Insanity in France and other 19th century notes
A scattered digest from August 24 1491 with varied items. It notes rising insanity in France, patent activity in Connecticut, tax and debt figures for New York City Philadelphia and Chicago, a hotel policy ruling in Illinois, rising coffee prices, Chicago mail totals, Beaconsfield's peace with honor origin, Russia as wine producer, Kennan's summer in Siberia, Washington zoo moose, Lidderdale’s Baring crisis fame, Swedish emigration fears and a discussion of California farm laborers and blanket men, ending with a church theft anecdote and dominie deacon oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
New England
Pearls of Thought from Ram's Horn
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, pride, kindness, and human behavior. Highlights include that goodness beautifies, lies wield a dagger, soft words heal, wealth can dull generosity, culture cannot erase sin, and love is misunderstood. An Indianapolis Ram's Horn featured many brief maxims.
Do Some Plants See Do You Believe In Plant Vision
A vivid snippet presents Lady Boughey and Miss Thornewill visiting Richelieu, sharing a tale that plants can see. The account cites Darwin and details tendril movements toward light and a stick, then shifts to notes on salad dressing without oil and castor oil remedies, ending with a report on agave stalks used as razor-strops in St. Augustine.
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Bougher
Thornewill
England
Richelieu
Lady Boughey
Darwin
Japan
Chicago Herald
Nature
St. Augustine
W. Chambers
Flonda Times-Union
Scientific Suraps and Notions From Old Science Notes
A roundup of curious scientific facts and discoveries from early 20th century notes. Topics include weights of metals, planetary sizes, leading nations in steam power, spider silk, zinc corrosion, horizon physics, body pores and perspiration, Cornwall’s Dolcoat tin mine, a new explosive Terrorite, cloud physics, multiple lightning strokes, brain tumor localization by instant photography, and common mechanisms of venom delivery in insects and reptiles.
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Dolcoat
Cornwall
An Earthly Paradise in New Zealand’s Open Air Life
Professor George M. Grant writes in Harper's Magazine praising New Zealand as a fair land with abundant parks, racecourses, and playgrounds. He notes universal picnics, long summers, bracing winters, and widespread sports from coursing to cricket, highlighting a frontier spirit shaping a mighty future.
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George M. Grant
New Zealand
Harper’s Magazine
Schola
College
South Island
New England
London Bridge
St. Paul's
Quaint and Curious Collection of Odd Facts From 19th Century
A compilation of whimsical statistics and curiosities from Bayou Sara to West Virginia. Notes include a 27 pound tomato, Arizona and Wyoming populations, Maine bear hunting, Cheops pyramid labor, Cincinnati’s tall policeman, British Museum shelves, Gen. Kelley’s battle wound relic, leprosy deaths since 1866, and other strange items. Also mentions a Scotch servant to the queen, easy banjo playing, glass eyes, a Philadelphia dentist nuisance suit, Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage, and a forked white oak and cherry tree near West Alexander, WV.
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Dove Cottage
Conserved fruit and rose bandoline recipes
The article describes home methods for preserving fruit with sugar syrup and sun drying, detailing peach and cherry preparation, sugar ratios, and drying in open air. It also provides a rose bandoline formula using gum tragacanth, rose water, and attar of roses, with steps to steep, strain, and blend for a hair preparation, plus a variant using attar of almonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Detroit Free Press
Humorous miscellany and recipes in one page
A compact digest of jokes, quips, and light anecdotes plus practical household recipes. It covers witty lines about life and wit, lace washing hints, baking and dessert tips, and a brief feature on Gratio Kelleia with six fingers noted in a Harpers Magazine excerpt. The piece also includes quirky anecdotes, jokes about language, money, and manners, and ends with a Boise City hot water well note.
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Gratio Kelleia
Salvator
George
Andre
Marie
Harpers Magazine
Lost Land Hope in a Child's Faith
A speaker reflects on a child’s toys lost to time and the ache of vanished happiness. The little girl believes the cherished treasures lie in Lost Land, and the narrator vows to seek them together, trusting faith and love to endure beyond sorrow. Frank R Batchelder in Youth's Companion.
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Maida
Lost Land
Frank R. Batchelder
Squirrels and gophers Threaten Tacoma Wheat Crops
Reports from Tacoma Washington indicate gophers and squirrels threaten the wheat crop with widespread damage in the Big Bend and Palouse districts. Fields show ten to twenty percent loss in grains as arsenic poisoning spreads through fields to kill rodents, risking at least 17 million bushels of grain destruction.
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Tacoma
Washington
Big Bend
Palouse
Picay Une
Wonderful Clocks And The Sun Driven Timepiece Discovery
An enthusiast claims a clock powered by sun rays approaching perpetual motion, while another boasts a device driven by natural electricity from the earth. A version is said to have been made for a famed English judge who reportedly admires the invention.
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New York Recorder
Sunstroke causes and protective measures noted by Lancet
The Lancet cites several sunstroke causes including stagnant air, heavy diet, tissue changes, clothing oppression, exhaustion, and alcohol use in heat. Protection focuses on light, porous clothing, head coverings, wet cloths, and ventilated hats. A California railroad uses two redwood trunks as a natural bridge between Clipper Milla and Stuart Point in Sonoma County, sawn 75 feet above the creek bed with timbers laid on tall stumps, praised for safety.
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California
Sonoma County
Clipper Milla
Stuart Point
Chicago
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Ndiana
Weprespar
France
Pittsburg
Piladelphia
Connecticut
Save the Christian Union
London
New York City
Philadelphia
Court of Appeale In
Linois
Tts
Tose
San Francisco Chronicle
Russia
Eamy
Crimea
Siberia
George Kennan
Sutumer
W. T. Hornaday
Smithsonian Institate
Canada
Zoological Gardens
William Lidderdale
Aiat Hic
Baring Brothers
Sweden
Italy
Williamsburg
South
Goodness
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago News
Admiralty
Admiral Colomb
Jupiter
Solar System
Earth
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Bayou Sara
Arizona
Wyoming
Lewiston
Maine
Cheops
Cincinnati
America
The
British Museum
B. F. Kelley
Batte
Philippi
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Montana
Turkey
Texas
New Mexico
Ireland
Confederacy
Mason and Dixon
Alexander Rankin
John Brown
Brown
Uumorous
New York Tribune
Albany
Henry
Stella
Lushing
Robbins
Misa Quickly
Annie
Bessie
Boise City
Idaho
Bustos
Teaasmrint
Lost-Land
Casteria
Lowel
J. F. Exrcumce
Conway, Ark
Joe
Atta C. Suen
Pree
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
Pagehamton Wagon Co
Binghamton
N. Y
J. M. Cunningham
Indiana
B.C, Allen
Bax
Aucesa
Bains
Fermiak
Trael Informacion Fmm
Wade Ek Seoaeieeaeey
Rch
Bouton
Pennsylvania
Brees
Byron
Lord Shaftesbury
Cere
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