Diamonds and Graphite Share Carbon Yet Rebel in Form
The article explains how carbon forms two contrasting substances, diamond and graphite, with identical molecules but different structures. It describes how high heat and pressure turn charcoal into diamond, the natural formation in ancient volcanoes, and notes meteors containing iron and nickel with minor metals.
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Trenton
South Africa
Nature
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Johnnie Likes Dinner Not Just Dessert
Five year old Johnnie smiles at his grandma's dinners. An aunt questions his dessert habit, but Johnnie insists he enjoys the whole dinner too.
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Johnnie
Anti Spitting Ordinances Gain Serious Regard
The article argues towns and cities should enforce anti spitting laws and treat them seriously as germ control. It notes that some areas pass ordinances without strict enforcement and urges that these laws not be treated as jokes.
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Essary
Ting
Critics on English Words and Style in a Landmark Essay
A critic condemns common words as plain and unmusical and favors grand terms like metropolitan over city. He notes monosyllabic sounds dull the language and praises adjectives such as august splendid noble and graceful while disparaging everyday vocabulary and overused descriptors.
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Adem
Keéeate
Rabelais Hoax Free Pass Exposed by Trickster
A misled police transport unit moved a money strapped Rabelais from Marseilles to Paris under a treason charge. He claimed fake bricks labeled Potso for the royal family the whole trip spanning 700 miles. The April hoax ended with Rabelais revealed as a court wit and pardoned.
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Rabelais
Marseilles
Paris
Fine feathers make fine birds tracing to pyramid builders
An old proverb credits fine feathers with making fine birds. The saying appears in hieroglyphic form from Cheops era and in early papyrus, suggesting a long-standing human assessment of appearances.
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Pyramid Buiers
Cheops
New York
Unseemly Haste. Joy Rider Halted by Rural Constable
A courtroom exchange centers on the rights of a fast moving joy rider halted by a rural constable. The judge quips that the pursuit of happiness does not guarantee speed at ninety miles an hour.
Wind Power Rule Says Windmill Output Grows With Speed
The article explains wind power scales with the cube of wind velocity. A wind at ten miles per hour yields about eight times the power of a five mile per hour wind for a windmill, illustrating the steep effect of wind speed on output.
Algernon Wattson Football Coach Faces Judge Remarks
A court comment questions Algernon Wattson’s coaching nerve as the Henpecked team struggles at home. The judge notes the player’s reluctance to kick in front of supporters and challenges Wattson’s leadership.
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Brie
Algernon Wattson
Ruin of Cesarea and the Legend of the Holy Grail
Cesarea stands as a vast ruin of ruins with medieval remnants and Crusader echoes. The tale of the Holy Grail grew from Baldwin's era, linking the cup used at the Last Supper to Christian legends and poems.
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Cesarea
Paul
Christiaan
Sex Attraction as Motive in Human Life
A Richmond Times Dispatch essay argues sex attraction dominates human life and shapes effort, noting war as an exaggerated form of sex instinct. It contrasts science as cold and imaginative for truth with economic and military competition driven by love and marriage.
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Tadan Onthetty
Richmond Times- Dispatch
A Northern Traveler Meets a Polished Name
A Baltimore street scene features a northern visitor whose long name becomes a joke. A bright boy asks for the full name and learns it may be abbreviated. The quip references Scripture Genesis 33 and ends with the boy declaring Gen for short.
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Baltimore
Aeneanty
Genesis
Washington Carter
Antiquity of the Hog and Its Global Roles
The article notes hog domestication claims in China 4000 years before Christ and references hog depictions in Egyptian monuments. It highlights dietary prohibitions among Jews and Muslims, mentions the hog’s late arrival in America, and cites large South American wild hog herds linked to Spanish introductions.
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America
Europe
Journal
A Match For Him But Not Aware Of Ancestral Claim
A courtney angler challenges a boatman claiming a 200 year family entitlement to Dear arms. The boatman retorts that his ancestors have held the arms longer, revealing a testy dispute over heraldic rights.
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Sighland Boatman
Had to Cater to All Judge Remarks on Tavern Owner
A judge quotes a tavern landlord who must entertain both “fools” and “sensible people” amid pressure to please diverse patrons at the hotel. The remark highlights tensions between management and guest expectations in a hospitality setting.
Unable to Decide Between Two Suitors Baffles Billius
In Philadelphia Record a character named Billius seeks advice on choosing between two girls. Cyn jokes that marrying either will reveal the wrong choice, reflecting a humorous dilemma in a concise old newspaper style.
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Billius
Shone
Cyn‘stone
Philadelphia Record
Fragmentary note signals a four year effort in love case
A battered clipping mentions a case of love at first sight with phrases about four years of selection and work, reflecting a fragments of a prior Free Press item.
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Gret Sight
Deserted Words From a Man’s Life Noted in Fragments
Fragmentary OCR yields terse notes on a man’s life and actions. The readable lines hint at personal choices and events without full context.
Pests of the Tropics Insects That Bite Like Red Hot Iron
Commander H A Edwards warns the Amazon region teems with biting insects from ants to mosquitos. Natives call a tree-nesting ant itashi whose bite feels like hot iron, and tucan deras invade tents. Leaf carrying ants and yellow and gray adventurers torment travelers along with flies bees and wasps. Some sting or lay eggs in flesh or clothing as disease threats like yellow fever and three day fever spread.
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Amazon
H. A. Edwards
Bolivia-Braxzil Boundary Commission
Palosantos
Tucanderas
Dar Br
One of Sarnum's Freaks and the Tadpole Tale
In a vignette from Barnum's New York museum a jovial pair, Barnum and Gaylord Clark, discuss a fantastical creature. Barnum pitches a creature that starts as a fish, becomes a four legged land animal, then climbs trees, calling it a batra chian tadpole.
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New York
Gaylord Clark
Mr. Clark
Mr Clark
Mr. Barnam
The Old Time Surgeon
A tale of preanesthetic surgery where rapid work eased patient pain. Surgeon Maisonneuve amputates a leg and jokes that the operation must end inside a minute for a prized watch. An onlooker adjusts spectacles to watch every movement, but the procedure ends as the viewer is settled.
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Maisonneuve
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