Australia’s giant ant hills astonish explorers in bushland
A traveler wanders among vast red pillars and 40 foot tall ant hills in northern Australia. Diggers note tunnels from six to twenty feet deep and 300 yards from spires. The colossal nests stretch for miles, built by busy formic workers in a forested plain.
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Pyramids
Egypt
Fittel Tower
Francis
Aimiessis
Tlis
Gulf
Australia
Peak Downs
Jim
Fashion Letter: Dressmakers Guide New York Shopping
Ellen Osborn reports on a shopping excursion by a little dressmaker and an engaged girl through New York shops for trousseau fabrics and models. They sample woven air textiles, linings, and French designs while discussing shoulder seams, draping, and color schemes for day and evening wear.
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New York
Lauer Saallinen Droussiakers
Paris
Monsieur
Ameriet
Wivle Cressmaker
Boyld
Louis
Cress
Eumsl
Pdont
Trousseaus
Ellen Osborn
New Hudson Bay Route Describes Manitoba and Hudsons Bay Canal
The article outlines a proposed canal from Winnipeg to Hudsons Bay by improving Red and Sea rivers, with detailed routes via Lake Winnipeg, York Factory, and multiple portages. It argues canals spur railways, reduce costs, and would support vessels of seven feet draft, creating a joint public highway managed by government rather than stockholders.
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Diana
Fludson
United States
Winnipeg
Tlacsan’s Bay
Red River
Lake Winnipee
Nelson
York
Sea River
Hare Lake
Franklin’s Lake
Pine Lake
Windy Lake
Oxford Lake
Oxford
Trout
Knee Lake
Jack River
Will River
York Factory
Hudson's Bay
Cleveland
Upper Lakes and Erie Canal
Europe
Tudson Bay Company
Norway House
Robinson’s Portage
Trout River
Island Portage
Lake Winnipes
Trudsen Bay
St. Ann
Warr
Molson
Man
Oxford Tee
Jackson's Day
Hees Bay
Mill River
Rock
the Rock
White River
Franklin Lake
Tale Opteys
Ybicue Dal
Musketahboon
Echimamish River
Robinson's Lake
Max
Pine
Windy Lakes
Winnipinaipis
Robinson Portage
Lake Max
Winnininaipis River
Mission Portage
Winter Portage Bay
Musketaboon
Pine River
Mission Creek
Wnee Lake
Hill River
Hudson Bay
A Fortunate Man in Harlem Life Words
Banks jokes about Buthers being deaf and in luck, noted in Harlem Life. The quip frames a humorous, casual exchange highlighting a human moment in a streetwise setting.
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Banks
Harlem Life
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Mammurhh
Hharth
Col
John F. Hobbs
Across the Ocean
Transaquantic
Lieut. Patten
Jarvis Patten
Atlantic
Fatten
America
Pupin
Lieut
Patten
Ife
Manitoba
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