Weather Propiets and Storm Signals From Early Stations
Long account traces the 1870 start of a weather service to protect shipping and farming. It details station networks, telegraph data sharing, and daily observations of pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, and rainfall. It explains signal codes, storm origins, and how forecasters predict storm paths and rainfall.
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Weather Bureau
Albert J. Meyers
Fruita
W. J. Hazen
Meyer
Fort Meyer
Washington
Perntor
En Washington
Gulf of Mexico
West Indies
Manitoba
Great Lakes
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Lakes
Erie
Ontario
Newfoundland
West India
New York Telegraph
News and Notes for Women from a Fashion Era
A garland of fashion notes describes corduroy jackets for young girls, Moravian seminary roots, and French and English styles. It highlights bead trims, heavy boots, porcelain gloves, silk warp materials, and the practice of hot water facial routines for complexion care.
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Italy
Europe
Moravian Female Seminary
Bethlehem
Penn
le Lewis
Constantinople
L. M. Wilson
Deg/Moines
Kid
Strange Tidbits From Far Lands And The Bayeux Tapestry
A mosaic of curiosities and trivia including i reinforce the old pippin apple term, the moonsh inner term origins, and a tale of a Nevada prospector selling a gold lodge. An island near Bastor Harbor vanishes, while Oxford claims the largest university status with twenty five colleges. Bayeux tapestry stands as unwritten history with 1512 figures and a wall ceremony in 1077.
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Bastor Harbor
Massachusetts Bay Company
Oxford
Englnd
Edward the Confessor
Alfred
Avice Fletcher
Compriny
England
Bayeux
Living Barometer Frog Foretells Weather Change
A St Nicholas piece describes a bronze frog weather device housing a tree toad. The toad climbs the tube when air grows moist and descends before dry weather, serving as a living barometer and a proof of the Smithsonian list noting animals valuable to man.
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Smithsonian Institution
St. Nicholas
Mixed diet views and bone bleaching method noted
A New Yorker extols a balanced diet including meat and vegetables while warning against extremes in business life. The piece also details a simple bone bleaching method using phosphoric acid after fat removal. A report cites 1,900 white residents in Southeastern Alaska with growing cattle and mining activity.
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Alaska
Ote A
Dutch Women Lead Fitness Carnival at Amsterdam Pleasure Grounds
Boston correspondent describes a ferry trip to Amsterdam harbor and a lively grounds scene where eight in ten athletes are young women. The women perform rope swings, horizontal ladders, and spring-board stunts with vigor, enjoying sport and social poise while men linger nearby.
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Boston
Amsterdam
Holland
Uyder Zee
England
Evervise
Battery Capture and Beef Ration Scene Described
A Civil War era report from a Cleveland Leader correspondent recalls a Federal battery moving toward Bowling Green. Soldiers halt for rations as an ox team driver flees, and a quick decision converts the oxen into beef to feed the troops before the battery vanishes from view.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Bowling Green
Ary
Gazin
English New Year Superstitions From Holderness Notes
A Notes and Queries excerpt describes New Year customs in the countryside. It covers kissing at Christmas parties, the old practice of guests dancing with cooks and butlers, superstitions about throwing feathers, and rituals with bundles of money bread wood coal and salt placed on doors. It explains entrances of the first visitor, door rituals to invite good luck, and the habit of the master taking in something new.
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Roger DeCoverly
John Smith
Edward Thompson
Hiim
Holderness
Panther boards a Steamboat in Tennessee river
The Henry A Tyler neared Savannah Tennessee when a huge tawny panther leapt from the opposite bank and swam toward the boat. It fought the guard railing, was struck by coal chunks, and fled ashore after Captain Slill fired buckshot. The animal, about five feet long and 200 pounds, was said to be the largest seen in the region.
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A. Tyler
Savannah
Tennessee
Slill
Tennessee Jungles
T. Louis Globe- Democrat
Inaction of kidneys prompts perilous health warnings
The text urges attention to kidney and bladder inaction as dangerous, touts Stomach Bitters for stimulating urinary activity and overall tonic effects, and claims it averts renal disease while aiding digestion and liver function. It also mentions gas brick ideas, Greenland Norse descendants, and various brief notes on health cures and curiosities.
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When you want Jacobs Oil a conquer pain use Bt Philadelphia News.
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Jacobs Oil
Miadelphia News
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