Curious Lecture on Lower Forms of Animal Life in San Francisco
Dr. W. I. Johnson spoke at Cooper Medical College on The Lower Forms of Animal Life. He described oysters with growth rings, shells perforated by ship worms, and oddities such as the lingual ribbons with 28 000 teeth. He cited starfish eyes, sea urchin features, and crabs shedding shells to reach adult form, noting invertebrate complexity and cellular basis of all life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Johnson
Cooper Medical College
San Francisco
Brunel
England
Forbes
Mauritius
West Indies
India
George Washington
San Francisco Alta
Pets and peculiar creatures from shore to shore
A collection of odd anecdotes about a Westchester cat trained to play Home Sweet Home and wake a baby by rocking a cradle. A Jersey coast dog named Stump sails with a pilot boat crew, refuses land, dives to ten feet, and catches onboard fish. A New Jersey garden hosts a snake vine support, while a Long Island editor uses a pet turtle as a paper-weight. A New Hampshire parrot attends prayer meetings, leading hymn singing with perfect memory. An anxious boy’s future remains a joke among elders.
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Westchester County
Stump
Jersey
New Jersey
Long Island
G. W
New Hampshire
Electrical dangers urge action to curb deadly currents
A New York Herald summary notes Harold P. Uroon on electrical distribution risks and the 23 plus deaths in recent years. It cites Chicago fatalities, argues against burying wires, and urges legislation to restrict dangerous currents. Continuous current up to 1500 volts deemed safe, pulsating and alternating currents considered deadly. experts call for strict inspection and science-based laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P U
Brown
Chicago
N. Y. Herald
Gowns for Busy Women in New York Fashion Debate
The New York business community weighs clothing choices for self supporting women. The debate centers on unyielding bodices and high collars versus pockets and practical office dresses with multiple concealed compartments.
Made to Feel at Home in Barroom Confrontation
A judge recalls a barroom scene where a man with a bad eye challenged others, pulling six revolvers to threaten confrontation. Separately, the piece notes the U S consumes about 3 200 000 bushels of peanuts annually, mainly grown in Virginia and North Carolina with a smaller Tennessee crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Bismarck Dances In Imperial Nursery Anecdote
A London Truth tale recounts Prince Bismarck entering the Imperial nursery to find Crown Prince grinding a barrel organ while two younger princes attempt dancing. Bismarck declines to dance but volunteers to grind the organ. The Emperor remarks that Bismarck has already begun training a fourth generation of Hohenzollerns to his tune.
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Bismarck
William
Imperial Nursery
Crown Prince
Prince Bismarck
London
Inside the English Court Life at Nine to Eight Thirty
A portrait of royal routines shows Queen breakfasting at nine with family or alone, summer meals outdoors at Osborne Windsor or Balmoral, and two Highland servants nearby. Luncheon at two gathers family and guests as the Queen handles official business and social duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Osborne
Windsor
Balmoral
Was Lucindy's Turn Amid a Deed Plot?
In a up-town lawyer's office a pair of rough men and a worn woman named Lucindy plot a land deed. Cy tries to steer, but Lucindy asserts control, demands half payment, and leaves with a roll of cash and new hopes. The scene closes on her triumphant resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loovindy
Shia
Laocindy
Cy Jackson
Loukee
Higgins
Loocindy
International Courtesy and a French Prince’s Washington Visit
In Van Buren era the French sought favor in Washington over high duties on silks and wines. Prince de Joinville declined a White House dinner, prompting diplomatic pressure from France. President Tyler later hosted him after an escort from New York, then he left aboard to return to France with Miss Tyler. The anecdote appears in the San Francisco Argonaut.
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van Buren
Washington
Lafayette
Prince de Joinville
France
de Joinville
White House
United States
Harrison
Mr. Tyler
New York
Miss Tyler
San Francisco
Early and obscure patent medicines advertised in a local paper
An reproduced ad catalog touts Marly Risers and Forty Risers for constipation and nervous distress, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for skin ailments, and De Witt’s Little Early Risers as a small, effective liver pill. It promotes Hart’s and Paturbauch remedies, claims healing through nerve action, and offers special rates on multiple papers with samples and discounts.
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Mr. Wiseman
Philadelphia Record
Jenness Miller
Sarah
Directoire
N. Y. Mail and Express
Bome Kucy Metenets
F& Late
Major Bazoo
Grizzly Hights
Judge Cahoots
Pinkerton
Clixby
Carter's
Hubbard
Heaven's Gate
Jackass Hill
Stevens
Omaha
Detroit Free Press
Peincoss Victoria
Teck
Heavenly Foot Society
Renta
Scotland
Bigvarin
Paris
Duchy of Lancaster
Canton
China
Wus
Buckingham Palace
Prince Malcom Kahn
Holland Park
St Petersburg
Alexander II
Germany
Victoria
Lucindy
Marly
Bucklen
Pateerbaueh
Century
St Nicholas
Harper's
Scribner'’s Magazine
New York Weekly
Chicago Daily and Weekly
Demorest
Peterson
Godey’s Lady's
Toledo Blade
The
Youth's Companion
Scientific American
Western Rural
Breeder's Gazette
de Witt
Puterbauch
Mile
Lanark Drug Co
Avenicns
King of Nineteenth Century Review
GDS Arena
Arena
Hamlin Gatland
Coplain al
V. Selatife
Areia
Chas
Wo Eliot
Harvard
Alfred Sussel Wallace
D.C. L
Camille Flammarion
Emilie Caster
Lyman Abbott
D. D
Mary A. Livermore
Minot J. Savage
Joe Tolstoi
N. §. Shaler
Henry George
Edgar
F. Dees
Scarborough
Frances K. Willard
Solomon Schindler
Kevery
Port Colo
Gladstone
Dierbert Spencer
Charlies Darwin
Count Tolstoi
Willips Brooks
James Russell Lowell
J. G. Whittier
Pres. Chas. W. Eliot
Arena Publishing CO
Hoston, Mass
Geo. P. Dorr
East of
Wales Hardware
Ontterbaugh
Sam
Try “Bown Bess
G. i, Beidler
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