Locusts as Food Around the World in Famine Times
The article surveys locust consumption across regions and cultures. It describes methods from frying in sesame oil in Palestine to sun drying in Arabia Petraea and boiling in Algeria. It notes flavor shifts when cooked and mentions other edible insects like grubs and silkworms among various peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Arabia
Central
Africa
Madagascar
Algeria
Russia
Australia
China
Weather Omens From a Leech in a Vial
A leech kept in water serves as a weather predictor. If the weather stays fine the creature lies at the vial bottom. If rain approaches it climbs to the top and stays there until settled. For wind it moves swiftly through the water until strong winds begin. The note cites the Scotsman and Fry's Magazine on wagering decline.
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England
Fry’s Magazine
Wonderful Tree of Brazil Provides Multitude of Uses
The cernuhuha palm of Brazil is described as the world’s most useful tree. It yields medicine from its roots and a blood purifier. Timber polishes well and is sought by cabinetmakers. Sap yields wine or vinegar, with starch and sugar also derived. Fruit feeds cattle, nuts serve as coffee substitute, and pith makes corks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Wells Under Ocean Off Santa Barbara Show Oil Dipped From Sea Beds
In Southern California near Santa Barbara on the Pacific slope oil wells reach into the sea. Some shafts extend a quarter mile offshore with long piers built into the waves. Oil is drawn from rocks beneath the sea and is described as rich in asphalt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
California
Santa Barbara
Pacific Ocean
Novel Farm by Miss Abbie Latarop of Granby Mass
A curious farm run by Miss Abbie Latarop in Granby Massachusetts raises mice, weasels, ferrets, rab bits, guinea pigs and water rats on hills. She cares for about 2,500 animals, and her enterprise has been noted in Lealle's Weekly.
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Abbie Latarop
Granby
Mass
British rapid fire gun with eight barrels
Popular Mechanics describes a new British rapid fire weapon with eight barrels in two four barrel tiers. It fires 460 shots a minute and features a patent colby chamber that can be fired indefinitely without overheating.
Bowing to the Great Pastime of One Who Knows
A friend uses a quirk on busy days by bowing to strangers along Fifth Avenue from 23rd to 59th Street, hoping to surprise or flatter as he notes how both men and women react. Miss Jeannette Gilder praises Tetrazzini while debating Melba, and H F Cellarius reports U S building and loan associations gained 55 million in assets in 1907 totaling 728 million in savings.
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Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Fifty Ninth Street
Fifty Ninth Street Plaza
Munlat
Jeannette Gilder
Tetrazzini
Melba
Misa Gilder
H. F. Cellarius
Cincinn Nat
Tia
Building and Loan Associations
United States
Cure Not Proved Insomnia Cure At Age Seven
A seven year old boy cannot be soothed to sleep by counting to hundred as his doctor father suggested. The child asks what comes after this, but the father, gone to his room, leaves the question unanswered. A brief humor item notes politeness may or may not pay, with a punchline about a deaf and dumb act leading to sixpence and an arrest.
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Papa
To Have White Hands From Beauty Tips Of The Era
A vintage beauty guide advises preserving natural skin tone with daily soap and oatmeal cleansing, weekly lemon rubs, and nocturnal treatments. It warns against tight sleeves and rings causing red hands and suggests glycerine lemon juice and rosewater under gloves for relief.
Ancient Egyptian rings and Confederate treasure unearthed
Ancient Egyptian rings featuring sacred beetles and Pharaoh busts spark debate over dating ancient seals and adornments. Separately, Bret Knox’s plow unearthed over $1,000,000 in Confederate currency and about $4,000 in gold on a Mississippi farm, tied to Samuel H Thompson’s Confederate-era holdings. no heirs yet claimed.
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Isis
Solomon
Euch
Bret Knox
Samuel H Thompson
Knox
Not a Ninety Day Volunteer in War Haste
A fragmentary wartime dialogue shows a bride asserting she is not a temporary spouse or volunteer, insisting she remains committed despite tempers and cross moments. The exchange hints at strain between partners amid conflict and personal vows.
Lawyer and doctor spar over merit in heated exchange
Robert Smith, brother of Sydney Smith and ex advocate general, argued with a physician on the merit of their professions. Smith quipped that lawyers may be angels, while the doctor retorted that doctors are the best of us, highlighting the sharp exchange between the two professionals.
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Robert Smith
Sydney Smith
Smith
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R. R. Schudar
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W. J. Love
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