Marcia and Roy Guard Totty in Big Farm Standoff
In a rural tale Roy and Marcia guard Totty a valuable two year old filly from Silas Jones who tries to seize the prize. Squire Allen, the sheriff and neighbors pursue and Totty is revealed to be a prized brood and Army fortune heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Totty
Marcia
Honey Lamb
Squire
Squire Allen
Silas Jones
Gray Nick
Patty
Mr. Jones
Jones
Army
Ancient Forests of America
During the early Cretaceous a continuous conifer and cycad forest covered North America. A late Cretaceous sea arm split the land, creating distinct East and West floras with different oaks maples pines and hardwoods. The East hosts trees like elm hickory magnolia while the West has Sequoias cypress and giant cactus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Kirkwood
University of Montana
North American
Gulf
Arctic
Texas
Montana
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Eating Their Own Weight
The piece explains that some birds eat far more than their body weight each day. It notes robins and kingfishers as examples and recounts a young bird learning not to overeat a worm it tried to swallow. It describes feeders like buzzards ravens and other raptors gorging when starved.
Chain shoulder straps and the pneumatic brake origin
A British officer's wife sewed chain under a tunic collar to protect against saber cuts, leading to army adoption of chain shoulder straps. Separately George Westinghouse, on a railway trip, bought a magazine from a tired seller and found an article about a compressed air borer that inspired his pneumatic air brake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lusk
America
Modish Spring Suits Highlight Tailored Silhouettes
Readers predict "tailored suit" as the essence of good dressing and the season features precision cuts in beguiling colors and fabrics. The smart tailleur leads fashion with new silhouettes and hand embroidered wraps adding refined elegance to spring wardrobes.
Embroidered wraps and fashion trends for spring
The article praises hand and machine embroidery on spring wraps in tones of sand and gray, noting fineness of handwork and the option to upcycle a cloth wrap with stitches. It highlights black and white ensembles, two tone footwear, fox fur boas, and navy blue suiting with embroidered linings and elaborate sleeves as current style statements.
Buffalo Stampede Seen by Indian Fighter Maus
General Maus recalls a dramatic 1870s incident in Idaho when he and two scouts trailed Nez Perce leader Joseph. They watched a buffalo stampede unfold for hours, a herd described as millions strong, a remarkable epic Maus once told Frederic Remington.
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Maus
Joseph
Oregon
Canada
Idaho
Buffalo
Frederic Remington
Remington
Howard Chandler Christy on the modern American girl
Artist Howard Chandler Christy says he prefers today’s freer and better educated American girl. He notes corseted women of twenty-five years ago versus today’s uncorseted youth and observes men gravitate to refined young women before influencing them toward flapper styles. He cites social dynamics observed in rooms with flappers.
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Howard Chandler Christy
Alice Roche
Minneapolis
New English Wing Promises Higher Airlift For Planes
After more than ten years of work in England a new wing type is perfected. It aims to increase lifting power and has passed initial tests. The wing uses a single curved rigid plane with mahogany veneer instead of fabric, resisting weather and stressing a Seagull like silhouette with tips dipping outward.
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England
Weather course in aeronautics at UC southern ranch
For the last three years a course in weather science applied to aeronautics has been given at the University of California southern ranch in Los Angeles. This year opens with strong enrollment of freshmen and sophomores, mainly from the engineering department, with sixty nine students in the aeronautic meteorology course. The aim is to teach principles and practical meteorology for aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
Southern Ranch
Los Angeles
Flu mystery stuns Dr Park says germ unknown
Dr William H Park of New York health department calls flu the most mysterious disease and says three years of study show they know nothing. He notes flu may travel through air and can affect people who have not seen others for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Park
New York City
Health Department
Far North
Setting the Styles Paris dressmaker pays punctually
Miss Cayenne jokes about Paris fashion and money matters noting she hopes her dressmaker will consider punctual payment unfashionable. The exchange hints at social pressures around timely payments in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Miss Cayenne
Paris
Light Side Of White House Humor By Early Presidents
An article recalls how American leaders, from Washington to Cleveland, used humor. It highlights Harding and Ruppert, Lincoln, Grant, and Li Hung Chang anecdotes, noting humor bridged presidents and people while maintaining dignity.
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White House
Harding
Jacob Ruppert
Congress
New York
American’ League
Ruppert
Europe
Asia
Louisville Courier- Journal
Washington
Jefferson
Adams
Andrew Jackson
Mount Vernon
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Roscoe Conkling
Conkling
Mr. Cleveland
Li Hung Chang
America
Cleveland
Viceroy Li
Red Sea
Climates Not Changing Says Weather Expert
The article cites Charles F. Talman of the U S Weather Bureau explaining climates have not shifted in ten years or ten centuries. It notes interest in exceptional winters and references Franklin era pamphlets, with Tasman and global checks indicating unchanged average weather over centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Talman
United States Weather Bureau
Mentor
Ben Franklin
United States
Tasman
No Season Wholly Good
Dialogue fragment shows Mr Subbub and Mrs Subbub discussing seasonal chores and preparations for winter. Loaden Answers references coal in rooms and readiness for snow and possible pipe bursts.
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Mr. Subbub
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McClure Newspaper “Syndicate
Ell
Roye
Dan
Marsh
Cal- Jones
Honey
Bradecouch
Ancient Forests OF
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