Mountain sheep captured at Columbia Gardens in Butte
Two young Big Horn sheep were captured after a three week chase by N H Pearl and W J Cavanaugh. The rams, barely two weeks old, were brought from near Cutbank Pass to Midvale and are described as highly elusive capable of leaping massive heights and outpacing horses.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte
Zoological Department
N. H. Pearl
W. J. Cavanaugh
Midvale
Glacier National Park
Mr. Pearl
Continental Divide
Cutbank Pass
Ranger Cavanaugh
How to Tell Perfect Diamond
The article explains that a perfect diamond must have a perfectly round table and symmetrical shape from girdle to culet. It states the ideal is one third as thick above the girdle as below and notes no improvements in cutting for 30 years.
Fool Killer remarks on dull season and shifts in work
The Fool Killer jokes about a lull in activity as others quit operations. He says his work shifts to tracking "the Man Who Knows It All" when the boat rocker and the careless operator stop. The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes the exchange.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Eve Not a Suffragist Comment Sparks Debate
A quoted exchange contrasts a traditional view with a counterpoint by Mr. Meekton. The man laments women staying home while Meekton argues Eve should have been active, suggesting societal progress hinges on women speaking out and influencing events.
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Eve
Mr. Meekton
Ninety-Five Year-Old Princess Leads Active European Life
Princess Wigenstein the oldest active society figure in Europe at ninety five keeps a vigorous schedule. She dances with youth like grace and has just completed a play. Fifty years ago she settled in Lausanne and remains at the Chalet the hub of intellectual life.
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Princess Wigenstein
Europe
Lausanne
Concrete Evidence Sparks Mystery in Concrete Colorado Births
In Concrete Colorado the last month saw two more girl births and only one boy in four years, a trend puzzling locals. All men in Concrete work at cement plants, intensifying the unusual demographic note.
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Colo
Chicago
Devil Dancers of Ceylon Cure by Demon Rituals
A Wide World Magazine writer notes in Ceylon devil dancers are called after failing modern medicine. Soothsayers identify the demon Sammai Yaka, dancers wear 32 masks as they perform for hours within sight of the sick. Observers say the ceremonies often improve the patient's condition.
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India
Wide World
Ceylon
Sammai Yaka
Cornmeal Proves Nutritious and Cheap Food Choice
The Ohio State Journal notes cornmeal is a highly nutritious, cost effective staple. For three cents one gains more nourishment from cornmeal than from five cents of flour, with 60 cents of meal providing bone and nerve support far beyond dollar worth of flour. The piece touts mush with milk, corn bread, pone and dodger as ideal, affordable meals, declaring high living costly.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Ohio State Journal
Steamer Wrecked In Hay Field In Norway Landslip
Wreckage of an excursion steamer sits in a hayfield 300 feet above Lake Loen after a 1906 landslip created a 300 foot wave drowning over 60 residents. The vessel was carried over a cliff and left far from its mooring, its wooden and steel remains twisted and torn.
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Hay Field
Lake of
Loen
Norway
Wide World Magazine
Right Spirit Thanksgiving anecdote from Secretary Braun
Secretary Braun recalls a Thanksgiving moment in a western farming country. He stopped at a farmer's gate to photograph a field of wheat, praising it as the finest he had seen. The farmer welcomed the photo, joking that the wheat is growing fast and that Braun must be quick to capture it.
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Braun
Washington
Just the Man in Jail Report Probe
A warden asks a prisoner to write a report detailing jail conditions. The prisoner, noting his optimism, reflects on his reason for incarceration linked to a glowing mining prospectus. The governor seeks the assessment to inform officials.
Memory and Ability in History Notorious for Forgetfulness
A court case about guardianship for an old millionaire highlights that memory is not a reliable measure of intelligence. The article argues many brilliant people forgetful and many with vast memories lack focus, stressing selective memory over sheer recall as the key to success. It cites a politician who flourished by forgetting promises and names, and a French philosopher’s warning that effective command matters more than bulk of ideas.
Naval banter over muddy battleship remark
An Englishman and a German quarrel over navies. The German notes a battleship stuck in mud, while the Englishman retorts that such a ship would set a record in open sea.
American Ginseng Exports Rise With Cultivation Growth
American ginseng, long exported mainly to China and Corea, has seen prices climb from 40 cents per pound in early collection years to over six dollars for top quality in the past eight years. Cultivation began about fifteen years ago and now matches wild output, with total exports exceeding a million dollars annually.
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China
Corea
Scientific American
No Danger. Johnny and the Bald-Headed Father
An elderly man scolds a boy smoking and hints at sorrow for his father. The boy defiantly answers that his father is bald headed, rejecting any fear or concern. The exchange reads as a sharp street vignette.
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Johnny
Pop
How She Retained Youth Modjeska’s Secrets
Modjeska the Polish actress shared a routine for staying youthful including nightly hot baths long sleep light breakfast hearty dinner at two tea and bread at five and supper after performances. She credits inner balance soap water and sleep and notes each woman must tailor a life plan. Her mother wore wool underwear at seventy five but asked to keep them on at night to remain comfortable for aging.
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Modjeska
Poland
Victoria recruits 1850 British boys for farming trips
Since 1913 Victoria has taken 1850 boys aged sixteen to twenty from England. They receive steamship passages at under half the $87.60 minimum fare and a government guarantee of farm work on arrival in Melbourne. Australia will place any healthy boy with a good farmer earning 1.82 to 3.65 per week plus board and lodging.
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Victoria
Australia
England
Melbourne
Canada
Dominions
The Lady in the Tank at Stratford Shrine
A stout man tours Marie Corelli's house in Stratford on Avon to please his wife. He discusses Corelli's London success and salary, then conflates Corelli with Annette Kellermann after recalling a Tivoli swimming tank display. The lighthearted anecdote plays on mistaken identities and local sightseeing.
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Marie Corelli
Stratford-on-Avon
London
The
Tivoli
Annette Kellermann
Stratford
Soapwort and Wild Flowers as Soap Substitutes
English country folk sometimes use wild hedgerow flowers for washing. Soapwort yields a mucilaginous juice that lathers well, with corn cockle lychnis scarlet pimpernel and clove also effective. Horse chestnut fruit provides saponine qualities used in rural Europe.
Capt Barr of Carmania Noted for Discipline and Cleanliness
Story in shipping circles recalls Capt Barr who distinguished himself in Volturno rescue work. He is described as strict yet fair, insisting on spotless neatness. A diver boasts of danger, but Barr jokes that the man never washes his hands for fear of drowning himself.
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Barr Barr
Barr
Carmania
Volturno
New York Nouveau Society Under Money Crust Critics
Mrs. French Vanderbilt spoke at a Harbourview luncheon in Newport about Gotham’s nouveaux riches. She said their society is splendid and ornate yet rests entirely on financial dough beneath, highlighting a critique of social elevation based on wealth.
Hanna's Kindness For Davidson Ends Political Feud
Will Irwin recounts Senator Mark Hanna ordering a pardon for Davidson, convicts’ foe, after seeing Davidson’s daughter at the gate. Hanna, moved to tears, uses a governor’s pardon to free the man while the child receives the news with confusion and relief.
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Saturday Evening Post
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W. W. Wright
Loan & Trust Bldg
Washington, D. C
Frank C.prescott Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Broadway
Sts
Los Angeles
California
Mojave River
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