Why Life Was a Burden to Him by Max Adeler
A boarding house tale begins with Jim Kelley attempting suicide over a deranged fear of a red haired wife bearing twins named Isaac and Jacob. Kelley imagines cannibal island drama then a chain of misfortunes including murder, a prize fight, and family doom, prompting Cooley to advise single life and writing stories instead.
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Max Adeler
Cooley
Jim Kelley
Jim
Mr. Kelley
Isaac
Jacob
A Prodigy Not Keen on Numbers or Cars
A man praises his son as a prodigy while noting he excels in no particular academic field. The boy shows no interest in mathematics or science. A friend leaves a big automobile idle outside, yet the boy neither climbs in nor honks the horn during the wait.
Looked That Way in Kansan Journal Daffodils and Models
The Kansas City Journal ponders fashion and progress as readers question whether maturation requires newer models. The brief notes a nostalgic line about jonquils and daffodils contrasted with calls for change, reflecting a period tone on style and novelty.
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Kansas City Journal
Sheep and the Reed Flute Pastoral Life in Palestine
A Sunday at Home excerpt describes the shepherd’s spring lambing season from January, flock care with music on a reed flute, the protective cave shelter during storms, a gated fold counted by “passing under the rod,” daily quest for pasture, and naming each sheep as flocks are tended by girls in southern Palestine and by youths or men elsewhere.
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Palestine
Could Sirius Be the Master Sun of Earth?
Harper's Weekly notes a shift from the idea of a universal center to star groups moving in patterns. While Maedler argued for a central sun, modern thought shows stars travel in straight or curved paths. Delauney suggests nearby stars cluster around Sirius, implying Sirius could be the master sun with Earth as a distant satellite.
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Siriua
Alcyone
Pleiades
Maedler
Delauney
Birlus
Sirus
Harper’s Weekly
Microbe Causes Lockjaw in Tetanus Disease
A medical note explains tetanus or lockjaw begins with jaw stiffness and leads to convulsions, weakening the patient and hindering eating. It states a soil microbe causes tetanus, often after street injuries contaminated with road dust, and mentions progress with anti tetanic serum injections.
Father of Waters First Seen By White Men in 1519
John Fiske notes that in 1519 Alonso Alvarez de Pineda first sighted the Mississippi while mapping the Gulf coast and entering its mouth, calling it Rio de Santo Espiritu. He reportedly spent six weeks along the river trading with Native peoples, though how far upriver he went remains unclear.
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Waters
Plymouth Rock
Mississippi
Florida
Alvarez de Pineda
Tampico
Mexico
Cortez
Pineda
Rio de Santo Espiritu
John Fiske
Palm Reader and Widow Forecast A Curious Exchange
In a brief exchange the palm reader teases fortunes for a widow and a man, prompting a confident reply that the widow asks for a reading while the man seeks a glimpse of his future, hinting at forthcoming revelations.
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