Flight of Geese From Malaria Source Is the Mosquito South
Topeka reports the malaria mosquito guidance and control advances from Outing Magazine. Anopheles bounds towering above water and wind. Oil treatment and fish stocking curb larvae. Culex not malaria carrier. Wild geese migrate along wheat belt routes from Texas to Canada. V-formation, leader gander, elderly birds, and weather affects flight and hazard near towns.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
North Dakota
Canada
Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Dakotas
Wheat Belt
Red River
Great West
Hollow Horn Bear Portrait and Political Power
Hollow Horn Bear, chief Sioux counselor from SIOUX Dallas S D, is featured in war dress but described as diplomatic rather than savage. The article notes his role in the Tripp county election and his likeness appearing on a series of five dollar currency bills due to his political influence.
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Hollow Horn Bear
Dallas
S. D
Hollow
Bear
Tripp
Long-Felt Want Verses on Love and Money in Chicago News
A poetic reflection contrasts river beauty and love with a grim punch line about paying bills. The speaker muses on paradise and ecstasy, then imagines a future where a cold voice demands remittance, revealing the joke that joy often requires money. The piece is attributed to Chicago News.
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Earth
Chicago News
The Three Wise Men and the World of Wonder
From the London Spectator an essay on the medieval and fairy tale resonance of the Three Wise Men tale. It traces how the journey from the East, gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh, and the carnivalesque drama of Bethlehem stirred imagination, faith, and views of death and immortality across ages and lands.
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London Spectator
Jesus
Bethlehem
Judea
Herod
Jerusalem
John Goldenmouth
David
Arabia
Saba
St. Leo
Tarshish
St. Thomas
India
Cologne
Balthazar
Fuscus
Italy
Job
Isaiah
Hell
Reflections of a Bachelor
A New York Press excerpt humorously questions marriage and romance. It jokes about a woman’s allure without marriage, hints at complexion misperceptions, and notes a baby’s delayed birth as a playful obstacle to progress. It reflects wry social commentary on personal mission and disruption.
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New York Press
Ecuador Exports Vegetable Ivory Split With Germany and U.S.
Ecuador ships around 20 thousand tons of vegetable ivory yearly. About half goes to Germany and roughly a quarter to the United States.
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Ecuador
Germany
United States
Etymology of orient and its metaphorical use
The verb orient means to align with the east and the compass points. It extends to describe a mind adjusted to a standard of knowledge or morals.
Native firm formed to mine asbestos deposits abroad
Report says high quality asbestos exists in Rajputana and Afghanistan. A native company has been formed to work the deposits and manufacture the product for local and export markets.
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Rajputana
Afghanistan
Detroit motorboat claims 46 mph with aerial propeller
A Detroit speedboat is claimed to reach 46 miles per hour, aided by an aerial propeller mounted to boost propulsion.
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Detroit
Elephant Trail Through Bald Hills Baffles Prospectors
A party of well known men from Los Angeles and Riverside county reported trailing an elephant for about 20 miles through the Bald hills north of Victorville. They found deep footprints suggesting high speed travel and possible escape from a circus that had recently rearranged its elephants. They suspect the animal may have been captured or left behind, but no certainty exists.
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Bald Hills
Los Angeles Herald
San Bernardino
Riverside County
Elephant
Victorville
San Bernardino Range
To His Wife From Lippincotts Epitaph Improvised Verse
A fragmented epitaph by a husband honors his wife as she lies at rest. It expresses sorrow tears cannot ease and suggests she would understand the sentiment if she could read it again, even jokingly alluding to a broomstick.
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Lippincott’s
A Family Affair in a School Scene
From Success Magazine, Cordelia orders a teacher to throw gum in the waste basket. The pupil resists saying it is her mother's gum and she will be punished at home if she returns without it.
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Success Magazine
Cordelia
Modern Shanghai Still Uses Motor as Coolie Labor
In China the motor continues to be the coolie with workers hired at 8 to 10 cents a day in Shanghai.
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China
Shanghai
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Story County Bank
Ames
Iowa
Knauth
Nachod & Kahne
New York
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Firee National Bank
Marshalltown
Judisch Bros
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Story County
Stract Books
Nevada
ED. Miller
Wil
Haverly
Frank Haverly
Morgan, Morgan & Watts
Ames Savings Bank
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