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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1891
Page
4
A discussion on kerosene as a heat source compares its energy to burning coal and gas stoves. It notes heat output, air quality effects, ventilation, and the dangers of oxygen depletion and toxic gases in poorly ventilated rooms. Also recounts a circus lion incident in Tennessee with a daring bystander gaining $10.
An interview with a violin maker notes spruce and curly maple used in violins and the need for very old wood. A Georgia train incident describes a lone woman stopping a train and a boy kissing her as the conductor reacts. The piece also mentions English peers in public office.
A Philadelphia reader recounts Lewis Eisenbrand, a 75 year old Bavarian immigrant living in Philadelphia's Twentieth Ward, who once faced King Ludwig in 1840 as a Bavarian infantryman and earned the king's undercover respect. The piece also describes cobweb parties as playful mayhem where guests hunt for prizes woven into a web of ribbons, offering items from diamond pins to pictures, and ends with a humorous energy calculation for a typewriter and a note on deer numbers in Scotland and California regulatory folklore.
In Gunton's book the word wealth is traced to weal and things and defined as the sum of those elements making for life. Material goods, clothing, tools, and even arts and hospitals are wealth when they sustain life. weapons or war goods are wealth only as they preserve life. Human faculties are not wealth and require a separate term. The piece also notes odd word origins linking kitchen to cook, loaf to lord, and salary to salt, among others.
A Florida Herald piece narrates Nero the cat's extreme aversion to certain tunes. Whistling, hand organs, and songs like My Grandfather's Clock Olean Panay Blossom and Annie Rooney provoke frantic escapes and vocal distress. The pet’s peculiar dislikes grow with age.
A Boston Transcript excerpt describes Moody leaving home due to financial strain and the farm work he undertook. The story highlights a city man who gave a cent to every arriving boy, then blessed Moody with kindness. The piece links such compassion to inner growth and the need for brotherhood.
A San Francisco Chronicle note details the large land crab Birgus latro, known as the purse crab, found in the Indian Ocean and Caroline Islands. It describes its size up to 18 to 24 inches, powerful claws, ability to cling and carry weight, nocturnal habits, and preference for coconut palm habitats with feeding on coconuts and pandanus nuts.
A city bred flower lover preserves petals with a hot water bath reviving drooping roses and stems. In Russia a sweeping policy proposal forces aliens to sell land or become Russian subjects. A New York orchid show reports 1600 distinct orchids with no two alike.
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