Life at the Naval Academy Beneath the Reveille
The article describes meticulous daily routines at the Naval Academy, from 6:30 a.m. wake calls to 10 p.m. lights out. Midshipmen endure inspections, marching to class, study periods, and drills, with demerits for tardiness and strict room discipline amid pranks and corrective measures.
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Naval Academy
Chesapeake
Drum and Bugle Corps
Marine Quarters
Bancroft Hall
Midshipmen
Hermit Proved a Thief on Scottish Island
A Robinson Crusoe tale from Allea Clackmannan Scotland reports a fisherman finding a hut on an uninhabited River Forth island stuffed with pots pans clothes and clocks. Police watched a man seen aboard a small boat and arrested a native of Alloa hiding in a large ferryboat. He had lived on the island for some time and is wanted on multiple theft charges.
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Allea
Clackmannan
Scotland
Forth
Alloa
New Guinea Tribes and Myths Revealed by Beaver
Western New Guinea explorer Mr. W N Beaver describes Giara villagers living in submerged areas with dog descent and five totems. Men hold a central hall exclusive to men while chiefs claim spirit possession and sorcery. Cannibalism persists and the Baigona movement honors snakes and sorcery like practices along the northeast coast.
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New Guinea
W. N. Beaver
Mr. Beaver
Dutch New Guinea
Daru
The Office Boy’s Clever Escape to Promotion
A bright young office boy serves as messenger to his chief. He cannot deliver a note to a missing lady, so he discloses a plan. He tears the note into bits and pushes it through the keyhole, signaling his future climb.
4,000,000 Paint Pails a Year
The rising cost and shortage of wood drive metal packaging advances. A plant manufactures about 4,000,000 sheet metal paint pails and drums annually in five sizes from 12 to 100 pounds capacity. They use four drawing operations plus annealing washing painting and printing all by machinery.
Odorless Onion Draws Mock Alarm From Critics
A satirical note ridicules a scientist who claims to have created an odorless onion, arguing the move removes a defining quality of the vegetable and sparks debate about science tampering with nature.
Fashionable Mistake at Home Sparks Court Quip
A humorous courtroom exchange features Mrs. Trippler and Mrs. Rippler over a husband who tacked what he thought was mosquito netting as window material for a new skirt. The judge comments on the fashion mishap.
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Trippler
Rippler
Poets Question Market for Poetry as Cheaper Fill
A brief joke about poets earning a living with poetry being a cheaper filler than drawings. The quip contrasts poetry and art as low-cost content. No specific people or organizations are named.
Around the Circle
A grandmother recalls past modesty while a flippant girl notes a fad may return. The exchange contrasts old standards with modern attitudes in a brief dialogue segment.
Heat and bathing culture across Australia and New Zealand
The piece compares heat in cities like Durban and Auckland with Melbourne and London, imagines Auckland harbor as glittering waters, and extols Australian bathing life. It highlights sea baths near Melbourne, surf beaches at Sydney, and the joyous, risk filled Sydney surfing tradition with lifeguard lines, brown skin culture, and dangers of undertows.
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Durban
Rickasha
Adelaide
South Australia
Melbourne
London
Arthur J. Rees
London Evening Standard
Auckland
New Zealand
Sydney Harbor
Sydney
Great Bay
Port Phillip
St. Kilda
Australia
Walhourna Neonl
Hariier
Sandringham Beach
Half Moon Bay
Sandringham
Manly
Bondi
Coogee
Mother Grundy
Sydney Evening Papers
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Uncle Sam
Dog
Government House
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