Animals and shells show curious natural lessons and art
A New York Sun summary discusses Dr. Robinson’s ideas on domestic animal traits tied to survival, then shifts to Italian conch carving in Florence. It describes how peasant carvers create medallions and mosaics on shells, with pricing from fifty to over a hundred dollars and details on methods and subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Jupiter
Bacchus
Florence
Italy
New York Sun
Loyal Dental and the Weight of Newspapers
A humor piece recalls a voyage anecdote where an English passenger jokes about ships listing due to shedding heavy English newspapers. An American replies that the Herald weighs no more, provoking a protest from the loyal subject of the crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Shoemaker
Geas
Rbor
Anglishman
New York Herald
Minister Avoids Hasty Conclusions Cited by Flo
Flo and Jack discuss the minister's cautious approach and reluctance to reach quick conclusions. The exchange notes the minister tends to take time, with Flo praising restraint and Jack agreeing on deliberate judgment. Philadelphia Cali.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo
Jack
Philadelphia
Cali
Beautiful Carved Shells From Italy Impress Crafters
Novel cabinet shelf decorations feature hand carved shells from southern Italy. Conchs with curved pictures on the main surface, left unframed, make popular ornaments. They are mounted in gilt or tinted frames and include a coach with Canova's dancing girls carved into the shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Canova
The Storks of Larissa Aerial Life Above Larissa
Julian Ralph observes Larissa with storks atop red tile roofs and blue white houses. Birds nest on exposed gables while their rattle like dry bones echoes through the night. The sight remains a curiosity throughout the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larissa
Julian Ralph
Harper's Magazine
Not According To Hoyle
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence quotes a retired miner recalling a whist game at Rocky Gulch where he held 13 trumps and trumped an ace as his partner fired a gun in the mêlée, leaving him to escape with his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Robinson
Robinson
Plackwood
Remus
Hoyle
Rocky Gulch
Detroit Free Press
Look in His Mouth: Teeth Development in a Three Year Old Horse
The text describes dental development in a three year old horse noting central permanent nippers growing, the decay of other pairs, and the emergence of sharp new incisors. It explains how wear reveals cone shaped tooth tips and how crowns shrink with age, detailing changes between ages one to four and the shedding of second grinders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Let Us Turn From Foreigner Admiration In Literature
Henry D. Sedgwick Jr argues in The Atlantic that interest in French writers has become excessive. He laments prejudice fading as Kipling and English American tastes dominate, urging a move away from raw admiration of foreigners and toward independent English language literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr
Atlantic
Plaubert
de Maupassant
Bourget
Zola
Ibsen
Lane
The Great Lakes Tides and The Lake’s Slow Recession
An old lake captain describes the Superior basin as a strong rock hold fed by Nipigon and other streams. He notes the lake may gradually recede over centuries, while tides exist, caused by sun and moon, with a 24 hour rise of one fourteen hundredth foot and a full moon crest of one twenty eight hundredth foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Great Lakes
The River Trip to the Klondike
John Sid ney Webb describes a Dawson City route to Klondike mines over a steep stream known to natives as Hammer Creek for its swift water. He notes the Indians named creeks by characteristic traits and that spelling Kiondike has been oddly accepted by the Board of Geographic Names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
John Sidney Webb
Webb
Dawson City
Board of Co Rtaplical Names
United States
Fleeting Guanaco Hunt Tactics Mentioned in Boston Transcript
An archival line notes how guanacos are driven by surrounding packs and chased down, highlighting their speed. The excerpt reflects a hunting description from the Boston Transcript, emphasizing the animal’s fleetness and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Encounter With Peccaries Near Rock
An expedition recounts a perilous encounter with wounded peccaries as boars and sows converge on a rock shelter. The narrator climbs, while others assist their wounded companion and threaten to charge, creating a tense standoff on the creeks and rocks.
Haystack Mystery Baffles London Visitor
London Answers recounts a cockney guest surveying a paddock object he mistakes as a sturdy building. After inspection he declares doors and windows are missing, only to be corrected that the object is a haystack with odd lumps and no dwelling features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Answers
Charley
Charles
Law of Life Force Versus Love Cited in Memo
The Memphis Commercial Appeal editorial notes that life force and justice shape outcomes, arguing that justice tends to favor the stronger in determining who bears the scales of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Appeal
Dwarfs of the Pyrenees A Degenerate Native Line
A writer describes the Ribas valley dwarfs in the Pyrenees as short, ill nourished natives living in squalid shelters. He dismisses Chinese origins, cites low education, shepherding roles, and seasonal high altitude living. The dwarfs’ numbers decline as communications improve, with calls for better nourishment and shelter to restore the type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turtaragin
Ribas
Pyrenees
An Eye Experiment Reveals Dual Phantom Letters
An urchinish description explains that placing one forefinger at one foot and another at two feet creates two phantom letters seen on the sides. Focusing on the nearer finger yields two phantom figures that appear to guard from each side.
Eternity definition by a schoolboy in New Orleans paper
A schoolboy’s vivid definition of eternity appears in the New Orleans Times-Democrat noting future events such as ships arriving, time ending, the heavens rolling up, Gabriel’s horn, and the collapse of the solar system, alongside a list of dramatic outcomes and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Time
Gabriel
Charlie Russ
Billy Patterson
Johnny
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ape Horn Cracking Shots and Tierra del Fuego Tribes
The Yahgans of Tierra del Fuego use rawhide slings to hit waterfowl at 200 yards and stun guanacos at 100 yards. The Ona tribe inhabits the island’s prairie region, hunts guanaco and sheep meat, and uses bows, arrows, and bolas for trapping and driving people from horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Hatcher
South Pole
Tierra del Fuego
New York
Guanaco
Gratitude Column Reflects Blindness Cure
A medical record recounts a man healed of blindness by a surgeon whose plain appearance surprised the patient. After vision returned the beneficiary told the surgeon he was lucky the doctor did not appear strikingly. otherwise he might not have consented to the operation.
Great Lake Superior Water Facts and Temperatures
The article discusses Lake Superior as the largest fresh water body and its stable temperatures. It notes the lake remains almost unchanged through seasons, with surface variation under six degrees and bottom temperatures around 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It highlights the lake’s purity and potential use for distant cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Estecal
Wilharwood
Lake Superior
Harwood
Dreaded Waters At Local Spring Spark Health Warnings
The Cosmos reports that locals fear the spring waters deform visitors and horrify onlookers as experiments continue. Authorities note the waters may aid well nourished individuals but harm those with poor diets, suggesting ill fed dwarfs could be affected.
Thistles Don’t Grow From Acorns in Waterhouse Verse
A poem by A. J. Waterhouse printed in the San Francisco Examiner argues against idealizing a child’s future and rejects the idea that good outcomes spring from unlikely seeds. The verse critiques parental fantasies of genius and notes that true talent does not arise from flawed parentage or coarse origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Waterhouse
San Francisco Examiner
Origin of the Cell and Its Nucleus Roles in Cell Formation
The text traces the cell theory from Unger to Virchow and Fleming, emphasizing that cells arise only from pre existing cells and that the nucleus is the essential, permanent center of each cell. It notes the redefined meaning of the cell and its nucleus and cites historical observers, Schwann, Schleiden, and Fleming. It then recounts a note about a valuable Napoleon era piano stolen from the Tuileries, now in a London firm, describing its ornate case and drum pedal attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unger
Nagell
Kolliker
Schwann and Schleiden
Henry Smith Williams
M. D
Harper's Magazine
Josephine
Napoleon
Tuileries
London
New York Tribune
Morning Wakeup Signals From Daily Life
A quirky exchange lists sounds and their approximate distances from a person waking up. Locomotive whistle at 3,300 yards, train noise 3,500 yards, musket report and dog bark 1,800 yards, drum roll 1,600 yards, frog croak 900 yards, cricket chirp 800 yards, dinner bell 2 miles, and a morning call at 3 feet 7 inches.
Educated Paupers and a Mythology Mixup at a London Shop
An East End workhouse inmate asked a bookseller about mythology after hearing a church sermon about Achilles. He claimed and the bookseller confirmed that Achilles was dipped in the Styx, not the Lethe, leaving the man pleased with the correction and his chaplain misinformed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Achilles
London News
Stage manager questions misled claim over burlesque pay
The Washington Star reports a Dashing Daisies Burlesque company dispute where the stage manager accuses a performer of being misled about stage experience. The comedian questions satisfaction while the manager offers partial salary payment now with the remainder later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisies
Washington Star
Quote on ballads and law from a Scottish writer 1716
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun argued that if a nation may choose its ballads the lawmakers lose control. Separately the Suez Canal measures 88 miles in length and shortens shipping distance from England to India by about 4 000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Fletcher
Saltoun
Marquis of Montrose
Earl of Rothes
Suez Canal
England
India
Fraternal Lodge Meeting Announcements List
North Star Lodge No 19 I O P meets Mondays at 8 in P C Hall visiting brothers invited G E Poor N G C 8S Romi Rec See Valley Lodge No 1 A A M meets every dth Saturday in P C Hall visiting brothers invited H S Hyatt WM Dr G W Gitta Secretary A O U W Townsend Lodge No 6 meets 1st and 3rd Saturdays at Masonic Hall Broadway Townsend visiting brethren invited G E Poor M W W C Wancey Recorder M Goenert Financer Co B Bs meets 2nd Saturday at Masonic Hall visiting members invited Mrs Marries McCorsex WM Miss Mouure Mayrere Secretary Townsend Montana Woodmen of the World Townsend Camp No 365 meets 1st and 3rd Friday each month T N Avertz Consul Commander L S Bortssow Clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star Lodge
O. P
P.C. Hall
G. E. Poor
Romi
H. 5
Hyatt
W. M
G. W. Gitta
Townsend Lodge
Masonic Hall
Broadway
Townsend
M. W
Order
Marries McCorsex
Mouure Mayrere
Montana
T. N. Avertz
L. S. Bortssow
Sunday Church Services and Schedules
Sunday services at 2:30 PM in Town. Evening preaching at 8 PM weekly. Thursday prayer service. First Sunday in Radersburg and fourth Sunday in Heaver Creek. Sunday morning preaching in Sed and Winston locations. Friday evening Ki G Society meeting. Pastor George B. Ki G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radersburg
Winston
P. Ciety
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loyal Dental
The
Storks of
Ochoa
Amd
Law of
Vabpans
Onaa
Eros
Ginty
Teddy Ginty
Northwest
Reg
RS Kar
Lodge Directory
F.L. T
A& A.M
U. W
Woodmen of the World
Methodist Episcopal Church
Gao
B. Ki
Pastor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!