Genesis Fifty One Fraudulent Chapter Puzzles Scholars
A centuries old spoof titled Genesis Fifty-One imitates Old Testament language. It parades a mock dialogue between Abraham and a mysterious man, asserting a god made in the man’s house. The piece, traced to a Persian poet and attributed to a St. Louis Republic note, is presented as a pseudo biblical curiosity.
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Abraham
Asad
God
Heaven
Earth
St. Louis Republic
Hoard's Seashore Tale Shows Lively Wisconsin Wit
Ex Governor Hoard, famed story teller, recalls a clambake anecdote from New Jersey. A waiter jokes that Wisconsin is far inland and jokes about clams with a saltwater punchline. The tale ends with the remark that he may be smart in Wisconsin but a fool on the seashore.
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Governor Hoard
Hoard
Galena
New Jersey
Flinner
Wisconsin
Chicago Tribune
Whales With Teeth and a Tusk Like a Narwhal
The Greenland whale has no teeth while the sperm whale bears many teeth in the lower jaw and uses them when needed. The narwhal usually has one long left upper canine that grows forward like a tusk, sometimes up to ten feet in length.
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Greenland
Starting A Boys Club Kindness From A Woman
In fall 1878 Tompkins Square youths troubled by stones and jeers at Wilson mission on 12 St Mark's Place found a gentler path. A woman offered coffee and cakes on the doorstep, welcomes inside, and kindness replaced hostility. The boys returned later for games, drawn by the warm, civil atmosphere. Scribner's note by Hvert Jansen Wendell.
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Tompkins Square
Wilson Mission
St. Mark's Place
Hvert Jansen Wendell
Scribner's
Lost in Her Own Pockets
A Baltimore woman misplaced a pocketbook containing a large sum and, after indirect searching and newspaper ads, rediscovered it in a traveling dress pocket during a wardrobe overhauling. The episode, noted in the New York Times, highlights a rare domestic discovery.
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Baltimore
Globe
New York Times
Barber’s Hair Growth Scheme From Skin Grafts
The New York Sun reports a barber’s claim that skin grafting could restore hair to bald men with no pain using anesthetics. The process allegedly requires two to three weeks indoors while the new scalp grows, and questions arise about whether grafts come from dead or living donors, priced by availability.
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New York Sun
Pursuit of Knowledge and The French Accent
An old Georgia man learned to spell by copying from a spelling book during slavery and later reads well. A phonautograph study in France shows the ear detects tone and subtle pronunciation differences even in short syllables.
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Talbot County
Boston Transcript
France
New York Times
Hunter and Alligator Tale and Origins of Savings Banks
A Florida hunter named Big Ben shoots an alligator on Lake Monroe near Enterprise then tows it ashore. The piece shifts to a historical overview of savings banks, noting their nineteenth century origins in England and Scotland and crediting Dr. Henry Duncan as the father of savings banks.
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Mouraigne
Florida
Enterprise
Lake Monroe
Ile
Big Ben
Furterpiie
le Ben
Tosgether
Sig Ben
Ben
England
Samuel Whitbred
Henry Duncan
Rathwell
Scotland
Duncan
Edinburgh Savings Bank
New York
Experiment Tank at Dennys Yard on the Clyde
The Dennys shipyard on the Clyde uses a 300 by 10 foot tank to test ship speed and resistance. Wax models are cut exactly to scale and tested automatically to gauge hull performance before final designs, informing fast, sea worthy vessel construction.
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Dennys
Clyde
New York Telegram
Big Game Totals From Maharajah Shikar Party
The Maharajah's shikar party killed eleven tigers and two bears among others, with the five largest tigers weighing 493, 443, 467, 450, and 455 pounds and lengths up to 10 feet 2 inches. Swamp deer reached 576 to 480 pounds, sambhur 565 pounds each, totaling numerous big game captures.
Imperfect inventory of Clara’s wedding plans in New York Weekly
A mother and daughter discuss Clara’s upcoming marriage. The daughter reveals details of Clara’s Paris trousseau, ring, house, furniture, horses, and carriages, noting the bride-to-be has shown everything except the groom. The observation suggests Clara forgot to mention him.
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Clara
Paris
New York Weekly
Honor in being sent as a missionary debated
Mrs. Vealy asks if being sent as a missionary is an honor. The response notes her husband’s congregation is unanimously desirous that he go, reflecting a religious community’s strong support. The New York Epoch presents the exchange as a social reflection on vocation and approval.
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Portland Argus
No Use for Eyes She at the Theater
A brief stage scene describes a blind man enjoying the performance from a row behind a high hat. The exchange emphasizes shared amusement as the audience reacts to the play and the Good News conveyed on stage.
Misapprehensions on Electric Shock and Volts
Dr F Chandler argues that high voltage alone does not kill a person. He cites experiments where 10000 volts causes no harm without sufficient amperage. He notes shocks occur when current passes through the body and blood chemistry is affected, warning against sensational reports of fatal electrocution.
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F. Chandler
Columbia School of Mit
Clockwork feeding and heroic walks in curious 19th century notes
A collage of antiquated curiosities describes a boy feeding chickens by a wind-up alarm clock, measurements of the human figure from antiquity, John Wilson known as Christopher, long walks inspiring Edinburgh Review prose, and archaic steel type tools stored in silver cases.
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Cleveland
Ickens
John Wilson
Christop Surth
Edinburgh Review
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