Rio de Janeiro A Garden City of Color and Hills
Prepared by the National Geographic Society this portrait of Rio de Janeiro highlights its beauty and settings. It describes hillside houses, Portuguese influences, royal palms, gardens, and vibrant flora, with notes on Santa Theresa hill birds and the city’s street vendors. It contrasts ornate modern buildings with colorful traditional homes and scenic viewpoints from Corcovado and Sugar Loaf.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Janeiro
South America
Western Hemisphere
Rio
Bay of
Guanabara
Atlantic
Spain
Portugal
Brazil
Dom Pedro
Dom Joao
Europe
Thom Joao VI
Antilles
Asia
Africa
Cayenne
French Guiana
Isle of France
Holland
Madagascar
Rio de Janeiro
London
Garden
Orient
Corcovado
Sugar Loaf
Vermelha Beach
Rio Shore
Bay
Rie
Beatrice Plans Busy Life Ahead After Engagement
Beatrice, popular with both men and women, faces a web of schemes from friends Ruth and Nora about India and bohemian life. She confides in Jim Boyd, and after a day of pondering absurd plans like chicken farming, she announces to Ruth, Nora, and Jean that she is engaged to Jim and will be too busy to continue romantic entanglements.
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Beatrice
Bea
Jim Boyd
Ruth
Nora
India
New York
Greenwich Village
Jim
Halleck
Jean
Donald
Dea
Farmers’ Monthly
Beatiie
Bohemia
Jungle Leech a Pest in Malay Peninsula
In the Malay peninsula jungle and swamp present risks for surveying parties. Mud and leeches, with malaria, challenge explorers more than impenetrable jungle. The so called buffalo leeches grow from cigar to German sausage size when full, terrifying locals and white workers alike.
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Malay Peninsula
Singapore
New York Times
A New Woman and Her Oldest Pupil
In an Americanization class a young woman thanks the teacher and meets Mrs Katz the oldest pupil. Seventy two and never late or absent she emphasizes the priority of the lesson as she plans events like a family wedding and a dressmaker visit.
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Mrs Katz
New York Sun
Importance of Women as Bar 4 Depositors
Article notes that savings banks historically served men but now over half of depositors are women. It cites a large bank with 200,000 depositors reporting 75 percent of accounts handled by women, either for themselves or a family member.
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United States
Early to Bed Had No Charm for Uncle Joe
Senator James E. Watson, famed storyteller, recalls Joseph Cannon known as Uncle Joe. In New York after a meeting they wandered with reporters long into the night. Asked the greatest problem of his life Cannon replied he sought something to do between midnight and bedtime.
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James E. Watson
Joseph Cannon
House of Representatives
Senator Watson
Uncle Joe
Cannon
New York
Danger in the Home Shifts Risk From Streets to Houses
England reports seven months of statistics showing fifteen motor car fatalities and two fatal home accidents. The data, echoed by Tit-Bits, suggests indoor deaths rise with more aged and infirm residents at home and most home fatalities come from falls downstairs.
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England
Excuse Proves Bill Bachelor’s Fire Bell Frenzy
In Petunia a stranger asks what caused an old man to rush, ring the fire bell, and flee. Constable Slackputter identifies the man as Bill Bachelor. The Widder Hluggins allegedly pressed him about her late husband, offering a motive for his alarmed reaction.
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Petunia
Bill Bachelor
Constable Slackputter
Widder Hluggins
Bill
Kansas City Star
Turkish Road Winding Through Arabian Wastes Foiled Suez Plot
A secret Turkish road intended to seize the Suez Canal was uncovered after years of secrecy. Three French motorists recently rediscovered the hidden route in the arid northern Arabia wastes, ending the peril posed to wartime routes.
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Arabia
Suez Canal
Only if political prophets had faith in their predictions
The line critiques political prophets whose forecasts lack credibility. It suggests faith in predictions would rise only if prophets confidently supported their claims with tangible evidence or public display. The note reflects a skeptical, opinionated stance on political forecasting.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Death of bellringer after curfew fails in Berdick on Tweed
London Mail reports a bellringer was found dead in the bell loft after a curfew bell failed to sound and the town clock stopped. The unusual events prompted an investigation revealing the bellmaster hanging there.
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Berdick-on-Tweed
London Mail
Water in Fog Measured by Scientists
Scientists measured a dense fog block 3 feet wide 6 feet high and 100 feet long containing less than one seventh of a glass of water. The tiny amount could yield 60 000 000 000 drops, illustrating fog’s surprising fineness.
Implanted Desire
The majority of authorities consider hunger an instinct. This view frames appetite as a natural drive guiding behavior and decision making.
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D. J. Walsh
Monarch Quality Food Products
Monarch
Coppee
James E. Stronks
Iowa City
Bayer
Bever
Hanford
Des Moines
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weigamot
R-O
Springheld
Caticure Laboratories
Dept
Maiden
Mase
Caticura
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