Noted astronomer Rev George Mary Searle of Vatican Observatory
Rev Dr George Mary Searle born June 27 1839 in London. Harvard graduate 1857. He discovered asteroid Pandora in 1858 at Dudley Observatory Albany and held posts at Coast Survey Naval Academy Annapolis and Harvard. He became Vatican Observatory director after a long astronomy career.
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Galileo
Vatican Observatory
George Mary Searle
London
Searle
Brookline
Mass
Harvard
John Davis Long
Navy
Gould
Dudley
Albany
New York
United States Coast Survey
Harvard University
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Ies
Passport use in travel and international rules in Europe
The article explains that passports are required or highly useful abroad for accessing services such as registered letters museums libraries and galleries especially for study. It notes that in case of death abroad a passport aids survivors and that Russia requires both the passport and an entry certificate. It also mentions army conscription requiring carrying papers and cites Swiss German or French practice of carrying service and civil documents.
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United States
Russia
Ancient Fishhooks Reveal Early Hunting Tools
Archaeologists describe early fishing gear using stone and bone hooks found across northern and central regions. Flint and bone hooks, sometimes carved into sharp points, show methods once used by ancient peoples, with braided grass lines and wooden handles implied in surviving artifacts.
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America
The Candle Fish A Klondike Gift For Miners
The Klondike discovery brings a fish found along Alaskan shores that could provide food light heat and medicine to prospectors. A green back blue and golden body fish yields a three candle power light when its tail is lit, with phosphorus in the backbone aiding flame and heat. The dried fish stores for winter and its fat serves as food and cod liver oil substitute to aid body heat against cold.
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Klondike
Alaskan
Wortman Accepted Yale Chair Elevates Scientific Standing
Dr. J. L. Wortman of New York has accepted Yale's chair of natural history. Born August 25, 1856, in Oregon City, he built a notable career with Prof E. D. Cope and at the American Museum of Natural History. He conducted fossil field work, wrote key texts, and contributed to scientific journals.
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J. L. Wortman
New York
Yale
Dr. Wortman
Oregon City
Ore
University of Oregon
E. D. Cope
Philadelphia
Cope
Joseph Leidy
Philadelphia Academy
Wortman
United States Army Medical Museum
Washington
Columbia Medical College
Georgetown Medical College
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
William H. Clarke
Revue Scien
Mistress and Maid Foreword on Household Roles and Demands
A prose passage argues that domestic work is a demanding profession requiring training and dedication. It contrasts the banker needing loyal clerks with mistresses seeking relief from home duties, asserting housework is difficult and undervalued compared to medicine journalism law and ministry.
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Bank 4
Ely
Helen
Sanitarium Plan for Soldiers at Montezuma Hotel
A scheme proposes transforming the Montezuma hotel at Las Vegas hot springs into a malaria sanitarium for soldiers returning from the Philippines. The plan touts New Mexico’s cool dry air as curative and notes the hotel’s rooms could house about two dozen patients.
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Las Vegas
Hot Springs
Philippines
New Mexico
Monitezuma
Barra
Fort Stantee
Banta Fe
Montezuma Hotel
Woman Overcomes Illness With Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A New Matamoras Ohio woman describes years of female ailments and back pain then credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for recovery after multiple doctors and a hospital operation. The letter promotes free advice from Mrs Pinkham and highlights the broad reach of her correspondence program aiding hundreds of thousands of women annually.
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New Matamoras
Ohio
Mas
Isapett
Braprreep
Dean
Pryxnam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amerca
Language quirks in reminiscences of Lady Dufferin
In reminiscences Lady Dufferin notes how the learned Baboo speaks English with a mix of education and error. A striking line expresses gratitude with a prayer that God blesses the giver with equal favor, reflecting a curious linguistic blend and a hint of pathos.
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Lady Dufferin
Taste of Strychnine Detection in Diluted Sample
A historical note describes that the taste of strychnine can be detected when one grain is diluted with 600 000 parts of water. This illustrates extreme sensitivity in taste testing methods used in early toxicology experiments.
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Rome
G. M. Srarle
Central
Klondyke
American Museum
Dr. Williams
Dr Williams
Lawrence Journal
G. HM. Snyder
Lawrence
Kao
Willems
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Denver
Brown Palace Hotel
Fidelity Savings
Lagksmith's Supplies
Oxford Hotel
Tvemver
Mac’ Ee. Pe
al Gee
Terest
Kerh
Tanponita
He Boones
E. E. Burlingame
Siscinston
J. H. Montgomery
LANG
Genuin
Rae Kou Carden
Erant
Pric
Waiter Camp
Nes Athenae
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Chivagu
Heathen
Japan
Ceylon
California
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Taly
Santa Fe Houte
J. P. Mall
The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Colorade
Kay
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