Great Mystery of Elephants Revealed Through Hunters Tales
Porter's study surveys elephant behavior through hunting anecdotes from Anderson and D Ewes. It recounts near-fatal encounters with a towering elephant that charged a skarm hunter, the deadly calm of a tame yet murderous elephant, and the hunter’s pursuit leading to a dramatic death.
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S. Hampden Porter
Anderson
Kabis
Africa
Javinah
Balaghat
Baker
Manna From Tamarisk Branches in Arabia and Persia
Good Housekeeping notes manna resembling biblical manna forms in eastern regions, produced as tears from tamarisk branches in June and July. Persians call it tamarisk honey and gather it by shaking congealed droplets from limbs. Herodotus mentions it. its nutritive, sweet taste is recognized, while some propose a fungal origin.
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Arabia
Persia
Herodotus
Weaknesses of famous men and genius degeneration
Dr James Weir notes mechanical geniuses who deal with material facts show few signs of mental decay. The piece cites Darwin Galileo Edison Watt Rumsey Howe and others. It argues esthetic and emotional geniuses often show degeneration with cases like Swinburne and Napoleon. It lists epilepsy choleric spasms and self destructive acts among eminent figures. Alcoholism morphinism and moral lapses are noted among Coleridge Sheridan and Burns and others.
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James Weir
London
Darwin
Galileo
Edison
Maxim
Watt
Rumsey
Howe
Swinburne
Julius Cesar
Lenau
Montesquieu
Buffon
Dr. Johnson
Thomas Campbell
Napoleon
Socrates
Chatterton
Blount
Haydon
Clive
David
Coleridge
Sheridan
Steele
Addison
Hofman
Charles Lamb
Burns
Sallust
Seneca
Bacon
Rousseau
Byron
Vascola
Caresa
Casanova
Mountain in Algeria Sinking Over Centuries
An isolated Algerian peak named Dshebe Naibo is steadily sinking from 1400 feet to about 800 feet. Regions around it show unstable crust. Nearby Fezzara lake allegedly rose and covered a vast city that vanished in 400 A.D.
Halt on Pickles Shocks Boston High School Luncheons
Boston schoolchildren may lose favorite lunch of pies cakes and pickles as the city considers new hygienic approved luncheons. The school board ordered meals be approved by the hygiene committee and eyed plans with the New England Kitchen to supply soups sandwiches milk at moderate prices.
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Boston
Boston Transcript
New England
Pleasant Street
Famous Medieval Labyrinths In Cathedrals Across Europe
The article describes historic labyrinths built into church floors during the middle ages. It notes the Roads of Jerusalem motif in Sens, St Owen, St Quentin, and Bayeux, detailing their forms, sizes, and a note on St Quentin’s removal in 1792 due to children racing to finish first.
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Jerusalem
Calvary
St. Owen
St. Quentin
Bayeux
Lawyer’s Sharp Ears Tell Clients From Footsteps
A prosperous lawyer recalls how, after a slow start to his practice, his keen sense came from habit not hearing. He explains that by predicting visitors based on footsteps on the stairs, he often guessed correctly that they were not heading to his office, ninety nine times out of one hundred.
Sublimity of Self in Theater Hat Remonstrance
A theater scene features a speaker protesting taking off her hat. She argues that audiences paid a dollar to see the play, while her hat is worth much more, faulting the crowd for their supposed lack of taste. The exchange ends with sharp scorn at the audience.
Hood's 1895 Heart Shaped Calendar Sets Lowell on Fire
Hood’s calendar for 1895 is a large heart shaped print with Winter and Summer child faces designed by Maud Humphrey. The edition, produced by Hood & Co in Lowell, employs many machines and 162 workers to print up to 140,000 calendars daily, totaling 10.5 million copies. Buyers can mail six or ten cents for copies.
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Hood
Lowell
Engi
New York
Liverpool
C. L Hood & Co
Mass
Lawyer and Doctor Dispute Over Mileage Charge
A lawyer and doctor settle affairs of a deceased man. The physician adds mileage fees for visits to a top floor Chicago hotel room. The exchange notes the deceased’s lodging during treatment amid a broader, terse Sepulchral mood.
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Chicago
Cocoa Solubility Methods Condemned by German Chemist
Professor Stntver argues that Dutch potash and German ammonia techniques only cloud cocoa and fail to truly dissolve substances, harming purity and flavor. He criticizes artificial solubility as deceptive and insists Watnber Baker & Co. Breakfast Cocoa from Dorchester is pure and soluble without chemicals or artificial flavors.
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Stntver
Germany
Watnher Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
A Menace to His Health Cartoon Exchange
In a Chicago Record sketch the Housewife offers a plate of broiled potatoes to a hungry attendee who declines, citing a pure food exhibition deeming potatoes lacking in sustaining elements. The dialogue satirizes dietary fads and public health rhetoric.
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Chicago
Hard to Resist Missionary Conversation Cartoon
A cartoon caption shows a missionary lamenting that converting the chief’s favorite wife would ease matters, while she dismisses Christian civilization. The wife proposes showing fashion plates to tempt her, reflecting snappy social satire.
Old Fashioned Novel Sought by Mrs Reader
Mrs Reader asks Daughter to pick an old fashioned novel from a bookstore. The hero and heroine are separated by cruel parents, avoiding stories of a young woman with a mission.
Window Taste Says Glass Size Draws Ladies
A Detroit Sun style note says Old Crusty claims the most attractive shop window for women has the largest looking glass on display.
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Crusty
Detroit
Needless Anxiety Discussed Over Cake Etiquette
Johnny complains his Mammas worries about him eating cake. The Hostess questions the fuss and Johnny defends his restraint, noting his mother’s overprotective stance on dessert.
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Johnny
Studio Tea and Military Chaos
Miss Hysee asks what part of her song pleased Mr Gilgal. He replies the refrain. A general orders urgency as Ride reports enemy bicycle brigade attacking the flank and to load guns with tacks.
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Miss Hysee
Mr. Gilgal
Parson's Joke and Notes on Piano Installment Gag
A short humorous exchange features Miss Thumper bragging about buying a piano on installments while fearing her father will cut payments if he hears her play. The Parson’s Joke riffs on mortality with Little Dot and a quip from Little Dick about trolley cars and folding beds.
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Thumper
Dot
Little Dick
Comic Vignette Snippets From a Silly Pageant
A series of humorous exchanges feature children and mock adults. Jokes touch on babies, eagles, neckties, and a toilet department while a boy explains a misdirected stone throw and a quarrel with a bossy partner. The tone is light and playful with playful misunderstandings.
Staged Classroom Debate Over Slate Dropping Rule
Two girls argue about a teacher’s rule on dropping slates. The first mocks a black mark for accidental slips while the second defends the rule to prevent boys from dropping slates on purpose.
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Sanderson
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Studio Tea
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Ethel
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