Flea in the Pleiades legend of five maidens and a flea
A California Indian myth explains the Pleiades origin. Five beautiful sisters refuse marriage for love until a flea named Baakil is transformed into a handsome man. He marries all five, but heat and separation drive them to escape by flight into the sky, forming the clustered stars with a single star beside them.
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Mis of the ActorAnalyzing the Actor Manager Clash
Hartley Davis writes in Everybodys about abuses in actor manager relations. He highlights rude treatment and insults toward women, and common practices like agents taking commissions and managers negotiating and directing contracts through an agent.
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Hartley Davis
One Exception to the Rule and a Dragonfly Note
A Kansas City Times excerpt cites a suffragette declaring women’s long suffering, a meek man retorts about silence, and a funeral quip about Tite Lyte. The piece then defines the dragonfly nicknamed the devil’s darning needle, noting several species with cylindrical bodies and nonpoisonous nature.
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Kansas City Times
General Demand for a Simple Laxative Highlighted
The Well Informed seek a pleasant efficient liquid laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the preferred remedy trusted by physicians for family use. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co product from leading druggists. price fifty cents per bottle.
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Native moss bread and Amsterdam diamond factory notes
Natives along the Columbia river make bread from moss on spruce fir. A Amsterdam factory cuts 400000 diamonds yearly. Meeresar women drape shawls like Roman togas. A pale blue dresser seat uses white eyelet and floral designs. Baby band should use the lightest possible material for summer. A mix of silk wool or cotton is advised.
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Columbia River
Amsterdam
Sweet corn planting tips and bat facts from islands
The note suggests planting multiple crops to harvest corn by October and advises choosing early maturing varieties. It adds a fact about bats being the only native mammals on distant Pacific islands and mentions the journey of bats and the approximate number of bat species on Earth.
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Pacific
Earth
A Kentucky Case of Baking Pumpkin for Pies
A simple method suggests halving pumpkins to bake and mash the flesh directly. It claims this approach avoids peeling and seeding then stewing briefly for a quick, easier pie prep.
Varied Facts and Far-Flung Curiosities Across Topics
A mixture of eclectic notes reports on animal habits including sleeping patterns of fish and bees, plus musings on life as a story with surprises. It also covers Swiss post offices with half fare rules, wireless message challenges, needle production, Burgundy pitch myths, low Chinese taxes, and elephant labor capabilities.
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American
San Diego
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New York
Burgundy
China
Oddball facts and quirks from a century of curiosities
A collage of strange claims and numbers from nineteenth century lore. Notes on fashion, biology, animals, industry, science and society include decorative velvet handling, desert population density, gem lore, ancient clock myths, fruit cold resistance, washable leather goods, hippo hide thickness, balloon flight, quirked police jokes, ostrich feather yields, game-bird propagation, weekly ship losses, weight taxation in Hafanger, drumhead materials, brain weight milestones, and baldness causes.
Electric foot warmer and chemical color removal reveal new heat and chemistry
An electric felt overshoe with a battery provides warm heat after being pulled on. A European chemist notes animal charcoal removes color from colored liquids due to nitre content and explains why wood charcoal has no effect on gas.
The First Taste of Postum Letter Ad
The letter recalls coffee’s harms to a child and adult, describing nervousness headaches and sleep issues before switching to Postum. The writer credits Postum with better sleep and nerves, endorsing it as a coffee substitute and urging others to try it.
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Homemade Candies Sweets and Kitchen Tips Compilation
A column of kitchen notes and recipes including Candied Orange Peel, cucumber and onion relish, One-Egg Cake, Green Gooseberry Chutney, German Potato Balls, Gingerbread, and various life tips. Also offers a Handy Water Purifier note, silverware cleaning, oven steam crust trick, dishcloth cleaning with soda, lemon rind preservation, omelet tips, potato juice cleaner, and cake flavor revival methods.
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