Effects of Mescal and the Falls City River Steamer
A fragmented 19th century report discusses mescal's effects on behavior, studies of vision and perception, and the broader debate on mind altering substances. It also recounts a riverine anecdote about the Falls City steamer on the Ohio Kentucky river, highlighting a folding pilot house and bridge clearance tricks used in prior Kentucky river incidents.
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Fall City
Ohio River
Eprahich
Louissille
Ohio
Falls City
Worthville Bruize
Kentucky River
Pat Laiteh
Backwoods Preacher Granny Miller Shaped by Pulpit Power
A Kentucky Cumberland region pioneer preacher, Granny Miller, known as Granny Miller, drew crowds with vivid hellfire sermons. She preached despite backlash, earning respect for her doctrinal debate skill and devout zeal in a remote community.
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AL Burkervine
Ky) Co
New York Sun
Kentucky
Cumberland
Gatiwate
Nashville
Burkesville
Mra Claisy Miller
Herong
Rian B Anthony
Victoria Woodhull
Wald Apld
Miller
Hell
Benes
Abe
Andes
Ponce
Diana
Mimilianee
Sears
Pretty Imp Ly Pretty Way to Fill Door Casings
A fragmented list describes decorating door casings with strips of material and photos, noting braced tacks and ribbons for a tidy display. It also touches on tea making rules from Professor Gondfelsow, and a brief anecdote about royal diary practices and a queen’s attendants.
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le Nersary
Singh
Electric line repairman locates break on two cables
A repair crew from Great Bend traced a break in line No 1 then found a break in line No 2 after climbing the pole. They fixed the faults, descended, and walked two miles to the nearest station to telegraph the superintendent.
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Great Bend
Digest of Early 19th Century Fire Safety Beliefs
The fragment describes amid a British college setting students forming brigades to fight fires, with Holloway College girls capable of starting engines quickly. It critiques social views on women’s roles, links chaos to Providence, and argues many evils stem from foolish regulations rather than supernatural causes.
Exercise guide from Ladies' Home Journal excerpt
An instructional snippet advises walking five paces with proper posture and breathing, then gradually increasing to ten paces or more, followed by several deep breaths after rising in the morning and before retiring.
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Home Journal
Man Nearly Eaten Alive By Army of Ants in South America
A first person account describes a terrifying encounter in a tropical forest where Walter Whitestone faces an advancing army of ants that bite, devastate, and threaten to devour him. He details fainting, clawing, and desperate measures to escape, including pouring oil and using a blanket in a struggle for survival. The narrative blends sensational terror with a puzzling parental caution from a teacher and a future-law-prompted moral.
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Walter Whitestone
Devoumal
South
Atortica
Thad Bey
South America
Pizite
Felca
Sugar of Milk Fills U S Drug Trade From Domestic Mills
A historical overview notes that sugar of milk, a byproduct from cow’s milk, has risen from a European import to a major American manufactured commodity. Production now centers in New York and Illinois, with exports to Europe, aided by patent medicines. The article details its neutral flavor, nonreactive nature with acids and drugs, and its use as a vehicle in pill making and tablets.
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United States
Europe
Switzerland
New York State
Fossil Whale Head Unearthed On California Mountain
A geologist or prospector in southern California found a petrified whale head fragment on a mountain summit. The piece measured about ay inches long, 12 inches wide, 18 inches thick, and weighed several pounds, embedded in sandstone within shale atop the ridge. The find prompts questions about ancient geology and Nooth era activity, with no other fragments discovered to date.
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California
Nooth
Admirals Dewey and Hopkins Among British Navy Officers
A fragmented report notes Dewey and Sir John O Hopkins of the British navy holding vice admiral ranks. It mentions no officer in France’s navy surpasses vice admiral and that several British admirals are attached to the admiralty board. One is at Portsmouth, another at a major home naval port.
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Dewey
John O Hopkins
France
Admiralty
Great Britain
Admiralty Board
Portsmouth
Question on ship bombardment and armor damage estimates
Aved Question analyzes the discharge of an 18 inch gun loaded with smokeless powder and compares its energy to a mine and a 40 ton torso. The text ponders the impact speed, timing, and resulting damage to a battleship, asking which bolts will draw plates warp leaks develop and how the ocean might influence outcomes.
Berlin actor Hermann Muller commits suicide by water pistol
Berlin stage star Hermann Muller, famed for the new school of plays, is reported to have killed himself. After placing a pistol near his mouth he filled the barrel with water and fired, his head shattered by the blast. Overwork and melancholy linked to the tragedy.
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Mimnett
Hermann Muller
Berlin Deutsches Theater
Bisa
Flo
Henschel
Sader
Mann
Hauptmann
Hirschfeld
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Ter Istowae
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Mitchell
Ff Ettve
Corley
Hasbeest
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Jones
Kyle
Np Oiee
Uli
Stewart Jones
Colon
Nebraska
Montana
Mary
Wisconsin
Newt York
North da
Jersey
West Virginia
Washington
Lom
Jim
New York
Philadelphia
Congress
Wachin
Eng
Edwand
Charles VII
Henry Plantagenet
Anjou
France 1
Isabella
Bavaria
Hughes
Etna Cn
Cardiae
Gondfelsow
Seine
America
Hanehty
Monte
Poe
Seth
Sen Bani
Mise Adeune
Mate
Kivoonian
Tinner Herald
Biggland
Gurton College
Holloway College
London
Willie
Don
Kus
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