Thanksgiving banquet for dogs and cats at Pass home
A Thanksgiving feast at the Pass home for friendless and care dogs and cats drew fifty spectators as canines and felines dined in two tables. Dogs behaved poorly, sampling turkey and napkins while two poodles fought. cats sat demurely and finished slices of white meat without incident.
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Plebias Pup
Canine League
Boris
Bob White
Spitzter
Everly
White
Dodo
Antena
Anc Wars
Podo
Page
Borle
Association
Memory in a Pawnshop Meeting
A Medica student fails to recognize a distinguished older man with white hair, and after a warm greeting they part unaware of each other’s roles. The student asks a waiter who the stranger is, and the waiter reveals the man is a pawnbroker.
History of the Beard and its Civilized Rejection
An overview tracing the beard through civilizations from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to Europe in the Middle Ages and post Thirty Years War. It notes Egyptians shaving with primitive knives, Greeks and Romans removing eyebrows, and a shift toward beards in trades, soldiers, and patricians, with later fashion minimalism and nose sheep.
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South Africa
Europe
France
Germany
French gift to University of Chicago boosts Franco American ties
The University of Chicago received a large collection of edition de luxe volumes, mainly historical and scientific, as partial reward for its active role in the France American movement to foster closer educational relations between France and the United States. The French Minister of Public Instruction presented the university with all works published so far, with several thousand volumes already shipped.
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Chicago University
University of Chicago
France
United States
New Milk Powder Invention Sparks Curious Idea
A German physician has devised a device that turns milk into a powder by browning it, requiring only water to revert. The note humorously suggests people seek ways to add water to milk and calls for a method to add cream instead.
Sea Water Kills Germs Typhoid terms die after exposure
Sea water exposure kills germs and typhoid terms die after a few days. the report notes the exhalation of character W and cites Tarur as a factor.
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W. , Tarur
Popular Science sketches for corn husking and static devices
A miscellany of ideas and inventions from early science outlets. It describes the Wea of Leavitt Loomis corn husking machine with angled rollers and spikes removing husks, plus notes on rain control via large artificial walls, automatic light ships off Islay, a geographic clock with hemispheric maps, Plank on white light, cold storage mysteries in peaches, and Galopin's apparatus measuring fluid velocity via a pendulum deflection.
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West
Wea
Leavitt R. Loomis
Humphreysville
HL Galopin
Atmospheric Electricity Findings by M Homma from Tokyo
M Homma of Tokio reveals a memoir on atmospheric electricity listing key deductions from experiments. He attributes strong wind electrification to frictional charging of dust, fog-related high potentials to water particle electrification, a cold air mass in contact with warm air causing positive electrification, sunrise where near-ground air is cooler, and disrupted electric fields when two air masses of different temperatures mix.
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Tyndall
Kerry
M. Homma
Tokio
Heidleberg Leads Asteroid Search and Odd Lizards Highlight Zoo
Dr Bauschinger of Heidelberg University notes few asteroids brighter than magnitude ten remain to be found though fainter ones steadily grow. In 1901 Heidelberg yielded 25 of 26 discoveries. A London zoological exhibit features a legless Lizards species from Australia and Tasmania called Pyocopus tepidopodus, resembling a snake in appearance and movement.
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Bauschinger
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg
Australia
Tasmania
The Grand Army Tribute and Civil War Reminiscences
A lyrical tribute to the Grand Army of the Republic, praising its heroes and enduring patriotism. The narrative shifts to Civil War events at Gettysburg, detailing lines, battles, casualties, and retreats, with notes on Meade, Lee, and Lee’s retreat to Virginia. It includes anecdotes of veteran gratitude and soldierly exploits, including Mary Owens and an oyster expedition tale.
Can Spiders Fly and Their Balloon Escape Method
The text explains a spider blown onto a plant in a brook builds a balloon of silk to cross water. It spins threads, attaches them to the plant, then, once the balloon is strong enough, drops the rope and sails away. For short distances it uses a straight silk line, riding the wind until it lands on sand.
Military Surgeons and the Spanish War Impact
The Spanish war creates many problems for U S military surgeons and stresses the need for cooperation. The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States aims to connect practitioners, share progress, and aid both national and state medical efforts amid isolation along the advancing line. Captain McCarty’s book on the Petersburg crater fight details heavy Union losses and highlights how Confederate knowledge of the mine thwarted the assault, marking a clear lesson in Civil War combat.
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Association of Military Surgeons of the
the Crater
McCarty
Thirteenth
Ohio Cavalry
Crater
Petersburg
Cone
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Gettysburg
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Wolf's Hill
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Five Forks
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Chattanooga
Norfolk
Massa
Mary Owens
Danville
Pennsylvania
Fourteenth
Massachusetts
Washington
Alexandria
Bailey
Fortress Monroe
Georgetown
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