Remarkable Inventors Who Died Poor and Obscure
The article profiles Frederic William Martine, Lenoir, George Shergold, Scheele, Priestley, and Gore, noting their groundbreaking inventions and how wealth often flowed to others. It highlights Martine’s slag-to-manure discovery, Lenoir’s early auto efforts, Shergold’s safety bicycle, Scheele’s chlorine gas, Priestley’s oxygen, and Gore’s electroplating and safety matches, with many ending in poverty.
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Frederic William Martine
Martine
England
Henry Ride
Martino
Martina
Gliscow
Lenoir
Lenink
Faris
Exius
Das Taler
George Shergold
Gloucester
Shergold
Scheele
Priestley
Protesser Gore
Gore
London Answers
Value of Cinders For Construction Use
Cinders once dumped as waste now command demand as drainage fill in foundations for cement and concrete. Frost affects them lightly and concrete mixed with ground cinders becomes very hard, boosting durability for road and building work. Benjamin Franklin quote noted.
Their Last Handclasp Final Meeting of Riis and Dana
Jacob A Riis recalls a final meeting with Charles A Dana on a Luna office stairway as Dana neared death. The handshake signified a shared faith in reform and a bid to reform the town, with Riis noting Dana’s aging, loyalty, and the unresolved Sun office crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A
Dana
Jacos Riis
Charles
Tie U
Lia
Brong Fanny
Luna
Mr. Dana
Sun Office
Jacob A. Riis
Switzerland Earns Title Land of Cheese in Old World Taste
The New York Tribune extols Switzerland as the land of cheese noting Swiss and Norwegian consumption surpassing that of the United States. It describes celebrated hard cheese at Zermati and customs where cheese marks family milestones from birth to funerals, with each household keeping many cheeses and sharing bride and groom portions on weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
United States
Zermati
New York Tribune
New Mexico’s Early Name and the Land of Cibola
D T H MacAdam notes in Metropolitan Magazine how New Mexico might have kept the name Cibola from the myth of the Land of the Seven Golden Cities. Spaniards, spurred by Fuca and local reports, pursued seven noble cities imagined as vast as Mexico City, amid tales of silver and gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Calabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Cibola
Mexico
D. TH. MacAdam
Metropolitan Magazine
Pie for dinner joke between Bobby and minister
A humorous exchange features Bobby telling the minister they will have pie for dinner. The minister laughs as Bobby explains it is a new kind, noting his father’s plan to bring him to dinner and his mother’s remark about “humble pie” before the day ends.
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Bobby
Prisoner Seeks More Time to Learn to Write
In a Toledo courtroom a prisoner asks for more time to study writing as he trails progress after attending seven lessons. The magistrate is involved in the exchange over the promised pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xen
Brerin
Toledo Blade
Scipio and Wellington Parallel Drawn by Youth's Companion
The Youth's Companion notes a striking parallel between Scipio Africanus and the Duke of Wellington. Both descended from noble lines, each the era’s second greatest soldier, rising to politics after war, facing bribery trials or reform clashes, and ending with Rome exile for Scipio and a St Paul’s Cathedral monument for Wellington.
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Hannibal
Wellington
Hagerson
Seiph
Athexmus
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Scipio
Rome
Europe
Spain
Zama
Ephesus
St. Helena
Serpio
London
Zoma
Republic
Waterloo
St. Paul's Cathedral
Greenland's Glaciers Describe Green Mountains and Dangers
The article notes Greenland as a vast region of green mountains covered with snow and ice. It distinguishes live and dead glaciers, explaining dead ice masses formed over a million years and live glaciers that calve into the sea, threatening ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Atlanta Constitution
Minister Sermon Sparks Family Dispute Over Donations
Mrs Oldcastle and her hostess discuss a sermon and a scandalous habit of anathematizing the rich. The duchess is present as a daughter's seal accompanies a jab about contributions and fifty dollar bills. A witty remark from the Duchess of Teamshead closes the exchange in a bustling social scene from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Merry
Chicago Record-Herald
Holy Lands usage across faiths and sacred sites
The term Holy Land refers to Palestine as the birthplace, ministry, and death of Christ in Christian usage but also names sacred places for other faiths. Muslims honor Mecca as holy, Chinese Buddhists recall End as sacred, and Greeks mark Elis for the temple of Olympian Zeus.
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Holy Lands
Holy Land
Palestine
Christ
Mecca
Mohammed
Elis
Zeus
Gause of Her Haste Begins Hurry in Drug Store
A woman in a drug store asks the clerk to fill her prescription immediately and thanks him. She fears her dog Fido may wake and miss her if she delays, stating she is in a great hurry.
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Gause
Fido
Butlulo Express
Farm chatter hints at stock speculation in family tale
In a rural vignette from On the Farm pages, children hide a financier for their father as they wander the barnyard. The piece frames stock speculation and agricultural labor as shared backdrops to family life.
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Baltimore
A Test of Patience
A fragment notes patience in marriage and a joking remark about a man who can wear a large collar without saying a word. The line mixes playful domestic banter with a fashion quip from Variety Life.
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Coliar
Unconstitutional Remark Sparks Banter in Philadelphia Bulletin
A brief quoted exchange from the Philadelphia Bulletin features a husband and wife debating legality and constitutionality, reflecting satirical discourse on law. The dialogue pivots on whether a ward should be law and the perceived unconstitutionality of the law, framed in a light, ironic tone.
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Benjamin Pranklin
The
Land OF
Cheese
Newark
Amy-Lou
Amy
Baby John
Hahne & CO
Lou
R. Bedell
Grocer
Franklin and Vreeland Aves
A. Weyersberg
Valley Brook Avenue
Kingsland, N. J
Powershon
S. E. Blair
Prop
Centre EE Ope Nutley
Passaic
Cor. Walnut Sr
Avondale Rd
Nutley
N. J
Chas. Greeme & Son
Erie
R. R
God
Ruskiy
C. W. Boyntan
Whitford Ave
Pather
Ron
Bhig
Americas
A. L. Huntley
High Street
W. Nutley Station
Broad
Wiss
Newark, N. J
Passaic Ave
Nutley, N.J
A.m.decker
Nichols
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