Runaway Horse Bit Myth Debunked In Oating Magazine
An Oating Magazine article debunks the belief that a runaway horse "takes the bit between his teeth" by showing the mouth’s vascular strain enables jaw resistance. It warns against overreliance on steady pulls and notes that changing bits can help if done correctly and safely with proper fitting.
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Daily Press
Ose
Beever
Oating Magazine
How to Enter the Office and Pay Your Dues
A curious old instruction describes entering an editor's sanctum by rapping thrice and stating name, address, and debt. The proposed ritual uses a ten dollar bill with a quirky exchange. It also notes a note on Chinese alarm music credited to an emperor long before Christian era.
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Thayer Mo. District
Fubsi
German lawyers bound by fixed fees and strict conduct rules
German lawyers cannot advertise and must follow fixed fees based on object value. The rechtsanwalt is both attorney and counselor, not a businessman, with residence duties and a public code of professional conduct enforced by anwaltskammern. The system stresses rank and propriety, earning high societal respect.
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England
United States
Anwaltskammern
Germany
Origin of Spoons in Ancient Tools and Art
The text notes two natural models for spoons in early use, a river or sea shell and plant leaves. It cites southern China where shell spoons resemble traditional porcelain spoons, and India where metal spoons imitate leaf venation in their designs.
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China
Familia
India
American landfall tale of Walter Winans at 58
Walter Winans of Surrender Hall England, born in St. Petersburg, visits the United States at age 58 to exhibit horses in New York. He declares American citizenship since age twenty one, is a versatile figure—life shooter world champion for the United States, an author, sculptor, painter, and musician who has not tasted a cocktail or highball. He aims to see more of America and hopes to hunt grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountains.
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Walter Winans
Surrender Hall
England
America
United States
Broadway
Mr.Winans
Hall
New York
Great Gates for Panama
Forty six gates, each as high as a six story building, are being built for the Panama Canal at a cost of 6.5 million dollars. The system will use 60 000 tons of steel and take three years to complete with 400 Pittsburg steel workers in 1913. Each gate holds back 47 4 feet of water in a 110 foot wide channel and will accommodate ships 50 percent larger than any current vessel with potential for 28 100 ocean going ships daily. Gates will be placed at Gatun dam Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locations on the Atlantic and Pacific sides.
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Panama Canal
Eiffel Tower
Pittsburg Steel
Gatun Dam
Tacittc
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores
Atlantic Entrance
First Submarine Turtle Fought for America in 1776
The American Turtle, the first U S submarine, built by David Bushnell of Saybrook Connecticut, attempted to disable the British frigate Asia in New York harbor under General Washington. Colonel Ezra Lee operated the craft, achieving a surface explosion that alarmed the fleet and prompted retreat. The Turtle was later raised, parts reused, and Bushnell received no clear reward.
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United States
New York Harbor
David Bushnell
Connecticut
New York Bay
Washington
Ezra’ Les
Saybrook
Conn
East River
New York
New England
Bushnell
Council of Safety of
Nort River
Broadway
Moerning
Governors Island
Lee
Wies
Asia
Turtie
Leeis
Ee Feil
Baybrook
Hale
Thaddeus S. Davion
Bastou
Tasmanian Nicknames and a Jam Country Legend
The New York Press recounts Tasmanian identity notes calling the island a warm climate orchard region known as the jam country. It cites nicknames like land of sleep a lot and jam eaters and reports on an enormous cannery turning fruit into preserves.
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Tasmanie
Commonwealth
Meltbourne
Waa
England
Tasmania
Tasman
van Dieman
New York
Invitation and tale of an elder in an English church pulpit
An elder fills in at short notice and tells a story about preaching. He begins with a cautious pause and jokes about readers or listeners and about stepping into the minister’s role, describing the rough start and the crowd’s reaction.
Change in Pronouns Sparks Quirky Exchange
In a brief, puzzling exchange the speaker urges economy while a playful miscommunication unfolds. The dialogue features disrupted grammar and unusual punctuation as participants test pronoun use and response tone.
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