Openwork and Open Displays Stir Modesty Crusade
Mrs Katharine Stevenson leads a Massachusetts crusade against openwork fashion seen in warm weather garments. She warns that perforated stockings and sheer dress elements can tempt morbid displays, urging modesty in public and within families. Local women and clubs debate propriety, with varied views on openwork's place and discretion.
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Katharine Stevenson
Kallacine Stevenson
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Boston
Domestic Science Leagues
York World
John Fowler Trow
Island Pond Shepherd Reaps 177.40 From 19 Sheep
William R. Curtis of Island Pond Vermont reports a nineteen sheep flock yielding 167 pounds of wool at thirty cents per pound, plus thirty lambs sold for 127.30, totaling 177.40 in income for the year.
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William R. Curtis
Island Pond
Ax Sent to Remove Weeds Unearths Giant Pigweed
E Ford of South Hanson Massachusetts dispatched a worker to mow weeds. The mower returned and Ford inspected the site locating a pigweed eight feet tall with a six foot spread.
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Ss. E. Ford
South Hanson
Mass
New Yorker Invents Nonrefillable Bottle In Simple Way
A New York reader named Frank Waters described an accidental invention of a nonrefillable bottle. He demonstrated filling a bottle with cement blocked by air tubes that prevent return flow, proving the bottle cannot be refilled. A Paris tramp, Nicholas Gilliot, claimed past University of Paris lectures and pleaded for food while in custody. The Moroccan sultan reportedly plays tennis and cricket, owns many bicycles, and enjoys fast rides and luxury items.
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New Yorker
Sunday Telegraph
Frank Waters
Nicholas Gilliot
Paris
University of Paris
Congo
Africa
Sultan
Morocco
Barefoot Golf Scene Sparks Park Protest in Chicago
Readers note golfers and tennis players in Jackson Park Chicago go barefoot each morning on the grass. The New York American calls it bad form while our artist depicts a scene that may mar the enjoyment of the occasion.
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Jackson Park
Chicago
New York American
Unknown Lands Around the Poles Attract Surveyors
The Philadelphia Ledger notes vast unexplored land near the poles and two magnetic poles未 charted. It mentions Captain Amundsen’s Norway expedition to rediscover the north magnetic pole and the unsettled status of the south magnetic pole with multiple claimed positions from 100 to 500 miles apart by experts.
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Surveyors
Capt. Amundsen
Philadelphia Ledger
Top
North Peler
North Pole
South Pole
Europe
Ross
North Magnetic Pole
Amundsen
Norway
South Magnetic Pole
Borchgrevink
Southern Cross
Frederick A. Cook
Belgica
Flying Hen Hatches Thirteen Chicks in Tree Nest
A Middletown New York report tells of Mrs George Earle at Perkiaman's Corners owning a hen that acts like an eagle. The cross between Leghorn and Dominick built a nest atop a tall tree and repeatedly flew between treetop and ground while collecting nest material. She hatched thirteen chicks and ushered them to the ground unaided.
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George Earle
Middletown
N. Y
Earle
Perkiaman’s Corners
Redwood falls reveal two century old nest tree
At Brookdale in Santa Cruz county California a redwood over 330 years old was toppled in a storm. A hole near the top once housed a woodpecker nest and contained a three-stalled huckleberry shrub two feet tall. Its roots reached six feet into the tree and the plant absorbed sap and bore fruit.
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Brookdale
Santa Cruz County
Cal
Irish farmer Uses Turkeys to Control Grasshoppers
An Irish farmer in Kansas keeps a flock of 2,000 turkeys to eat grasshoppers in his fields. He turns them loose on his land and rents them to neighbors, earning a good income this year.
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Kansas
New England Liberty Pole and No Stamp Flag
The Portsmouth liberty pole is described as the only New England site reportedly still standing. On Swing Bridge, January 9, 1766, the first no stamp flag was raised in what became the United States.
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New England
Portsmouth
Swingbridge
United States
Goose Rewards Faithful Dog With Devoted Gratitude
A Barnet England dog saved a goose from a fox at the start of the last century. The goose never left the dog’s side, accompanying him in the village and yard, guarding his kennel, and sharing his weather. After the dog’s death the goose guarded his successor’s kennel and was killed for attempting to share it.
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Barnet
England
No Kisses in Japan in Willis Clanahan Verse
A light verse laments that there are no kisses in Japan as the speaker travels from Beersheba to Tokyo and Yokohama. The poem blends travel imagery and playful rhymes with a narrator claiming Japan lacks kisses and expresses longing for distant archipelago shores and romantic poetry by Willis Leonard Clanahan.
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Land of
Japan
Jay
Tokyo
Osian Islands
Archipelago
Sano
Ulay
Yokohama
LENOL
Willis Leonard Clanahan
Bird Hawk Trapped by Grass Near Branch Pond
A Bangor man found a hawk entangled in tall grass near Branch Pond after hearing fluttering. The hawk had killed a yellowhammer and had grass entwined around a leg, but the man freed it. It will be mounted and is noted as a fine specimen with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Branch Pond
Bangor News
Vegetation Survives Extreme Cold in Arctic Studies
A scientist notes crops can grow far north where sun heat is minimal. Wheat tolerates ground unfrozen by a foot. oats ripen near 69 degrees north. rye and barley go farther. Hammerfest at 70 latitude reports grass under snow. Experiments show barley and peas grow rapidly and barley harvest occurs about ten weeks after sowing.
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Norway
Hammerfest
Carving on bone shows ancient American long hair elephant
A prehistoric bone carving depicts a long hair elephant species once roaming North America. The artifact suggests artistic representation by early inhabitants, indicating cultural ties to megafauna of the era.
Remarkable Fortress in Northern Madagascar
A vast natural fortress in northern Madagascar is held by a wild tribe calling themselves the People of the Rocks. The 1,000 foot high rock spans eight square miles with sheer sides and a hollow interior accessed only by a subterranean passage.
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Madagascar
Reminiscences on Frank Lenz and ancient horsehoes note
Col P H H Massy recalls Frank Lenz the American bicyclist murdered during a world tour. He recounts an inscription on a revolver linked to Lenz and mentions horsehoes' origin traced to Marcus Aurelius era. The piece also notes Turkish travel water joys and Turk views on water quality.
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P. H. H. Massy
Geographical Journal
Col. Massy
Turkey
Frank ‘Enz
Toprak Kale
Alashgird
Transcaucasia
Frank Lenz
Quirinal
Rome
Marcus Aurelius
Refute Dr Osler S Theory Walk of Four Miles Draws 11 Pedestrians
Eleven elderly walkers averaging 78 years joined a four and a quarter mile trek despite fatigue. Led by photographers and tea beforehand, two 80 year old women, Maria Mueller and Susan Deckhart, finished in a dead heat while others followed with high spirits.
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Septembre Outing Magazine
Dr. Osler
Jeremiah Merritt Greene
Middle West
Maria Mueller
Susan Deckhart
Birthplace Estate of Tennyson in Market for Buyers
The Sowersby rectory birthplace of Alfred Lord Tennyson is put up for sale. The sale links to his early rooms and nearby sites tied to In Memoriam and Maud. Nearby Burns the old grange, Holy Well Glen, and Mills inspire readers, with Spilsby and Mablethorpe also in range.
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Sowersby
Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Barber
Holywell Glen
Byron
Mablethorpe
Rovers' Bay
Spilsby
Sir John Franklin
Flaws in Medical Education Highlighted by Dr Franklin
Dr Franklin lists three deficiencies in old and modern medical training: preliminary exams obstetrics and administration of anaesthetics. He notes progress but urges further advances and cautions against fraudulent advertising of specialists while acknowledging benefits of specialization. American Medicine.
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Franklin
England
America
Two Horse Trading Tales From Kennebec River Tradewinds
Stories recall Jim Reagan an Irish trader linked with Prince Edward Island horses in Maine and his friend James Blaine. A buyer hagglers over a horse priced at five hundred dollars, then Reagan offers a hundred and a quarter. In another deal Reagan pays three hundred dollars but pockets forty cents by shorting the halter, saying he will wake the halter and not the horse.
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Kennebec River
Jim” Reagan
Prince Edward Island
Maine
James @. Blaine
Jim
Reagan
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New Century Theater Club
J. L. Niver
West End
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Walter
New York Telegraph
South Polar Region
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