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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Public School Grammar – Canada Publishing Company (Limited) 1899
The Public School Grammar textbook issued in the Province of Ontario in the City of Toronto by H. L. Strang, B.A., Principal Goderich Collegiate Institute and published by Canada Publishing Company (Limited) 1899 – front cover to Page 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Linguistics
Tagged Act of Parliament, adjectives, articles, Canada Publishing Company Limited 1899, case, comparison, conjuctive, demonstrative, derivation and composition, English grammar, finite verbs, gender, indefinite, indicative, inflection, interjections, interrogative, language, Linguistics, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education, moods, nouns, number, Ontario, passive, peculiar words and classes of words, personal, personification, phrases, pleonasm and ellipses, prepositions, pronouns, Public School Grammar, sentence, sequence and tenses, shall and will, sounds and letters, subject and predicate, the infinite, Toronto, transitive and intransitive, verbs
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The Oxford India Paper Dickens “Our Mutual Friend” – 1920
From Hystoria’s personal library, we present to you, the first pages of the last of 17 Volumes of the Oxford India Paper Dickens, Complete Works “Our Mutual Friend” – 1920 Edition. Illustrations by Cruikshank, ‘Phiz,’ &c. – altered by Hystora
Posted in Literature, Wartime
Tagged 17, 1920 edition, Charles, Our Mutual Friend, The Oxford India Paper Dickens, Volume Seventeen
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Cocaine & The Process of Human Decomposition
The time taken for a body to decompose can vary greatly due to a wide range of factors that can affect the process. Perhaps the most significant factor in the rate of decomposition is temperature and environment. Warmer temperatures will … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Culture, Medical Arts & Science
Tagged body, body farm, cadaver, climate, cocaine, corpse, drugs, elements, insect, Process of Human Decomposition, submerged, temperature
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Great Granny’s Cook Book & Modern Full-colour Printing
The first page of Great Granny’s 1947 copy of The American Woman’s Cook Book illustrates the beginning of modern full-colour printing, modern photoengraving and also speaks of the practice of food irradiation. However, the photos of the delightful, tantalizing Color PLATES weren’t printed in colour. … Continue reading
Vagina Fragrance Beads – Womb Detox
Potpourri is not meant for the vagina and, in fact, can cause adverse effects. If you want to detox your womb, do so by ingesting green tea which is used by many to detox the whole body – not just your … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Inventions
Tagged adverse reactions, EOS lip balm, Gynecologist, infection, ordor, spa, Vagina Fragrance Beads, vaginal discharge, Womb Detox
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Our Fancy – The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station – 1896
One short film had a particularly lasting impact; yes, it caused fear, terror, even panic. It was the film L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de la Ciotat (Arrival of the Train at La Ciotat Station). Although the cinematographic train … Continue reading
Shared Hysteria – Folie à Deux & The Swedish Twins
Folie à deux is French for “a madness shared by two”, or shared psychosis and is a psychiatric syndrome. Symptoms include delusional beliefs and are often accompanied by hallucinations which are passed from one individual to another. This particular disorder was first conceptualized … Continue reading
The Whispering Witches of Poland
January 17, 1775 – Kalisk, Poland – 6 women said to be witches were burnt at the stake. Some sources claim 9 women while others say 14, yet others state the women may never have been executed at all. Not … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Mythology, Taboos
Tagged burning, January 17 1775, Kalisk, Poland, spells, stake, whispering witches, witch, witch-hunt, witchcraft
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Something to Chew On – Giant Ancient Camel Remains Discovered in Canadian Arctic
“It was a really different world then,” says Rybczynski. Continue reading
Posted in Relics & Artifacts
Tagged Alaska, ancient, bones, Bonnechere Museum, Boreal Forest, camel, Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, climate change, Dalhousie University, fossils, Fyles Lead Bed sit, Geological Survey of Canada, High Arctic, Milankovitch Cycles, Northwest Passage, Province of Ontario, Strathcona Fiord, The Ellesmere camel, tropical, tropics, University of Manchester, Yukon
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After the Ball – World’s 1st Adult Film
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, (Paris: December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938) was an illusionist and filmmaker famous for creating special effects such as dissolves, multiple exposure, hand-painted colour and time-lapse photography. Marie, is also know for the stop-trick, where he claimed he accidentally achieved … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Entertainment, Taboos, Technology
Tagged A Trip to the Moon, After the Ball, Cabinet Fantastique of the Grévin Wax Museum, cinema, cinematography, Egypt Hall, Eugène Robert-Houdin, film, Hypnotist at Work, illusionist, John Nevil Maskelyne, London, magic, Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, New York, Paris, Peeping Tom at the Seaside, pornography, stag, stage acting, Star Film Company, The Impossible Voyage
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