Odd Tidbits and Notes From Marble Hill Press
A collage of miscellany quotes and observations from different sources. Mentioned are General Funston, Geo Gomez, Sam Jones, and Bill Anthony with reflections on autonomy, honesty, and employment. The piece notes Grand River and Pewama outlet geology and past glacial flows near Grand Haven and Lake Michigan.
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American Journal of Science
Mudge
Grand River
Grand Haven
Lake Michigan
Lake Saginaw
Lake Chicago
Irrigation Law Conflicts Across Bear River Valley
The U S Department of Agriculture studies irrigation status across arid regions, starting with Bear River Valley. The river crosses Wyoming Idaho and Utah boundaries multiple times, creating interstate water rights issues beyond state laws. Boundary complexities hinder border ditch priorities and water control.
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Office of Experiment Stations
United States
Department of Agriculture
Bear River Valley
Hear River
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Salt Lake
Water Commissioners’ Authority
The New Year's Resolutions
A brief verse urges readers to set firm resolutions for the new year, urging persistence against daily slips and temptations. It encourages self discipline, spiritual resolve, and striving to become a better person despite imperfect human nature.
New Year's Night Redemption in Hank Harmon's Shop
Four men in Sardinapella recall a wild New Year's Eve in Hank Harmon's blacksmith shop. Drunken vows, ruined homes, and a plan to reform unfold as Jim Cameron and Jim Green vow sobriety, Hank Harmon joins, and the group finds a hopeful path forward. A later tale follows a faded stage hopeful, recalling missteps and a moment of renewed resolve.
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S. B. McManus
Hank Harmon
Hank
Joe Howard
Jim Cameron
Jim
Ballygard
Sardinapella
Jim Green
Conscience
James G. Cameron
God
Willam Wren
Cameron
Eivil
William Wren
Henry Harmon
Old friend Parthenia on Broadway farewell scene
The narrator meets Parthenia an agtress who jokes her lack of talent and sixteen performances weekly. She insists she won’t offend and plans to return to St Louis after marriage, slipping into a crowd beside Broadway and Fortieth Street.
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Parthenia
St. Louis
Broadway
Fortieth Street
New Year's Call Recalled From a War Era Christmas
A woman recalls the old New Year custom of calling by house visit during the Civil War era. A former working girl recounts her mother hosting calls, five kinds of cake, and neighbors drinking wine amid a chaotic scene with Charley Van Brunt. The tale ends with his drinking, a breakup, and his later ruin.
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Morton Street
Charley van Brunt
Charley
Hospital in China Overhauls to Handle Large Patient Load
A Chinese hospital undergoes a major modernization to manage an overflow of patients. The facility plans to expand capacity and add new clinical staff to reduce delays and improve patient care.
Magneto-Optic Rotation and the Gyrostatic System
A Philadelphia Times excerpt explains blushing and pallor via capillary blood flow and mental stimuli, noting the difficulty of complete cure for highly nervous individuals. It then covers Prof Andrew Gray at the Royal Institution on magneto optic rotation, Faraday’s link between light and electricity, and experiments with Nichol prisms and large electromagnets. Lord Kelvin’s Baltimore lectures propose a gyrostatic molecule model for rotation.
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Philadelphia Times
Royal Institution
Andrew Gray
Faraday
Nichol
Gray
Artificial Sponges from cellulose and zinc chloride method
A German journal describes Dr Gustav Pums process to make artificial sponges from pure cellulose treated with zinc chloride and zinc chloride mixed salts. The resulting material absorbs water and can be used for filtration life preservers and medical absorbents.
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Gustav Pum
Graz
Germany
Philadelphia inventor patenting inflatable hose fender for streetcars
A Philadelphia inventor introduces a novel fender for automobiles and trolleys. The device uses inflated hose tied to resemble a locomotive cow-catcher. The inventor claims the design offers a key advantage in preventing bruising during collisions.
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Philadelphia
Aremarkable Earthquake Strikes Rome on July 19
A strong earthquake hit the city of Rome for about half a minute, shaking antiquities including the Forum columns and the Colosseum, with no serious damage reported. An unusual atmospheric effect poured rain from light gray clouds as the quake began, then cleared.
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Rome
Forum
Colosseum
Garm
Electric Comb and Curling Iron Replace Barber Tools
A French journal describes an electric substitute for shaving and curling. A comb carries a platinum wire along its teeth that heats to cut hairs evenly as it passes through locks. A curling iron variant uses a heated wire kept at steady temperature by an electric wire in the mold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France i 4
Bergmann
Berlin University
Caling
Scientite Journal
L'Electricien
Employed Asks Certificate Of Good Character Tale
A mortified coachman complains he was only deemed to be “wouldn't stand a red hot stove” in a character reference. The ex-employer rewrites the line, replacing it with “active volcano,” then returns the document.
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Bi" Anthony
Maine
Sizsbee
New York
Dewey
Bill" Anthony
West
God
Almont
Charley
New York Herald
Chicago Tribune
Fragmented Chicago dialogue on roles and age in humor
A brief, fragmentary exchange features a cynical bachelor and a minister discussing women and rules. The back-and-forth touches on exceptions to rules and mentions age, with the setting implied as Chicago.
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Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marble Hill Press
Missouri
General Funston
Geo
Maximo Gomez
Cuckoos
Abliene
Texas
The
Washington Post
Sam Jones
Colombia
Aden
Transvaal
Hetty Green
Hetty
South Africa
England
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
Rowan
Great Republic
Prairies
Vale
Buller
Happy Home
Buiulno
Nim Cameron
Ike
Joe
Park
Eb “Bunco
Parthenias
Che Man With
Lola Ens
Jim Bgan
Madelon
Gabriel
Christas
Pitt
John Vaneo Chenay
Hed Greee Hospital
Chine
China
Otty
R.A. Measenden
American Association
Au-gust & Meins
Josserand
Tex
George Spencer
Institution of Mining Engineers
Nature
Spencer
Ion
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