Cannibals in Belgian Congo Section Versus White Travellers
Helen E. Springer recounts a trek through the Hel lun Congo where cannibalism is reported as limited to earlier periods. She notes hostile Bachokwe remnants and a skull emblem at a chief’s village, with government troops destroying such relics and white incursions often meeting carrier disappearances and wary villages.
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Congo
Umwatte
Kabongo
Mutombo Makulu
Mpereta
Helen E. Springer
Scribner’s Magazine
Hungry Mice Challenge Coyote Poison Program
Wyoming reports show mice frequenting poisoned bait for coyotes, hindering the USDA poison squad. Warm weather drove coyotes into brushy areas, enabling mice to steal bait. Despite difficulties, five men earned a satisfactory record with 542 animals killed in one month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Revenue Agent Visits Worried Lawyer Couple
A wife facing her husband’s possible tax trouble misreads a revenue agent at the door. She and the maid hide contraband liquor as the agent questions the husband about his 1916 income tax return. The scene ends with a calm confrontation at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Volstead
Wall Street Journal
Higher Education for Dogs Opens in Westchester
A Westchester college trains dogs to live in a crowded city teaching heeling following the master, eating from one hand, quiet corner behavior when company arrives, street crossing on signal, and restraint around other dogs. The three month course guarantees a perfectly trained dog for a fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Heela
New York Sun
Walking to Walk in America Faces Growing Attention
The piece notes that outdoor walking gained little notice historically, contrasting American casual walking with English fashion and gear. It observes an emerging recognition of walking as a pastime as clubs form to promote it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Mystery of Mount Everest Expedition Feels Keen Interest
Royal Geographical Society expedition to Mount Everest led by Col Howard Mary draws scientists at the Natural History Museum to study findings upon return. Colonel Bury reports tracks at 20 000 feet that resemble a human foot, but experts suspect a macaque primate footprints may explain the mystery.
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Royal Geoeraphilen Society
Mountverest
Howard Mary
Natural History Museum
South Kendngton
Bory
Bury
Himalayas
Paris Faces Cat Menace in Boulogne Park
Wild cats roam the Bola de Boulogne in Paris and threaten pedestrians. A dispute erupts between animal protectionists and bird lovers over how to remove them, with police box traps debated. A special committee studies the issue as the Bois de Boulogne risks becoming dangerous.
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Bola de Boulogne
Paris
Society For the Protection of Animals
Bird Lovers’ Society
Seine
Bois de Boulogne
Russia
Women MPs In British Commons Reveal Shifting Roles
The British House of Commons welcomes Mrs Wintringham as the first new female MP since Lady Astor, representing Louth and aligned with Free Liberals backing Mr Asquith. Both women share a private room and wear similar dark attire, but sit in different rows, with Lady Astor near Lord Robert Cecil and Mrs Wintringham further back.
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British Commons
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Wintringham
Louth
Lord Robert Cecil
Mra. Wintringham
Itawo
Christian Science Monitor
Theft of the Doubt in a Quirky Chronicle
A Birmingham Age Herald item plays with nicknames and a joke about Mia Diggs dubbed Rabbit. The piece notes the professor's tendency to live in the past with a tongue in cheek line about prehistoric rabbits reaching large sizes.
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Professor Diggs
Mia Diggs
Birmingham Age Herald
Not But a God Mistake
A farmer applied for a $1,000 insurance on corn stored in his barn. A clerical error caused the policy to read $1,000 on coal and other fuels stored in a private barn building.
Father and child in quiet school scene
A brief dialogue captures a parent and child in a quiet school moment. The child asks about keeping quiet for two hours, and the parent responds with a resigned yes reflecting the school day’s hush.
Taming Lightning and the Limits of Electricity
The text argues that humanity has not truly tamed lightning, only harnessed electricity from controllable sources. It contrasts Franklin’s kite experiment with modern attempts to extract energy from atmospheric discharges, noting the impracticality of capturing lightning. It likens electric generation to using Niagara water versus dangerous rifle bullets in energy production.
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Franklin
Niagara
Treasure Hidden in Russia
The article details vast sums of gold and jewels still concealed in Russia, untouched by Soviet requisitions. It notes wealthy Russian families shield assets from both Soviet authorities and refugees, with tales of clever evasion as agents fail to uncover hidden gems. It mentions potential sales abroad if free trade returns.
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Russia
Starling Renewal War Returns Northbound Flock
The New York Sun notes starling flocks reappearing after frost lines from Canada and Maine. These industrious birds battle English sparrows from perches in trees and on wires, with the sparrows avoiding the larger rivals. Starlings migrate north with spring’s end and return with the first cold snap to New Yorks snowy season.
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Canada
Maine
New York
Europe
Talking Movies Put On Public Film Stage
Swedish scientists reportedly combine picture and sound in a single shaft system using selenium to control a telephonic current. The breakthrough yields a working talking movie by recording and reproducing double records with a loud speaking telephone at the core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Gold Riches Reported in Turnagain Arm near Anchorage
Alaska prospectors working Turnagain Arm near Anchorage report water bodies near government land are covered with gold and offshore gravel sources are said to hold rich finds. A sample from a Girdwood area vein reportedly assays about 100 dollars in gold. High tides cover the promising vein.
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Alaska
Anchorage
Jow Tiie
Fragmented query on death scene and Ketown
Unclear text shows question about reactions at a death scene and a town Ketown. No concrete events, names, dates, or places to summarize into a proper news item.
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Jim
Ketown
Basin School Notes Highlight YMCAs Plans and Games
The Y M C A forms committees and sets duties for the year. Miss Mason leads the girls glee club. Rawel from New Zealand headlines a Lyceum talk with costumes and stories. Annual fundraisers include a candy sale and a February public carnival. Basin High girls beat Mander son and Cowley defeats Basin in league play, with key shots from Arthur Zaring and notable defense.
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Mason
Girl's Glee Club
Rawel
Rawei
Laramie
Lester Gibson
Nina Kendall
Wayne Jorn
Grace Ellis
Miriam Ewers
Wises
Report of Snowfall December 1924 Compared with Earlier Years
The December 1924 snowfall is tabulated by district and compared with November 1921 and December 1920 figures. Shell Creek District shows elevations with inches of snow for several stations, Tensleep and Goose Creek Districts record totals, and some Clear Creek scales have not yet been forwarded to the forestry office.
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Tinker
Shell Creek
Tensleep
Goose Creek
Clear Creek
Yellowstone
Forestry Office
Well Known Doctor Dies in Billingy Hospital
Dr. D. Hamilton of Greybull died after an appendicitis operation at a Billingy hospital. Illness preceded surgery, peritonitis developed, and death followed. Hamilton, a noted physician for 11 years in Greybull, served as mayor and railroad surgeon and ran a local hospital. Body sent to Chicago for interment.
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Hamilton
Greybull
Billingy
Thiat Section
Chicago
M. E. Church Services Features Ill Game Warden
Special music at the Methodist church includes Anthem O God of God by Jeffry sung by a contralto and The Day is Gently Sinking to a Close with a soprano solo. State Game Warden W T Jud King is reported dangerously ill in Denver after attending Thermopolis springs for health. Joe Zamora seeks team work of all kinds with work notices.
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Methodist Church
Jeffry
W. T. Jud‘King
Denver
Thermopolis Springs
O’neill
Joe Zamora
Ford Cars For Rent By Day Or Hour At Ford Garage
Ford Garage offers rental cars without a driver available by day or hour. Jones or Booker handle inquiries and reservations for the service.
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Ford
Jones
Booker
Ford Garage
Jalb
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Belgian Congo
Mount Everest
Boils de Boulogne
Napoleon
Magenta
Milan
Charles Reade
Zoe
Barrie
Margaret Ogilvy
B. H
Manderson
Basin
Basin High
Basin High School
Cowley
Arthur Zaring
Zarings
Smith
Beall
Basin’ High
Powell
Fellows
M. E
Mrs. M. H. Smith
E. J. Sullivan
BE. T. Williams Oil Co
Casper
the Basin Republican
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