Why We Can't Fly in Birds Aims of Flight Compared
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt explains why humans cannot fly using self attached wings. It details bird physiology with emphasis on keel bones, pectoral muscles, and wing structure, contrasting human anatomy to albatross design to show why man would need extreme skeletal changes to lift weight in air. It also includes marginal humorous notes from the era about golf and a birthday joke.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The Way of It. Doctors praise grit after auto crash
An injured narrator recalls doctors who treated him after a car accident noting his grit. He mentions dental fads once held and a quip about time, with a terse exchange reflecting advice and restraint. The fragment hints at literary or historical phrasing and a possible satire on reputation.
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Baltimore
Amert
Noises in Temperance Reform and a Beer Murder
A physician argues against a safe alcohol quantity, predicting harm in habitual drinkers and outlining risks to organs, work, mind, and future generations. Germany endorses temperance instructions urging no wine beer or spirits for children and warns of development, discipline, and health impacts. A TVM publication condemns liquor as a home destroyer and seeks constitutional prohibition. A Indianapolis murder case notes beer as the precipitating factor, with the killer blaming intoxication.
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Henry Smith Williams
Minister of Education
Germany
German Health Office
Cancer of Social Vice and the Saloon Peril
The piece argues many cities fight social vice and warns that women face peril as long as society abets the saloon. It asserts the saloon’s back door leads to brothel and ruin, threatening the home and purity of women.
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Purity
Steal Not This Book for Fear of Shame
A schoolyard verse warns readers not to steal books. It cites historical figures such as Jean d Orléans and Comte d Angouleme, mentions Paus Hale in the Boston Herald, and notes Canterbury Tales as the owner’s book. The piece laments thieves and contrasts earthly punishment with the fate of habitual borrowers.
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Jean d’Orleans
Comte D'Angouleme
Paus Hale
Boston Herald
England
Rough Wooing and Greenlander Courtship Customs
The article describes early Greenlandic courtship and marriage practices. A rejected suitor would approach the woman's household, serenade or signal, and gain a firm hold on her, with the expectation she remain passive. If heartbreak occurred he might offer a gift like a lamp to soothe her hurt.
Parma Water Lifter pumps for irrigation patent 1914
Parma Water Lifter patent dated June 16 1914 by LG Kobe Parma Idaho markets vertical submerged lifters for irrigation pumps. Shaft length standard 10 feet with options for longer shafts at cost. Measure from sump to drive shaft level to determine length. State vertical or inclined discharge desired. Efficiency fully guaranteed. prices on application.
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Pratt
Parma
Kobe
Idaho
Sian
For Sale Clover and Alfalfa Inquire at This Office
A small classified notice announces sale items Clover and Alfalfa available for inquiry at the listed office. The notice seeks interested buyers to contact the office for details and pricing.
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Carl Beyer
George Brisbin
Indianapolis
Beyer
Indiana
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Brisbane
The
National Advocate
Farber
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Payette Land & Improvement Co
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Wethan-Bruton Compant
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