Stonehenge Built as Solar Observatory, Astronomers Say
London Spectator argues Stonehenge served as a solar temple and observatory. By tracing alignments with midsummer sunrise and precession, the piece dates its erection to about 1680 BCE, within a 200 year margin, linking it to ancient astronomical practices worldwide.
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Anagram Folly and Early Tuberculosis Signs
A tale of Dame Eleanor Davies and Dame Klooney Davies famed for prophetic anagrams ends in a witty reversal by a rival. The second fragment notes a rise in temperature as an early sign of pulmonary tuberculosis, persisting two weeks with weight loss and fatigue, even without cough.
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Miss Thorne The Witness In A Theatrical Misstep Tale
A London Chronicle note recounts Frank Gillmore telling of his aunt Miss Sarah Thorne, leading woman at Theatre Royal Dublin. She skipped a short courtroom scene in The Masked Prince, then improvised by pointing at a trusted actor and shouting Ask that man, causing a comic but chaotic moment on stage.
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Shopping Sex Across Cultures in Retail Behavior
The London Express contrasts English and American shoppers. It claims the Englishwoman shops impulsively and is easily swayed, while the American woman resents interference, prefers solitude, and may depart abruptly if bothered, though she is less irritating overall.
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The Great Eastern Show Ship Sails Toward Its End
The Great Eastern, built for cable laying, lay on the Mersey near Liverpool before breaking up. It had been a show ship for a period, hired by a Liverpool clothing firm for advertising and public exhibitions. A circus and Coney Island style acts were staged in its large cable tank and on its deck for visitors.
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The Eastern Eye and Eye Shape Observations
The article discusses eye shape among different peoples noting that the lime line at the eyelid corners divides the eye evenly and at right angles to the nose more often in yellow people than whites. It cites death as the great revealer of human faults and closes with a quote from George Hulot.
Sea Fishes Live By Eating Each Other Says Expert
A naturalist describes deep sea fishes as voracious carnivores that feed on one another. Fitted with luminescence, sharp teeth, and powerful jaws, they engulf prey of any size. Bluefishes, porpoises, and herrings form a brutal chain, yet vast schools of menhaden endure, with billions of eggs spawned to balance losses.
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Blast Furnaces Use Dynamite To Remove Salamander
The Baltimore Sun explains blast furnaces reduce ores to iron, with interior temps around 1500 degrees F. Fire-brick walls withstand heat, a steel jacket surrounds the furnace, and a furnace ring lasts two to six years. When shut down, a salamander of pig iron forms at the base requiring dynamite to loosen for repairs.
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Baltimore Sun
Chicken House or Station? A Railroad Joke
A Southern railroad story, told as a joke, recalls a new worker delivering a chicken house to a station he mistakes for a home. A uniformed station agent stops the wagon, exclaiming that the “station” is the destination, not the chicken house, in a humorous misdirection from the Ladies' Home Journal.
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Hila Promotion and Humorous Exchange in Private Letters
A private correspondent writes to his mother confessing defaulter status and extra duties, prompting a compassionate reply that recalls his past as a private. The scene is recounted with humor as the roommates listen. A musical party quip about keeping the fire from interrupting music follows, then a quip about stirring the fret without breaking harmony. The note ends with a line from Stevenson on happiness.
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