Arctic white owl sighted near lakes border
The Register describes a large white Arctic owl seen around lakes with several killed along Lake Erie. It mentions Dr Wexpriors and Prince Bismarck’s foe in the Reichstag, plus notes on puique pronounced noolke and a California fruit deception. Additional items cover a three year old lost near Tahlequah, a Von Ranke anecdote, and a white oak tree near Slip-down Mountain in Georgia with a spring and scenic overlook.
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Lake Erie
Minter
Mexico
Old Cape Cod Gentleman Seeks Heir In Deadwood Mine Town
An elderly man traveled from Cape Cod to Deadwood to adopt two grandsons as heirs. Inquiries led him to a mining town saloon doorway where one young man stood smoking a cigarette, beginning a sequence that follows in the report.
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Cape Cod
Deadwood
Farwell Poker Reputation Debunked by Associates
A denials campaign clears Senator Charles Farwell of poker player stigma. A Curryage friend insists Farwell is a sharp businessman and cultured gentleman, not a gambler, countering Long John Wentworth's 1869 anecdote and public insinuations about his nominating campaign.
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Charles Farwell
Farwell
Long John Wentworth
Congress
Wentworth
Proms on Sun Origin and Duration of Heat
Sir William Promeson at the Royal Institutions in London argues that solar heat could last no more than 20 million years and no less than 10 million more, applying Helmholtz to calculations about the sun’s shrinking mass. The talk contrasts with geology and long life on Earth over 3,000 years.
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William ‘Promeson
Royal Institutions
London
Helmholtz
Training at home and seminary polishing critique
The Philadelphia Call quips that female seminaries polish girls into parlor jewels, leaving young men to choose cheaper avenues like pool rather than marriage. It argues parents overpolish daughters, while men’s finances delay nuptials as the jewels fade or are lost. A closing line asserts self uprightness precedes confidence in others.
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Oime
Philadelphia
The Art and Science of Making Lead Shot
A detailed description explains how shot is made starting from accident at a church spire. It covers arsenic alloying to temper lead, heating and handling in temper pots, grinding and rolling to remove burrs, passing through inclined planes and separators, size sorting into cast and No 12 up to twenty three hundredths inch, polishing with plumbago, weighing and bagging for sale.
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T'ron
The English Hand Beauty and Nail Care Then and Now
The article extols the English hand as rosy and shell like with a long almond nail, notes grooming habits in London and abroad, contrasts American nails as dry, and describes manicure procedures and nail care lore. It cites Queen Anne and Queen Victoria era hands, fashion influence, and cautions against bismuth use.
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England
London
Makeup and Fur Described as Unsettlingly White and Dirty
The text describes hands made unnaturally white with fur filling the pores of the skin, noted as dirty and dangerous. This vivid, unsettling detail appears in a fragmentary excerpt labeled as Wide dwale.
Tribute to Arbustus Jenkins in a Southern Club Letter
Brother Gardner delivers a humorous elegy for Bradder Arbustus Jenkins, noting he was an ordinary man from North Carolina and 15 cents behind on dues. He reflects on Jenkins as a citizen, elector, laborer, neighbor, church member, husband, and father, concluding no resolutions will be sent to his widow and that death could have taken a worse man. Detroit Free Press.
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Brother Gardner
Bradder Arbustus Jenkins
Carolina
Arbustus
Dhe
United States
Nashun
Airth
Dar
Deir
Detroit
How Long to Sleep As Nature Designs It
The piece argues sleep should follow natural rhythms, not forced by will or drugs. It warns against keeping awake and dismisses artificial aids, claiming wakefulness stems from failing to honor night as the proper sleep time. Proper rest comes from waking at dawn and maintaining daily activity to restore nine to ten hours of sleep in cycles.
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Tahlequah
I. T
Ready to Die and a Camp Meeting Confession
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a camp meeting where a woman professed happiness in dying, then a preacher tested the crowd by asking who loved the Lord and wished to die. One gaunt woman stayed seated, noted as the exhorter's fifth wife. The piece ends with a reflection that self command leads to world control.
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Indiana
Detroit Free Press
Right Hand of Fellowship Through Time and Tribes
The article traces salutation forms from biblical embraces to modern right hand greetings. It cites Esau and Jacob, Ulysses, and early Christian rites, noting nose rubbing among various peoples, and the widespread Christian practice of the right hand of fellowship. It links greeting customs to power, honor, and unity across cultures and eras.
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Walter Scott
Esau
Jacob
Sclo
Rocky Isle
Ulysses
Africa
Europe
Plains
Mountains
West
Mississippi Valley
Rome
Chicargo Fieter Ocean
Science in Betting According to Dave Pulsifer
Dave Pulsifer says a scientific method for betting on horse races exists but is hard to master. He explains how horse class, weight, and form influence outcomes, noting outsiders and bettors react differently to recent wins. The method requires time and careful study of weight and condition before betting money. Whitney.
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Dave Pulsifer
Chicago Mail
Varied Scientific Observations From Popular Science Snippet
Seventy skeletons show lower limbs equal in seven cases only, with leg length differences up to an inch and five eighths. Wind pressure follows Smeaton's rule, velocity squared divided by 200. Mount Tarawira is 3,000 feet higher with lava tongues and fireballs. Wash vegetables only when needed, with brushing preferred. UK river pollution report finds sewage cannot be safely purified by rivers. A shepherd killed by lightning underwent post mortem revealing extensive lung and heart damage. Deep mine heat at 3,000 feet rises one degree every fifty-five feet, implying high internal Earth temperatures and a very thin crust.
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Canerun
Smeaton
Tarawara
New Zealand
M. van Herne
Yun English River Pollution Commission
United Kingdom
Arabian Poetry Born in Desert Life and Devotion to Verse
While excavating in Rome a house claimed to date from the third century has been unearthed. The article surveys the origins of Arabian poetry, arguing it arose from Bedouin life in the desert, formed into fixed texts around 500 CE, and crystallized before the era of Mohammed.
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Arabian Sands
Mohammed
Arabia
Atlantic
Bonthly
Rome
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California
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von Ranke
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Mr. Speed
Science In Betting
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