Kingbird the Fiercest of All Winged Creatures
In the Crozet Islands southeast of Africa and near the ice edge the kingbird is described as the fiercest of birds. The cape of gold hope region home to volcanic, cliffy Possession Island hosts sea elephants and occasional tramp ships. The bird is small yet formidable with a needle beak and fearless, pugnacious nature, dominating foes and storms alike.
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Indian Ocean
Cape of Gold Hope
South Africa
Australia
New York Times
Possession Island
Leviathans and Kingbirds Carve Red Reef Shelter
Shipwrecked castaways on Apostle island build a walrus hide tent but kingbirds swarm the shelter tearing skins and poles. Each killed bird spawns hundreds more, and by dawn the tent is reduced to bare poles, with hide and hair devoured on the snow.
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Apostle Island
Angler Recovers Five Foot Sturgeon In Ice Lake Find
Frank E. Wells of Milton Vermont hauled up a five foot sturgeon weighing 78 pounds from Lake Champlain through an ice hole after a three hour struggle. The catch is reported as the largest inland New England fish by the Boston Globe.
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New England
Frank E. Wells
Milton
Lake
Champlain
Wells
Boeton Globe
Widths of the Strait of Gibraltar
The strait narrows from about nine miles at the west entry to thirteen miles at the east entry. The channel measures around five miles wide through the center of the strait.
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Strait of
Gibraltar
Strait
Christmas gift mishap compass tale from Capper's Weekly
A Kansas City woman bought a compass as a Christmas gift. She returns complaining it points north regardless of direction while the salesman says it should. She wants one that points east when driving east and west when driving west. Capper's Weekly notes the salesman is “doing as well as could be expected.”
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Kansas City
Capper
Australian saves liquor from blaze in saloon
An Australian braved a dangerous blaze in a saloon to fling dozens of liquor bottles out the window onto a paved highway. Later a nearby blacksmith shop burned and the same fire hero ran to the shop with a heavy object, claiming he had to save it as the poor man’s living, then dropped an anvil.
Airplane linemen patrol Kansas lines in winter snow
In Bucklin a snowstorm knocked out power and emergency crews failed to reach the line. An airplane crew flew 90 miles of transmission lines, spied the break, helped repairs, and reported line condition in two hours and fifty minutes. Altiplane linemen may be used in future.
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Kansas
Bucklin
House of Tragedy Home for Wilhelm
The history of the Chateau de Trevano in Switzerland is described as the residence where the ex-Kaiser will spend part of his time in the future, marking a notable phase in his life and exile.
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Wilhelm
Rumor
Kaiser
Chateau de Trevano
Tragic Swiss Castle Ties to Ex-Kaiser Leeched By Ill Fates
Lady Mary notes Swiss sentiment on a lavish chateau tied to the ex Kaiser. The property’s morbid history saw multiple owners die after acquiring it, including a German founder, a pair of buyers, and finally Louis Lombard, a New York windfall recipient who now eyes a sale.
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Lady Mary
London
Louis Lombard
Kaiser
New York
Wall Street
Australia’s Big Ranches Holdings in North Australia
The new state of North Australia spans about 250000 square miles with a sparse population of 84000. Its capital Port Darwin hosts the sole town while vast ranches dominate the landscape. Alexandria station covers 12000 square miles and 50000 cattle, Brunette Downs spans 10600 square miles, and Victoria River Downs at 13002 square miles holds up to 100000 head.
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North Australia
Port Darwin
Alexandria
Yorkshire
Brunette Downs
Victoria River Downs
Long-Lived Wisconsin twins celebrate sixty years in Port
The oldest Wisconsin twins, Mrs. Katherine Kaiser and Mrs. Mary Dunglinger, both ninety-five? eighty-five years old, have lived in Port Washington over sixty years. Daughters of the Delles family, early Luxembourg settlers, they remain active and travel regularly to Chicago and Milwaukee to visit children, with Dunglinger embracing modern conveniences while her sister still uses oil lamps.
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Wisconsin
Port Washington
Katherine Kaiser
Mary Dunglinger
Delles
Chicago
Milwaukee
Dunglinger
Cariboo Saved Trapper Porter After Fall
Alberta trapper Herbert Porter injured in a fall crawled to his log cabin and waited for healing. With two days of food he killed a passing caribou near his cabin and survived three weeks on meat and dried portions until help arrived. He was found in a weakened but steady condition.
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Herbert Porter
Alberta
Eve
Burt Fet
Charlemagne’s Alphabet Designer Alcuin’s Gift to Writing
Charlemagne, king of the Franks, who reigned from 768 to 814, is credited with the development of the current letter forms. He commissioned English monk Alcuin to design the letters, though he never learned to write himself.
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Charlemagne
Alcuin
Remarks That Galled the Old Doctor
Doc Henneberry cites a sharp quotation during a confrontation with a young physician who has joined his practice He resents the younger man's refusal to follow the elder man’s required conventions in the office
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Doc Henneberry
Doc
Perverse generation and shifting beliefs across ages
Excerpted dialogue contrasts generations and beliefs with Old Doc Henneberry's memory of youth he once attacked the Bible, now pondering the harm he may have done. The piece reflects on religion, morality, and the changing view of politics and fashion from older to younger eras as printed in the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star.
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Doc
Doc Henneberry
J. P
Kansas City Times
Godey
Jo Fuller
Hon
Kanaas
Philosophical remark on fashion history by Professor Pate
Professor Pate muses on fashion eras from crinoline and hoopskirt to bangs, noting how trends alternate with amusement. He reflects on how styles like the chignon once defined periods and commentaries.
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Pate
Temperature Readings May Lag Behind True Blood Heat
A thermometer set to patient temperature 100F can rise to 103F after exposure to 108F air, causing a recorded error. Hospitals and physicists guard against this known lag in temperature measurement.
Cashmere Shawls Reach Pinnacle of Indian Craft
The finest cashmere shawls come from Kashmiri looms in Asia's Himalaya region. Punjab hosts a major shawl industry with Univitzar noted for quality, yet Kashmere shawls surpass all others in elegance and craftsmanship.
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Kashmir
Asia
Punjab
Himalaya
Univitzar
Cashbmere
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