Missing Links and Oddments From a Turbulent Era
A collage of curiosities and anecdotes from distant lands and local quirks. Notes on Burdette aging, Egyptian discoveries, Bolivian mining yields, women’s rights conventions in Stockholm, large ad orders, Texas county counts, and a parade of eccentric tales from graft to garden.
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Robert J. Burdette
M. Grobaut
Thebes
Egypt
Bolivian
Stockholm
Fairbanks Scale Company
New York Tribune
S. Antonio
Tex
City P
Car- Totta
Mexico
Lacken
Texas
James Garfield early life as a bright restless learner
A historical sketch recounts James A. Garfield at six showing keen memory and observation by listening to older students. He questions adults, dreams of being a General, and defies a sitting still rule with clever, later accepted wandering in class.
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James A. Gatticel
James
James Evon
James Garfield
I Hue
Liv
Jansta Garticil
Garfield
Janes
George J. Manson
Harper's Young People
Hermuipver
Jones
Baveing
Charlestown
United States
HL. W. Thompson
Akron
Byorle
Sumter
Conoy
Oise
Ic Joy
Truvoy
Port Slop
Napoleon
Caen
Sarthle
Wm. Pornto
Tonus
Gatoies
Brisa
Jean le Haine
Woyford
Niors
Miche Orne
Gallapola
Gharles Cellays
Jane
Wis
Nichobat
M. Perset
Blaine
Lunt Hester
Auerioab
Bering Uua
Katie
Jy Syed
Eowiter
Eppustile
Richald
Gamnes
Patrick McNamars Athick
Amaia
Murch
Iva
Ergin
Jonealee Manus
Xeinak
Snl
Testa
Ann McMo
Agatnet Blin
Sam
Passick McNamara
Patrick LeNatira
Ald Paisick McNamara
Deep sea eyes vary from sight to blindness in fish
The article surveys deep sea fish vision from tiny or absent eyes to large or internal organs and phosphorescent scales. It notes two sighting strategies, depth related eye growth, mud secretions, and paired luminous structures. A later item discusses Reggie dressing at table, Bird's Eye Pine mantels, and a Maryland bachelor tax bill.
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Uipahyli Magazine
Reggie
New York
North Carolina
Maryland
Accidental discovery of mahogany spurred famed wood trade
A fragmented history recounts how mahogany entered furniture making, starting with Sir Walter Raleigh in 1597 and a London physician’s cache, then Cabinetmaker Wollaston popularized it for luxury pieces. A Sicilian tragedy, a reporter’s lecture kit, a Sicilian murder tale, leap year origins, Gregorian reform, and massive plate shears close the column.
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Walter Raleizh
Trinidad
Easland
West India
Gibbons
London
Wollaston
Tan
Duchess of Buckingham
Window Garden Notes And A Mother's Spirit Tale
The Prairie Partner column discusses home plant trends with window gardens and tasteful greenery using ivy palms and begonias to brighten urban interiors. A Quincy, Illinois man recalls his mother’s deathbed warning to avoid profanity, hearing her say remember as a spiritual rebuke.
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Edgar Sanders
Quincy
Til
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Human Figure Proportions From Ancient Greeks Teachings
The article outlines classical human body measures for ideal form. It states crown to neck equals one twelfth height, hand length is one tenth, extended arm span equals height, face length is one tenth, facial thirds mark eyebrow and nostril positions, and total figure is six times right foot length. It notes Greeks allegedly used this scale for statues.
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