and says that if the vote keeps him in public life he will not permit the prefix ex to be printed before his name.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Oregon Short Items Highlight Flood of Local News
Fire Chief Carson warns Bend smokers to avoid disposing of burning stubs near dry material after six small fires near pine mills. Oregon state finances show most institutions ready for operations through the biennium, with license income from six months totaling nearly three million dollars. Plans emerge for a 1 million dollar Willamette Bridge bond election in Portland.
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Bend
Carson
Big Pine
School For the Deaf
State Board of Control
Oregon
Sam A. Kozer
Notice to Creditors in Polk County Oregon
The County Court of Polk County Oregon appoints W B Cuthbert as administrator of Louisa J Bezanson deceased. Creditors must present claims with vouchers within six months to the administrator at Independence Oregon. Attorney PD E Fletcher for the estate. first published June 80 1922.
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Polk County
Oregon
Louisa J. Bezanson
Independence
Polk
PD. E. Fletcher
C. W. Irvine
State of
Dr. Irvine
Henry C. Constance
County Court
Obituary Notice for Jane B. Constance Deceased
D. E. Fletcher, attorney, announces the death of Jane B. Constance. The notice appears in the local legal obituary column.
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Piinaple
Ala
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University of Oregon
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Eugene
W. B. Cuthbert
Jane B. Constance
D. E. Fletcher
Swope & Swope Lawyers Campbell Building
Independence, OR
D. E. Fletcher Cooper Building Attorney
C. Wright
M. D.C
Uncle B Billy
Salem
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
K. P. Hall
Foreman
Bliss B. Byers
Arthur Black
Cor
A. L. Keeney
Independence, Oregon
WindMill
Barber Shop
Watkins & Weddle
Pioneer Employment Co
North Second St
Broadway
M. Hum
Care of
Yick So Tong
Chinese Medicine and Tea Co
South High Street
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