Trader Horn and Africa Adventures From a River Patrol
Alfred Horn recalls earlier life as a river trader in Africa with cannibals and tribes. Ethelreda Lewis urged him to write his story, resulting in Trader Horn and a serial chapter spanning adventures, battles, and daring river journeys.
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Alfred Aloysius Horn
Africa
Livingstone
Stanley
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Ethelreda Lewis
Trader Horn
Trader_—Horn
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Traver Horn
Naina
Quarantine Eased as Rhode Island Moves to Abate Rabies Zone
Rhode Island modifies dog quarantine No 102 effective June 5 removing Newport county and Bristol town from the zone. The measure leaves Woonsocket Providence and towns near Narragansett as infection centers with enhanced enforcement remaining possible to stamp out rabies.
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Laboratory of Pathology and Bacteriology
Public Health Commission
Providence
East Greenwich
Woonsocket
Narragansett
Newport County
Warren
Bristol
Bristol County
Greenwool
Sharks and pilot fish aid in feeding and protection
The text notes large man eating sharks can reach 30 to 49 feet and debunks the idea that female sharks are blind. It explains pilot fish about twelve inches long accompany ships and sharks, leading sharks to food and feeding on scraps while gaining protection from enemies.
Cold Blooded Monarch Mourner Quote at Versailles Burial
A fragmentary account describes Louis III of France at Versailles as the procession bearing the Pompadour’s body proceeds to Paris. He watches from a window and tells an attendant that the marquise will have an agreeable day for her journey, showing no sorrow.
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Louis III of
France
Versailles
Louis
Viewing Midnight Sun From Alaska’s Seward Peninsula
Residents of the Seward peninsula in Alaska have the best view of the midnight sun during midsummer when days are longest and the sun stays highest in the sky. Visitors typically observe the phenomenon from this region due to its favorable northern position away from other vantage points.
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Midwest
Alaska
Pat
Point Barrow
Seward Peninsula
Cay
Lumber Camp Hero Paul Bunyan Legend Grows
The Paul Bunyan myth springs from 1837 Papineau Rebellion origins in Canada and spreads across the Northwest. It blends Scandinavian myth in Minnesota and Indigenous legends farther west, with American loggers just below the border shaping much of its color.
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Paul Bunyan
Northwest
Canada
Minnesota
Kentuckian Lived 134 Years an Example to Readers
A Greasy Creek Kentucky man known as Uncle Johnny Shell born in 1788 lived through multiple American wars and died in July 1922 at age 134 after being deemed too old to join the Mexican War.
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Johnny” Shell
Greasy Creek
Discovery of Helium Named for the Sun
In 1868 Jansen observed a bright yellow line in the sun’s spectrum during an eclipse. Franklin and Lockyer deduced it came from a new element not yet known on Earth and named it helium from helios the Greek word for sun. It was later found on Earth but kept the name.
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Jansen
Franklin and Lockyer
Earth
Clergyman Preaches on Women's Fashion From Revelations
A dusky clergyman addresses the audience with a sermon on the present style of women's wearing apparel drawing his text from the Book of Revelations in Capper's Weekly.
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Capper
YMCA Gym Carnival Ends Winter Work With Lively Show
The YMCA seasonal gymnastic program closed last night with an athletic carnival drawing a large crowd. Highlights included March and free work with bells, parallel bars, rings, and pole drills, plus the comedic Happy Seven led by FE J Robertson. A basketball match pitting Murray’s team against Best’s ended 2 to 0, with Murray captaining a crew of Herreshoff boat shop employees.
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FE. J. Robertson
Happy Seven
Bristol
Bo Murray
J Best
the Happy Seven
Charles West
R Brightman
W Wardwell
CC Herrmann
J Pickles
Bo Wall
EF. J Robertson
Tramp
Chinaman Darky
Farmer Dce
Warren
Sidney Herreshoff
Rufus Murray
John W
M Dimond
Simpis
Murrays
Sir Wilfred on Clothes Inspires New Hampshire Style Reform
An Ontario hero of icebergs notes in Philadelphia on sensible attire. He warns against costly adornments and praises athletic womens simplicity and washability, urging New Hampshire civic leaders to model affordable, free garb and a sartorial liberation for all.
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Philadelphia
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
New Hampshire
Wilfred
Wall Street
Pineapple Dishes Highlight Hawaiian Harvest and World Trade
The article extols the pineapple as a versatile staple from Hawaii, noting its pineapple industry growth and low prices for home use. It offers serving ideas with meat and desserts, including Pineapple Meat Cakes and Southern Fried Chicken with Pineapple Wheels, plus recipes for Pineapple and Banana Ice Cream and Pineapple Cherry Bavarian.
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Hawaiian Islands
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Okotas
Okelly
Camma Boys
Nane
Wolk
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Orce
Aren
England
Camma
Theleeda Lewis
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Hlorn
White Goddess
Shark’s
Herreshoff
Murray
Murayo
T. Brightman
L. Bradshaw
Fred Bradie
Irving McCaughey
Rennie Sawyer
Brightman
Bradshaw
Higgins
Murray Wall
Higgins Weaver
Bradbury
Capt Best
Mathewson Clarke
LeClair Gray
MtCaw
Samuel's. Drury
Drury
Phenix
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Sir Wilfred
Spain
New World
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