Legends Claim Fusang Land Link Between China and Mexico
The article recounts ancient Chinese legends of Hwawi Shan and five monks discovering a land east of Chita named Fusang. They allegedly sailed to Alaska and along the coast to Fusang, describing pueblos and plants resembling Mexico. The tale, sourced from imperial records, is presented as a historical inquiry into the Fusang myth.
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China
Japan
Hwawi Shan
Chita
Fusang
Kamehintka
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Great Han
Hwuai Shan
America
Mexico
Emerson On Optimism And The Age Of Change
The essay critiques modern pessimism in literary circles and favors embracing upheaval. It argues that the current era offers rich possibilities, urging action over fear and urging alignment of old glories with new opportunities as in Emerson’s call to seize the moment.
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Hamlet
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Origin of Polka-Dot Influence in Men’s Scarves
Silvered with decades of dust the polka-dot pattern endures in men’s scarfs. The design remains bright across time, seen in America and England alike. Its name is linked to the polka dance, a Bohemian-led European import circa 1885, later tied to Polk era politics and a merchants’ fad.
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America
England
Europe
United States
Polk
Elder wood and its wary lore in rustic memory
Elders carry a bad reputation tied to Judas and eerie omens yet beauty remains in elder groves. Rustic maidens tout elderflower-water for complexions while eldersberry wine is deemed a "no pretty tidy tipple." Rabbits favor the damp, weed filled wood, and locals spare elder trees to avoid the dryad’s wrath.
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Judas
Eagles Must Prove Fitness in Ancient Myths
In Pliny the Elder’s tale the mother eagle tests her fledglings by a dramatic sunset flight. Should any chick blink or shed a tear she is slain as degenerate and unfit to propagate the species. The legend frames the eagle as Jupiter’s messenger and spirit.
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Jupiter
Pliny
Rome
Delirious Joy Despite Wife's Absence
The dialogue recalls Broberg reacting to his wife running away. Mia asks about his reaction andMir notes he was deliriously joyful for a few days before calming. Stockholm Kasper.
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Broberg
Mia
Mir
Stockholm
Kasper
Chinese minister as Cupid aids wedding in Washington
Wu Ting Fang while serving as minister in Washington attended a wedding and joked with bridesmaids about marriage. A remark to a young man led to a playful proposal and later the couple, guided by Wu, married with thanks from both families. The minister later learned the couple credited him with bringing them together.
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Wu Ting Fang
Doctor Wu
Dickens on crowd at Manning execution moves writer to new heights
In a letter to the London Times Dickens condemns the crowd at Manning and his wife’s execution for Patrick O Connor s murder. He recalls the shrill cries of youths and the sight of the malefactors as weighing more than the crime itself and likens it to an overwhelming spectacle of judgment.
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Charles Dickens
Manning
Patrick O'Connor
London Times
Christ
Lao-tze and the Gospel of Taoism Origin Story
Lao-tze, once a royal librarian, sought solitude after years of study. He wrote a compact book about half the size of St. Mark's gospel at the warder's request before vanishing from public view. The gospel urges humility and acting without reflection, calling Tao the way of destiny.
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Laoc-teze
Lao-teze
Lao-tsze
In Doubt. The Housekeeper Hums While Cleaning
A housekeeper, despite claiming no ear for music, hums while she scrubs and washes towels. A neighbor boy outside her window watches, then asks, Please ma'am are you singing? The moment captures a small, ordinary exchange between child and adult during daily chores.
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Tommy
Self-Starting Engine Trains at Beauvais Station
An automatic start of a detached steam engine surprised two men in charge at Beauvais France. The engine, short of steam, ran six miles to Herchies Junction where it pulled up and waited for its crew.
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Greman
Beauvais
France
Herchies Junction
Grateful Son Quotes on Economy From Irish World Humor
A humorous Irish World item presents a millionaire lecturing his son on thrift and economy. The son replies with pride and gratitude, crediting his father's pluck and perseverance for avoiding a harsher fate.
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Bert Hiyself
Seeing Power of Insects
A Washington Star summary notes that human vision surpasses that of insects. It explains that a dragonfly cannot distinguish two objects closer than about one degree, and a fly can separate two coins only within roughly seven feet. It adds bees and other insects have even more limited detail perception.
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Washington Star
Midas Gains Gold Touch From Bacchus Curse
The myth recounts King Midas receiving the power to turn all he touches into gold after aiding a drunken companion of Bacchus. Initially delighted, he turns food and wine to gold and, in a tragic embellishment, his daughter to a statue. He bathes in the Pactolus to lose the gift, leaving sands forever golden.
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Midas
Bacchus
Ovid
Pactolus
Peculiar Deep Sea Lighting Prawn and Lantern Fish
The aristeus prawn emits cloudlike luminescent plumes by ejecting water that forces luciferin from glands into the stream, creating smoke ring effects as a defense. The photoblephron fish has a dimmer constant glow with a sliding dark curtain to switch it off, and its light organ, even detached, remains luminous and is used as fishing bait near Banda Islands southeast of the Philippines.
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Nature
Banda
Philippines
The Singer and the Song A Great Adventure
A reflection on the power of a singer to shape fate and reputation, noting how success elevates a artist while legacy remains tied to personality. The piece contrasts ancient muses with modern royalties and urges reading poetry beyond the sung works to grasp a singer's full life.
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Thamyris
Narada
Fox Strangwaya
It Sometimes Happens in Love Advice Voice
A New York Sun line notes that a man avoiding intimacy may be sick sleepy or sore while asserting women often outwit with clever tricks like making money vanish at the check. The piece reflects dated gender commentary and casual dating humor.
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New York Sun
Basin High Opens Football Season at Thermopolis
Basin High School football coach Shar rar leads a young Basin squad in a season opening game at Thermopolis on September 29. The roster blends new talent with veterans Harold Spears Jerome Deveraux Lou Blakesley Vernon Beall and others while missing L Gibson and Pegg. The schedule includes games with Worland Powell Cody Lovell Casper Greybull and Thermopolis with Lowell dates undecided.
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Basin
Thérmopolis
Hot Springs
Sharrar
Jerome Deveraux
Lou Blakesley
Vernon Beall
B. Jones
Powell
Cody
Lovell
Casper
Basin High
Thermopolis
Greybull
Lowell
Wool Exhibit at 1922 Wyoming Free State Fair
Unusual interest grows in the Wool Exhibits with $105 in premiums. The event features purebred fleeces and market classes by staple value. The Wyoming Wool Growers' Association displays products and is led by Secretary J Byron Wilson promoting Virgin Wyoming wools.
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Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
J. Byron Wilson
Wyoming
Ruth Rhodes Seeks Continued Support for County Treasurer
In a thanks note to Big Horn County voters, Ruth Rhodes Republican candidate thanks supporters from the recent primary and pledges to prove her fitness in the upcoming campaign and election.
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Big Horn County
Ruth Rhodes
Political contrasts on postwar policy and taxes
A fragment argues that Democratic administrations caused hard times while Republicans, through Congress and the White House, reduced taxes, boosted farm credit, and cut federal spending. It cites vetoes, tariff actions, farm loan supports, lower interest rates, and large taxpayer savings from 1921 to 1922.
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War Finance Corporation
Republican Congress
Basin County Democrats Elect Leaders at Meeting
The Democratic precinct committee men convened in Basin yesterday and elected Henry Armeling as county chairman and R. J. Extra as secretary. A. W. Coons was chosen as state committeeman.
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Basin
Henry Armeling
R. J. Extra
Sectieas
A. W. Coons
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