Nitrogen Iodide Described as Dangerous Explosive
A Strand Magazine writer warns that nitrogen iodide is an extremely dangerous explosive. He notes it can detonate just by a fly’s foot touch or a single breath over a powdered bed, producing a purple smoke and strong impulse, far more hazardous than gunpowder.
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London Strand Magazine
Stilton Cheese Making Described in Historic Detail
London Answers details how Stilton cheese differs from ordinary varieties. It explains the circular two foot by nine inch mold, layering curd, and salty dusting to encourage blue mold. The process covers draining, pressing, aging, and conditioning in a constant temperature room.
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London
The Young Oak and an Impostor excerpts
A short tale contrasts a stubborn oaklike figure whose influence endures with a boastful suitor facing a probing, debt laden past. The dialogue frames time tested value against vanity and deception. No romance remains beyond humor and critique of social pretensions.
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St. Louis
Enterprising Anecdotes From Courts And Officials
An immigration official calls a man a bad case ignorant of government while recalling two Polish policemen who were briefly effective before resigning. In a county court, a judge orders silence as a bailiff boasts that only lawyers may stay, excluding others.
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Boris
Washington ‘Star
Baillif
Lippincott’s
Can't Lose Them and Manuscript Woes
A dialogue jokes about manuscripts being sent out and never lost as they always come back. A Russian proverb on the future belonging to those who know how to wail closes the exchange.
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Juige
Quarrel Over Carmen Ends With Hauck Out Singing Roze
In a Greenroom clash between Minnie Hauck and Marie Roze over Carmen, Hauck seizes rivals’ room items and leaves, later Roze enters to find Hauck gone. Roze remains ready, but Hauck forfeits the performance and does not sing that evening.
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Minnie Hauck
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Roxe
Zusuwia
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The Borobodoer Temple in Java in the Eighth Century
The Borobodoer is described as a vast Hindu temple in Java from the eighth century built by HIndus. It sits on a hill in a valley and rises over a hundred feet, with tiered stone terraces, four stairways, multiple cupolas, and extensive bas reliefs. The structure shows extensive carvings and numerous Buddhas on walls, with galleries and a central crowning cupola.
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Weather improves as Fruitland news updates unfold
Joy Fruitland items report moderating weather and upcoming social events. Activities include a Methodist Endeavor meeting led by Charles Pathen, a Friday dance at Rich Hall, and a Stegner’s hallway gathering with limited attendance. Local notes mention gym class plans, medical treatments, a death in Sumas, and community projects in progress.
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Misa Sherman
Fruitland
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Secretary cites Forest land issues and grazing boundaries
Secretary James Wilson reports on National Forest boundaries noting no evidence that forest lands withhold settlement land and that grazing control fixes boundaries. He recalls personal ground truthing in Idaho and Wyoming and cites about 1 500 homesteads totaling 140 000 acres listed last fiscal year. Lost gold spectacles reported between Nesbits and the post office with a reward offer.
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Local Notes From Penworth and Valley Sawmill News
Rural dispatch from Penworth Washington area details illness in the Gordon family, various residents traveling to Payette and Parma, and local social plans. Farmers report winter coal supplies, cattle and stock progress, and upcoming box social to fund the organ. Multiple sales ads, a for sale notice, a lost item alert, and a stockholders meeting for Farmers State Bank scheduled January 18 1910 in New Plymouth.
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Albert Coates
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Allie
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The
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