Spiral Nebulae and Cosmic Machinery Behind the Stars
Garrett P. Servisa discusses spiral nebulae revealed by Keeler’s 1898 1900 photographs from Lick Observatory. He argues interstellar processes challenge old beliefs on creation and destruction and compare cosmic motion to a vast mill with spinning gears. The piece reflects awe at astronomical photography and its implications for understanding the universe.
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Lick Observatory
Ite
James B. Keeler
Aod
Garrett P. Servisa
New York
The Blanket Fish: A Dreaded Sea Monster of the Pacific
The manta or blanket fish is common in warm Pacific waters near Tres Marias and Manzanillo. It guards prisoners, with reports of divers attacked as the fish wrap their massive winged bodies around victims. A Wide World Magazine writer notes a two to three ton specimen, about fifteen feet across, wielding dangerous speed and crushing prey with powerful mouths.
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Pacific
Tres Marias Islands
Manzanillo
Wide World Magazine
Masato
The Young Idea Camel Essay Largely Nonsense
A schoolboy's essay on the camel plays with miswritten terms and playful slang. The piece jokes that the camel is patient and can die without a herd, and it coins odd names for camel attributes and people such as Arabs and street Arabs.
Dugong Compared to Mermaid Findings From Ocean Believed Real
A New York Press note describes the dugong resembling a sea woman with humanlike hands and arms though lacking a nose. It explains size, neck, eyes, and mouth features, and notes a mother dugong caring for its calf, linking sightings to mermaid legends amid declining numbers in the Indian Ocean.
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Indian Ocean
New York Press
Sickroom Plants Should Be Put Out of Doors at Night
In the Medical Record Dr. Dawbarno explains why keeping flowers and growing plants in a sickroom at night is unwise. Plants continually breathe and consume oxygen while releasing carbon dioxide, reducing available oxygen for the patient until daylight returns.
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Robert H. M. Dawbarno
Chateaubriand’s Early Struggles Revealed
The Westminster Gazette reports a historic note that early in his career Chateaubriand sold stockings on commission to settle a £200 debt of honor. While an officer in the royal service in 1700 he sought help from La Marandais, a Swiss stocking manufacturer, who instead supplied stockings and a generous commission. He sold the stock to friends and likely shifted much of it into stores of his regiment.
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Chateaubriand
la Marandais
Switzerland
Department of Big Own
Westminster Gazette
The Clever Brahman and Multitask Chess Skill
A Brahmin recalls a chess scene in which a Brahmin player could manage several games at once. He notesounding multitasking shows in Sanskrit poetry and rapid mental arithmetic while others debate religious arguments.
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India
Lim
Ironical fate noted by debt ridden man in Chicago tale
A cheerful debtor recalls fate’s irony while discussing unpaid debts in Chicago. An old creditor misses the chance to collect as the man tells of a money order and his struggle to meet a full year’s rent, illustrating a weary, luckless moment through a clipped, oblique report.
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Chiléngo
Master in Chancery's Sale in Clark County Illinois
Public notice for sale of parcel in Clark County Illinois under a 1911 decree. Master in Chancery Arthur Poorman schedules auction at Marshall Court House for August 26 1911 at 2 PM. Details include 28.75 acres on the east half of the southeast quarter nearby National Road. Cash due day of sale.
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State of Illinois
Clark County
Circuit Court of
John T Maloney
Malissa Maloney
Arthur Poorman
Court House
Marshall
Clark
Towit
Illinois
Ilinois
Clark Co
W. T. Hollenbeck
Camps
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted Without Mercury
Advertisement warns against mercury ointments for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. Claims the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Mentions testimonials free, drugstore sale, and price of one dollar per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hal
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