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Showing posts with label statistics. Show all posts
Sunday, May 11, 2008

The Toast of the Evening

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1895 It is not always a pleasant thing to be called upon suddenly to address a public meeting of any sort, as is amusingly illustrated by th...
Friday, May 2, 2008

Newspapers of the United States

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1895 In addition to the 1,835 daily newspapers published in the United States on the 1st of January, 1894, there were 31 papers published ev...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

One Bullet In 100 Hits Man In War

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1916 IT TAKES 3,500 TO KILL ONE COMBATANT. Massed Formations Excepted, of Course — Shell Fire Not So Deadly as Shrapnel. It has been estimat...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Baseball Veteran Stands Grind Best

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1920 HAVE EDGE ON THE YOUNGSTER IN LONG SERIES. Reports From Major Leagues Show Old-timers Playing Steadily in Every Game. Reports on contin...
Monday, April 7, 2008

The Travels of an Eyelid

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1901 The many thousands of miles which a man unconsciously travels in his lifetime, taking into consideration the paces his footsteps measur...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Boats to Prevent Suicide

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1906 For the saving of would-be suicides, the municipality of Rome has decided to employ police motor boats on the Tiber. Decided Horse Comm...
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Saying He Never Felt Better, Died

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1905 The death of W. H. Rockhill, ex-clerk of the courts of this county, here verifies in a way the thesis of Goethe that no man can survive...
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Luck In the Clover

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1903 Any one who carries about a four leaved clover will be lucky and will have the power of discovering ghosts or evil spirits. With it und...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Photographing on the Wane — Or Maybe Not

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1910 Photographing on the Wane It Is Reported That Amateurs Are Showing Decreased Interest in Societies and at Exhibitions Complaints are ri...
Saturday, April 21, 2007

My Lady Nicotine — Curious Meditations on Smoking

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1903 My Lady Nicotine Curious Meditations Upon the Smoking Habit There must be a great army of men who smoke an ounce of tobacco a day. Such...