Language making instinct explains ancient language origins
An 1860 Boston birth of twin boys sparked Horatio Hale’s theory that language emerged from children’s innate speech creation. The boys spoke a private tongue while acquiring English, later described by Miss E H Watson and Dr E McHunt in The Monthly Journal of Psychological Medicine, detailing words like moaning and waie waiar and their own plurally formed constructs.
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Chinnan
Anon
William von Humboldt
Horatio Hale
Hale
Boston
Wes
Ward
E H. Watson
Albany
E. Mc Hun
Halsrealls
Hun
Aya
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Harper's Bazar
Sugar in cake fails from excess and poor sugar quality
The passage explains how overusing two cups of sugar can cause a sticky crust and uneven rise in cake batter. It notes that coarse sugar resists dissolving, hindering proper incorporation with butter and leading to a hardening crust and a rubbery texture. White crust specks indicate too much sugar.
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Min
Heving
Mts Pens
Harper's Bazaar
Brooklyn Saloon Keeper Doubts Big Money in Liquor Trade
A Brooklyn saloon keeper argues that big profits in the retail liquor business are a thing of the past. He cites high rents, weak neighborhood ties, and evolving tastes toward luxury bars as factors. He notes many newer shops fail while established places attract steady patrons with ambience. He warns young men starting in liquor trade rarely succeed.
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Brooklyn
Hagis
City Hall
Thas
Iiquor
Sealoon i & Neighborhood
Anloons
Bridge
Fulton Ferry
The Only Terms Upon Which Am Jeans Enter England
A Louisville Courier Journal letter argues Americans must study England beyond its scenery and ruins. It mocks London club life and aristocratic exclusivity, contending social entry depends on mercenary ties and posed appearances, urging Americans to observe rather than join, return home patriotic.
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Jeans
Watterson
Louisville Courier- Journal
London
Ste
England
New York
Dave
David
Rome
The Prize Essay and the Liberty Spinster Dream
A poem from the Cleveland Sun and Voice endorses women's liberty with the line There is no goal in marriage for me with a spinster free and happy. It contrasts the view of marriage as life’s aim with a call for female independence and air of reform.
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Harensay
Cleveland Sun and
Life at Birmingham Oratory shows Cardinal Newman’s simple routine
Freeman's Journal describes Cardinal Newman’s two rooms, strict privacy, and monk like habits. He rises at 5, says office until 7, dines at 1:80, and spends afternoons in study or with novices. Evenings include vespers, discussions with fathers, and a simple supper before retiring at 10.
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Birmingham Oratory
Oratory
Massio
Brig
James Cusack
James
Handy Andy
John Henry Newman
Rednal
Bromsgrove
Ambrose St. John
Freeman's
Granddaughters Test and Gingerbread Cake Theory
A quirky old lady tests suitors for her granddaughters by offering cake. If a young man eats it eagerly she approves, else she objects, arguing that cake lovers tend to avoid excess and drink. Also a humorous exchange about chicken salad and price in a New York Sun clipping.
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Shen
Audson Rejiudlican
New York Sun
Bantering Banting and Sugar in New England
In a downtown restaurant two clergymen discuss banting and sugar as a weight loss fad. They joke about forbidden foods in New England, maple sugar temptations, and a traveler’s adviser on diet. The dialogue nods to New Hampshire, Mount Agassiz, and local fare such as tipay pudding.
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New England
New Hampshire
Mount Agassiz
Vic Vorce
Dow
New York Tribune
Hereditary diseases and race degeneration viewpoints
A discussion on heredity argues against the belief that intellect and physique must be unbalanced. It condemns public health advances as harming the race, cites consumption and insanity as evident hereditary ills, and notes rising city hospital care preserves defective lineages. A brief anecdote on Sunday School shows a child’s practical motive to attend.
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England
Philadelphia
Popular Science Monthly
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