Facts for the Curious on Nature and Inventions
A miscellany of curiosities covers color perception, birdsong, watch screw precision, instincts of arctic animals, potato use in industry, fermentation by bread making, piano finger coordination, dog vocal behavior, a hornbill trick, talents of baseball players, bubble bursting physics, and a glycern solution bubble experiment with notes on observation and technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
London Zoological Garden
Good Manners and Moral Character in Parenting
A reflective piece arguing that manners alone do not define morals, citing biblical translations and historical views. It warns that mothers shape character through guidance, not indulgence, urging respect for elders and the duty of parents to raise empathetic, self denying children for true goodness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aineas
Ten Persons at Table and the 3,628,800 Arrangements
Flammarion in Les Etoiles claims ten persons seated together can rearrange into 3,628,800 distinct orders. If they argued and continued daily, exhausting all combinations would require dining until daybreak for about 9,388 years.
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Flammarion
Not enough context to title a full article
Fragmentary excerpt notes a genealogical premise about Adam and eight descendants and a timeline of generations implying a vast future. The sentence discusses 3,000 years remaining in a dining tradition and anchors the origin of humanity at 6,000 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Being President A Editor's Burden and Dream
The Laramie Boomerang piece reflects on the editor's rare wish to avoid the presidency, detailing the toil of writing and public opinion shaping. It contrasts youth ideals of universal praise with the editor's late night hours, modest pay, and stubborn resolve, ending with a dream of presidency followed by a lonely, undisturbed sleep.
Lace Paper Crafting Heads Global Market Rise
A Belgian summary explains lace paper’s charm in gift and food presentation, noting few makers mainly in France and Germany. Production grew from a Paris output of 100,000 francs thirty years ago to 600,000 to 700,000 francs yearly, with global export led by North and South America. Processes require soap-powder prep, eight sheets on the matrix, and thirty hammer blows per ten square centimeters. machines now cut fruit and terrine boxes more cheaply, boosting sales by about fifty percent.
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Belgium
France
Germany
Paris
North
South
America
England
Spain
Italy
Russia
Austria
The Mound of Mourning Legend of a magical stone
A Welsh tale tells of the Mound of Mourning with a stone guarded by a serpent in a cairn. The stone grants unlimited gold to one who battles the serpent but curses many who touch it. Victims suffer eye loss, madness, or death from disturbing sleep and dreams.
Learn Your Trade And Guard Your Speech Always
A prosaic moral essay urges mastering a craft through repetition and patience. It notes skilled individuals rise higher, warns youths to observe carefully, and cautions against profane language whose habits linger and harm later in life. It cites Daniel Webster on opportunity at the top.
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Daniel Webster
City of Hertogen Bosch Sparks Word Bosh for Rubbish
An English paper notes the Dutch city Bois-le-Duc, called Hertogenbosch, has lent the term bosh meaning rubbish. The place is famed for producing very poor butter, now widely imported by London merchants, with artificial butter dubbed bush butter as a general label for low quality rubbish.
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Bois-le-Duc
Hertogenbosch
Bosch
Brabant
Europe
London
Read This Now or Never Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Guysett s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a universal cure for general ill health including dyspepsia and nervousness. It claims to revive mental faculties raise endurance and purify blood. It notes high demand and lists ingredients such as Yellow Dock sarsaparilla juniper iron and celery.
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Guysett
Harter
Robert Samuels
R. Lous
Wash Avenue
Beecher Biography and a testimonial on Dr Guysett’s remedy
A historical sketch recounts Henry Ward Beecher editor struggles with editor Bonner and a lucrative but scandalous Ledger engagement, noting Beecher’s later sealing success. The piece closes with Ma E B Roxano praising Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Barsaparilla for recovery from ailments and renewed vitality.
The Purpose of Reading in a Moral Life
A essay outlines three reading aims rest amusement and improvement with improvement guiding character formation. It urges readers to choose books to aid noble conduct and to resolve to apply insights to right endeavors. An ad for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup claims quick relief for coughs and colds from Balto Maryland merchant B. Waxes.
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Hawthorne
Bancroft
The
United States
Macaulay
Bacon
Morgantown Press
Hbavine
Dr. Bull
B. Waxes
Gen'l
Merchant
Balto
Do Likewise Do Like This Prescription Letter Claim
Mrs E F Monan of New Castle Maine reports recovery from uterine troubles after using Favorite Prescription and the Common Sense Medical Adviser focal treatment. She notes letters of thanks and others starting the treatment with improvement. Dr R V Prence of Buffalo, NY is cited as the original correspondent.
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R. V. Prence
Buffalo
N. Y
E. F. Monoan
New Castle
Long Life Wit and Rural Queries in One Column
A collection of quips quotes Fontenelle on death and aging and a rural subscriber asking if fence posts last longer top end up or down. A hawk eye note adds humor. After an earthquake heavy objects rotate due to misaligned centers of friction at bases.
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Fontenelle
Fontanelle
Dr Pierce remedies and a mythic Crete find in old notice
An unreadable ad rail ropes Goods of beauty tonics and pills by Dr Pierce claim cures and warn of imitations. A Georgia legislator widow note expresses grief. A Crete excavation at Gnossos unearthed what is believed to be the Theseus Minotaur labyrinth remains.
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Simumman
Gnosso
Crete
Theseus
the Minotaur
Moses
Maggie
Sweat Neltie
Georgia
Boi
Kentucky
Manet
Kidney Cure Ad From 1881 Warren Publisher
A July 36 1881 note from P W Sutliff praises H H Warner Co Kidney Cure for kidney trouble. The letter warns of piles and constipation and promotes Kidney Wort as a cure. A separate fragment mentions Mrs Laura at Back of the Church England as a letter’s address.
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Warren
Ohio
H. H. Warner & Co
P. W. Sutliff
Laura
Church
England
On Thirty Days Trial of Electro Voltaic Belts
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers a thirty day trial of Electro Voltaic Belts and other electrical appliances to men suffering nervous debility lost vitality and kindred troubles. They guarantee restoration of vigor and manhood and invite address for trial with no risk as the trial period is allowed.
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Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mioh
N. B
Suchupaiba Urinary Cure Ad from Jersey City
Quick complete cure of urinary affections including smarting frequent or difficult urination. Trial price one dollar at druggists with prepaid express six bottles for five dollars. E. B. Weis, Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Express
Weis
Jersey City
N. J
Ten Years Experience with Cures and Teething Syrup Claims
An 1881 Cedarville Ohio notice endorses Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Winchell’s Teething Syrup with asserted long use and rapid relief for summer complaints, cholera infantum, and stomach pains. It also advertises Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya as a tonic, Eildert’s Daylight Liver Pill for bilious issues, and Crerboline hair restoration, Frazer Axle Grease, and Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment across a broad druggist market.
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Cedarville
Ohio
J. A. Harenn
Jeremiah Wright
Marion County
W. Va
Allen
Wa. C. Dicers
Bowling Green
Mereditah
Cincinnati
Wo. A.gnanam & Co
Drogaiata
Zanesville
Olio
Mathias Freeman
Chir
Brorchitib
Flowers of Soap Bubbles Experiments by Plateau
The London Times reports Belgian physicist M Plateau bending iron wire to form a six petal flower with a central ring on a forking stem. After oxidation and glyceric immersion the petals glow with colors under a bell jar for hours before petals burst next day.
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M. Plateau
M. Platéau
Marseilles
Price
London Times
The Family Fight
A humorous exchange quoted from the Court Journal shows a friend asking about the twins’ fights and who whips them. The boys respond that their mother is the one who administers punishment in their household.
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Mammix
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Rowan
Laramie
Hi Pees
Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Independent
the Ledger
Benner
Bonner
Norwood
Ma. E. B. Roxano
Covington
Suchupaiba
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
All Druggiata
Eilert
Uncle Sam
DY Bulls
Great West, Gun Works
Pittsburgh
H. Haunert & Co
Portland
R.hunter
M.D
State St
Chicago
Sauplen Norte
Pricas
Sperch
National Publishing Co
StepHens
Lebanon
G. Vickery
Augusta
Jay Hronson
Detroit, Mich
Valentine Bros
Janoxville, Wis
Tone
I. N. Stone
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
Charles E. Hires
Delaware Ave
Phils
International News CO
Beckman Am
WM. oeaNgonn
Ind
Asenesine
Hubbard Bros
Champion
Champion Publishing Co
William St
Cuty
Salt MF G.co
PHILA
Baryland
D. Lothrop & CO
Boston
Brilliant Prospectus
Mem
Wastratad Catalogue Ree
Dipteria
Johns Gon & Co
Mass
Bangor, Maing
Rand
Rosil
Letter Reorg Co
Ton, Mase
Haogore Mc
U.S
Wrignet
InvraNaPolis
Indianapolis (Indiana
National Bank
Phywichin
Affedicine
Ab. Meserole
John St
Martinez
Monsy
L. Martines
Menty J. Bostco
O.n.y
Wen
Manrin
Oakly
R. Land Co
Cedar Rapids, Lows
R. H. Shumwa
Tocuk Ford, LL
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Klas
Elswee
Massa
Ann
Norah
Jennie
Tower of
Kildare
Bao
the Bowes
Dora
Jon
Darling
Nellie Gray
Late Rowa Dug
Ben Bolt
Badie
Tim Finigan
Ware
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