Ancient frilled lizard and fork history in old notices
A Victorian-style science note describes the frilled lizard chlamydosaurus with a dramatic frill and defensive display in northern Australia. It also surveys early English and Saxon forks, from iron and steel to ornate silver pieces, tracing their adoption into daily use by the seventeenth century.
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England
Italy
Corgate
Furcifer
Servington
North Wille
Coenwulf
Mercia
Ethelstan
Heylin
The Emmons Homestead Estate in Michigan Desolation
An extended, evocative account of Judge Emmons of Michigan detaching from a once grand homestead near Wyandotte. The piece describes a decaying estate, now with a caretaker, overgrown grounds, crumbling outbuildings, and a lush but neglected landscape once prized by the judge. It recalls Emmons's life, family heirs, and the history of the farm, including a tale of land grants and a foxlike Smith.
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Detroit
Emmona
Erorso
Wyandotte
Ope
Emmons
Mia
Saga
H. H. Emmons
Emate
Fim
van Dyke & Emmons
Mrmmons
van Dyke
Milwaukee
Emmons & van Dyke
Enmore
Commonwealth
Thomas Smith
Tale
Smith
Iary Smith
Tt Smith
Foxy
Yanleen” Smith
Smiths
Halmer H. Emmons
Clara G. Colling
Elizabeth Faulconer
Halmer J
Emmone
Sarah C. Emmons
Dyak Schoolhouse and the Mystic Medicine Men of Borneo
A fragmentary account describes the Dyak medicine man’s house of instruction in Borneo. It portrays cannibal tribes, old sorcerers in strange dress, and the initiation of youths into occult duties as fearsome secrets are kept within the reedy walls of the medicine man’s domain.
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Dyak
Dyak Medicine Man’s House of Instruction
Borneo
Deap
Nurcorena
Air Apparatus and Dental Care Reflected in 19th Century Texts
The article describes a scientific air cooling engine with a long spiral pipe and throttling valve to achieve extreme cooling, then shifts to fashion notes on sable collars and coats. It transitions to dental advice, urging reliable dentists, cautions on tooth powders, and recommending hydrogen dioxide rinses and bone building foods for stronger teeth.
Meteoric Rhonees and November Meteor Shower
The earth yearly enters a meteoric belt and observers prep for the expected meteor shower in November. Believed caused by crossing a belt of minute bodies, its precise nature unknown. The crossing occurs around November 12 or 13, with peaks possibly in 1899 or 1900. The belt is about one hundred thousand miles wide and the passage lasts four to five hours.
The New Photoceaply.
The X or Roestzen ray advances medical understanding by distinguishing rickets in underfed infants from late rickets in older children. It shows bones differ in structure, aiding pathologists in diagnosis and treatment implications for affected children.
Crepan Costume Sketch Describes Evening Gown Details
The illustration portrays a reception net of polk poplin with an embroidered reilingote skirt. It features a close fitting bodice with white tulle under a gold beaded embroidery, a white enthn collar, a yellow lace trim, and an added crape crepan walking gown sketch in gray.
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Polk Poplin
Poplin
Handmade Linen Lore From Ireland’s Old Weaver
Hoodmadge Tren asks if handmade linen exists and why it no longer lants as before. An Irish interior district tale notes an old woman who prepares flax and weaves heavy linen for decorative use, supplying a busy workshop year round. Today cotton blends reduce durability and the finest sea inland cloth is carded spun to look like true linen, undetectable by casual tests.
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Hoodmadge Tren
Ireland
Cothim
Aferent Rue Narrative Fragment and Bizarre Dialogue
A fragmentary text presents a string of garbled lines featuring Aferent Rue and mentions of Malien and Nes bean. The passage reads as a misheard or damaged dialogue about Blackcake carrying home low books and lard, with unclear context or coherent narrative connection.
Liberia's Image Amid Trade and Tension Amid Foreign Trade
A fragment notes Liberia as a restless country with mixed impressions from Philadelphia residents. It claims officials urge emigration, mentions flour and sugar prices, whiskey sold cheaply, and warns German and English traders influence, risking peaceful demeanor turning hostile.
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Liberia
Philadelphia
Tiberia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scientific Corner
Cape of Nature
Wis & Dame
Australia
Naturales
Uzard
W. Saville-Kent
Jane Ellis Jey
Philadelphia Times
Roma
Washington
Paria
Capital
Akerman
Indy
Whemmons
Judge Emmons
Coryato
Princess
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