What to One Race Wil Seem Natural and Toothsome Diet
The article argues dietary differences across races due to climate and culture, citing Eskimos eating large amounts of meat and oil, and cannibalism in some tropical tribes. It lists camel flesh, crocodile meat and eggs, toads, basilisk, spiders, grasshoppers, locusts, and references a Portuguese garrison in India.
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John Ross
Africa
Polynesia
Paris
Livingstone
Amoboyna
East Indian Archipelago
New Caledonia
South Africa
India
Hammond on the platform sees comet while traveling in Texas
Mining engineer John Hays Hammond on a private car bound for Mexico glimpses Halley's Comet at 3:30 a.m. He chats with two tramps, offers cigars, and they remark on his riches. The scene unfolds on the Texas leg of his journey en route to Mexico.
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Hammond
John Hays Hammond
Mexico
Halte
Texas
Popular Magazine
Senate
State of Kansas
State of Kinsus
Shell
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Sted
Iid
Thisshire
Gehl
Thevisladice
House
Marely
Old maids in America and the stigma of the term
An editorial riff on the phrase old maid and its reception among unmarried women. It argues the word can be dignified and affectionate, notes court reprimands when men misuse it, and reflects on rising female education and independence altering marriage norms and census implications.
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Ilfe
Long Island
United States
Men and Animals in the New Century Drama
The article ponders a surge of plays featuring animals and plants as central figures. It muses on societal shifts toward the lives of peasants and ordinary people, and speculates whether religious ideas or mystic consciousness drive theater toward animate and inanimate nature as protagonists.
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Harper’s Weekly
Cutting Up Battleships With a Mighty Blowpipe
A historic method of cutting up large ships is replaced by a blowpipe that uses air and coal gas or acetylene to burn through metal. Two close nozzles produce a clean edge with no rivet work, making quick work of steel, timber, and drilling tasks. Gas availability remains a drawback for coal gas.
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Rnner
Fare joke on the tram conductor at town
A country girl aboard a town tramcar is asked for her fare by the conductor who keeps repeating the line. She quips that she is seen as good looking at home, while he prods about her appearance. The exchange ends with a self deprecating jab and a stray aside about a dentist ad lib.
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