Marie Celeste Mystery Jammed by Ocean Secrets
A Boston brig Marie Celeste sailed in the 1860s with twenty aboard none found on returning near Spain. The ship showed no damage or missing gear, yet all crew and passengers vanished. The author weighs pirates storms disease and insanity as explanations, noting no trace or bodies emerged.
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Boston
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Coast Guard
America
Europe
Theory Should Explain and Refute Competing Ideas
The statement asserts that a valid theory must both explain observed phenomena and be free from contradiction. It implies theories should withstand challenge, integrating explanations while denying competing accounts.
American Girl Jennie Creek to Be French Legion of Honor Guest
Jennie Creek of Milgrove Indiana is invited by the National Humane Society of France to be guest of honor of the Paris exposition. She will wear the Legion of Honor cross for bravery shown at age eleven when she warned an express train by waving a red underskirt, saving lives and earning a reward.
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Jennie Creek
Milgrove
Indiana
National Humane Society of France
Jennie
Legion of Honor
Panhandle
Society of the Legion of Honor
Troop Ship Water Supply Method in Open Ocean Service
The article explains a naval water system using a condensing apparatus to produce about twenty tons daily. Iron pipes run to decks with draw-off cocks for horses and soldiers, six pints per man daily in temperate zones and a gallon in the tropics. Portable tanks and lift pumps enable flexible, redundant distribution.
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Tropics
A Botanical Freak Told of Floating Plant Atoll
The article explains a plant atoll as a circular ring of growing plants floating on ponds. Roots form a cup to hold nutrients, gradually elongate and may anchor in pond mud, creating islandlike rings. Over centuries these rings collect debris and seeds, potentially forming islands through time.
Little Party Souvenirs
Japanese trifles make pretty and inexpensive souvenirs for a child s party. Tiny fans kites and baskets of paper and silk bags with ribbons please children. Bonbon boxes in fruit and animal shapes are attractive but pricier.
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Ima
Remedy Company
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Spain
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Cross of the Legon of Honor