River Devotion Draws Reader Toward Mountain Stream
An essay recalls how a river’s appeal transforms a man’s outlook and prompts a judge and companion to explore distant waters. It traces the growing bond from paddling rough rapids to wading with shoes on and finally swimming clothed, revealing the river’s magnetic pull and memory.
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Out of Deere
Cherie
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Hudson
Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
Benneath
Australian Girle Fearless Riders
Australian bush girls ride and drive in stations miles from towns. They roam twenty miles to visit, manage households alone, and later arrive in the capital for the season. In cities they appear poised and well dressed, matching town girls in ballroom life.
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London
Mexican burros locate water by ground observation
Géed Horse Lance recounts how Mexican burros find underground water by watching the surface and ground conditions. An observer notes three burros digging a shallow hole in hot sand, water fills the hole, and the group drinks, praising the burros for practical wisdom and good horse sense.
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Aving
A Valuable Service in Ireland’s Ratunting Car
An embassy attache recalls travelers in Ireland using a ratunting car to test steps before mounting. A driver’s loose step prompts an Irishman to shake it, then joke that the step is too strong. The mishap ends with a sunny Irish blessing and a broken leg avoided.
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Ireland
London
Hearing direction mystery from two ears examined
The London Post discusses how humans locate sound direction. Lord Rayleigh notes the ear brain mechanism is not simple with two ears. For high notes intensity difference helps, for low notes phase difference helps as waves travel and reach ears at different times.
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London Post
Lord Rayleigh
How He Knew Ostrich Feather Pulse Ruse
A healthy woman visits an old physician who declares no fever or heart issue. He explains he judged her condition by counting the ostrich feather’s vibrations on her hat, then dismisses her with a bow.
Birth of Portugal as a separate realm in 1094
The annals record Alfonso VII of Castile granting the county of Portugal as a fief to Henry of Burgundy to assist against the Moors. The name Portugal derives from Latin for the Port of Cale, Porto. The text marks the start of Portugal’s path to independence, with Portuguese lords naming themselves kings in 1139 and rejecting outside rule.
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Portugal
Alfonso VII
Castile
Henry of Burgundy
Cale
Oporto
Alfonso
Rosary Magazine
Running an Engine Force at Sixty Miles an Hour
Chicago News explains locomotive energy at 60 mph, detailing fuel, boiler and wheel stresses. It calculates piston force, travel, and acceleration, noting exhaustively the mechanical demands and power required for high speed.
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Secoml
Chicago News
The Apology at School Between Willie and Tommy
Willie and Tommy quarreled at school and, after a serious talk from their teacher, expressed remorse. The boys faced each other, Tommy first, and said I am sorry you attacked me Willie. Willie responded That’s all right and both felt a weight lift in the classroom.
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Willie
Tommy
Chicago News
Martina
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