Insects That Make Money For the Farmer
Insects that aid farming are valued for pest control and production. Ladybugs battle San Jose scale threatening California orange crops, while honey bees and silkworms generate significant commerce. The article traces fig wasps pollinating Smyrna figs, silk production, and vanilla fertilization, noting many insects underpin global agriculture and economy.
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National Conservation Commission
United States
San Jose
California
Missouri
Spain
Italy
West Indies
Medical students hunt snakes for venom destined for Paris
Two Philadelphia medical students used a vacation to hunt rattlesnakes and copperheads in the mountains near Emmittsburg. They captured numerous large reptiles and gathered venom valued at about 1600 dollars, intending to ship it to Paris.
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Philadelphia
Emmittsburg
Paris
Brussels Surgeon Bills King Leopold Case Brief
Dr. Lepage, a renowned Brussels surgeon, sent a bill for $20,000 as his fee for the operation on King Leopold conducted shortly before the monarch's death. Reports say the procedure lasted ten minutes.
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Lepage
Brussels
Leopold
Byzantine Art Is Egyptian
The Athenaeum argues Byzantine art owes a heavy debt to ancient Egypt shaping its architecture illuminated manuscripts and sculpture. It suggests Book of the Dead style vignettes influenced illuminated missals, with Egyptian mural traditions and late New Empire art guiding Byzantine decadence and Continental textile transfer to Constantinople and medieval Europe.
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Alexandria
M. Diebt
Acta
Archaeologist Compress
Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Constantinople
Europe
Ancient
Athenaeum
Arrow braid exports by Chinese ports in 1907 report
Vice-Consul Charles L. Williams reports total arrow braid exports from China in 1907 reached 13,766,132 pounds with Teingtau shipping over 8,000,000 pounds Chefoo at 198,000 pounds and once a major export hub for this product.
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Charles L. Willams
Chefoo
Ching
Teingtau
Cheefoo
Remarkable Notes on Horses Mosquitoes and Dinosaurs
An observer notes the horse has a smaller stomach relative to body size than any other quadruped. Harvard expert Dr Wheeler discusses malaria mosquitoes and oil alternatives, while fossils and dinosaur skeletons are being carefully recovered at Utah sites for long term preservation.
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Bussey Institute
W. H. Wheeler
Harvard University
Dragon Files
Earl Douglass
Carnegie Institute
Utah
Mr. Douglass
Saur
Effects of Sunlight on Health and Bacteria
The article cites the Journal of Homeopathy noting sunlight increases blood oxygen, aids carbonic oxide excretion, and stimulates development in many animals. It discusses light baths for sluggish metabolism, reports cures in tuberculosis via sun rays, and warns of headaches insomnia and other issues from sun exposure.
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Journal of Homeopathy
Towa
Plenty of Room for Apostles on Globe Theatre Stage
A Washington Herald note recalls Rep Sperry of Connecticut and Boston Globe Theatre plans for a Passion Play. The financier inspects the Boston stage and jokes he can fit a group of Roman soldiers Pontius Pilate and twelve apostles, the manager countering that two dozen apostles could fit.
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Boston
Sperry
Connecticut
Globe Theatre
Pontius Pilate
Globe
Washington Herald
Diamonds and their properties described in old text
The fragment outlines diamond facts noting hardness the term carbonic acid at high heat, color varieties from white to orange, and origin hints suggesting Kimberley South Africa with a nod to American sources. It mentions appearance in light and the ability to identify by expert inspection.
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Carboy
Malner
Kimberley
South Africa
A Very Easy Case and an Insurance Fraud Tale
An Easy Cane and William P Sheridan discuss frauds in New York. A quoted exchange on a train overheard by a friend reveals details of a fire on Sunday, with one man warning the other to stay quiet as the second hints at prior knowledge.
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William P. Sheridan
New Yon
Shey
Dan
Phyadelphia Record
Pineapple Marmalade Recipe Prompt from Emma Paddock Telford
A historical recipe instructs peeling coring pineapple, weighing sugar at one half pound per pound of fruit, mixing, aging overnight, morning cooking about thirty minutes, sieving, recooking until amber paste forms. The method ends with packing into small jars in a New York Telegram note.
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Emma Paddock Telford
New Yurk Telegram
Boiled Custard Recipe from Boston Post Note
Nelle E. Zackular notes a boiled custard method from the Boston Post. Beat yolks with sugar and salt, slowly add scalded milk, cook until thick and spoon-coated, chill and flavor with vanilla, avoid curdling. if curdled beat to smoothness.
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Nelle E. Zackular
The
Boston Post
Singing Stumbles Over Hymn Pitch at Local Meeting
In a quirky moment Deacon Dorsot led an old hymn but faltered as his voice pitched high and then low. The pastor tried again with a lower start, triggering laughter, and a church member quipped about starting with five thousand to guarantee a steady tone.
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Chorch
Dorsoth
Brother Dorsey
The Ignorant Unbeliever anecdote from Nell Burgess
The late Nell Burgess recalled a barber shop anecdote about belief in an afterlife. A swaggering man declares no hereafter, insisting you lie and die. The barber retorts with a joke about being a Unitarian, highlighting a clash over belief and orthodoxy.
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Nell Burgess
George
Minoe Bpolls Journal
A Grand Future in a Boy’s Defiant Years
A Chicago Evening Post item notes a father’s remark that his son rarely goes to Congress when grown, after failing to persuade him about obedience. The mother asks what makes him think that, and the father explains the boy does exactly what they oppose and then claims it was their plan, unknown to them.
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Chcago Evening Post
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Japan
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