Bird Interrupts Budget Talk at Smithsonian Visit
An odd scene at the Smithsonian shows General Lord interrupted during a budget discussion by Jindian Myung, a talking bird in the collection. Officials present vouched for the story as accurate, with O. D. Waylund, assistant bird keeper, shown beside the bird.
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Lord
Smithsonian Institution
General Lord
Flying Fish and Cannibalism in Tropical Regions
Flying fish travel with ease underwater or in air and leap above waves when chased by larger fish. Cannibalism persists in isolated tropical areas within latitudinal bands near the equator, including parts of South America, West Africa, the Malay Archipelago, some South Sea islands, Melanesia, and Australia.
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Daniel Henderson
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West Equatorlat
Central Africa
Malay Archipelago
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Australia
Charter Oak and the unseen vote that shaped American liberty
The piece recounts the Charter Oak episode where Connecticut hid its colonial charter from Sir Edmund Andros, making the Charter Oak a symbol for liberty. It then notes how a single absence in 1784 altered a provision on slavery, influencing later U.S. policy and the rise of cotton as a key Southern export.
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Vuin
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Bartford
Hall of Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
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United States
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana Purchase
New Jersey
South
Whitney
Atea
Aggie the Cat Narrates Her World and Home Life
Aggie the cat tells of her owner Joyce a clever mistress with books magazines and papers. She describes grass in a window box parakeets nibbling books and her own neat appearance playful jumps and a pink red blue and green ribboned fur and a habit of chewing broom handles to keep teeth clean.
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Emeo
Aggie
Joyce
Oldest English Language Hints From Fourteenth Century Text
A claim notes Bartholomew de Gleuville as author of De Peaprl etatibus Rerum, identified as the oldest English honk in the language. It suggests Trevisg translated it after Caxton printed a 1480 folio, with Wynkin de Worde publishing a reapslation in 1507.
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Cod Supply Steady On Grand Banks For Centuries
Cod catch on Newfoundland Grand Banks totals over 200 million Ssh annually. Despite a long steady drain over hundreds of years, the supply shows no clear sign of diminishing.
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Grand Banks
Newfoundland
For Meditation By Leonard A Barrett
The piece argues education must shape a Christian identity over pagan drift. It critiques secular focus and inadequate religious instruction, urging universities and schools to foster moral norms and world citizenship, asserting education determines the future social order.
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Freacher
Western Newspaper Union
Shaking Hands and American Courtesies
The essay extols warm friendly handshakes while urging restraint to avoid awkward or ostentatious behavior. It contrasts firm, genuine grips with cold or extreme squeezes, notes gloves, etiquette for men and women, and the need for warmth and mutual respect in introductions and farewells.
New Year Celebrations Spread Across Japan
Japan welcomes the new year with festive enthusiasm, bells tolling through New Year’s Eve and into January as holidays and rejoicings extend from January 1 to 16, ending with a labor return feast. The observance surpasses western celebrations in fervor and duration.
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Japan
When I Was Twenty One by Joseph Kaye
The memoir recalls David Starr Jordan at age 21 teaching natural science at Lombard College Galesburg IL earning 1800 dollars a year. He describes expanding his duties across zoology botany geology chemistry and other subjects while guiding weekly literary exercises and coaching the student baseball team. Jordan later becomes a renowned science educator and author.
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Lees
Lombard College
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McClure
Corporations Have No Souls Quote Traced to English Courts
The phrase tousled across history, tracing to Sir Edward Coke in Suttons Hospital proceedings, noting corporations lack souls and cannot be punished as beings with conscience. Lord Thurlow later echoed the line in sly legal banter about justice from corporations.
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Rae Ward Coke
Sutton's Hospital
Lord Thurlow
Hayley
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