Compass Variations and the Magnetic Needle Mystery
Government scientists study variations of the compass across nations including the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Observatories, magnetic stations, and charts map deviations, while local surveying practices adapt to diurnal and secular changes and historic records from cities like London and Baltimore show long term drift.
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Washington
New York Post
Iwi
United States
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Tittman
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Palos
Fayal Islands
Mediterranean
Ilaasen's Bay
Boothia Felix
Litke
Honolulu
Baldwin
Kan
Cheltenham
Samoan Islands
Land Surveyors
Magnetic Bureau
Germany
Los Angeles
London
Baltimore
Chestertown
Kent
Mason and Dixon's
Hornes
Surveying Status Note on Boundary Line Indeterminacy
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a boundary line survey issue with unclear accuracy. The text references an inducement or instruction possibly affecting boundary determination, but missing context prevents full reconstruction of the event or parties involved.
False hair costs and secrets reveal wig trade
An interview details the pricey, scarce world of wigs and hair extensions. It notes silver gray and drab blonde switches fetch high prices, describes Chinese imports, vaunted ventilated nets, and the transformation wig that hides the scalp. It also mentions English stage buyers and the prevalence of false hair among fashionable women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
China
Darky
London
Men and Car Berths in a Pullman Sleeper
A Chicago Inter Ocean dialogue on berths and personality in trains. A tall man laments cramped sleeps while others discuss how Pullman size, height, and personal traits shape comfort and goods, from gas fixtures to birthday gifts, cigars, and habits.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Csurkly
Injured by Football and the Glorification of Athletics
The piece argues football causes deaths and injuries with nine killed and seventeen badly hurt. Rev Dr McCook condemns the sport as gladiatorial, citing betting, drinking, and wasted student time. It denounces imitations by colleges and schools, noise, obscenity, and malign influence on youth.
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Reston
McCook
Dr. McCook
R Mal
Comef
Utic
Conscience Funds Show Honest Impulses Across City and State
The Boston Transcript surveys conscience funds in Boston and New York with tales of smugglers repenting by sending duties money and of city offices receiving anonymous returns. It notes small Boston sums, a mysterious “crazy man” fund, and long‑standing envelopes turned into general funds, plus Massachusetts state cases of shortages and redistributions from 1880s to 1890s.
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Boston Transcript
State Treasury Department
City Collector's Office
National Custom House
United States Customs
New York
Customs Department
Dr. Prose
Ella
Boston
Custom House
Back Bay
Brookline
Internal Revenue Branch
Treasury Department
Washington
Act of Congress
City Hall
Collector Guild
Aaron R. Locke
Tremont Street
Mr. Locke
Aaron Locke
T. Fay, Jr
Commonwealth Massachusetts
Arenevee
Joshua Phippen
Bradford
Phillips
Marden
Marcus Kimball
Statehouse
Henry M. Phillips
Massachusetts
Machiavelli and the Machiavellian Idea in Politics
The Minneapolis Journal reviews William A. Dunning’s defense of Machiavelli, arguing that he separated ethics from politics and founded political philosophy. The state’s preservation overrides moral considerations, with leaders urged to discard goodness when necessary to safeguard national life and independence. The piece notes later followers like Frederick the Great, Talleyrand, Napoleon, Bismarck, and Russia as an exemplar of Machiavellianism, reflecting on whether nations are bound by moral law when existential stakes arise.
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Minneapolis
Machiavellian
Machiavelli
Machia
Frederick the Great
Talleyrand
Napoleon
Bismarck
Russia
Demonstration of water displacement in sealed cask
A physics demonstration shows water poured into a tube inside a full cask raises the level above the cask top, illustrating pressure unity. The example expands to natural rock formations where water-filled cavities and cracks cause immense pressure and eventual rock fragmentation.
Mimicry in Insects Explains Butterflies and Birds
Professor Lloyd Morgan notes mimicry in insects. He describes Heliconinae butterflies that taste bad to birds, and Pierinae species that imitate them. An experiment with chicks used orange and black patterns, quinine taste, and cinnabar caterpillars to show learned aversion to similarly colored prey.
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New York Mail and Express
Lloyd Morgan
Heliconinae
Pierinae
Fritz Miller
Prof
Morgan
Interesting experiment with bursting a cask by water
A St Louis Globe-Democrat note explains a water pressure principle. A small amount of water, about half a pint, can burst a strong cask if placed on top, as liquid pressure increases with depth and acts on staves.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Miver Gray
Crab Blonde
the Conscience Fund
M. C. Shea & CO
Indianapolis
M.C. Shea & CO
Illinois St. and
Indiana
Age
Willigs
West
Washington Street
C. Aneshaensel & Co
Ohio Street
Emerson Druley
J. F. Spaunhurst
N. Am
Green
Stevenson Bidg
C. I. Fletcher
North
Pennsylvania Street
South Meridian Street
Harz Mountain Canaries
Gould Fish
F. Klepper
Massachusetts Ave
Senglish
Yale
Banjo Club
Sig
Giuseppe Marone
East Twelfth Street
Wabash
Delaware
Harry Williams
Imperials
Dewey Burlesquers
Sunday Journal
Amu
Orera
Mr. Walker Whiteside
Robert OF
Sicily
Longfellow
Grace Livingston Furniss
Max Freeman
Maurice Hermann
N. Y
Julian Edwardes
Ebenglish
AR Anix jJana
Petite
Thurston
English
Opera House
Siti
Rose Cecilia Shay
Grand English — Company
Col W. A. Kdy
Il’ Travatore
Carroll Johnson
Seymour and Dupree
Leah Russell
Origina Creations
Mark Murphy
Faust
Audew
Clayton White and
Marie Stuart & CO
Ee Matinee Daly
Pric Roc
America
Howard Hall
Aoc
Soc
Albert Gall
Mr. Hall
Buffalo
Harry Ellsworth Fetcht
Oberammergau
Avna Cabinet Co., Inc
Maryland
Vories
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