Indian Summer Origins and Timeframe Debated
The article surveys differing views on the origin and timing of Indian summer. It cites Webster and the Standard, notes October or November as possible peaks, and cites Native and colonial explanations involving winds from Cantontowilt or harvest customs. It references St John de Crevecoeur’s 1778 mention as an early term reference.
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Noah Webster
United States
Orf
Freeman
National ‘Intelligencer
St. John Crevecoeur
Pine Hill
Orange County
N. Y
Indian Summer and Its History Across Lands
A digest tracing the term Indian summer from colonial backwoods fear to a global weather quirk. It cites Cornelia R. Doherty’s 1782 verse, Doddridge’s notes, and the spread of the phrase through New England, New York, and England, with scientific attempts to explain its atmospheric patterns.
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Mallow-In
Pronunciation Variations Of Wind In Poetry
The Mentor Magazine notes readers stumble on wind rhymes with blind and find. The noun wind belongs to a long-stable pronunciation group alongside kind blind mind rind behind and the verbs bind wind find. The New Standard dictionary marks both pronunciations, poets use the long vowel.
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Canal
Mentor
Detroit News
Why Birds Sleep Resting on Thin Tree Branches
A passage explains that a tree perching bird does not fall off when asleep or unconscious. The claim is supported by researcher Richard Kearton, described as a well known authority in the field.
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Richard Kearton
Insights on Bird Perch Locking by Knee Bending
A noted ornithologist explains that sitting with bent knees tightens toe muscles to pin a sleeping bird to its perch. The bird cannot depart until the toes relax and muscles release, effectively locking it in place.
Visual Acquaintance Reveals Betty’s Father Linguist Secret
A witty exchange reveals Betty’s father is not a linguist but a physician. The joke hinges on the misdirection between language skill and medical expertise.
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Betty
Traveler shot for declining cannibals meal
Prof G Seubring recounted his African journeys from 1923 to 1924, detailing attacks by cannibals in the Upper Congo and Sudan, a mamba bite, malaria and other illnesses, a near-fatal ambush, and his preference for solitude over companionship as he plans American lectures.
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Cape Town
Soudan
Upper
Congo
Rhodesia
G. Seubring
Alexandria
Africa
Seubring
Sudan
Tanganyika
Hate
Ian Wordsworth
Julius Caesar
America
Thief Pleads via Worthless Bills in Berlin Heist
A Berlin thief dressed as an artisan roams homes inspecting heating systems and stealing items. He then mails victims obsolete banknotes equal to the stolen value, apologizing that he cannot redeem the currency and claiming to be no common thief.
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Berlin
Cow loses bank book in Vermont river incident
John Foss, a Tunbridge schoolboy, asked the First National Bank for a duplicate pass book for his savings. He left his Rothes with the bank book on the river bank while swimming. A cow then came along and chewed the bank book.
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White River Junction
John Foss
Tunbridge
First National Bank
John
Rothes
Answer Key to Historic Trivia Quiz Questions
Answers cover figures from 1 Gettysburg address to 20 Bible society. Includes Lincoln date 1863, Indian alphabet creator, Whistler, Gertrude Ederle, Marconi, and Whistler. Lists 11,588,000 as Bible society members and secretary of agriculture quo.
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Great Basin
American Bible Society
C. L. Dodgson
Connecticut
jJames M’neil Whistler
Gertrude Ederlein
W. ©. Roentgen
Molly Pitcher
Anthony Wayne
Guglielmo Marconi
Walter Hagen
Charlotte Cushman
Constantinople
Sir Richard Burton
Radiation pyrometer measures heat of furnaces and molten metal
The radiation pyrometer uses electric current from welded metals to infer heat. It records internal heat conditions from a distance, aiding steel and iron production and reflecting science progress cited by the Washington Star.
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Nature
Washington Star
The Poor Man's Sport Track Athletes Strive For Distance
The excerpt portrays distance runners as the poor man's sport, needing only shoes and a simple uniform, with no trainers to aid them. It notes they train after long workdays in shops or at desks, using leisure time to build reputations.
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Herbert Reed
Gasoline and Oil Harm Trees Beyond Repair
A Washington Star writer warns that gasoline and oil injure trees when contact with bark or roots occurs. The oil penetrates the cambium, damaging this sensitive growing tissue and may kill the tree even without additional toxins in the mixture.
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Washington Star
Healthier Stronger Girl Finds Aid in Vegetable Compound
Julia Schmidt a factory worker in Silverton Oregon describes improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it made her healthier and stronger and she now recommends the remedy to friends facing similar weakness from strenuous sewing and sealing work. The note lists her address at 113 Willow St Silverton Oregon.
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Oregon
America
Julia Schmidt
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Willow St
Silverton
Miss Schmidt
Picnic Fare Joke From Louisville Courier Journal
A humorous exchange about odd food choices references a doctor and ants. The snippet notes a sandwich garnished with black ants and a remark about red ants and avoiding red meat, reflecting a lighthearted culinary quip from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Seaweed Cultivation Stands Out In Japan
The piece notes Japan as the sole country widely cultivating seaweed for human food. It frames seaweed farming as a distinctive element in Japanese cuisine and industry.
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Japan
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Elmo Scott Watson
New England
Cantantowwilt
National Intelligencer
Crevecoeur
Joseph Doddridge
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Doddridge
New York
England
Europe
St. Martin's
All Hallow
St. Martin's Day
Mississippi Valley
Cow Chews Bank Book
North America
Columbia
New Hampshire
Pythagoras
Robert Burns
Erauton
Lydia
Pinkham’s Vegetable Co
Grateful Mothers
Anglo-American Drug CO
Fulton St
Parker
Patchogue
N.Y
Hiscox Chemical Works
Agente
Dr. G. Jets
Ashtabula
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
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