De Capitation and the Spinal Cord in Life After Injury
The article examines postinjury vitality with examples from Balaklava and Petersburg, noting that death need not be immediate. It discusses decapitation myths, the spinal cord as a brain deputy, frog experiments, and cases where movements persist without consciousness, highlighting nervous system division of labor and independence of the cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan
Light Brigade
Balaklava
Kinglake
Twelfth Light Dragoons
G. L. Kilmer
America
Ninth Corps
Petersburg
Mr. Kilmer
Paris School of Medicine
de la Pommerais
Intelligence Department
Edinburgh Scotsman
California's transformation from mining to farming and wine
Arthur I. Street notes in Ainslee's how California shifted from mineral wealth to farming and wine production. Wheat yields surged with surface scrapes, vegetables thrived year round, and muscat grape harvests reached five to sixteen tons per acre while sheep averaged seven pounds per carcass. Wine culture expanded, California becoming a major world wine and brandy producer with 363 million gallons vintaged since 1867 and a 4000 acre largest vineyard, attracting European royalty.
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Duluth
United States
California
Los Angeles
France
The
Rhine
Arthur I
Ainslee’s
Inherited Diseases and How They Are Passed Down
The article explains heredity and acquired diseases, noting many conditions once blamed on birth are now seen as not truly inherited. It cites consumption as germ‑based, stressing that predisposition exists but disease itself is not guaranteed. Proper hygiene, nutrition, fresh air, sleep, and limited exposure can safeguard children in affected families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yilouth
Fifty Years of California in the American Era
A condensed retrospective marks fifty years since California joined the United States. It traces gold fever and vast mining, early poverty amid riches, and the transformation from placer frenzy to farm industry. It notes enormous land grants, large farms, and California's role in agricultural mechanization shaping national growth.
Combating extreme heat and cooling interiors progress
The article notes humanity has improved winter comfort more than summer cooling. It discusses fans, electric cars, and basic refrigeration as cooling methods, and explains why lowering air temperature indoors is impractical. It foresees a future affordable method to cool building interiors without excessive cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Chamber
The South Is The Place For Me From Chattanooga Times
Poem praising the American South with lines on its landscapes and loves, reflecting on Civil War memories, emancipation, unity with the North, and national liberty. Attributed to William Henry Fitzgerald in the Chattanooga Times.
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South
Cause of Justice
William Henry Fitzgerald
Chattanooga Times
Two Cannons From Mexican War Enduring in Washington
The War and Navy Department displays include two unusual cannons from the Mexican War. One, the San Juan gun, rests in the Burchard library at Fremont, Ohio, weighing about 250 pounds and 2 1 2 inches bore. The San Lucas gun sits at Governor's Island, New York, while the San Mateo and San Marco are mounted at the War Department. The relics, named for the four evangelists, bear Spanish coats of arms and time-worn inscriptions.
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War and Navy Department
War Department
United States
Mexico
San Mateo
San Marco
San Lucas
San Juan
Burchard
Fremont
Sandusky County
Louisiana
France
England
Spain
Washington Star
Convict Returns to Prison After Eleven Years on the Run
William McLelland, who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary on June 7, 1889, surprised Warden Tomlinson by arriving to serve the remaining time of his five year sentence for grand larceny. He had been in Arkansas with a wife and five children. Despite good conduct for years, he fled on horseback from his traction engine assignment. With total time served, about a year remains, and parole may be considered. Gov. Stanley favors parole as a method to keep prisoners.
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Tomlinson
Kansas Penitentiary
Arkansas
William McLelland
McLelland
Neosho County
Kan
McLeilland
Stanley
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Yelpin' schools and rural education myths in old South
Fifty years ago the yelpin school thrived in rural districts south of the Mason Dixon line. Pupils shouted in a high drumbeat, spelling books ruled, and lessons ran from sunrise to sundown. Inventive teachers pitched games like geography races and singing schemes, while reformers marketed costly methods that faded, leaving only myths and a quaint chorus.
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Yelpin
Mason and Dixon
Yelpin’ School
Bridget's Triumph Over the Bank Clerk in Penrith
An Irish girl Bridget with a baby in arms tests a Penrith bank clerk who refuses to change a Bank of Ireland note. After a sharp exchange, Bridget forces change by insisting the clerk cashes the bank’s own notes, finally receiving five sovereigns and several coins. The scene unfolds amid amused customers as Bridget asserts her rights and outmaneuvers the reluctant teller.
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England
Penrith
Bank of Fyland
Bridget
Ca Loll
Pridget
Victoria
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Orphan Brigade War Record of a Kentucky Regiment
Louisville Post recounts the Orphan Brigade, famed Kentucky Confederate units from 88 counties, their rugged origins, hardy endurance, and famed leaders Breckinridge and Buckner. It traces their service from Donelson and Shiloh to Vicksburg and beyond, noting scarce equipment, barefoot marches, and unwavering loyalty to the South.
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South
Orphan Brigade
Dixie Land
Confederacy
Kentucky
Louisville
Southland
Cobb
Byne
Graves
The
Porter Thompson
Joseph FE. Johnston
Breckinridge
Virginia
Johnston
Bridgade
Davis
Hood
Mobile Advertiser and Register
Donelson
Shiloh
Camden
Jonesboro
Falstaff
Camp Boone
George W. Johnson
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Flattsville
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Columbia
Golden State
Marshall
Sutter's Mill
Dakotas
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Maine
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Connecticut
Rhode Island
Boston
Massachusetts Bay
Montpelier
Portland
Hartford
New Haven
Providence
Newport
Middle States
Dacre
Hull
Proud Dacre
New York State
Hudson River
New Jersey
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Kingston
New York Sun
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