The Antiquity of Invention Across Ancient Ages
Independent examination of ancient crafts shows the needle and dressmaking emerge early, with references to fig leaves sewn and garments formed. It cites inventions like wine, beer, backgammon, the first circus, tragedy, musical instruments, clocks, bricks, and the compass, all attributed to antiquity and various civilizations.
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Xenophon
Palamedes
Greece
Tarquin
Thespis
Socrates
Sophocles
Tomer
Hyaginus
Archimedes
Nero
Pa-out
Solomon
A Tiger Story From Salcete Village Cuncojim
A letter from New Goa recounts a tiger invasion of Cuncojim in Salcete. The beast enters a poor widow’s cottage, kills her, then ramps through the village lanes, clashes with defenders, and fatally attacks a Mussulman sentinel on a cottage roof before more friends of the deceased rally.
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New Goa
Salcete
Cuncojim
Fronteira
Portugal
Creture
Mussulman
Facing Old Foes and Draining Woes in Rural Life
A farmer notes how some neighbors cling to old ways with mossy apple trees and decaying barns while others prosper using new farming papers and better drains. Shallow drains offer relief where deep underdrains are impractical, removing surface water and stubborn moisture to improve yields. A New York dinner among ministers highlights progress in racial prejudice, as a black speaker uses humor to urge unity and shared humanity.
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Pergonk
Josh Woilere
Josh Wiltsie
Foley
Dress and boat gondolas in a transitional age view
The piece surveys dress satire from the New York Times noting coats with wear marks as signs of sense while gilded women raise suspicion. It extolls Venetian gondola travel, notes two man crews at four shillings a day, and mentions the Cleveland Herald touting salt as fever cure in editorials. It ends with a flippant remark on a nation producing the most marriages.
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The
New York Times
Broadway
Ita
Cleveland Herald
Right and wrong behavior for temperance men on election days
A 19th century critique questions temperance leaders who vote with license supporters and indulge in tobacco or saloon visits. It challenges consistency, noting hypocrisy in temperance men who oppose liquor yet participate in counterproductive habits and endorse pro-licensing candidates.
Cracker Craving Calamity Ends With Barter
A sick man enters a whisky shop and insists crackers should pay for brandy and whisky. The bar keeper accepts the cracker barter, then demands payment for the brandy and whisky, while the sick man remains unable to settle. The exchange ends with no final resolution.
Secret coloring tale from the Newport Mercury
The Newport Mercury recounts a cautionary tale about painter Stuart who shares a secret color technique. A friend asks permission to relay it under oath to another. Stuart marks the wall to test how far the secret propagates, escalating from one to eleven to reveal the idea can spread wildly.
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Newport Mercury
Stuart
Elis
Barbarism and Civilization: a mixed extract from Atlantic Monthly
An excerpt contrasts so called wild races on Boroneo with gorilla likeness and claims of humanity, then explains rosin refining waste, and notes a Kansas incident where a church crowd interrupted a cock fight after a minister denounced sinners from a window.
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Atlantic Monthly
Boroneo
Philippine Islands
Terra del Fuego
South America
Lawrence
Kansas
Syre
Beechers Sermon Questions Orthodoxy of Church
Mr Beecher preached an extraordinary heterodox sermon on Sunday denying that Christ built the church. He argued the church is a human invention and that baptism or partaking of the Lord's Supper makes no difference to an individual. He added that if Jesus were on earth today few churches would be deemed orthodox.
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New York
Carter
Oliver
Amd
Jack
Marsa
Massa
Braders
Masea
Beecher
Christ
Remarkable Rescue of Landamman Kes per at St Gothard
In 1628 Landamman Kes per of Brandenberg and his follower were buried by an avalanche on the St Gothard above Zug. A faithful dog freed himself, alerted rescuers, and helped locate the pair after 36 hours beneath the snow. The Landamman vowed the dog be sculpted at his tomb. the monument stood in St Oswald's Church at Zug.
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Brandenberg
Bellenz
St. Gothard
Zug
Servent
Tere
St. Oswald’s Church
New Invention Lets Falls Be Controlled From Window
A novel device called the Renyonire Excapbe is described as a fire escape rope system tested at the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia. The apparatus uses a twisted rope through a cylindrical machine about ten meters long to regulate descent speed or halt, with leather belts to secure the user in a seated position, allowing repeated use for multiple descendents.
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Continental
Philadelphia
Jefferson on Temperance anecdote from Washington
A correspondent recalls a Jefferson anecdote about a candidate for office. Friends praise his integrity and capability but a trusted confidant warns against temperance. Jefferson agrees and declines the appointment, vowing not to appoint anyone who uses intoxicating liquors freely.
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Jefferson
Washington
Ife
Dir. J
Phot Mado
Curious wind sounds puzzle observers near Prospect Till
A Washington DC observer notes wind driven sounds from gales and distant points like Mournes and Sae's Whistle amid wooded foliage. A table links wind direction to sound intensity while the cause remains unexplained. an aside touts Dr. Pierce remedies and a quip about a grain of sand and a schoolmaster.
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C. BR. Moore
Washington, D. C
Norte
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