New World and Old The woman in the van in discovering America
A reflective piece traces discovery history from Norse sailors to a pioneering woman and mother. It notes Gudrid's voyage around Nova Scotia and argues publicity shaped lasting memory, suggesting America risked a different history without press support.
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England
Spain
America
Columbus
Wang
Japan
Gunnbjorn
Gudrid
Lief
Eric
Nova Scotia
Snorre
Ants and Bolshevism in the Biology of Society
An essay compares social insects and humans through William Morton Wheeler’s view on Bolshevism as a social phenomenon. It notes the parallel development of social structures, shared obstacles, and the contrast between instinctive organization in insects and intellectual processes in humans.
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Henri Fabre
William Morton Wheeler
Ants Across Environments Describe Colony Life and History
The passage notes ants inhabit every climate from Arctic to desert and form durable colonies. Worker ants live four to seven years while queens reach thirteen to fifteen. Colonies vary from dozens to hundreds of thousands, growing with food supply and storage for future use. It traces an ethnic-like evolution from hunters to agriculturists and explains their feeding, with solids rasped and pressed into a mouth pocket.
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Arctic
Tropics
Libau Baltic Port Proved Crucial In World War II Conflicts
Libau, a Baltic port once shelled and captured by German warships, now serves as a shifting focal point for Letts, Germans, and Bolsheviks. With a large hinterland served by an ice free harbor, Libau features extensive railway links to Kharkov, Orel, and Moscow and boasted populous trade and factories before the war. It lies on a low sandy peninsula near the tideless Baltic, close to Petrograd’s latitude.
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Libau
Baltic
San Diego
Cal
Dallas
Texas
Kharkov
Orel
Moscow
Petrograd
The Goal of the Pioneers
Poem celebrates pioneers advancing against plains and horizons. References to pearls of the plain cities, culture, wealth, and the sage by the butte. Imagery of hawks, coyote cries, and wind swept spaces underscores a vision of Westward expansion. Written for the Leader by Pearl Riggs Crouch.
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Pearl Riggs Crouch
Hatless Ladies Spread Among English Women
The no hat movement gains followers as Lady Rhondda Miss Mary McArthur and other prominent women speakers join the trend. Women witnesses in courts and audiences at theaters racecourses and amusements increasingly appear hatless in public venues.
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Rhondda
Mary McArthur
Law Court
Army to form vast university army for future soldiers
The plan envisions a standing army in the United States acting as a huge university where young men receive physical and military training plus options for academic and vocational study. Army schools in France inspired the idea, with emphasis on broad subjects, vocational training, and continued education after service.
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Lege
Apellein
United States
Ing
Indore
Sam
Educational Commission
France
Lave Sciget
Jesson
Paris Plan Aims to Use Army Service for Education Reform
The report describes a program in Paris proposing military service as a path to education for underprivileged youths. It envisions housing schooling, regular wages, and eventual skilled employment. Educators believe some youths may stay longer to pursue higher learning, expanding opportunities. The article also notes New York women continuing cosmetics use despite a luxury tax and mentions the Cork legs inventor Dr. Cork.
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New York East Side
Paris
New York
Peano Playing Taught in Lessons at Plains Hotel
Reading room notices indicate D Roy J White offers lessons at the Plains Hotel. An advertisement lists teaching services and a contact note with hours.
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Peano
D. Roy J. White
Plains Hotel
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Randolph Leigh Albert Hearst
Postoffice
Mal Matter
Dy Carrier
Carey Avenus
Associated Press
Caldwell
A. Forester
Princess Anne
DR. Caldwell
W. B Caldwell
Washington Street
Monticello
Dr. Cork
15Th St
Plains
City Express
Cheyenne, Wye
Weet
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