India and Its Peoples by Capt. L R Claud Robinson
During the June to October monsoon in Bengal the plains flood creating emerald fields of jute and rice. Villages sit on artificial foundations above water while boats navigate fields and rivers as homesteads submerge and waterways become roads.
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India
L. R. Claud Robinson
Bengal
Jungle Vigil in India Ends with Panther Kill
A narrator recalls a night in an Indian jungle 15 miles from camp. A panther killed a goat at a clearing as dusk turned to night. They climbed a tree, endured mosquitoes and monkeys, and finally shot the unseen panther as it approached the goat.
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Loue
Minther
Western Newspaper Union
Efficiency Talk Reduces to Absurdities in Los Angeles
Charles Cole of the Union Tarisic critiques “efficiency experts” in a column from Los Angeles. He argues true efficiency requires fitting workers to tasks, not odd assignments like insomnia to night watchman or a smoker to mandolin duties, illustrating the silliness of some consultants.
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Charles Cole
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Tarisic
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Heel Doctor Daude Discusses Fossil Senses In Warm Springs
In Warm Springs Boise based Dr. F B Daude describes fossilized senses in tracodons and other prehistoric lizards. He compares sensory distinctions to human differences. The remarks include a racially charged anecdote illustrating perceived differences and a crude joke about a colored man.
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Quilless Porenpine Sighting in Jasper National Park Trail
Guides in Jasper National Park report a strange creature described as a quilless par enping encountered on a trail. The witness Belin notes the animal appeared pale and unprotected, discovered midway up a spree tree, risking unnoticed passage if Bolin’s horse hadn’t shied.
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Jasper National Park
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Belin
Bolin
World’s reach shrinks through aviation and life’s worth
The saying notes aviation makes the world smaller yet warns one can still fail to grasp it. It contrasts wisdom earned by wealth with wealth bought without wisdom, reflecting on Bayard Taylor’s lines.
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Bayard Taylor
Pacemaker of the Heart Discovered in 1905
A small tissue mass in the human heart acts as the heart's pacemaker and coordinates the heartbeat. The discovery is credited to Taivaray, a Japanese medical student, in 1905.
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Taivaray
Spider Webs Used in Precise Measurement Devices
Strands from spiders’ webs serve as cross lines in microscopes rangefinders and other exacting instruments. The web is wound on a card like thread to create accurate, fine guides.
Bamboo in Ceylon Surges to Over 100 Feet
Rapid growth described as bamboo reaching more than 100 feet in Ceylon. Noted as capable of expanding 28 inches at 18 inches in a day. Also remarks that money loving behavior is rarely platonic.
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Ceylon
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