Thwarted wedding sparks river rescue tale
In a rural river crossing a failed elopement erupts into a comic danger tale. Old Sam Judkins pursues Minerva Judkins and her lover Jack Burns after a boat capsizes. Burns negotiates saving Sam’s life with promises including Minerva’s marriage and a mortgage rescue.
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Jack Byrne
Old Sam
Burns
Sam
Minerva
Ben Tucker
Sara
Mr. Judkins
Old Tucker
The Pseudologist Jim Wins Hearts Despite Tales
A Chicago reporter recalls James known as Jim a famed convention chronicler with gray hair who tells incredible stories from the Civil War to floods and Californian days. Despite accusations of lying many admire his quick humor and resilient good nature.
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John Ritchie
Chicago
Republic
Ananish
California
Digein
James
Jimmie
Virginia
Jim
Overrun with Lazy Women From a London Report
A London report notes more women than men in Great Britain and more men than women in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Mrs. Archibald R. Colquhoun investigates why surplus women do not seek husbands abroad, criticizing middle-class girls for domesticity habits and lack of household help. She links lack of a male head to poverty and claims the so called superfluous women are often incapables.
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Todkins
Minerva Jodkins
Wearch
Minerva
Ashi
Jack Burns
Minerva Judkins
Jack
Sam Jucking
Erva
Benicker
Sam
Tucker
Judkins
Old Ben
Judkins Farm
Old Sam
Old Sem
Burtia
Great Britain
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
London
Royal Colonial Institute
Archibald R. Colquhoun
England
Five Thousand Languages and Global Varieties
Mr. J Collier notes over 5000 distinct languages with vast dialect diversity. He cites Brazil’s 60 vocabularies and Mexico’s Nabus language fragmenting into 700 dialects, while Australia shows extreme variation linked to cultural factors. Assuming 50 dialects per language yields about 250000 linguistic varieties.
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J. Collier
Brazil
Mexico
Bogneo
Australia
Freshman Renounces Proof as Highly Probable
A tale from Philadelphia Public Ledger recounts a University of Pennsylvania freshman asked by a professor if he proved a Euclid proposition. He answered that prove is strong, adding that he had rendered it highly probable.
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University of Pennsylvania
Euclid
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pressure Principles in Fluid Depths
A discussion of how water buoyancy works and how pressure increases with depth. It explains that buoyancy lifts swimmers, while liquid weight creates uniform pressure at a given depth and rises with depth.
Pressure and water depth explain card in chimney
The passage describes how water depth creates pressure and keeps a wet card pressed against a lamp chimney. By placing a weighted card at the top and submerging the chimney, the upward external pressure holds the card against the glass until the water level inside matches the outside level.
Woman Demonstrates Color Sensing by Touch in Paris Meeting
At a Biological Society gathering in Paris a 22 year old woman proved remarkably skilled at identifying colors by touch with eyes blindfolded. Tests used colored papers and sealed tubes. color perception appeared as a sensory film forming before her eyes during finger exploration.
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Biological Society
Paris
Deepest Ocean Sounding by Nero Near Guam
The Nero, a U S ship, recorded the deepest sounding on a Honolulu Manila cable survey near Guam. It reached 5 269 fathoms or 31 614 feet, only 66 feet short of six miles, a depth surpassing Everest’s height by about 2 612 feet of water.
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United States
Honolulu
Telephone Girls in Germany Hire Civil Service Workers
Four thousand telephone girls in Germany are government employees. Each must be of good character and live in a respectable family. Pay is 534 counts two days with an advance of six months, and four years of service secure 1 cent a day. Applicants for these positions usually wait two years for an opening.
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Germany
Corn Oil From Decatur Mill Promises Oilier Paints
Oil superior to linseed for paints now extracted from corn at a Decatur Illinois mill, using a solvent process. The method absorbs corn oil into a light evaporating solvent, then distills and filters the oil for market. The remaining corn becomes a feed with about one percent oil content.
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Decatur
Instructive Illusion Teaches Ammonia Gas Trick
A household science demo shows how a glass can fill with a solid cloud made from sal ammoniac by reacting ammonia and hydrochloric acid. Drops of ammonia and muriatic acid in a goblet produce solid ammonium chloride when gases meet, proving a solid formed from two gases.
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Detroit Free Press
Saved Child's Life in Bedgwick Arkansas July 11
A father reports his son suffered dropsy and was unable to walk. After trying various doctors, he gave Dodd's Pills which led to rapid improvement. the child could run, dance, and sing. The account reflects Stray Stories and advertisements for Allen's Foot-Ease and Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer.
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Bedgwick
Ark
Toslor
Dodd
Stumbling congressman stirs House with sartorial quips
A mountain district congressman struggles to finish a tariff speech as his stuttering and a running gag about suspenders provoke a tense pause. The scene elicits laughter and commentary from press clippings noting his voice and timing in a moment of parliamentary awkwardness.
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House
Sam
Coffee replacement tale spurs health claim for Postum
A Missouri woman recounts years of stomach agony eased after replacing coffee with Postum. She credits Postum with eliminating spells and improving complexion, noting family benefits and urging a ten day trial. The advertisement cites Battle Creek Michigan origin and mentions a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
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Missouri
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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