Laramie Audience Demands Post Mortem After Fatal Theatre Night
Bill Nye reports a tragic theatre incident in Laramie where a principal performer dies on stage. The crowd, unwilling to leave, demands a post mortem before exiting as management laments costs and vows to close the show. The piece mocks audience appetite for sensational death and cites theater expenses and repairs.
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Laramie City
Laramie
Avenger
Laramie Opera House
Comany
Bill Nye
The Age of Monuments in the Golden Era
The era described as prolific for monuments and sculptors features rapid urban updates with marble and bronze statues planned in public spaces. Patrons seek worthy figures to immortalize, while critics note the shift from old streets to commemorative pedestals.
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Cato the Elder
London
Jimes
Size of Sun Spots Measured in Miles Across
A discussion notes sun spot diameters ranging from fifty thousand to fifty thousand miles with examples from 1843 to 1858. It compares spots visible to the naked eye, telescope measurements, and a record largest spot of 153,500 miles, illustrating the scale of solar features.
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Pasteroff
Newall
Popular Science Monthly
Copper Roofing Gains Popularity as Copper Prices Fall
The Scientific American notes declining copper prices will boost use in building. Copper roofs cost about twice tin initially, but require no painting or major renewal, making them cheaper long term. Boston features many forty year old copper roofs still intact, with copper replacing galvanized iron in cornices gutters and rain pipes.
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Scientific -American
Boston
Sure Cholera Preventive Sold Door to Door
A Kentucky State Journal item notes a vendor peddling a “Sure Cholera Preventive” endorsed by the Royal Medical Society of London. He urges two bottles for a husband and wife to guard against attacks, boasting the product’s fame while the woman buys only for herself.
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Kentucky State Journal
Island Manitou myth of Eve and Adam ends on Mackinac
The piece retells a native creation tale from Mackinac Island, describing Gitchie Manitou as creator and lord of Paradise Island. It covers Eve and Adam in the sacred cave, the arc rock, the angel’s seduction and banishment, their love, and the island’s restoration of humanity, ending with the island as a worldwide Paradise.
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Paradise
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Inter- Ocean
The Grape Crop Gains Ground in American Agriculture
The grape crop in the United States grows in importance beyond a mere fruit. A European connoisseur traveling through American grape districts says American wines should not be rated inferior to foreign counterparts and may gain worldwide recognition. In edible grapes, progress is strong in New England, the Middle States, and the West, though not yet equal to Southern European imports. American wine production has improved under European capitalists, and with grape disease in Southern Europe, foreign manufacturers are using more American wine.
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New England
Middle States
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Europe
America
Germantown
Woman repairs jewelry and clocks from home in San Francisco
A San Francisco woman operates a home based repair business mending jewelry and fixing clocks. She uses drills and a lathe attached to a sewing machine and carries a full jeweler’s kit, spirit lamp, and blow pipe. Her service appeals to households with minor breakage and desires affordable in home repairs.
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