Dorsey Explores Cannibal Isles for Field Museum
Dr George A Dorsey curator of anthropology at Chicago's Field Museum describes perilous travels from Herbertshohe to German New Guinea. He gathered about 1000 specimens on New Ireland and surrounding islands, noting tall warlike men and sturdy women, dances with locals, and a month long voyage aboard the Seestern with Governor Hahn. He later visited Ramu river region and museums from Perth to Sydney before Egypt India Ceylon and Java collecting further specimens and data on Oceanic inhabitants.
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Sydney
Mall
Herbertshohe
German New Guinea
South Seas
George A. Dorsey
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Dorsey
Chicago Museum
Prean
Oceanica
Hahn
Australia
New Ireland
Dorsey E
New Guinea
Ramu River
Perth
Egypt
India
Ceylon
Java
Cost of living alarm in France rises sharply
Paris reports rapid price increases across food clothing and rents. Official charity cost statistics show food and essentials up nearly ten percent in four years with meat cheese potatoes and rice among the items jumping. Authorities fault new labor and business regulations for the burden on commerce and industry.
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Paris
France
Dog’s Bone In Man’s Neck At Ol City Pa
Henry Bemus of Warren survived a fall from a trestle at Riverside Junction and doctors removed a vertebra from his spinal column. They inserted a bone from a dog's neck in its place and report he will soon be ready to leave the hospital.
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Ol City
Henry Bemus
Warren
Dog
Bemus
Riverside Junction
Man says a farmer can live on nine cents a day
Oklahoma City advocate M M Wood promotes a frugal life to combat disease by living on nine cents daily from farm produce. He cites a breakfast of bacon and cornmeal with minimal purchased items and argues workers overstate meat needs, urging study of food values.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
M. M. Wood
Mr. Wood
Home for forlorn cats formed in Washington
Washington forms the Cat club to house stray and disabled cats. Mrs. H. L. West presides with Mme. de Blus and several society women as members. A member donates a painting to fund building, and an option on a Chevy Chase lot valued at 2600 dollars is reported. A meeting at the New Willard hotel will discuss these plans. Justice Harlan owns a prized cat from Burmah valued at about 1000 dollars.
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Washington
H. L. West
Commissioner West
Cat Club
Mme. de Blus
Persian Legation
Mary Pett
Justice Harlan
Burmah
Restores Mummies Color Through Potash Process
Boston reports Prof. Harris Hawthorne Wilder of Smith College describes a method using a weak caustic potash solution to restore mummies to their original color and facial features. He recounts a dried frog revived overnight in potash, inspiring further experiments on mummified animals and ancient human remains.
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Boston
Harris Hawthorne Wilder
Smith College
Wilder
Prof
Deer among poultry shocks Connecticut yard
Mrs. H. L. Frink of Canaan Valley found a young deer in her hen yard at Winsted after hearing a commotion. The exhausted animal charged the fence and fled. Nearby, Theodore Platevelt of Barkhamsted killed four deer raiding his gardens. Venison donated to the county hospital.
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Winsted
Conn
H. L. Frink
Canaan Valley
Theodore Platevelt
Barkhamsted
Hospi
New Salvage Tube Aims To Recover Lutine Treasures
London reports an experimental salvage tube built by Forrest & Co to recover the Lutine treasure sunk with the Hulll Lutine in 1797. A 100 foot steel tube will be clamped to a ship, flooded, and pumped dry to expose the wreck, enabling divers to transfer gold coins and ingots to a bottom chamber.
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London
Colne
Brightlingsea
Lutine
Terschelling
Holland
Forrest & Co
Wyvenhoe
Alea
Lloyd's Explained
Mail Order Couple Happy In Oklahoma to New York Marriage
Traveling 2000 miles to wed a girl courted by mail, Ben M Southern a rural mail carrier from Mount Park Oklahoma left Dallas five years earlier. Guided by Grant Mitchell attorney, Southern answered a matrimonial ad, sent two dollars, and met Bessie Dutcher in Halettaville New York after a long cross country journey. Meanwhile Genoa Street railroad opened a one mile tunnel for electric service between Genoa and Rivarolo shortening travel and saving time. Construction began June 1 1906.
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Hobart Okla
Ben M. Southern
Mount Park
Hobart
Southern
Dallas
Grant Mitchell
Mitchell
Texas
Chicago
William Dutcher
Halettaville
N. Y
Bessie
Oklahoma
rBerry Tel
Long Street
Genoa Street Railroad
Genoa
Rivarolo
Fruit Eating Bats Story From a Returned Philippine Soldier
A Manila correspondent recalls hunting in the Philippines with two shipmates near Zamboanga. They encounter a large fruit eating bat, describe its anatomy, wings, and diet, and detail killing it with a gun and hunting methods. The account notes the bat’s size, fur, lack of a stomach, and maneuverability while hanging from trees.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Philippines
Bassalan
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Saya
States
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Newfoundland
United States
Prof. Wilder
New York
Moffint Studio
Seth Low
Greater
Columbia Universality
Brooklyn
Low
Telle
Oak
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