New Violet Breakthrough and World Lake Size Debate
Popular Science notes Prof Emery F Smith of California creates a new violet via cross fertilization, with fragrance and beauty. Lake Superior’s claim as the world’s largest freshwater lake is questioned as African explorers cite Lake Victoria Nyanza’s size, while a trade journal highlights molasses as cattle feed in Germany.
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Emery F. Smith
California
Lake Superior
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Germany
Holder
Lick Observatory
Iast
Alfred ©. Lane
England
Notable Fragments Touch on People Places and Times
A collage of biographical notes mentions the late architect Richard M. Hunt and an estate valued at 500, Charles W. Camp, clergymen in Boston and Jamaica, N Y youth tall and heavy, artist J G Brown reflecting on street life, and others including Jefferson Davis capture, a Waterford clock builder, Coquelin and Amboise, the duc d Aumale plans, and bitters cures. The text also notes travel, illness, and motives, with varied vignettes of 19th century life.
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Richard M. Hunt
Charles W. Camp
Philadel
Bosto
William Ludham White
Jamaica
N. Y
J. G. Brown
Wily
Penn Stedman
Jefferson Davis
Washington
Joseph Dudley
Waterford
Coquelin
Himsell
Duc d'Aumale
Amboise
Africa
Dr Hobb's Sparagus Kidney Pills advertisement claims
An 19th century health ad explains kidneys filter blood and how sickness affects health. It promotes Dr Hobb's Sparagus Kidney Pills as a cure for rheumatism Bright's disease anemia and other ailments claiming quick improvements after a course. It notes price and availability from Hobb's Medicine Co. Chicago and San Francisco and offers a free booklet.
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Bright
Hobb
Hobb's Medicine Co
Chicago
San Ranciaco
Love's Riches by Nixon Waterman
Poem excerpt celebrating enduring friendship and childhood joy. A speaker recalls playful days, a girl as a lady fair and a boy as a king with a ring and roses for her hair. The verse frames ongoing happiness as time passes, affirming continued affection.
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Nixon Waterman
Virgil
Inventions by Women and the Rise of Patents
A historical overview traces women’s patent activity from 1809 to 1893 noting trends across ware, nursing, cooking, and fabric devices. It highlights common attachments and the prevalence of incremental innovations over wholly new creations.
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Washington
Mary Kies
Mary Brush
Virgil Origins Tied To Mantua Area And Mincio Echoes
The article traces Virgil's origins near the Mincio and Lake Garda, noting his life long ties to rural farm life and how civil wars affected his estate. It cites local tradition on the farm's location, Augustus briefly aiding then撤撤撤, and peasants singing his verses as they work.
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Virgil
Shakespeare
Philippi
Pletole
Dante
Mantua
Lake of Garda
Sicily
Augustus
Verdi
Busseto
A Sermon Anecdote of Three Young Men and Fate
An exchange recounts a western England church sermon where three youths mocked the minister with stones. One was executed soon after, another awaits death for murder, and the third, spared by grace, is urged to heed three warnings about evil company, resisting the Holy Spirit, and accepting Christ today.
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England
Newgate
Christ
Highest Balloon Ascent Reaches 8159 Meters By A Berson
A famed European aeronaut Dr A Berson ascended a balloon to an altitude of 9159 meters 80020 feet after final preparations The ascent tested life support and cold resistance during the extreme journey.
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A. Berson
Descent From Peak Then Severe Cold Halted Progress
A climber faced freezing temperatures and near blackout during a five hour ascent and three hour descent, using oxygen bags to survive. His fingers froze, revived by frigid frictions, as the party endured perilous cold and dizziness in extreme altitude. The second tale follows a Nova Scotia church janitor who kept a 70 degree auditorium thermometer by force, claiming hours of winter work to prevent freezing of parishioners. The janitor warned against lowering the thermometer to avoid delayed service.
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Berson
Methodist
Nova Scotia
John
Wrong Answers at a Wedding Sermon Prank
A groom-to-be misreads the baptism Qs and answers I renounce them all when asked to take a wife. The astonished minister mutters you’re a fool, but the groom insists I steadfastly believe. The error is later corrected and the proper vows spoken.
Spaxe Wiser Than She Knew
Thirteen year old Tom loves quizzing his seven year old sister Louise with clever questions to prove his knowledge. He asks where a place that makes something is called a foundry and then tricks her with a whisky question. Louise guesses acon-foundry and the exchange ends with a playful misnomer.
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Tom
Louise
A Liberal Shouts Amen to Shift Beaconsfield Era
A British Methodist minister recalls a Sunday prayer for rulers during Beaconsfield’s government. A Liberal in the audience interrupts with Amens for change, shouting Amen shift em, Lord shift em, highlighting political dissent of the era.
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England
Lord Beaconsfield
Painfully Introduced Lecturer Faces Substitute Role
A famed lecturer, invited as substitute, frets at filling a famed predecessor’s shoes. The announcer mocks him, noting the short time to prepare and the crowd’s skeptical reception.
A Bright Change and Stock Exchange Threat
A businessman asks Henry to rearrange his affairs to be a bear on the Stock Exchange rather than stay at home. Truth reports Annie Russell to lead with Nat Goodwin this season.
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Stock Exchange
Annie Russell
Nat Goodwin
Appearances Deceptive Told By A Club Man In Philadelphia
A Washington Star recollects a Philadelphia incident where a well-dressed young man confronted two intoxicated men on a streetcar. After a brief verbal exchange, he fought them off, then returned to the ladies with calm apology. The man is identified as a champion all round athlete of a major club.
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California
Philadelphia
Washington Star
Fragmented historical ads on health, farming and travel
A garbled page of 19th century notices and ad copy covers medical cures for catarrh with Cheney’s patent medicine, land sale propositions on Whidby Island, irrigation farming costs, a Missouri Ozarks fruit book, a Burlington Route mail notice, and travel road notes. It weaves health claims, farming economics, and promotional blurbs with varied names and places.
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Whidby Island
Puget Sound
Wash
Avalanche on the rocks drives escape from ice channel
The guide ordered retreat from a snowbound channel as an avalanche roared down the slope, narrowly missing a group on the craigs. The fright lingers, echoed in lingering dreams after harsh Swiss beer and a wild tale from Mrs Snapshot and the narrator Henry about a raven.
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Avatan
Craigs
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