The Early Foundations of New York and Quebec City
A concise history traces New York and Quebec City origins from Champlain founding in 1608 to Dutch control by 1664, noting Verrazano and Hudson explorations 1524 and 1609, fur trade from 1610, and Manhattan settlements, with governance shifting from Dutch to British rule in 1664.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Quebec City
Samuel de Champlain
New York Bay
Hudson River
Verrazano
Henry Hudson
Champlain
Quebec
Adrian Brock
Manhattan Island
New France
Canada
Flying Fish Torpedo Sects Way Through Aerial War
An article describes aerial torpedoes nicknamed flying fish for their shape and fins. The devices are fired upright, gain speed from air resistance, and spin as they fall. It notes bombs and darts are grooved to whirl during descent, and compares to Zeppelin bombs.
Iron Nerve Won Steeplejack Feats Across England
The Wootton family of steeple climbers earned fame for repairing spires without scaffolding. In 1759 a Wootton on St Peters spire Nottingham struck a drum atop finishing to a crowd. Another climbed Manchester St Marys spire, bending cross in high wind and ascending with ladders and ropes to crown, then cheering audiences. One climber reputedly stood on his head atop a steeple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nottingham
Wootton
Woottens
St. Mary's
Manchester
Language quirks from Kuala Lumpur pupils lessons
A school reader lists comical English errors from Methodist Girls' School Kuala Lumpur. It mocks verb forms, geography terms, and simple definitions with humorous misstatements about places and people.
Lively Time Gift From Abroad Tamer Recalls Safe Night
A famed tiger tamer recounts a Christmas gift from a friend abroad three constrictor hens and five alligators. The animals caused bed canopy fright as the couple stayed atop their bed until morning, fearing a wider animal awakening in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Nuts and Digestion Tips for Nut Preparation
A medical authority notes that almond skins cause indigestion and can be softened by pouring boiling water over the nuts and letting them stand. Almonds should not be eaten with the red skin. For children, grind or pound nut meats using a nut-butter knife. use a strong spring nut cracker rather than store bought peeled meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ight
Folly of Ridicule and Vanity in Student Notes
A reflective essay notes that ridicule harms personal vanity and can breed lifelong grievance. It cites Richard Mansfield and Henry Irving, linking sardonic remarks to lasting resentments and the universal vanity behind mockery.
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Richard Mansfield
Henry Irving
Irving
Strange foods and wartime eating habits across cultures
A survey of unusual foods cited during wartime shows a wide range of diets from crude protein cakes and puddings to raw hippopotamus steaks and polar bear flesh. It notes snail consumption scars, locusts, dog steaks, decomposed fish, and other regional delicacies as coping strategies, with a New York Sun quip that tastes vary.
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Roosevelt
New York Sun
Hands and Feet in Edinbersh Cab Standoff
A cabman delays traffic as a policeman on point duty orders him to move. The cabman quips about hand signals while the officer protests, and the cabbie jokes he only noticed the fading light as he kept the horse at the officer’s feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinbersh
Onier
Mss
Idaho Notices and Local Classified Fragments
A scattered page itemizing opportunities in Idaho including exclusive territory contracts with National Casualty Company, lodge meeting notices for Washoe Lodge No. 28 AF and AM, miscellaneous sales of household furniture and goods, church notices from a Methodist church with Epworth League and Sunday School times, a satire line about conscience and politics, bread and flour notes, seed growing seed contracts listing musk melon and watermelon prices, and farm animal sale and breeding notices with contact hints.
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API
Thaviue
Thaviu
San Francisco
Fiddlers
Royal Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islands
Jessie Rae Taylor
Chautauqua
Zedeler Symphonic Quintet
Tockholm
Sweden
Rtists
Morrison-Smith Co
Mildred Morrison
Alice Genevieve Smith
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Metropolitan of New York
Fenwick Newell Concert Co
Fenwick Newe
Lilian Shank
Mary Jane Grigsby
Payette, Idaho
Foodls Ammunition
U. S
Hoover
Thavin’s Exposition Band
Zedeler Symphonie Quintet
Treble Clef Club
Hawaii
Morrison-Smith Company
Methodist Girls’ School
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Russia
Benjamin Franklin
Gibraltars
St. Helena
Napoleon
Morocco
Algiers
Tripoli
Queen Victoria
Idaho
The
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Earth
National Casualty Company
Retreat
Mid
Washoe
AF. & AM
Masonic
Thurston-Crightom
C. E Barnes
Thind
Y.M. C
O.C
Methodist Church
Epworth League
H. K. Wallis
Fremont
Alto
Walter Watts
Sam
U.S
Uncle Sam
Madsbih
U.S A
P.B. S. Srapele Tobacco Company
Danville, Va
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