Wonderful Broeck Town of Extreme Cleanliness and Color
Public Opinion describes Broeck in northern Holland as a meticulously clean, brightly colored town with sky blue fences rose painted doors and brick streets. rules require shoes at doors no carriages and residents to pick up leaves and dust shoes far from the village while workers blow dust from bricks. homes feature tiny rooms and miniature gardens with colored bridges and canals.
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Holland
Kingpm
Broeck
Fatal Discoveries Hidden with their Inventor Victims
A London Tit-Bits report recounts scientists whose secrets vanished with their deaths. Fulminite promised triple rifle range, but laboratory explosions killed Sawbridge. Italian priest Taranti died from pigment toxins while guarding stained glass methods. a Scottish billiard-ball maker perished before revealing his composition. Dr. Herbert Franklin died in a lab fire after color photography secret remained unsolved. Adams of Tallium fame died in an asylum, preserving no usable record of his process.
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Europe
Exeter
Sawbridge
Luigi Taranti
Taranti
Ostia
Rome
Italy
Hhis
Herbert Franklin
Chicago
Adams
America
London
Yosemite Shower Bath Ends Traveler's Dreadful Fall
A narrator recalls a perilous attempt to descend a sheer Yosemite fall in a bathing suit as a gusty spray and roaring water flung a climber off the talus. The rescued man, bleeding and dazed, cried to return home to New England, while companions guided him away from the dangerous site.
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Yosemite
New England
Yosemite Valley
Natural History Facts From A Curious Era
Ostriches live about sixty years and the mandarin duck is praised as a beautiful aquatic bird. The codl swallows moving objects, an eel has two hearts beating at 60 and 160 times per minute, and a ladybird travels vast distances in an hour. Ravens are cosmopolitan birds found worldwide. Only one reptile, the flying dragon, can glide without real wings. The house fly notes F by vibrating at 335 times per second while the honey bee sounds A with 440 wing vibrations per second.
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East Indies
First Analysis of Aerolites and Meteoric Stones
In 1796 a fifty six pound stone shown in London was claimed to have fallen in Yorkshire last December. Sir Joseph Banks noted the York stone resembled a Siena stone also said to have fallen from the sky. A few years later reports of stones near Benares led to chemical tests showing identical composition and reducing incredulity about meteor origin.
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London
Yorkshire
Joseph Banks
Royal Society
Siena
Italy
Benares
Hindustan
Believes In the Theory on Words That Affect Us
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote discusses the notion that words could influence us like colors. The speaker admits uncertainty about colors but notes a strong reaction when hearing line is busy, illustrating tongue in cheek skepticism about linguistic impact.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stale Bread Lesson Leads to Witty Remark
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a Swedish maid learning English with a lesson on bread. The mistress tells her stale means lost freshness, not old, and the maid recalls it. Later she overhears a confidant joke about her husband's age and “stale” husband.
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Detroit Free Press
Fight brewing as bystanders deny any violence
A Chicago Post note recalls a tense doorway scene where Irishmen clash claims no fight is happening though a fight is imminent. Moody confronts Miss Cooley in a fatal ultimatum framed by a blunt reply about self preservation.
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Moody
Miss Cooley
Philadelphia Press
Inconsistent Talk Circles From City Papers
A Detroit Free Press quip notes the buyer praising a horse with sarcasm while a Chicago News item mockingly contrasts a man’s claim about a woman’s fidelity with his anger when proven wrong. The exchange reflects satirical views on horses and relationships.
Secure Mules Offered by CHAS A HOFF Secretary
To buy some good medium sized mules, CHAS A HOFF, Secretary, provides contact at Tel 161 and address 28 South Stone Avenue for purchases.
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Chas. A. Hoff
S. Stone Avenue
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Natural History
Professional Directory
Trust & Rust Architects
E. Congress St
Upstaire
Tucson
Arizona
John Gardiner
United States
Third Street
Sixth Ave
W. J. Kirkpatrick
West Pennington St
Tucson, Arizona
J. Osborn
Hall of Pioneer Historical Society
Congress Street
Edward H.stiles
Jor
G. Loppenthein
Stone Avenue
F. A. Odermatt
Congress St
B. Rubens
West Pennington Street
Opticians
H. A. Schell
Edmund F. Burton
Cook County Hospital
North Stone Avenue
A.J. Gould
North Stone Ave
N. H. Matas
Tod
Pennington Street
Court House
Mark Ji. Rodgers
H. E. Crepin
M. D
Telehone
Ours
Lla
Firizona Lodge No. 1
A. O.U. Wi
Andres Rebeil
M. W
Thomas Conlon
Firizona Commandary No. 1
Knights Templar
E. C. G. J. Roskrage
Tugson
Royal Argh Masons
Magonichal
Geo. Shand
H. P. G. J. Roskruge
Tugson Lodge No
B. P. O. Elks
Kirt L. Hart
E.R. W
Clack
Tugson Lodge
A. M
Masonic Hall
Geo E. Kohler
G. J. Roskruge
Tugson Abrie NO
O.F. Hall
Vieting Brethren
N. KF
HAWKE
E.L. Shaw, W. P
Matilija
Ventura County, California
Santa Inez
Ventura County
Matildja
Cal
Nordhoff
United Typewriter and Supplies Co
W. Second St
Los Angeles
Pease Novelty Co
Court Street
Brownsberger
Graham
7Th Street
FF. Brownsberger
Sturbide
Josephine
Coronado Beach
Jopean
Karl Lamb
SFS
Alming
Parker
Ideobook
Yuma
Yuma Bakery
W. i. Shorey
Central Park Floral Company
S. Spring Street
Chicago Post
Briggs
Griggs
Detroit Free Preas
Beto
Chicago News
G. Hl
Doe
E.G. Woodard
DOE & Woodard
Brady-Schneider Commission CO
Columbus
Alex Rossi
Proprior
Yuma County
Union Market
the Spencer
R. F. White
Prop
Sunny
West Third Street
Hill and
Broadway
California
John I
P.O
Ing
Tucson, Ariz
DeWitt
J. C. Philips
Paris
Illinois
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