Dead Sea Water Buoyancy Still Not Impossible for Bathing
Zionist Israel notes that Dead Sea buoyancy hinders swimming yet not impossible with careful technique. The article compares salinity across seas, stating Dead Sea salt content is extremely high at about 18,000 pounds per ton of water, making it far denser than the human body.
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Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Palestine
Turkey
Caspign Sea
Baltic
Black Sea
Atlantic
English Channel
A Mediterranean
Red Sea
Ferrying the Train Near the New York Harbor Sights
The Boston to Washington through train ferry near Manhattan draws crowds on calm days. Passengers ride with the train cars on deck, then disembark to view the East River and New York skyline. The vessel remains a notable river sight, offering a unique water route and scenic city panorama.
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New York City
Manhattan
Mott Taten
Jersey City
East River
Orth
Cif
New York Sun
Tea Tax Sparks Public Mood Shift in Ancient Hangchow
A record from Youth's Companion describes the Yellow River flood causing suffering in China and a Hangchow tax on tea to fund survivor relief. Citizens boycotted tea houses, protests rose, and a second proclamation offering happiness as reward failed. The tax was eventually removed.
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China
Hangchow
Bostonians
Double Standard in Society and Quips Across Pages
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century style page includes a tale of a young man who hides a companion to dodge fare and a brief note on gender double standards. It then shifts to vaudeville style quips, a romantic exchange about wealth and marriage, a physics joke about lost umbrellas, and light бытовый witticisms about hard water and a lamp.
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Wrowan
Gisdain
New York Sun
Made Her Happy and Forgetful Jokes Across Newspapers
A Philadelphia Ledger note on making someone happy in a week parallels a Chicago Post gag about a forgetful husband with a cloth strip as a reminder. A Wise Pa piece explains tact through a dinner invite and a piano-host remark. The article ends with a factual item on Congressional salaries starting March 4 at $7,500 per year.
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Chicago Post
Congress
Treasury
Traditional myths of fire loving creatures in copper era lore
Tales from Cypria describe a four footed animal with whisked fur dwelling in furnaces during periods of prime copper production. Reported abilities vary from breathing flames to extinguishing fires by touch, with some claiming the salamander myth persists as a fiery breather or flame eater in old narratives.
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Cypria
Pilar
The Modern Way Asks Father For Hand in Marriage
A humorous exchange about proposing marriage contrasts modern and old fashioned views. The Houston Post quotes a woman urging direct approach to the father, saying do not ask him but tell him, highlighting changing social norms.
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Houston Post
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Madeline
Reginald
Washington Star
Meel
Santos
New York State
Scheuer
S. Scheuer & Co
Washington Pt
Passaic, N. J
Johnny
Philadelphia Ledger
Werner
Franklin Avenue
Vreeland Avenue
Mandeville
Broad St
Newark
Tony Tirello & CO
Bloomfield Ave
Nutley
Teast
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Welsbach
Iti
Public Service Gas Company
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