Columbus described as self deluged in perfume by Charcot
Paris expert Dr Charcot portrays Christopher Columbus as a Vegetarian and modest explorer who used perfumes, calling him a traveling salesman for sugar and goods. He suggests Columbus was taller with freckled face, gray eyes, and a dimpled chin, and notes his birthplace likely Genoa in 1452 with brothers Giovanni Bartolomeo Giacomo and sister Blanchinetta.
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Paris
Christopher Columbia
Jean Charcot
Institute of France
Columbus
Doctor Charcot
San Fernando
America
Corsica
France
Spain
Genoa
Domenico Colombo
Susanna Fontanarossa
Giovanni
Bartolomeo
Giacomo
Blanchinetta
Giacomo Bavaretto
Indian 60 and Worth 150000 Gives Up Tent
Pawhuska Oklahoma Osage Indian John Stink aged sixty and valued at 130000 has moved from a tent on a large allotment five miles south of Pawhuska into a small frame house after Indian agent J George Wright persuaded him to live under a roof. He had avoided Pawhuska for ten years since an incident when a policeman killed his four dogs and he never visited town. An Osage agency housekeeper Sioux Indian now assists him.
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Pawhuska
Okla
John Stink
Stink
J. George Wright
Osage Agency
Ancient Flivver Runs On Eggnog Says Dentist
San Francisco dentist Dr. H. Cummings reports an elderly car he calls an ancient flivver runs with odd habits. The vehicle allegedly brings itself to a grocery window, steals radiator caps, and drops eggs, while the doctor muses about possible dental work if it develops a taste for beefsteaks.
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San Francisco
Harkes
Lizzie
H. Cummings
Daces Beginning in Pawnbroking and Its Sign
The piece traces pawnbroking origins from Chinese and Greek roots to its adoption by the House of Lombard whose three golden balls emblem remains familiar today.
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Dace
House of Lowbard
Old Stock Exchanges and Brokers through History
The piece notes long existence of stock exchanges and brokers. It cites Nelson claiming that as early as 1285 in England the term broker appeared in an act of parliament.
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Nelson
England
Beckett Seizes Mace in Commons Clash
John Beckett, Camberwell leftist, seized the golden mace in Parliament amid a furious scene. He shouted a profane remark toward the speaker as guards booed and members hissed. The house suspended him by an 820 to 4 vote.
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John Beckett
Camberwell
England
Global Briefs Highlight Birds and Libraries
A bird's eye protection feature notes three eyelids. The world’s largest pecan center is Altany, Go. The American Library Association has received over half of a proposed 1,004 fund to extend county libraries. Sunburn on trees and shrubs can occur from reflected heat off whitewashed walls.
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Altany
Ubraries
Doctor and Frau Doran Live Nude Primitive Life in Galapagos
San Francisco observer Charles Howard reports Dr. Friedrich Ritter and Frau Doran living in the Galapagos in a test of primitive nutrition. They shun civilization, with Ritter reportedly inspired but weary of self denial, as they conduct a diet mixing raw and cooked foods aboard a small Ecuadorian boat crewed by the couple.
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Los Angeles
Hfe
Friedrich Ritter
Frau Doran
Galapagos
Charles 3. Howard
San Francisco
Globe Trotter
Coursa
Florida
Sarah
Fray
Howard
California
Sutter
Island
Ile
Berlin
Ecuador
Salesman kills bear at sawmill camp in Big Elk Park
Herbert Sullivan a Longmont salesman delivering a car at a sawmill in Big Elk Park thirty miles west of Longmont faced two charging bears. He fired once with an old 45-70 rifle, hitting the female bear in the jaw as it rose on its hind feet. the other bear fled and Sullivan returned with the 250 pound animal to show friends.
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Longmont
Col
Herbert Sullivan
Sullivan
Big Elk Park
Shooting the Bull Turns Cruel in Burtonsville
Burtonsville Md. William Miles a farmer was arrested on cruelty to animals charges after allegedly shooting a prize bull with a shotgun when the animal intruded in his corn field. John Matthias, another farmer, owned the bull. Montgomery County police reported Miles surrendered on a warrant.
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Burtonsville
William Miles
John Matthias
Miles
Cornfield
Montgomery County
Mosquitoes Prefer Blonds Say Philadelphia Expert
City entomologist Herman Horning claims mosquitoes favor light hair and are more attracted to light-haired people. He notes mosquitoes are sensitive to light and that light-colored animals in fields with cattle endure more bites, a trend he links to visibility.
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Philadelphia
Herman Horning
Mr. Herning
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Marshall Field II
Coates
London
Marshall Field
Chicago
Dudley Coates
Field
Reno
New
Callion Mount
Edith Cavell
Katharin Trevelyan
Sir Charles Trevelyan
Britain
Hans Fuhrer
Alberta
Uncle Sam
Havana
Queen OF Stamps
Catherine Hippehen
Postage Stamp Club
EB. Starr Judd
Mochester, Minn
American Medical Association
University of Minnesota
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