Pets of British soldiers keep unusual animal companions
A British army roundup notes regiments with pets from emus and kangaroos to goats, a deer, a bear, and snakes. Animals like "Jack" the retriever of the Twelfth Lancers, "Blily" the Welsh Regiment goat, and "Antony" the axe dog of the Twenty Sixth Battery accompany crews on campaigns in Canada and India, with many tales of loyalty and odd companionship.
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Jack
Welfth Lancers
Thrussars
Victora
Seaforth
Antony
Gloucester Regiment
Lancers
New South Wales
Peter
Grenadiers
Canada
Devonshire Regiment
India
Cat's Balance of Power in a Tailless Tale
A humorous exchange narrates a cat missing its tail after an accident. The cat cannot jump straight at first, landing off to one side, showing how a lost tail upsets balance. Over time the cat relearns to jump, yet the episode emphasizes how balance governs a cat’s ability to catch prey.
Baboons Dispose of the Aged in Pratorial Myth
In excerpts from South Africa Johan nesburg observer Thomas Asbaldistone notes baboons ostracize aged kin who can no longer help them. A scientist cited claims Darwinian vindication of this harsh practice as part of a supposed missing link debate.
Hare Seizes Farm Money After Escape in Donegal
A march hare allegedly steals a prize sum of £4378 6d tied in a white handkerchief. A farmer’s daughter, finding the hare in a trap, tied the kerchief to its neck and released it, only for the hare to vanish with the money.
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Donegal
Elephants Generate Electricity Gains Indian Attention
A curious experiment in India explores using elephants to produce electricity, drawing interest from researchers and local officials. The concept aims to harness elephant-powered generators as a novel energy source.
Bombay plans elephant powered electricity for city lighting
It is proposed in Bombay to employ elephants for six hours daily to generate electricity stored in batteries and used at night to light streets.
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Bombay
Clergymen Paupers in English Almshouses
Over ten years 103 clergymen were admitted to English almshouses as paupers. One held a D.D. and others were M A degree holders. About six thousand English Episcopal clergy earn under twenty dollars weekly, with most earning far less.
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England
The Land of Tips in Paris and France
The French are said to spend at least 100 million dollars yearly on tips. In Paris alone about 56 thousand dollars each day goes to waiters cabmen porters and others who consider tips their right and perquisite.
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Paris
How England Got the Goat
A humorous note attributes the goat’s rise among English upper class families to a treaty permitting heavy Portuguese wines. The wines proved unsuitable for English tastes and climate, influencing social trends and habits in the era.
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England
Portugal
Paddy Bird the Confiding Indian Paddy Bird
A traveller describes the paddy bird as fearless and very lazy, earning the local name blind heron. He recalls a bird standing ten feet from a wringing washerwoman, with neither paying attention to the other.
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India
Piece Work in Germany Shocks Visitors at Berlin Exhibit
Consul Hurst from Plauen notes the Berlin house industry exposition lacks the glamour of a great fair. Exhibits reveal misery of piece workers in tenement shops, with each item priced and hours spent shown. Examples include 17 cents for a boys suit, 2 cents per hour for crucifixes, and lace from Plauen at a quarter cent per hour.
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Consul Hurst
Plauen
Berlin
Washington Star
Honesty in Apples Impacts Canadian Export Trade
The Canadian government aims to curb misrepresentation in apple shipments to England. Dealers face heavy fines for facing up barrels with fine fruit and shipping inferior stock as first quality. American exporters also risk markets from similar practices. prompt corrective measures are urged to preserve trust and market access.
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England
Clucks Like a Turkey Attacked by Badger in Arkansas
Gypsy Joe recounts Joe Williams and his family camping near Yellville Arkansas when Williams, mistaken for a wild turkey, was mauled by a badger. He suffered deep neck and back cuts while attempting to call turkeys, dropped his shotgun, and fled to the wagon. He vows never to turkey hunt again.
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Hunter
Joe
Gainesville
Joe Williams
Arkansas
Williams
Yellville
Ark
Possum Walk Creek
Nix
FIDDLER FOR 4 659 PARTIES IN WISCONSIN DANCE CAREER
Amherst Wisconsin violinist John Fen seeks a world record for 4659 dances over 53 years since he began in 1862. His peak year 1880 saw 450 dances. He often called dances and even danced while playing. He plans to continue performing as long as he can reach the stringed instrument.
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Wisconsin
Amherst
Wis
John Fen
America
Pine Woods
Alpine plants for American gardens
Alpine plants worth growing in America are hardy perennial herbs forming tufts or carpets. They include gentians pinks and primroses from the Alps, but many originate in other high mountains. Some need special rockeries with cool light and good drainage, yet many survive American winters in regular borders.
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America
The
Garden Magazine
Museum Receives Rare Tapajos Indian Trophy
Washington curator Dr Merriam presented the U S National Museum with a smoke dried head of a Brazilian Tapajos Indian from 1777 or 1878. The relic, preserved by the Parentinins, shows wax eye cones, teeth pupils, parrot feather decorations, and hangs on a stand.
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Washington
D. C
Fort Merriam of
Tapajos
Para
Brazil
Amazon
Merriam
New York City
Ernest T. Morris
Morris
Tapajos River
New York
Pulice
South America
Dr. Merriam
Pickpocket Foiled by Pins in Cleveland
Sidney Reed, a Cleveland resident, thwarted a pickpocket on Mast Fiftyfifth Street when pins Reed wore pricked the thief. Traffic Patrol van Doan and detectives Mooney and Page arrested a suspect. In Municipal Court the prisoner pleaded not guilty. case continued. A wedding note contrasts a couple's sunny life with moonshine shadows.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sidney Reed
Dumb Waiter at 19 Owns Four Restaurants in Kalkaska
Walter Stanley Grohe, born dumb in Kalkaska Michigan, lost his parents at 13 and 19-year-old now owns four restaurants. He began life with a handicap yet restored himself through work, waiting on customers and saving until he could buy the family eatery. He aims to expand to a longer chain of eat shops.
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Kalkaska
Mich
Michigan
Hfe
Walter Stanley Grohe
Stanley
U S Redeems Burned One Dollar From Little Hazel
Five year old Hazel Long of Denver saved nickels for a dollar bill which was burned in a kitchen stove fire by her grandmother. A government agent reported the tale and Hazel received a fresh bill from Washington with a note of special redemption.
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Hazel Long
Denver
Colo
Hazel
Rowland K. Goddard
Government Secret Service
Washington
the Treasury
Lightning Strikes Beam in Winchester Office
A lightning bolt struck midway between the Leaderick and Empire buildings in Winchester injuring Beam and shocking several women in a physician’s office nearby. Beam’s ruby ring loosened by the blast was found in a jeweler’s shop, but he is alive and unharmed despite the close call.
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Winchester
Beam
Leaderick
Empire
Vicar Claims Photograph of Ghost At Luncheon
London report says Rev. Chas Tweedale a Weston Yorkshire vicar swears in affidavit his wife and son saw a ghost at luncheon. He used a quarter plate camera to capture an image showing a shadowy old man with hair and a full beard seated near the table, contradicting family recognition.
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London
England
Chas. Tweedale
Weston Yorkshire
Tweedale
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