Siam's Temples and Forest Trails of Siam's North
The article tours Bangkok’s Wat Phra Keo and Emerald Buddha, Wat Luang at Lampun, and Chiengmai on the Meh Ping river. It notes temple libraries with palm leaf scriptures, aging roofs, and gilded altars, and describes Chiengmai’s Lao-rule history, drought legends, and a new railway opening the valley. It highlights Dol Sootep and the ascent to a sacred mountain temple amid pine forests and orchids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prigets
Sampan
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Siam
Bangkok
Wat Phra Keo
Phra Sri Ratmna Sutsadaram
Wiang Hat
Wat Luang
Lampun
Chiengmai
Hawaii
Meh Ping
Chiengmul
Sinw
Prachedi
Wat
Wat Phra Slug
Suvere
Laken
Chierngmal
Chiengmal
Chiengmui
Dol Sootep
Kowilarat
Mel Ping
Kobo Daishi
Japan
Koyamakis
Koya San
Dia Chom Cheng i
United States
Dolly Birthday Pageant for a Real Little Doll
A family celebrates Dolly with a playful pet-name emphasis, describing her as a real person rather than a toy. They hold a small birthday party with singing, cake, and a peachtinted, marshmallow table centerpiece, showing deep affection and joy for Dolly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dally
Dolly
Grst
SAWWs By Viola Brothers Shore
A fragment from Viola Brothers Shore offers satirical verse about courtship and social expectations. It humorously urges weighing disadvantages before proposing and notes a woman’s need for a home and a garage while advising caution about motherly scrutiny. A humorous aside comments on an automaker adding ambulances to its lineup.
CTHE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H IRVING KING
An article argues superstition of transferring disease through hair and bread or meat to a dog reflects primitive beliefs. It explains the idea of disease as an evil spirit that moves between people and animals, with the hair seen as a spiritual link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Irving King
Canada
Scotland
England
McChire Newspaper Syndicats
French Island Possession Story From Far Lands
A garbled report describes New Colitoria as a French possession near Australia and the Pacific islands. It notes a large area of about 5000 square miles and an army unit sent for a mission during a violent period ending with a surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Viledenta
Australie
Coletoria
Miles
Turla
Clint
Thinking Makes It So In Meditation DQOVCOH
Leonard A Barrett argues that thinking shapes character and life but does not overturn fixed natural and moral laws. He cautions that reason bounds thought, and irrational thinking leads to insanity while good thoughts yield good lives. Published in the Western Newspaper Union in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hane
Costle
Unilon
Ant Athletics in a World of Tiny Power
In a curious piece BARBARA BOURJAILY describes ants as feats of natural engineering. An ant measures about an eighth of an inch, while a man stands six feet tall. An ant climbs a ten-foot ledge, equivalent to a mile for a man, in about 50 seconds. On level ground a man runs a mile in roughly four minutes and eleven seconds, while an ant covers 960 times its length at full speed without fatigue.
Sweden Faces Conflicts Over Norrland Colonies
Sweden plans to settle Norrland with 450 colonists but many intend to return to central and southern areas citing poor soil and severe weather. Critics say government agents misrepresented conditions while a different policy supports loaning funds to children of farmers to buy holdings in the region. Over 1,000 homes are funded annually to keep people farming in Norrland, a rugged Arctic-leaning expanse covering half of Sweden's area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Norrland
Norrkind
Birds display misdirection on Hakluyt Island expedition
Dr TM Anderson, a Canadian government zoologist, observed over 100000 Auk Ia Stupidast on Hakluyt Island, Arctic Ocean, noting their failure to distinguish a stationary object from a pile of stones. Locals used landing nets to corral the birds, which stand upright like penguins in martial formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hakluyt Island
Arctic
TM. Anderson
Far North
Takluz
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Large Italian Families in Udine Province Their High Birth Rates
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Palazzolo della Stetina in Udine province Italy has about 2,800 residents in 468 families. The average is over nine children per family. three families have 16 children, one has 14, eleven have 12, and many others fall around ten or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palazzolo Della Stetina
Udine
Italy
Gulms
Maggolini
Olgut
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Five Hour Remedy for Colds Promises Quick Relief
A wartime style advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a five hour cure for colds and grippe. The product, sold in tablet form, is described as pleasant tasting and effective, though taking longer for grippe. The ad emphasizes strong authority and quick recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
Pape
Adv
Noisy Neighbor Becomes Comic Neighborhood Figure
A playful jab at a neighbor named Movemore-Gracious features a speaker calling her the noisiest neighbor of record. The narrator blasts domestic chaos caused by her children and mocks the situation with exaggerated chatter.
Fragments Describe A Questionable Dinner Exchange
A jumbled dialogue appears as patrons debate tongue sandwiches and service. The garbled text hints at miscommunication between a customer and a waiter about menu items and expectations.
Simple Beauty Aids at Cumberland Farm Bureau
A Cumberland Maine county farm bureau display of beauty aids attracts muted attention. Items include toilet water, skin preparations, powders, vanity case, bath salts, and cereals. The listing mentions using certain products with a cream and notes on blends like orange juice and cherry flavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Maine
Cv's
Old Folks Praise Dr Caldwell and His Laxative
A vintage ad touts Dr Caldwell’s B Pepsin laxative mix of herbs and pepsin for constipation and biliousness. It promotes Syrup Pepsin as mild, safe, narcotic free and suitable for the elderly, with a free trial offer from Monticello Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Medical College
Monticella
Illinois
A Gaining Religion Sweeps Over Alien Village
An OCR fragment notes Mohammedanism spreading rapidly, appealing to local natives through ceremony and dress. It mentions a village converting to the faith and ordering pig killings, with unrelated quotes about culture and romance.
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Lesmplles
York
Viola Brothers
Portising Pearl
Coprutgnt
Girughg
Hoxie
Frankie Darro
Frankie Varro
Chicago
Leonard A. Barrett
Barbara Bourjaily
BAYER
Ballierite
DR. Caldwell
Maisle
Mae
Meath
Che Wurnderfiel Dusert
California
Ast Pigicl
W.N. U
Sioux City
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