Game Animals of Mexico and Nearby Regions
Dillon Wallace describes Mexican game diversity noting nearly all North American species south of the 50th parallel. He cites bears in the Sierra Madres, white tailed deer along the Pacific, mule and blacktail cattle ranges in Chihuahua Coahuila Sonora, timber wolves, the jaguar nuisance, and the dangerous javalin or Mexican wild boar forming packs that attack hunters.
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Mexico
High
Sierra Madres
Pacific
Culiacan
Tepic
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Sonora
Gulf
Dillon Wallace
Outing Magazine
A Latchkey Tale in a London Glass
In the London Globe tale, Mrs. Graymore jokes about a latchkey saving Samuels after a night footpad fires. The story notes Samuels carries £2000 life insurance for his wife, implying the key saved a rich widow or altered fate. The banter ends as gas is turned off.
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Samuels
Mrs. Graymore
London Globe
Submarine Man Surfaces From Lunatic Asylum Stream
A U S bureau of fisheries official recalls a fishing trip beside a stream behind a lunatic asylum. He watched a man swim with all but one nostril submerged, who then lif ted his head and declared I am a submarine before slipping underwater again.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Tiny Screws for Miniature Time Pieces
The article praises the skill shown in making miniature watch parts for jewelry. It notes screws as small as one twelve hundred fifty part of an inch in diameter and seven one thousandth of an inch long, requiring about 100000 such parts to fill a standard thimble.
Beefsteak in Wall Street: a guide to pita de foie gras and ten dollar cuts
The New York Herald observes beefsteak in the financial district, noting its ubiquity and price range from 10 cents to 10 dollars. It compares humble messenger meals to opulent club fare, detailing dozens of venues within two blocks of Broad Street and Exchange Place and listing varieties and costs from plain cuts to extravagant planks with wine.
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Wall Street
Vallombrosa
Broad Street
Exchange Place
New York Herald
Lions Strength and Wife’s Reminder at Dawn
A circus lion tamer returns home after a long night with friends. He fears his wife’s reaction and hides in the lions’ cage. Morning reveals her rebuke as she calls him a coward, exposing the tale’s moral about pride and domestic quarrels.
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John
The Ancients and Electricity in Egyptian Lore
An Elektrotechnische Anzeiger writer argues ancient peoples used electricity and lightning protection. He cites Georg Ebers and biblical texts describing roof points, chains, and water tanks, suggesting priests used heliograph like signaling between temples and that temples were protected by lightning rods.
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Elektrotechnische Anzeiger
Georg Ebers
Black Diamonds From Brazil A Rare Carbon Form
Scientific American explains the origin and use of black diamonds or carbons found in a small region of Brazil. These opaque hard carbons, unlike gem diamonds, resist crushing and are crucial for diamond drilling at great depths. Their uniqueness, limited supply, and potential to disrupt the diamond trade are explored.
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Brazil
Great
Kimberley
Nature
Scientific American
How to Trap Wild Animals 40 Page Trap Book
Illustrated forty page guide showing forty six wild animals in natural colors with fur and gun trap catalog, prices for hides and furs, postpaid for 10c stamps. Free to those who ship to or buy from N W Hide and Fur Co Minneapolis Minnesota Fur Dept.
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Fur Dept
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Horrors of the Arctic: Eskimo lore and endurance
Excerpts from a New York Press piece recount Arctic winter trials in 1818 reports. It describes Esks and Jeannette crew experiences with extreme cold, cannibal tales, and mythic sightings of ships as ghostly birds, alongside notes on Inuit names and living conditions in icy environments.
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Ross
Esks
Jeannette
Joshua
Arctic
New York Press
Century plant blooms every twenty five to forty years says florist
A floriculture expert explains the century plant is not a cactus but a distinct plant with large broad leaves and a bloom from a central stock every twenty five to forty years. Variegated and green forms exist with a tall flowering stalk reaching fifteen to twenty feet. The night blooming cereus is the closest plant to a century plant, blooming every twenty five years with a fragrant large flower lasting one night. No century cactus exists. misidentified cacti bloom more regularly.
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Seattle Times
Duke of Argyll Asked to Rule Tenants Disputes
The Duke of Argyll often acted as arbitrator in tenant disputes. He'd begin with a Scots question, asking if the parties would abide by his award. One wary tenant replied he’d like to know what the award entails before agreeing. This anecdote appears in the London Chronicle.
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Danny Scot
Duke of Argyll
London Chronicle
The Other Way With Him and Misc Quotes
A collage of brief quotation fragments from Stray Stories, Pitfalls of Slang, Host in India, Traveler, Chicago Tribune, and Irving. Includes lines on constituents and money, a fanatic observer, and aphorisms about minds and misfortune.
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India
America
Chicago Tribune
Poley’s Honey and Tar Remedy Endorsed by Q W Frost
Public notice urges use of Poley’s Honey and Tar to cure coughs and colds, urging readers to remember Foley’s Honey and Tar and to refuse substitutes. Signed Q. W. Frost.
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Poley
Foley
Q. W. Frost
Music Lessons By Prof Mathews At Washburn Wis
Prof M W Mathews late professor at the National College of Music London offers piano violin theory and related lessons in Washburn Wisconsin. Send postal to arrange a call.
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M. W. Mathews
The
National Collage of Music
London
Washburn Wis
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