Indian Summer Of Weather Change and Mystery
A Detroit Free Press piece surveys Indian summer as a debated fifth season. It cites scientists, settlers, and observers from 1835 onward, noting November prominence, hazy atmosphere, and speculative causes from smoke to dry fog. New England traits and Emerson quotes frame the serenely brief, restful period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
North America
Corot
Lyman Foot
United States Army
Fort Winnebago
Missouri Territory
Willet
Henry
Smithsonian Institution
New England
Emerson Sanst
Detroit Free Press
The Odor of Plants Described in Perfume Chemistry
The article discusses how plant odors arise from volatile oils in leaves and stems. It explains that slight changes in temperature light and growth conditions can transform a perfume into a different scent, with examples like prophysic ether yielding pineapple or decaying fish tones. It notes soil moisture, humidity, and photosynthesis as factors shaping fragrance, and that identical perfumes require similar life conditions and plant biology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Advertiser
How a Man Goes to Sleep and Other Tidbits
A miscellany of short items from the New York World and Chicago Tribune. It covers sleep science notes on how senses fade in and out, a parable about human design told to Sunday School children, a Philadelphia Health Protective association effort to clean streets, Isabel Darlington pursuing a law career, and a quip about seasickness cures from a ship captain. Mentions include New York World, Chicago Tribune, Century club, Isabel Darlington, West Chester, Philadelphia, and ex-Judge Thomas S. Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia
Ladies of the Health Protective Association
New York City
New York
Philadelphia Health Protective Association
Twelfth Street
Chestnut and
Walnut
New Century Club
Isabel Darlington
Darlington
West Chester
Thomas S. Butler
Washington
A Virginia Girl and Dr Holmes Dinner Talk
An old Boston dinner tale recalls a Virginia country girl who reads the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table with her father. She debates Dr Holmes, then a later joke about Eurydice and Peabody. Another tale features an alarm clock mishap on a Tioga train. Echo verses and humor items follow, with notes on place names and river etymologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Boston
Dr. Holmes
Miss Virginia
Holmes
Eurydice
Peabody
Tioga
Philadelphia Record
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scottds Bowes
N.Y
Vitalis Sueenowarern
Weil
Calumet Remedy Company
Chicago
Siegfried & Uv
J.K. Ronne
Wanamaker & Browns
My Atore
Hickory St
Warren, Penn
A. J.k.ronne
Tne
Wyman
Conarro
Carter House
Halden
Diemmy
Paganini
Sunday Times
Paganing
Newport Mercury
Aleutian Islands
Kamchatka
Alutorsky
Schuylkill River
Pennsylvania
Music Racks
Pho B
Chaffoniere
Parler
Divane
Nelson Greenland
Warren, Fa
A. Weiss
T.o.slater & CO
Pasteur
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