Germs and Jellies Microbes Cultivated Like Delicate Plants
The American Museum of Natural History hosts a germ nursery where microbes are cultured in tubes and jellies. Bacteria are kept in wooden racks and fed with carefully chosen diets. some require blood or milk and others salts. Transfers are done with a platinum needle, and a single grain of sugar can hold 400,000,000 typhoid bacilli.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Popular Science Monthly
Museum Bacteriologist
Simpl
Chinese writing and printing puzzle baffling American printers
The Popular Science Monthly notes Chinese uses about 10 000 characters to print a book yet often a single character conveys an entire word or thought. The system, with many ideographs, makes printing Chinese surprising to American printers.
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Elironment
Popular Science Monthly
Death of Jean Paul Marat sparks French uprising
Char lotte Corday killed Jean Paul Marat on July 13 1793 claiming divine command to strike the revolutionary firebrand. His murder intensified resentment against the nobility and fueled the drive toward the republic and the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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Bleedthirety Marat
Jean Paul Marat
Charlotte Corday
Poing Ee
France
Marat
Vast Web of Language and Dialects Across Lands
The passage notes over 4,000 languages and more dialects, with Brazil containing multiple vocabularies and Mexico's Nahua split into about 700 dialects. It cites hundreds in Borneo and unresolved diversity in Australia, estimating an average of fifty dialects per language yielding roughly 250000 linguistic abilities.
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Brazil
Mexico
Borneo
Australia
The Explanation of War by William Ellery Ning
A fragmentary quotation on war and innate wickedness by William Ellery Ning. The text reflects on the fiend within and suggests human nature surfaces regardless of war.
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William Elleryning
A Pauper's Grave Poem Debated in Editorial
A party member with unbarbered hair shows a manuscript titled A Pauper's Grave to an editor. The editor jokes that a pauper has a right to be grave, implying a literary dispute over tone and propriety in the newsroom.
Billiards and Something Else
Carrick schemes to win Miss Welland by staging a theater plan that fails with lost tickets. He and Welland duel over a billiard lesson that uncovers their feelings as they improvise toward a probable double wedding with Dick Sargent supporting the idea.
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Carrick
Miss Welland
Mr. Kern
Béatrice
Gladys Burton
Mr. Bland
Dick Sargent
Burton’s
Bland
Caroblain
Auubiiea
Beatrice
Mise Welland
Torpedo Construction and Charge Details
The text describes torpedo components and firing mechanism. It notes a typical explosive charge around 3000 pounds may include guncotton and dry guncotton with a fulminating cap. Modern models reportedly carry over 225 pounds of explosive.
The Dominant Air Shapes a Life’s Rhythm
A reflective piece compares a life to a dominant musical air that runs through all ages from youth to old age. The central note remains constant, guiding emotions and experiences from quiet moments to public bustle.
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W. W. Hollingsworth Company
Undertakers
Hodson & Elliott
Attorney-At-Law Extrapere
Newberg, Oregon
Union
C. R. Chapin
H. C. Dixon
van Valin
Dental Parlors
U.S. National Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Ferguson's
H. M. Massey
P. F. Hawkins
First National Bank
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians and Surgeons
Dixon
White
Oregon
Newberg
John 8. Rankin
U. S. National Bank
Blue
Brown
Sarah E. Smith
E. E. Daniels
Edwards Bidz
Postoffice
Lady Attenddant
E. B. L.terrell
East Third
Corner of
Center
M. J. Phillips
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank
Member
Indiana
C. K. Spaulding Logging CO
Lone Fir Dairy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
C. H. Schunter
Rexall
First Street
J. W. Leavin & Co
Sen Francine
Ustve
REO
Catia Cou
Standard Oil Company
California
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