The Spreewald Wends and Their Water World
A National Geographic portrait of the Wends, a Slavic people in the Spreewald near the Oder. They live on island-like plots connected by canals, travel by boats as streets, and trade eels cucumbers and pies while preserving ancient superstitions and a unique culture.
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National Geographic Society
Woshington
D. C
Europe
The
Oder
Spreewald
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Wendy
Spreewalder
Spree
Bohemian
Saxony
Brandenburg
Leide
Noreewald
Grobla
Burg
Cottbus
Leipzig
Diamond rush at Grasfontein sparks booming alluvial fields
In Grasfontein South Africa vast alluvial diamond deposits fuel a rapid rush with millions flowing through primitive corrugated shanties. Brokers travel from Pretoria to weigh bargain and transport cash fortunes as miners steadily extract rough stones for cutters in Europe and America.
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Tiehtanbure
South Africa
Grasteniin
Pretoria
Grasfontein
Nails Hand Forged for English Market in Worcester
In parts of England hand forged nails remain in small runs for furniture makers and foreign orders. Mrs Nellie Brettle of Lye leads a crafts group aided by a niece at the forge. Fewer than fifty skilled artisans survive from the Black Country era of common iron nail making.
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Worcester
England
South America
Nellie Brettle
Lye
Neice
Black Country
Fights After-Effect of Scarlet Fever in London
Dr. A. A. Osman of Guy's hospital reports tests that detect early kidney complications in scarlet fever cases. Preventive treatment with alkaline caliab pounds reduced kidney involvement from 6.5 percent in 316 untreated cases to 0.6 percent in 620 treated patients.
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London
A. A. Osman
Guy’s Hospital
Osan
Unknown Schiller Letter Found in Asch Region
A hitherto unknown letter by Friedrich von Schiller was found near Asch in Czechoslovakia by professor L. Uueller. The undated note is addressed to Amalia von Imnoff, related to a fragment of Mrau von Stein, whose epic The Sisters of Lesbos appeared in Schiller's Almanac of the Muses in 1800. It is believed to date from Schiller's final years.
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Schiller
Friedrich von Schiller
Asch
Czechoslovakia
L. Uueller
Amalia von Imnoff
Mrau von Stein
Lesbos
Blue Star Soap and Remedy Advertised for Itch Relief
An old newspaper ad promotes Blue Star Soap and Blue Star Remedy to treat Fezema tetter rugworn poison oak dandruff and itching skin. It claims germ killing and skin healing power for adults and children with a price of $1.00.
My son sold a picture for a thousand dollars
A Louisville Courier Journal reader notes his son is an amateur who recently sold a picture for $1,000 and ponders whether he is a great artist or a great salesman.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
High-Strung Workers Grow Wary of Legal Holidays
The piece notes workers fond of their craft fretful about too many legal holidays. It questions the strain of always facing a high-strung crowd member and the resulting workplace tension.
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Diamond
Strances
Shredded Wheat Company
Sieverssen Hide & Wool CO
Houston
Texas
Hanford
Grove
McCormick & CO
Baltinore
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