Earth's Changes and the Glacial Epoch Explained
A summary of M. Ramus's article on earth's changes, climate uniformity in early periods, the advent of the glacial epoch, and the axis deflection theory. It notes the quaternary ice expansion, retreat of glaciers with mammoths, and calculations of axis movement timelines, ending with a sewing machine ad embedded in the text.
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M. Ramus
la Nouveille Revue
England
Denmark
Europe
France
Russia
Prussia
Hanover
Holland
Choo Kung
Greenland
Spitzhbergen
Spitzbergen
Woman Technician Lifts Sewing Machine To Work Again
A humorous portrait shows a wife with a bulky sewing machine, pounding parts with a hammer, wrestling a broken screwdriver into place, and finally oiling the balance wheel to restore stitching. The scene ends with the machine running smoothly, mere chaos giving way to quiet efficiency.
The Cyclone as a Roaring American Imp
A vivid local voice describes the cyclone as a global meteorological force, a brash American character that destroys, scatters, and plunders with relentless efficiency. The piece likens it to a business-driven thief, capable of sweeping through towns in moments, leaving little behind, and ends with a wary jokeabout facing such a force head on.
Transformations in Texas Humor by Gen Sam Houston
The Galveston Texas Texan account recalls a forty year old humor speech by Gen Sam Houston in which vegetables and animals allegedly transformed after planting. He mocks odd changes, culminating with a spotted pig becoming a big spotted barrow and a tale linked to the presiding officer’s quarrel over a bog.
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Sam Houston
Texas
Senate
Houston
Galveston
Ter
Novel housing taste in Mexico City flats and ground floor shops
A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent notes no aristocratic quarter in Mexico City. It is fashionable to live on busy streets with flats three stories high. Top floors rent about $100 a month, second floors $40. When letting a house, owners place an old newspaper in the window, an economical though unfashionable sign.
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Mexico
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Dividend Served on Towpath Tales at Farmington Canal
The only stockholder to receive a dividend from the old Farmington Canal in Connecticut has died. The president warned there were no dividends and jokingly urged him to mow the tow-path for one. Munson meanwhile accepted a 20 percent share in hay from eight miles of tow-path and kept at it. Also, a note warns that intentions without action are uncertain aside from a sitting hen.
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Pittsburg
Isas
Farmington
Conn
Munson
Louisville and Jeffersonville Perry Co
CG Dorsey
Wall &J
Jr Hersonville
Ind
Athlophoros CO
Wall &T
New York
Pond
Ald
Aurora
Kane C
Valentine Bros
Janesville
W.c.metzner
West Randolph Street
Chicago
Tricks on the Tracks Dangers from Engineers and Rivalry
A Railway Review portrait of railway engineers facing danger from rivals tricks and stress. An emery filled oiling can and a boiler foaming water top gauge incident show the risks. Noted figures from Locomotive Engineers' Brotherhood describe heavy strain and calls for safety remedies.
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Railway Review
A. S. Hampton
Indianapolis
Ind
Warner
J. 8. Ingraham
Cleveland
Ohio
Locomotive Engineers’ Brotherhood
Arthur
Michigan Central
Costumes in India Show Parsee Grace and Madras Manner
A description of regional dress contrasts among Indian women. Parsee attire features silk saris, layered chemises and bodices, with a whitened head cover to guard against the Abriman. Sindh and Punjab women display Mussulman styles with flowing trousers and chaddar, while Bengali women go barefoot and Mahratta beauty wears heavy silver anklets.
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Bengal
Sindh
Punjab
Lahore
Sherman on national mausoleum proposal
General Sherman declines discussing an American Westminster proposing a mausoleum for distinguished Americans. He recounts a visit to Syracuse’s catacombs where graves were not spared, noting the contents were sold for manure and asserting the idea will never be realized.
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W. T. Sherman
Syracuse
Curious Question Sparks Parable of Creation
A Dallas Sunday-school scene frames a youth's query about Gods actions before creation. The teacher offers a parable about God growing switches to curb curiosity in boys, illustrating a playful yet pointed response to the probing question.
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Bob Ingersoll
Dallas
Zeras
Quoted Wit and Cautionary Thoughts From a Past Column
A collage of pithy quotes on religion society and personal effort. The text contrasts liquor spending with religion and suggests men’s time may be happier in this world than the next. It urges selfmade achievement and criticizes the label crank while blaming weak souls for society’s scandals. An ad for the World’s Lupsenaccy Medical Association offers an illustration to collect 10 cents in stamps.
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New York Sun
Buffalo
N. Y
Holland’s waters mobilized to thwart invasion
The article explains that Holland plans to mobilize waters as a defense, creating a five to ten mile wide inundation up to sixty miles long to block eastern invaders. Land surface would appear as raised roads behind fortifications, with shallow water unfit for ships, deep trenches below hinder crossing, and a winter fallback where surface ice bears troops before drainage exposes crust.
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Holland
Jacobs Oil Promises Relief From Summer Headaches
Advertisement claims tropical heat causes distressing headaches and asserts lt. Jacobs Oil will remove them at once.
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Jacobs Oil
Temptation of Wandering from Faith in Nature Sermon
The Florida sermon warns that sublime weather stirs a deep temptation in unregenerate sinners to wander from the fold and seek nature’s beauty. It notes hardened sinners may call it going a-tishing while remaining faithful in small duties leads to gradual promotion and lasting merit.
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Florida
Dar
Whittier Ballad Prompts Patent Cure Advertisements
A fragment from a newspaper page mentions Whittier’s ballad Sweet Maud Maker and pivots to multiple medical ads for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, touting cures for female health issues, consumption, and general vitality. The page also notes tobacco warnings, an Arkansas or Texas drawing in sketching, and cites a periodical offering war memories, original stories, and sample copies at 271 Franklin Street for $1.50 per year.
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Lepot
Franklin Street
Chicago Ledger
Kew
Samme Pleppr
Chicago
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Horr & Gates
Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Davis, Bro. & Co
Clayton, Ilinois
Tuk Howe
Philadelphia
Paris
Sydney
Borden, Selleck & Co
Lyon
J. Stephens
Lebanon
Keel Temple OF Music
State Street
J. C. Hottman
Jefferson
Wiscons
the National Co
Day St
D. Char. Schofield
LaSalle St
Standard Gilverware Co
Boston
Mass
Italy
Gus S
Gus Raesined
Charles A. Voufeler
A. Vogeler & CO
Newo Dealer
THE
United States
Perry Davis
R.A. McDonald Drug Co
Washington St
N.Y
R. A
Lorillard
Lorilard
Navy
Ife
Esit
Newnan
Col.Burr
Mon Kaigro
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
J. M. Moore
Farmington, Mich
All Drucvista
Ters CO
Devon
Mica
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Lafontia
Mall
Qointgh
Brewster St
Detroit, Mich
Sole Agra
Anylady
Dnc. Cc. Koitt
J.B. Gardner Army and Navy Liniment
All Drugeists
Army and Navy Liniment CO
Chicagazo
Leon and
Harriet Lewis
Cumirising
Leon Lew
Isaac ‘Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons
Troy
C.N. D
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