Distance of the Stars and Stellar Distances
The article explains how human stereo vision limits distance perception and how instruments, photographs, and orbital measurements extend it. It notes that for the sun and planets distance can be measured precisely, but for fixed stars only a few hundred have known distances, via stereoscopic and photographic methods, with light-travel time offering a distant scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Observatory
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Earth
Scientific American
Wowton Promises Hay and Food Then Reneges on Workers
In this Harper's Weekly tale set in Lexington an old man known as Wowton hires Black laborers to harvest hay promising various meats and different breads but on payday offers only minimal pay and a feast of mixed meat and white corn bread. The workers return bewildered by the promise versus the actual meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wowton
Spec Mary
Lexington
Mr. Wowton
Big Bill
Bill
Hannibal Harrison Tyler
Yaas
Hannibal
William
Hyuh
Harper’s Weekly
The Clever Weaver Bird and Its Nest Craft
A description of the weaver bird building vast nests for exercise in construction. It details colonial flat roofed platforms two to three yards wide, rain shedding design, and pocket nests for families. Also notes a second bird, the tailor, which stitches leaves into a sewn nest.
Mound fowls build warm nests from decayed leaves
Australian and New Guinea mound fowls lay eggs in nests of decayed leaves and rely on decomposition heat to hatch. In contrast, American blackbirds do not build nests and lay eggs in others nests, often forcing smaller birds to rear them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Guinea
America
Enthusiasm as a Magnet of Power and Freedom
A reflective piece from Nautilus urges using enthusiasm to energize action and transform effort into power. It argues steady progress breaks restraints, comparing cold skeptics unfavorably and claiming freedom comes through persistent, joyful exertion.
Woman’s Rights Car Conversation Reveals Social Tension
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shows a man pressing a woman on granting voting or seating privileges. The woman shortens responses as the exchange unfolds and the discussion cools after she asserts her stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Bad poet’s refrain spurs editor to defend sleep
Fragmentary text shows a weary editor reacting to a poem or lyric about Kitty singing and passing flights. The scene hints at a critique of poetry and the pressures of work, with a note about higher wages and keeping Kitty on the job. The passage reads in brisk, period voice.
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Newberg
Bess
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JAS. Hutchins & Son
Newberg, Oregon
The
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co
University OF Oregon Correspondence School
Ooo
OF Oregon
University of Oregon
Sednek Tek Ee Prs
Sepei
Tae Em
Medieee
Yamhill Electric CompAny
Christenson-Larkin Hdn
Graphic Job Printing Dept
D. A. Eldriedge
First National Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson's
John 8. Rankin
Physicians and Surgeons
U. S. National Bank
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians & Surgeons
Nat'l Bank
Thos. W. Hester
Dixon Building
Oregon
H. D. Bower
Alice C. Bowers
Drs
E. P. Dixon
A. E. Wilson
First St
J. C. Price
U. S. Natl. Bank
W. W. Hollingsworth & Son Funeral Directors & Embalmers
Nautilus
Bank of Eahece Building
William M. Ramsey
Mcminnville, Oregon
Elsia Wright
Third Street
G. O. Keeney
Hudson Bros
Chase & Linton Gravel Company
Peter Hanson
Nee Eek
Car
Plmewind College Sts
Newberg, Ore
Saunders
Sam Anthes
Yamhill County Abstract Co
J. H. Gibson
Mgr
Yamhill County
Mcminnville
the Ice Man
J. L. van Blaricom
E.W. Mueller
Iron Works
Blaine Sts
Oregon Journal
Graphic
Portland
Thos. Herd & Son
Building Contractors
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