Washington Explorer Reports Tunisian Troglodyte Tribes
National Geographic contributor Frank Edward Johnson returned from southern Tunisia with accounts of troglodyte communities living in rock-hewn caves deep in arid mountains. He described vast cave dwellings, warrior routes, and an ancient road network from Carthage to Alexandria, noting a primitive, waterless lifestyle and shadows absent after 8 pm in the region.
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Augarlant
Tolad
Frank Edward Johnson
National Geographic Magazine
Washington
Tunisia
Mr. Johnson
United States
Nations Geographic Society
Sahara
Carthage
Leptis Magna
Alexandria
Tunlala
Great Walle
Capital Folk Scramble for Rent Free Houses
Washington caretakers fill summer vacancies in the capital’s upscale districts. Real estate agents screen applicants for honesty and reliability, often preferring widows with children. The trend has expanded from temporary caretaking to furnished houses for sale or rent, with officials moving to farms and homes left on the market.
Uncle Sam Seeks Rifle Ranges for Civilians in War Era
A wartime statement from the national board for promotion of rifle practice urges constructing civilian ranges. It cites Congress measures to distribute rifles and ammunition to civilian clubs and school cadets and warns that without ranges, training cannot succeed. The piece compares to Swiss defense and stresses need for ranges amid urban land values.
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National Board For Promotion of
Rifla
War Department
Congress
Army
Switzerland
Government plant collection flourish in desert greenhouse
The Smithsonian and the Department of Agriculture co operated to house living desert plants in greenhouse No 7 at 14th and B Street. About five thousand specimens including night blooming cereus bishop s cap and Turk s head cactus attract visitors and are photographed for distribution to botanical institutions worldwide. I M Byrnes supervises gardens and grounds.
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Smithsonian Institution
Department of Agriculture
Fourteenth
Batreeta
North
South America
Europe
Machabel
Nook
National Museum
I. M. Byrnes
Fashion notes on late summer crepe gown and hat
A vivid fashion piece describes a crepe and satin gown with an ankle‑length underskirt, yoke of chiffon, and side plaiting, paired with a mousquetaire sleeve blouse and a bow girdle. The look uses sheer waists with corsetless coverage, a braided hat studded with butterfly feathers, and forecasts enduring style across seasons.
Cap styles revive for modern dancing women
Julia Bottomley notes cap fashions for dancers featuring two Carlier of Paris designs. One silk messaline base with heavy lace cap and tinsel rosette. the other a silk turban style with spangled net. Caps secure with elastic, helping keep hair neat during lively steps. Numerous bead, tulle, and beaded options expand the range.
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Carlier
Paris
Julia Bottomley
Ore discovery in Philippines blocked by export dues
The Manila Bureau of Science reports large manganese and iron ore deposits in the Philippines but export duties threaten profitability. Shipping ore to Japan avoids charges, but to the US west coast eats profits. a Japanese geologist notes land royalties also bite. The bureau urges immediate law changes to remit export dues.
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Bureau of Science
Manila
Philippines
Japan
America
Miteul Dassan Kaisha
Mambuloa Bay
Ambos Camsrines
Bureau
Love Letters The Things He Wrote to Her review
Richard Wightman shares his book The Things He Wrote to Her a collection of letters between a man and a woman who fall in love despite social barriers. The foreword notes fences of convention and law but the pages reveal longing and a view toward old age as the couple’s secret unfolds.
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Richard Wightman
Mr. Wightman
Hinge design eliminates door threshold for clean look
The invention aims to please housekeepers by removing interior door thresholds. A cutaway shows the hinge lifts the door about half an inch when opened, freeing it from the carpet. On closing the door, the lowest point lands at the frame to seal the gap, leaving minimal opening underneath.
Why He Quit Smoking Debt Bondsonby’s Change Sparks Gossip
In a witty aside, Bondsonby quits smoking after years of habit. A doctor’s orders are not cited, but a stenographer’s remark overheard by a listener suggests social pressure around his smoking. The overheard quip implies Bondsonby’s tobacco use had become a talking point among colleagues and friends.
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Bondsonby
One Good Thing
Adam jokes that amid the apple trouble the only consolation is not having to tell reporters he is at home, as Eve asks what is good about the situation and he replies with a sly remark about reporters.
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Adam
Eve
Platinum in Gold Placer Deposits and Metal Ties Rise
The article notes a method to recover fine platinum from southern Oregon gold placers by using a cocoa mat riffle to capture dust like platinum after gold settles on riffle tables. It also reports a shift toward metal railroad ties in Europe and Swiss federal railways, where about seventy percent of ties are metal due to wood scarcity and rising costs.
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Oregon
Europe
Switzerland
Domestic Diplomacy And Droll Garden Banter
A collage of light dialogue scenes features a door usher questioning a visitor, garden banter about sprouts and mosquitoes, a merchants banquet remark on a bastmaster, Cynic’s remark on saving boys, and jests about a family with only girls.
Lead Pencil Waste Sparks Lumber Use Issue
Lead pencil manufacture in the United States consumes 73 million feet of lumber each year, with about half wasted in sharpening or discarding short ends, highlighting inefficiency in production and potential waste reduction opportunities.
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United States
Improving Rubber Strength by Vanadium Addition
A Pennsylvania inventor claims to greatly boost rubber strength and durability during manufacture by adding vanadium without compromising quality. Rubber nails for corrosion prone locations are a novelty soon.
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Pennylvania
Sandpaper Plane Handy Tool From Louisiana
A Louisiana man designed a sandpaper plane that holds 12 sheets, protects fingers from cuts, and allows quick sheet changes by clipping edges between two sections. The outer sheet is replaced by slicing off worn portions with a knife, giving faster work and reduced finger injuries for carpenters and woodworkers.
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Louisiana
Paper Pipes for Gas Use Invented in France
A French authority describes two methods to manufacture gas pipes from paper. In one, pulp is extruded into a mold around a mandrel, dried, varnished, yielding rigid tubes with minimal leakage. In the other, Manila paper sheets are asphalted, rolled around an iron core, layered to thickness, then pressed and coated with sand to adhere the asphalt.
German wallpaper removal tool devised by a paper hanger
A German paper hanger invented a practical device to aid removing old wallpaper. The implement uses a shaft with toothed disks inside a yoked handle, rolled over walls to perforate the paper so moisture can separate it from the wall before hanging new wallpaper.
Norway Sees Boom in Tin and Clothespin Industry
A fragmented report notes Norway’s rising tin and clothespin sector with mentions of new uses for melted alum and a range of revival claims for various materials. It references a surge in aluminum consumption in the United States and a commercial breakthrough in a hydraulic binder from iron furnace slabs.
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Norway
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Alli
Henry Howland
Dora
Mrs. Gaddleson
Sam Mrs. Walk
Erton
Maud
Wau
Maudie
Migglesworth
Bastmaster
France
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