The Himalayan bear outsmarts gravity in a trap
An old tale claims the Himalayan bear, famed for obstinacy, lunges for bait on a tree while a hidden rock mechanism swings to strike. The bear fights the blows in a boxers rage, only to be knocked out by the falling stone and net. The natives capture the exhausted bear for the zoo.
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India
Cooperative Law Library Experiment In Long Beach
Forty or fifty Long Beach attorneys contribute law books from private collections to the public library. Readers may borrow for five days, while the general public can consult the volumes at the library. Some contributors have as many as 200 books and the plan aims to broaden access to legal resources.
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Co-operative Law Library
Long Beach
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Nickel Money and the Nickel Market's Global Reach
The note highlights nickel origins in the United States as copper nickel coins were first minted to promote mining after rich deposits were found in Pennsylvania. Today 85 percent of world supply comes from Canada’s Sudbury district, with France at 11 percent. It speculates Britain could back its currency with nickel.
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Pennsylvania
Sudbury
Canada
France
Great Britain
Philadelphia Ledger
Let’s Pretend and Make Home a Happy Place
A Washington Post tone piece urges housewives to practice happiness at home. It argues early training in cheerful pretend play helps handle ups and downs, making the home life smoother and more successful.
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Washington Post
Our Flour and Wheat Exports
Between July 1 and January 9 the United States exported 82,083,000 bushels of wheat and 8,733,000 barrels of flour totaling 121,960,000 bushels in equivalent wheat units.
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United States
Fourth of July Through American History and Change
The piece traces how Independence Day evolved from a rowdy early celebration to a more measured, safer observance. It cites Adams and Lee perspectives, recalls Buffalo and Springfield commemorations, notes temperance shifts, and argues the day should honor freedom while preserving its fighting spirit.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Great Britain
John Adams
America
God
Washington
Lincoln
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Journal
Eagle
Main Street
Court and
Eagle Streets
Washington and Frontier Guard
Western Literary and Scientific Academy
Buffalo Band
Sheldon Smith
Baptist Church
Mr. Shelton
St. Paul's
Buffalo House
Seneca
Sylvester Mathews
Chippewa
Mr. Eaton
Presbyterian Church
Sixty-fifth
Fillmore House
Yorktown
Lexington
Sons of
Lee
The
American Medical Association
Springfield
Mass
Chauncey M. Depew
United States of America
Colonial stock remark sparks courtroom cue in passage
Willis-Bump proclaims colonial lineage while discussing ancestry with the judge who notes Gillis is a descendant dodging collectors. The exchange frames a legal dispute as the courtroom hears the historian tone of lineage and owed duties.
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Willis—Bump
Gillis
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