Legends About Birds and Bird Lore Across Cultures
A survey of myth and superstition about birds from many cultures. Legends tie birds to gods and souls, noting crows, owls, swans, eagles, and many small birds as omens, guides, and symbols of life, death, and weather across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.
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Agni
Zeus
Jupiter
Ganymede
Leda
Arthur
Jove
Juo
Athens
Apollo
Mars
Venus
Picus
Circes
St Anthony’s Falls
Europe
Scotland
Virgil
Bassett
Globe-Democrat
Tape Worm in Sheep in Colorado Report
Dr. Cooper Curtice reports to the Biological Society that over a third of Colorado sheep examined last summer harbored a tape worm native to the western United States. The parasite, first described in 1856 from Brazilian deer, is notable for its anatomy and life history and for representing the first native sheep parasite on the continent with economic impact on death, wool, and mutton losses, plus questions of cure and prevention.
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Colorado
Cooper Curtice
Biological Society
RK. M. Diesing
Natesen
United States
Europe
My Lady of Dreams and Royal Society Ant Exhibit
A verse fragment from Archibald Macmechan appears amid notes on a Royal Society meeting. The feature showcases Henry Burns nests of live ants with a queen, aphides, and workers. observers remark on advanced insect society and workers walling in intruding queens as if attending a scientific conference.
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British Royal Society
Henry Burns
Royal Society
Science
Notes on the Abyssinians and their dress customs
The expedition records Abyssinians going bareheaded even the Negus and chiefs. Men wear the shama red striped garment. Women wear long red crosses on back and front. Oils bal sam musk are popular. Both sexes wear arm and leg rings. Women wear earrings and mark the temple with a cross. Some bear Jerusalem pilgrimage crosses on the hands and a Virgin sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
St. James
Sleepy Horses Stand guard in stalls
A Globe Democrat report notes many horses sleep standing, resting one leg at a time to bear weight with three others. The habit, called somnambulism, endangers both horse and rider, with cases of broken legs and permanent injuries in stabled horses. No cure exists.
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Lig
Globe
The Commercial Travelers and Their Vast Reach
The Commercial Travelers, numbering over 250000, travel to every town and hamlet. They transport about 200000000 tons of goods out of 400009000 tons moved by railroads yearly and spend over 1750000 dollars daily, or roughly 382000000 per traveling year of nine months, benefiting carriers, hotels, shops, and producers.
Minnows Die in Distilled Water Findings
Dr. N A Randolph observes minnows thriving in brook water die within hours when moved to properly aerated distilled water. He argues that salads and uncooked vegetables retain minerals, offering dietetic benefits. The note appears in the New York Graphic.
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N A. Randolph
New York Graphic
Growth of Kansas City Through the Ages
An eastern visitor described Kansas City’s growth to a reporter. In 1848 the town was a steamboat landing with a few huts, while nearby, Indians prowled along the river and raided the settlement periodically.
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Hansas City
Kansas City
New York Evening World
Death Rate of Doctors in 1877 Higher Than Average
In 1877 medical men under a Cornvin life insurance policy showed an 11.59 percent death rate above the total average due to respiratory diseases consumption and infectious illnesses. Only one case of post mortem poisoning occurred among 1 052 deaths reported by The Arkansas Traveler.
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Cor Nvin Life Insurance Company
Arkansaw
A Celestial Feast in New York Chinese Quarter
A novelist and two literary women join a party of five for an evening meal in the Bend on Mott Street. In a dim upstairs room they explore an astonishing display of crockery and a kitchen perfumed by frying oils as they sample Nut echi ki, Foy y ung darn melet, Chow chop suy, and finally Chow gow men with tea, chop sticks, and a single fork. The companions savor the legendary dishes with reverent silence and astonishment.
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New York
Mott Street
Park Row
Lucullus
New York World
Hadn't Got to the Meat Reader Letter Postscript
Dialogue excerpt from the Boston Courier features a husband and wife discussing a letter from the wife’s mother. The wife notes she has not yet reached the postscript, implying the contents are not yet known.
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Boston Courier
Married a Tartar in Pittburg Bulletin Quip
A witty exchange notes a marriage described as a tartar wedding through the Pittsburgh Bulletin style quip. The dialogue references De Wiggs and De Biges with playful banter about the term tartar and a cream of tartars image.
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Pittsburg Bulletin
Victoria's Reic: Reign and Tales Amid Quiet Times
A garbled notice discusses Victoria, referencing a reign and tales in a fragmentary report. Key names and events are unclear, but the item signals a historical or cultural reflection tied to Victoria’s era and associated anecdotes.
The Gamut of Dissipation and a Childs View on Service
A Pittsburg Bulletin quote recalls a Oxford graduate who speaks of dissipation and warns parents why sending boys to Oxford risks body and soul. He contrasts life at college with tempered, healthy work and cautions that many fathers would bury their sons rather than see them undone. Also a humorous Omaha World dispatch shows a child’s take on policeholders as servants versus office holders as charges.
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Oxford
Collern
Joe
Pittsburg
Puzzling Wordplay and Conundrums From No 111–106
A collection of word games and riddles featuring silent letters and letter questions. It includes conundrums about the alphabet, transposition puzzles, double acrostics, and charades with answers hinted or implied.
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Anna
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Prince
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Victoria
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Charles Fox
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Duns
Hadden
Butler
Temple
Hunt
Spencer
Grey
Lamb
Boyle
Bacon
Swift
Shetley
Pope
Hanne
Heartsease
Foxchase
Erreek
Dart
Cleveland
Aurora County
Mollie
Ida
Ray
A. K. Dart
Hamburgh
N. Y
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Vt
Meadville Conservatory OF Music
Allegheny College
Uin
Diplomus
Ust
Foxeu
Greenlond
Berk
Tratio Lacharge Hoel Warren
Bay
Wife Pickett
Jamieser & Co
Heaey and
Shell Hardware
Sherman S. Jewett
Steve Ranges
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co’s
Warren, Pa
Rin DU Re
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel and
Laures
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