Desert Tortoise and Wise Eskimos in Suburban Life
A collection of brief nature notes and comic sketches. Descriptions include desert tortoises in California with two water sacks and surprising climbing feats, Amundsen era Eskimo dress adaptations, a humor vignette about a boy answering grammar gender questions, a bar anecdote about credit and cash, and a tale of Holbein’s missing Henry VIII head restored to the Field of the Cloth of Gold canvas.
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California
Desert
Ome
Roald Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Leonardo da Vinci
Holbein
Hampton Court Palace
Charles J
Cromwell
Henry VIII1
London Chronicle
The Shillalah Craft and Its Irish Roots
A fragment discusses the shillalah name origin in Wicklow and notes the best shillalah comes from a sprouting root sapling rather than a full grown branch. It mentions preparation by seasoning in a chimney and early acclimatization before use.
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Shillalagh
County
Wicklow
Nature plans well for mankind's needs
A fragmentary Washington Herald item features a quoted proverb on human needs and a witty exchange about sight and glasses. The text includes humorous lines about height and a pun on laws catching flies, attributed to an array of old sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
Mixed orders cause fatal wreck near Moran's Bridge
Misinterpreted orders led to a collision on the Boston and Albany Railroad near Moran's Bridge North Wilbraham Springfield Massachusetts. Brakeman John A. Vanderburgh died his body recovered three hours after the crash and both lines were blocked until noon causing traffic delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Springfield
Mass
Boston & Albany
Moran's Bridge
North Wilbraham
Here
John A. Vanderburgh
Vanderburgh
Bulgaria to resume talks with Turkey over indemnity dispute
Sophia January 29 unofficial reports say Bulgaria will send a representative to Constantinople within 48 hours to resume negotiations with the Porte. Prime Minister Malinoff is said to have assurances Turkey will not revisit boundary readjustment and will accept an indemnity basis only. Bulgaria reportedly agrees to pay Turkey 20 million dollars, ten million less than the latest demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Sophia
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Porte
Malinoff
Turkey
Mystery break in at Mallette's dry goods store
Detective Fox investigated a Pembroke and Walter streets shop after a break in last night. Blood was found on the floor but no theft was evident as the store had just been sold out and goods were being removed.
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Mallette
Pembroke and
Walter Streets
Fox
Investigator Returns Remains Of 86 Year Old Inmate
Middletown police report that Alex Morrissey recovered the body of Mrs. Caroline Koch age 86 from the insane asylum at Middletown after she had been an inmate for about a year. She leaves a daughter Lizzie Koch of North Avenue.
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Alex Morrissey
Kate Paulinski
Lakeview
Middletown
Caroline Koch
Lizzie Koch
North Avenue
Annie Angus Goes to New Jersey
A sister of Annie Angus arrived yesterday and took charge of the girl in this city. The sisters departed for Woodbridge New Jersey this morning. Miss Angus suffers fits of aberration and is not responsible for actions during these episodes. The girl is described as tractable and will live with her sister in New Jersey.
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Annie Angus
Woodbridge N. J
Miss Angus
New Jersey
Man Injured at H. O. Canfield Co. Factory
Ambulance was called to the H. O. Canfield Co. yesterday afternoon for an accident in which Louis Sisilion was caught in gearing. Dr. Krause amputated the first and third fingers of his right hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Canfield Co
Louis Sisilion
Deaths and Funerals Notice Highlights
The funeral of Mrs Pilen Be mons wife of Levi S Hmmons was held at 2 pm from 244 Gilbert Street with Rev George M Brown presiding. Interment in Lakeview cemetery. Joseph H Latsar's remains arrived on the 1 49 ae land and were taken to Mountain Grove cemetery with Corinthian F and A M Joseph Dowdall of P and Arcanum lodge LO C assisting. Service at the grave by Corinthian lodge with full rites. Rev Henry A Davenport of the People's Pr charen read the committal. The will of Mary K Gerald was admitted to probate this morning with John L Morrissey as executor and John Heaphy Patrick Ryan as administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dowdall
Arcanum Lodge
LO. C
Corinthian Lodge
Henry A. Daven Dactor
People’s Pr
Charen
Saya
Mary K. Gerald
John. L. Morrissey Ae
John Heaphy Patrick Ryan
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Sauger Woolen Mills
Dover
N.H
English Woolen Mills Co
Main Street
Fairfield Ave
Reever Abwava
Laos
Grant
Mary
Borie
Admiral Porter
Admiral Porter Vee
Laow.ts
Naval Committee
Engineering Magazine
Sam Smith
Tommy
Tom
Sam
London
London Telegraph
George
Charles
William
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Atchison Globe
New -York Tribune
Dash
New Orleans Times-Democrat
the Farmer
Victor
Davisu Gayas
Hoyden
Asylum Ini
China
GEO. B. Clark & CO
Fairfield Avenue
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