His Soul and His Body 3 )KETT ROMAN
ENNETH'S body works tirelessly in a Pacific coast refinery from dawn to dawn while his soul lingers in a coastal city memory vivid with Mignon Blanche and family scenes. Kenneth toils relentlessly, yet his heart persists in a dream of a distant love and a life beyond machinery.
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Enneth
Jamen Kenneth
Kenneth
Pacific Coast
Oregon
James Kenneth
Great Western Plains
Blanche
Ken
Mamma
Miamma
Mignon
Celeste’s
Cherie
Cuba
Washington State
Charlie Duncan
Clauche
Misa Mignon
Felicie
Pacific Coast Refinery
Ostrich drawn carriage turns Saratoga heads on Broadway
At Saratoga a trained nine foot ostrich named Oliver W. drew a light blue wagon with Mrs. Charles A. Bartholomew at the reins. Trainer Campbell notes the bird’s brain is small yet responsive with a sympathetic touch guiding movements. The spectacle, though slow on country roads, drew wide interest among pretty social figures and spectators.
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Newport
Saratoga
Bellevue Avenue
William C. Whitney
Lake Road
C. A. Bartholomew
New York
Admiral Dewey
Jacksonville
Fla
Horneck
Oliver W
Campbell
Charles A. Bartholomew
Food for Nervous Persons and Dietary Nerves
Science News recommends light salt meat avoidance for nervous people and favors fish, well cooked eggs, bread, butter, and lean meat. For insomnia and sleep disturbances, a milk only diet may help for a time. Adults should drink a pint per meal and have four meals daily with more water for weaker nerves to aid digestion and provide a tonic effect.
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Science News
Queen Marie Amelia of Portugal a famed noble physician queen
A portrait of Marie Amelia, queen of Portugal, born in England to the French duke of Orleans. The piece lauds her as a highly intelligent, charitable, modern queen who funds and leads hospitals, serum labs, and sanitary programs while living modestly and influencing public taste. It notes her ties to Florence Nightingale and her popularity across Portugal, England, and Paris. It also includes domestic care tips on airing garments and stocking care.
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Europe
Marie Amelia
Portugal
Duke of Orleans
England
Twickenham
France
Victoria
Don Carlos
Carmen Sylvia
Queen Marie Amelia
Florence Nightingale
Paris
Christendom
Circumstantial Evidence Poem by Ruth Sprague
A boy narrates an incident of a nest robbery by Bobby Brout, the egg theft, and a scuffle over the eggs. The parson intervenes, praising the narrator, and the family mood turns somber as the boy contemplates explaining to others and upsetting his mother and neighbors. The verse ends with the boy’s worry and a plea about the birds.
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Bobby Brout
Parson Allen
Bobby Square
Parlor Magic Arrows and Delicate Metal Wires
A Chicago Record Herald item explains a paper arrow illusion balanced on a needle under a glass, then spun by rubbing the glass with a woolen cloth to move the cross tip toward the rubbed area due to static electricity. The piece also notes platinum and silver can be drawn into hair-thin wires, with 27 wires twisted fitting into a single hair’s hollow.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Library in a pigsty sparks Hartshay reading room
In Hartshay England residents formed a self funded library in a pigsty after meeting on a canal bridge. The “Hartshay Reading Room” grew from a small, candlelit space into a round whitewashed, book laden library eight years on with shelves and benches, fueled by donated volumes.
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Hartshay
Canal Bridge
Hartshay Reading Room
Gibbon
Bumble Bee Defeats Tiger At Philadelphia Zoo
A tiny bee tamed a fearless tiger at the Philadelphia Zoo as the animal chased its own tail in pain. The keeper found the tiger exhausted after the onslaught, then showed relief when the bee remained on the floor. The tiger, realizing the bee’s small size, thrashed its tail against the cage bars in fury.
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Philadelphia Zoo
Pyrotechnic experiment described with cardboard figures and quills
A fragment explains a crude pyrotechnic demonstration using two cardboard figures and goose quills filled with powder. One quill end near a candle would explode the powder, extinguish the flame, then the rising heat and phosphor could light the candle again, describing a dangerous improvised device.
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The
Boston Globe
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