Cat in the Saddle: Angora Befriends Shepherd Dog
In McKeever New York, an Angora cat named Mike befriends a shepherd dog named Tom after Tom rescues him from drowning. The pair form a close bond, with Mike riding on Tom and sharing meals, while Tom protects him from threats. Their unlikely friendship grows as they roam the farm together.
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McKeever
N. Y
William North
Mike
Tom
Mr. North
Fox
Reynard
Lived to Golden Jubilee of Do minicans leader
The Rev Hyacinth M Cormier master general of the Dominicans marked a golden jubilee since priesthood admission. Born December 8 1832 in New Orleans he received priesthood May 17 1856 and joined the order after long health trials. In 1904 he became general of the order. Indians to work in beet fields at Rocky Ford.
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New York
Hyacinth M. Cormier
The
Dominicans
Henry Cormier
New Orleans
Order of St. Dominic
Pius IX
Father Hyacinth
Santa Sabina
Rome
Chilocco
Rocky Ford
Col
Liops
New metal tantalite touted as indestructible pen material
Dr Werner von Bolton spoke before the Electro Technical association in Berlin describing tantalite as a new metal so hard a diamond drill cannot cut it. Pens made from tantalite are said to be indestructible and more elastic than gold pens.
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Werner von Bolton
Electro- Technical Association
Berlin
English Libel Case Highlights Paper Printing Blunder
A Surrey newspaper was fined 150 dollars after two stories were mixed in a hurried press. A divorce suit and a police court cage report blurred into one, leading to a misread line about a donor, a deed of gift and a six month peace binding. The editors argued the error could occur in modern papers and the damages underscored rigid libel laws.
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London
England
Surrey
Real Cause of Crime Proposes Heart Degeneration Link
New York reports Prof. Alexander Haig of London claims crime stems from pauper unemployment and heart degeneration due to malnutrition. He argues the heart weakens when the poor lose heart, leaving them unemployable and prone to vice, with recovery unlikely without diet and rest.
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New York
Alexander Haig
London
Haig
Pelicans in Kansas and a displaced traveler
A flock of pelicans crossed through Hepler Kansas with one shot bird disabled and circling the pond for hours before the flock moved on. The sighting describes a four foot tall white bird with a long one foot beak and a gallon water pouch. The text also mentions Hattie Grider a widow seeking rail splitting work in Gradyville Kentucky and her attempt to locate her brother in Indianapolis.
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Pittsburg
Hepler
Hattie Grider
Gradyville
Indianapolis
Chile Plans Eight Year Naval Build Up
Chile adopts a naval programme over eight years to construct four battleships a larger dry dock fortify Arica and six other ports plus cruisers destroyers torpedo boats and submarines through the modernization drive.
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Chili
Arica
Dreams and omens figure in curious dream tales
A ancient-tinged column recounts dreams guiding real events from jewel finds to lost watches and warned deaths. Mrs Pineau in Williamsport finds jewels after dreaming of them in a basket. William Ward recovers a missing watch after dreaming its location. Other tales include barn fire forewarnings and a fatal fall at a Atlanta construction site where a foreman warned workers. Dominic Carmone’s dream of a nephew’s death leads to confirmation at the morgue.
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Joseph H. Pineau
Williamsport
William Ward
Freeland
Mr. Ward
Texas
Upper Sandusky
Robert Rickards
Bridgeville
Del
Chandler
Atlanta
Peter McGeary
Peck
Dominic Carmone
Mount Washington
Giuseppe Lamazzi
Smitfield Street Bridge
Pittsburg
Mrs. Gunderson
Small freak house in Conway England draws visitors
A tiny, ladder accessed home in Conway England is shown in the illustration. An old lady living there earns a living by exhibiting the house and selling photos of it to visitors.
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Conway
England
Attorney Sends Seven Ton Pump to Patent Office
A New York attorney filed for a centrifugal pump improvement. The patent examiner called for a working model. When refused to inspect in Trenton, the attorney shipped a seven ton pump to the patent office, needing twenty one men to move it, per Scientific American.
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Patent Office
New York
Trenton
Scientific American
Thirsty New Yorkers and a Million Barrel Liquor Bill
A Pearson's Magazine observation catalogs Manhattan yearly liquor consumption. It notes 100000 barrels of whisky, 30000 barrels of other spirits, 5 million barrels of beer and related costs totaling 135 million dollars. The figure is linked to a quip about filling a tank at one gallon per minute to empty in 99 years 36 days.
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Manhattan
Mike Yale
Harvard
Pearson's Magazine
Bone Stool Carving Tradition Among African Natives
A bone carved stool tradition emerges from Af rica with stools fashioned from animal bones. The practice reflects craft use in indigenous communities and the cultural value of carved ancestral seats.
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Africa
Chief Engineer Bills Maher Job Offer After Exam
Brooklyn chief fire department battalion chief Patrick Maher, after taking a civil service exam for fun, is offered a chauffeur position at three dollars a day. He declines, noting his current salary of 3500 dollars per year and his habit of taking exams to keep his mind sharp.
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Crouzbauer
Brooklyn
Civil Service
Patrick Maher
Maher
Coler
Valdonia Scoffs At Swing Time In Quirky Exchange
In Boston style a daughter tells her mother she will let the carnivorous quadruped of the genus Felis ease its activity and fade into a state of total extinct vitality. The line is a humorous paraphrase quoted from the Chicago Tribune.
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Valdonia
Boston
Chicago Tribune
Schools of Instruction Facts About Accidents on Railroads
Several railroads funded mobile schools teaching road and farm practice, spreading knowledge to farmers and towns. A separate Interstate Commerce Commission table, cited by Secretary Moseley, lists employee collisions and injuries due to excessive working hours. Eight workers died and 13 were injured from overwork with sleep deprivation contributing to crashes and derailments, including cases of 32, 24, 48 hours on duty.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Moseley
Tilman
Philadelphia Record
Commission
Railroads Spur Own Wooden Leg Mills
A surgeon cites railroads as major buyers of wooden legs and suggests they should run their own leg mills. An auditor notes the idea as ghastly yet practical, citing 3,000 annual deaths and 40,000 injuries, totaling 200,000 injuries in five years, with cost-saving logic similar to Standard Oil owning barrel works.
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Standard Oil Company
Forgetful owner leaves three puppies at central library checkroom
In Philadelphia a man left three white shaggy puppies in the free library checkroom. The attendant, unaware at first, later kept them in the room and fed them until the owner returned or someone adopts them. The episode ends with the dogs settled and awaiting pickup or adoption.
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Free Library
Philadelphia Record
Spiral and Zigzag: Africa's Remarkable Amabele Butterworth Rail
Construction in Cape Colony yields a famed spiral and zigzag section. The line winds through Kei hills with cuttings and embankments, dropping or rising 1560 feet over 18 miles, and runs along Mangulu river before doubling back to gain a half mile.
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Cape Colony
Kei Hills
Mangulu
South Africa
Kei Heights
In Agreement. Neybore and Pepper Talk Of Progress
Mrs Neybore notes buying a new piece of music for her daughter to play and expects mastery soon. The girl spent the afternoon trying the piece while Miss Pepper comments on her effort in Cassell's Journal.
Hot Pursuit
Comic dialogue shows Mrs Naybor asking about her husband’s pursuit in life and Mrs Sububbs replying with the 7 40 train in a light exchange. The exchange features a witty, everyday urban humor tone with brief personal interaction.
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Naybor
Sububbs
Judy
Wireless telegraphy experiments without wires chief hurdles
English researchers Sir Oliver Lodge and Dr. Alexander Muirhead test train telegraphy with a car as receiving station. Aerial wires rise from porcelain insulators on the roof and connect via insulated fittings to the van’s recorder. Transmitting gear sits in a Derby hut with masts forty feet high and a spark gap to boost the impulse, facing difficulty from the short receiving aerial and high energy needs.
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Oliver Lodge
Alexander Muirhead
Derby
Men of the Rail and Freight Car Shortages
A mixed feature on railroading contrasts a poetic tribute to train crews with 1965 industry data. It notes large orders for locomotives and cars, but persistent bottlenecks as railroads fail to move vast corn and wheat crops due to insufficient freight cars and storage.
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George R. Metcalf
M. B
March Technical World Magazine
United States
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Observation Car Mystery on the Train
An old couple quizzed about the observation car talk of honeymooners aboard a rail journey. The Chicago Daily News notes the car is claimed to be up front, while one traveler insists it is on the rind.
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Miria
Chicago Daily News
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