World Tongue Is Global English Abridged From Travel Observations
The article describes English as a universal language heard worldwide from Europe to the Middle East and Africa. It notes travelers encounter English on streets in Smyrna Damascus Cairo and Cairo Bedouins with backsheesh demands. A second section explains crater lakes and explosion craters with their serene, untroubled waters and silent calm.
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Tibet
Tierra del Fuego
France
Spain
Italy
Smyrna
Constantinople
Beirut
Jerusalem
Damascus
Cairo
Pyramids
Nile
Sahara
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Meteoric Dust and Meteors Explain Their Origin
Meteoric dust consists of tiny iron spheres formed when meteors enter Earth's atmosphere. Thousands of meteors strike the globe hourly, but only five or six are seen with the naked eye. The iron vaporizes then recondenses into spherical particles that fall invisibly as a constant shower.
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Earth
Chicago ‘Tribune
Camphor Language Use In Johore Baffles Gatherers
A Harper's Weekly note explains Pantang Kapor or camphor language used by Malay peninsula workers to avoid awakening the camphor tree spirit Bisan. The tongue blends Jakun and Malay and is spoken only at work to prevent the tree’s guardians from hindering camphor harvest.
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Johore
Bisan
Harper’s Weekly
Crater Lakes of Mexico Lure with Hidden Beauty
Valle de Santiago in Guanajuato state boasts four pristine crater lakes set among eleven craters formed by ancient volcanic explosions. The article highlights Mexico's tranquil lakes as among the world’s most perfect, inviting romance and exploration.
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Crater Lake
Mexico
Valle de Santiago
Guanajuato
Eoolden
Bokhara the Noble a City With a Dark Past
Powell’s Everybody’s excerpt portrays Bokhara as a place of filth fanaticism and cruelty. It describes outdated mills censorial rituals and strict social control. The piece contrasts the noble title with harsh realities.
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Bokhara
Bagdad
Diogenes
Bokhara the
B. Alexander Powell
Unconscious humor gems from exam papers at Penn
A University of Pennsylvania instructor notes that the dull task of grading exams is occasionally brightened by unconscious humor. He cites a freshman who submitted a blank page to the prompt My Impressions of Pennsylvania and a serious student who wrote Too much Bourbon in answer to a question on the 1830 French rebellion. Philadelphia Record.
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University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Record
Pearl Divers of Japan Women Who Dive for Pearls
The pearl divers of Japan are women from ages thirteen to forty. They work along Ago and Gokasho bays diving without apparatus, staying underwater up to three minutes to collect oysters dropped into waisted tubs. They train from childhood, wear protective gear, and are paired with a boat crew for transport to and from fishing grounds.
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Japan
Bay of Ago
Bay of Gokasho
New York Sun
The Accomplice Toy Heist and a Grateful Neighbor
A boy struggles to pull a wind up toy car from a fence. An elderly woman retrieves it, but the boy declares the toy his, leaving her with mixed feelings and a moral doubt. The scene ends with the boy fleeing, confident in his claim.
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Atlanta Constitution
Hardship as Path to Greatness and Purpose
Richard Wightman argues in Metropolitan Magazine that hardship shapes character and progress. He cites Bunyan and Lincoln to illustrate how confinement and humble origins fortify spirit, vision, and service, urging a grim gladness toward obstacles as the route to larger opportunity.
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Bunyan
Lincoln
Richard Wightman
Metropolitan Magazine
Voltaire Dodges Duels Amid Chevalier De Rohan Clash
A literary feud between Voltaire and the Chevalier de Rohan Chabot escalated from taunts to a staged ambush in which Voltaire was whipped by hired men. He then sought vindication before authorities, failed, and later confronted Rohan at a theater, prompting arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille context.
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Voltaire
Chevalier de Rohan Chabot
Chevalier de Rohan
Chevalier
Rohan
New York Post
Private Property and a Barber's Question
A man jokes about repeatedly being asked to remove a mole by barbers. He muses about quitting his job, traveling, and enjoying life, noting that barbers often press the unwanted cosmetic request, while he laments inconsistent shaves and lather quality.
Mole questions spark barber dispute in Detroit
A Detroit News excerpt shows a heated exchange over a customer’s mole. The speaker insists barbers should not ask about it, saying it is and has always been their own. The fragment highlights privacy tensions in everyday grooming.
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Detroit News
Twist of Trees and Hemisphere Wind Effect
Harper's Weekly notes a consistent twist direction in 990 of 1 000 tree trunks showing torsion, all right to left. The observed pattern aligns with northern storm rotation and whirlpool direction, prompting inquiry into whether southern trees twist oppositely with reversed cyclonic motion.
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Jean Brunhes
Globe
Harper’s Weekly
Smoke as weather sign in a light atmosphere
An unnamed Chicago Record-Herald note explains that smoke from chimneys falls and appears to rise with difficulty only when air pressure is momentarily low before a storm. It argues buoyancy, not air heaviness, governs smoke behavior and a sudden pressure drop signals storm conditions.
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Earth
Chicago Record-Herald
Spinach and vegetables praised for phosphorus and iron
In Vegetarian Magazine, spinach is highlighted for high iron and sulfur content, with horseradish and lettuce noted for nerve and tissue benefits. Pumpkin tops phosphorus values at 2.79, apples at 0.45. cucumbers also high, suggesting pumpkin diets for phosphorus intake.
Encounter with a speaking serpent in an old Latin tale
John Ashton quotes a 1551 Viennese Latin tract describing a corn heap swarmed by snakes and a towering serpent that warns villagers their fire will fail and claims divine vengeance on human sin. the tale hints the farmers surrendered.
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John Ashton
Vienna
Ashton
Countrie
A Suitable Career for Josh Corntassel
Karmer Corntassel says his son Josh will become a lawyer, joking that he has a strong talent for meddling in others’ affairs and should get paid for it, as noted by a house keeper.
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Josh
Karmer Corntassel
An Amiable Hint Sparks Snuff Sermon Quip
An elderly Scotchwoman jokes to her minister during a sermon suggesting he put snuff in the sermon to stay awake. The wry quip reflects humorous streetwise wit from a bygone era.
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