Varying Tales of Flora Feats and Wild Tribes Across Lands
A collage of curiosities and distant reports: a royal poem about life’s extremes, a plant nicknamed the coughing bean that expels dust with a coughing blast, a strange reptile found at 240 feet in an oil well, Swiss explorers meeting Boni jungle folk, a marvel vessel that sails by virtual mirrors, loco weeds that drive madness, and a St Bernard dog adopting a human infant in Silesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Brough
Izard
Indianapolis News
Boni
Sarrasin
Celebes
Ostergaard
Silesia
St. Bernard
Armour-clad Whales and the Skater Vessel Tale
Ancient fossils from Austria-Hungary suggest enormous whales wore armor skin to fend off prehistoric sharks. Scientists say the mail armor was natural defense for creatures reaching thirty yards. A new Austro invention, the Skates vessel, allegedly lets a craft glide over water like a skater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Nature
Austria
Widow Aunt Sarah Bunker 94 Dies at Nantucket
Nantucket’s oldest resident Aunt Sarah Bunker died aged 94. Widow since 68, she never remarried after Elisha Bunker was lost at sea in 1834. She lived 92 years in the same house built by her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantucket
Sarah Bunker
Bunker
Elisha Bunker
Milo
Chester Cathedral and walls charm old Chester city tour
A travel piece describes Chester’s ancient fortifications and landmarks. It highlights the water tower, Dee river approaches, the preserved walls with two mile promenades, the Norman Gothic cathedral with Raphael’s altar piece, the Phoenix tower, and the historic gates and bridges. It notes St John’s church origins and the Phoenix tower ruin. The article closes with a Japan population figure of 46,444,524.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painters and Stationers’ Company
Charles I
Renton
Chester
Marius
Britain
Ethelfreda
Old City
Old
Apollo
Etymas
Raphael
Watergate
Dee
Grosvenor Bridge
Bridge Gate
East Gate
Watergate Street
St. John’s
Ethelred
Mercia
St John’s Church
A Model Explosion and a Wartime Siege Tale
The fragmentary text recalls a poem about sailing and homeward welcome, mentions Willa Woodward and Chambery, and asks how Gen Kutsky was blown into the air during the siege of Sebastopol. It ends with an instruction to insert two matches into a small device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Kutsky
Sebastopol
The Dandy Fifth at Washington Veterans note
A long, mixed collage recounts Civil War veterans topics. It mentions the Grand Army of the Republic, fire tricks with matches, craft projects for fairs, birch bark decorative frames, watch stands, bonbon baskets, and the Fifth New York Heavy Artillery Veteran Volunteers. It notes over 5,000 men served and two battalions guarded Lincoln during the 1863 dedication event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Heavy Artillery Veteran Volunteers
Lincoln
Congress
Our Sense of Touch and Paradoxical Sayings
A fragmentary note discusses the sense of touch being dullest on the back and reflects on rhetoric. It quotes the idea that strongest arguments carry truth in gentle terms and includes a garbled aside about marriage and friendship.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marie Willn
Rose Ewordn
Animal Kingdom
Etada Tussein
Boteniata
Africa
United States Department of Agriculture
V. K. Chesnut
Department of Agriculture
Odessa
Russia
Brothers Karmason
M.bolchowsky
M. Bolchowsky
America
Raglan
U. S.A
Nola
Greece
William Boone
Kansas City Journal
Dawson City
Klondike
la Plata
Old Chester Cathedral
England
Liverpool
Julius Agricola
Chester C.loisters
Abbot Ripley
Dea
Japan
Eaton Hall
Athedra
Little Sten
Cntopmen
Willa Woodward
Chambery Jous
Reput- Ye
Prines
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