Strange Albino Families amid Mequi Indians of New Mexico
Coastseaman Williamson from Boston recounts a white family among the Mequi Indians believed to be pure Indians with no typical albino traits. He speculates about Mandan origin and notes the long isolation and secret status among tribes, while investigations may test these claims against Mandan features.
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Costeeman
Williamson
Boston
Newexico
Tobe
North Dakota
Washington's Favorite Dish Recalls Washington's Simple Mush and Milk
A Canton Ohio anecdote relayed by Mrs A J Davds from her grandfather Nicholas Fringer of Tarrytown Md recalls a Washington trip through the area. Citizens planned a royal supper but Washington asked only milk and mush using corn meal from Fringer's mill. A horseman fetched it, supper was late but Washington dined simply before continuing.
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A. J. Davds
Canton
Ohio
Washington
Nicholas Fringer
Tarrytown
Larrytown
Detroit Free Press
Tall Lighthouses and Their Varied Structures
Lighthouses vary in form from tall towers to spider like platforms. Point Reyes in California sits on high cliffs, while Cape Hatteras rises 180 feet to its lantern and Point Loma near San Diego Bay stands 462 feet above sea level. Coastal challenges differ by Atlantic fog and Pacific shore elevation.
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Point Reyes
Cal
Atlantic
L’acutic
Cape Hatteras
Point Loma
San Diego Bay
Liberty's Bright Light and World Lighthouses
The article notes the New York harbor light held by the Goddess of Liberty is electric and sentimental rather than navigational. It compares to Sydney's colossal light at 186,000 candles, visible fifty miles, and Bishop Rock's 1853 structure battered by 6000 pounds per square foot waves on January 30, 1860, with a bell torn from the tower.
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New York Harbor
Congress
Lighthouse Board
Sydney
Australasia
Bishop Rock
Seilly Isles
Reliable recipes cheap sponge cake jellyd chicken custard
A print of home recipe notes includes cheap sponge cake with eggs sugar flour cream of tartar soda water and optional extra egg for rolling. Jel lied chicken outlines boiling deboning returning to broth then mincing and molding with salt butter and pepper. Snow custard describes a baked egg custard with meringue peaks.
Curious Shifts in Word Origins and Misleading Beliefs
A discussion of how language forms misdrawn connections between words. Examples include blindfold from blind felled, buttery from bottlery, gingerly from gang, blunderbuss from don lerbus, and dog hound from gray hound. The piece also notes humble-bee and humble pie myths and their true roots.
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Chambers’ Journal
Don Lerbus
Funeral Thieves Spread Across Criminal Ranks
An exposé describes the so called funeral thief as a low crime type preying on mourners at wakes. Small in number but ruthless, these thieves target women in open casket viewings, feigning tears to distract mourners while pocketing valuables. They review death notices to select victims and move from house to house impersonating friends of the deceased.
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Sinas Bouron
Bolton
Scout
Brier Swamp
Skinner's Creek
Eun
Amos Jennings
Maple Hill
Jennings
Marshall
Lerne
Ile
Rosa Solomon
Rosa
Aby Solomon
Huey
Discovery of Holbein Dance of Death volume in Aarau library
Dr. Herzog found a first edition copy of Holbein the Dance of Death in an Aarau library. The volume also contains forty six Holbein woodcuts illustrating biblical scenes.
We Can't Blush Like an Ape
The article notes that several higher apes share the human habit of blushing and may blush more extensively, with the hue spreading over a larger part of the body than in humans.
Australian Forest Monarch and the Kauri Pine
The kauri pine is described as the undisputed sovereign of the Australian forest with unmatched grandeur and reach, spanning hundreds of miles. The text notes Germany as the leading toy producer.
War era finances of European powers compared
The Neue Militairische Blatter outlines war funds for major powers. It notes Span dau in Prussia stores 150 million francs in gold, while Germany Austro Hungary and Italy combine for about 1 694 million. Britain and Belgium add 657 and 101 million respectively, totaling 2 362 million for the western bloc, with France and Russia adding more through reserves and potential boosts.
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Spandau
Prussia
German Empire
Kingdom of
Italy
Bank of France
Russia
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Papa Solomon
Tve
International Railway Congress
St. Petersburg
Brussels
Iss
Gans Min
Craig Mountain
Idaho
Gabe
Tip
Kansas City
Ocean Steamship Company
New York
Savannah
Sun
Hatteras Shea's
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Maine
Biddeford
Bie
Alfred
Ellis Island
Zainski
Zalinski
Buick
Liberty
Inal
Germany
William Lohr
Freshevan
Hood
W. T. Flezcerald
Denson Wistington
Dee
Disorde
A. B.clly, Marebali
Micky
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