Curious Condensations From a Fragmented Column of Facts
A long list of curious and dated claims appears, touching on bicycle makers in Chicago, breech-loading cannons in 1483, telegraphist wages in China, life expectancy in the sixteenth century, and various oddities. It cites organizations, places, and historical notes with scattered specifics, many of which are dubious or archaic. The item collects brief curiosities without a single cohesive event or story, reflecting a miscellany of quotations and conjectures.
The Queen Bees of Women Who Work in Society
New York reflects on a vanished gentler type of woman and contrasts it with the new independent, working class. The piece lauds quiet female laborers who support families, educate children, run households, teach manners, and sustain communities, arguing for respect toward those who earn their living honestly.
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New, York
Mary
Molly
Minnie
Sam
Abnormiu
Small Fortune
Wwomen
Miss Playwell
Industry
Trench
Miss Fus
Miss Tad
Mrs. Glitter
Glitter
Mrs. Snob
Mrs. Jacob Snob
Cornelia Snob
Jacob Snob
Tact
Tad
To Make Wood Water Tight From Russia Suggestions
Recent Russian suggestions for waterproofing wood and card include coatings of potassium bichromate with gelatine exposed to light, and dipping in warm parellin solution with gullapercha benzole. Other methods use asphalt with benzoic solutions, resin in nut oil, and coatings of caseine with quicklime and albumen followed by pumice rubbing, oil paint, and varnish.
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Russia
Smoking pipes found in ancient Irish tombs say antiquarian
Dr Petrie notes bronze pipes are often unearthed in Irish tumuli or sepulchral mounds from ancient times marking a curious habit of early peoples.
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Dr. Petrie
Two Bad Habits and Grain-O Compared
A debate on caffeine versus grain based drinks with a critique of coffee as a nerve stimulant and promotion of Grain-O as a cheaper, gentler alternative. Includes a note on Lord Haisbury's judicial patronage and appointments over the past year.
Wisconsin Patents Reported This Week
Wisconsin Patents list contains several inventors with items such as an acetylene gas generator, a machine for weighing liquids, a fluid pressure device, a bottle stopper, a roller frame adjustment for sanders, a vehicle brake, and a sliding door. Inventors include Blanchard La Crasse White Greek W G Davis and H R Meister among others. Attorneys Erwin Wheeler & Wheeler offer an Inventors Handbook free.
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Wisconsin
Erwin
Wheeler & Wheeler
Town and Trust Building
Milwaukee
Wis
Blanchard
La_Crasse
N. Carpenter
W. G. Davis
M. Mitch
VG. Geisler
Ieb
Truln
Gaia
H. R. Meister
J. BH
Note
Marion
Charm
Sehuntt
Wssge
Green Bay
Sanders
C. Swen
J. Otta
Appstoaia
Sloye Deur
New York Company Plans Pond dOreille Power Plant
United States Senator Turner John A Finch and A B Campbell of Spokane lead a New York organized company with 1 600 000 capital to develop water power on the Pond d Oreille river near its confluence with the Columbia and supply electric power to Tosslind Trail and Southern district. They propose 2000 horsepower using Goodhugd syndicate works in New York to work placer deposits at Southern Pond d Oreille. Versailles reports 1300 deaths by own action in 1798.
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United States
Turner
John A. Finch
A. B. Campbell
Spokane
New York
d’Oreille
Columbia
Trail
Sooutemi
Goodhugd Syd’ Ce
Pond d'Oreille
Young Womanhood and Physical Development
Sweet young girls often become worn women due to lack of guidance on physical development. No woman is exempt from physical frailty and monthly pains. Young girls entering womanhood should receive physical and moral guidance. If you know a young woman in need, write to Ses. Pinkham at L Mass with full details of her symptoms and surroundings for confidential advice from experienced women.
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Pinkham
L Mass
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