World Fact Nuggets From a Bygone Era
A miscellany of historical statistics and observations covers Nevada legislature women, British and Irish universities, St Paul’s area, Paris baths funding, Egyptian tombs gold leaf, brass vanity cases, Japan rubber toys, Arctic temperatures, sun heat intensity, early iron making in Jamestown, European debt, Algerian seed experiments, asbestos from Quebec, Bechuanas cattle taboo, Rousselot’s sound devices, U S mail volume, Havana temperatures, potato consumption, ivory billiard balls, tribal leadership, aluminum in desert plants, English alcohol spending, atomic vibration, Canadian oil pipeline cost, New York rainfall, ancient Egyptian bowling, mince pie views, Trinidad pigs parasite, Ballimore Adam monument, European gender ratios, bull frogs in Japan, Lower California dates, Isle of Pines name, Canadian fox farms, Virginia crab packing, U S potato yields, European child teeth decay, Eskimo tuberculosis, fast lenses for low light, Japan’s paper history, iron magnetism, mahogany introduction, RAF mail flights to Baghdad, early motion cameras, cactus in dairy milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Great Britain
Ireland
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Paris
Egypt
Japan
Germany
Arctic
Canada
Jamestown
Europe
Quebec
Rousselot
United States
Havana
England
Scotland
New York City
Trindad
British West Indies
Adam
Balltimore
Resuit
Lower
California
Isle of Pines
Tropics
Virginia
Texas
Maine
China
West Indies
Royal Air Force
Land of Pyramids
Holy Land
Bagdad
United States Navy
Enormous snail shells found in Colorado desert
Descriptive notes report many snail shells in the Colorado desert with living snails of the same species near springs and rivulets. Slate dust mixed with a binder is used in Egg land to build houses in 10 to 14 days at about half brick cost. Mental power fluctuations noted with peak at 11 A M and 2 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Desert
Callinicus
First Bathtub Build in Ohio Sparks Early Controversy
The Cincinnati mahogany tub lined with lead debuted in 1842, shown at a Christmas party. Newspapers dubbed it undemocratic vanity while doctors warned health risks, as Philadelphia and Boston imposed bathing restrictions in 1843 and 1845 respectively. Virginia taxed tubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
United States
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Virginia
Sparks
Price of Christ and the call to honor Him
A preacher weighs the thirty pieces of silver as a symbol of Christ's value and urges readers to set a proper price on Him. He contrasts Judas and Pontius Pilate with modern believers, warning that many undervalue Jesus while contrasting earthly wealth with eternal treasure. He ends with a personal challenge to choose Christ over worldly pleasures in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Judas
Christ
God
Pilate
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Lord Bolingbroke
Vanity Keeps Favor With Self Not Others
A concise reflection on vanity as self-approval when public opinion is hostile. The quote contrasts inner self-regard with loss of favor among peers, attributed to Shakespeare.
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the National Bank of Sullivan
Bank
the National Bank
Federal Reserve Service
Sullivan, Indiana
Shelburn
James W. McHugh
Hymera
Walker McHugh
McHugh & Son
John
Delvin
Widder
Board of Commissioners
Sullivan County
Indiana
Avanées Anlutas
County
Auuirva
Percy Wolfe
C. F. Springer
Ward Engle
Board of County Commissioners
Frank M. Daniels
Gill
Gill Township
John M. Springer
William F. Allen
Gill Town
J. E. Bittle
C. P. Meeker
Bibe Institute
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Red Crown
Standard Oil
Wall Main
Jackson
Sullivan Co. Motor Co
N. Main St
Merchants Ice & Coal Co
S. Main St
Louise Gambill
Sullivan
Ind
Julius Harry Shoe Co
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