Canada and Jasper Park Highlight Rocky Mountain Resorts
Canada follows the United States in designating tracts in the Northwest as public playgrounds. Jasper Park is praised for its glaciers, forests, valleys, and trout streams. The piece notes Canada’s pioneer exploration history linked to the Hudson’s Bay and Great Western era.
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Canada
United States
Rocky Mountain
Jasper Park
Northwest
Trunk Pacific
Anit
Virginia
Apto John Smith
Hudson's Bas
Pigeon Keeps Faith Amid Bombardment on Battlefield
An American officer visits a cratered frontline dugout as chaos erupts from massed guns. The colonel explains he released a carrier pigeon to please the bird, despite dust, explosions, and aircraft overhead. The exchange reveals a dry, wry moment amid intense combat.
Pigeons Carried by War Tanks Aid French News
A correspondent notes ingenious French use of pigeons in wartime. A museum exhibit reveals a balloon device with 40 carriers dropping parachute baskets containing pigeons and aluminium message holders. The birds reportedly return home with the written notes.
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Oba
Shawano Red Men and Indian Trails in Wisconsin History
The Wisconsin Archeologist article by George R. Fox and H. C. Younger highlights Lake Shawano as a major native population center with trails from Wolf River to Wisconsin River near Wausau, to Mud Lake and Oconto near Pulcifer, and to Portage de Rip, plus a theme of Menominee lore. It notes mounds near Pickerel Creek Shawano and Mud Lake Wescott, and a large mound group at Green Bay Street terminus, many destroyed by development.
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Lake Shawano
Wolf River
Wisconsin Archeologist
George’r. Fox
H.C. Younger
Wisconsin River
Wausau
Mud Lake
Oconto’ River
Pulcifer
Bortiduel
Cecil
Tex River
Shawano Lake Country
Pickerel Creek
Shawano
Wilder
Mudlake
Wescott
Green Bay Street
New Kind of Bomb Found in New York Raid
Gotham correspondent reports a novel bomb discovered during a raid on enemy aliens in New York City. A cedar box with two compartments housed explosive material on one side and a discharge mechanism on the other. A safety pin could render it harmless, but removing it would kill the next person who lifts it.
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New York City
Gotham
Tunney
Evaporation Cooling Aids Food Storage In California
A Mecca California inventor J G Hill creates an evaporation cooled cabinet for preserving food without ice. The wooden frame houses multiple shelves with burlap layers and a perforated tin top connected to a water hose that sprinkles the surface to drive cooling.
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Imperial Valley of California
Rockefeller
Popular Science Monthly
Old Alabamian Faces Rattler After Mountain Dew Slug
In north Alabama the old man kept his moonshine in a log hole and drank at sundown. A rattlesnake rose to strike as he swigged the corn liquor and glared defiantly, eyeing the danger rather than fleeing.
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Alabama
Additions to World Famous Epigrams by Champ Clark
In the war’s closing moments the House of Representatives roared for a speech. A member read an epigram and then reinterpreted it, noting there are two clocks.
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Champ Clark
Breeding Dogs with Wolves in Darwin’s View
R. B. Townshend notes Darwin's belief that dogs descend from wolves and that distinct wolf strains influenced regional dogs. The piece cites Buffon on crossbreeding, Russian wolfhound practice, and English otter hounds crossing back to dogs to limit wolf traits. It highlights fertility of wolf-dog hybrids and references Dr. Alaric Behm's century tests on hybrid fertility.
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Darwin
R. B. Townshend
Westminster Gazette
Buffon
Russia
England
Alaric Behm
Stockholm Zoological Gardens
Cruel Joke on a Squirrel Highlights remorse of a winter prank
Rev J G Wood recounts a friend who swapped a squirrel hoard of nuts for stones as a cruel joke. Snow uncovered the deception when ten inches were cleared from the hole, leaving the animal hungry and dismayed. The joker reflects on his folly and remorse.
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J. G. Wood
Neal
Antiquity Claims For Classic Nursery Rhymes
A survey tracks the age of well known rhymes noting Three Blind Mice in a 1609 book and The Frog and the Mouse licensed in 1580. Other items date from 1639 and the reign of Charles II.
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London Bridge
Charles the Second
Lucy Locket
Pussy Cat
Bess
Jack Horner
James
Washington's Smile Ruled by Teeth in Early Portraits
A Philadelphia ledger correspondent notes Washington’s teeth as his notable physical defect. He cites a dental portrait and a critic who warned that decay marred his smile, suggesting health and vitality hinged on sound teeth.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Philadelphia”. Ledger
A Polarity Indicator Using Potato and Water
A simple method using a potato to identify circuit polarity is described. Insert two current-carrying wires into the potato. a green stain marks the positive wire. If both wires show dark stains the current is alternating.
The Value of Promptness in Keeping Engagements
A Kentucky youth loses a fortune by lateness, as discussed in the Christan Herald. The article argues time is owed to others as well as oneself and urges forming a habit of punctuality. It cites business leaders as examples of valuing time and being on time.
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Christan Herald
Monkeys Show Deep Maternal Care From Birth Through Early Weeks
Monkeys nurture and protect newborns intensely from birth. For two weeks the infant rests, nurses, and observes while the mother vigilantly guards against danger. By six weeks the youngster feeds from other sources and the mother’s devotion remains unwavering, her grief sometimes as severe as her loss.
Ancient English Oak Sheltered in Derby Dowager Gardens
An ancient oak in Derbyshire’s dowager counties is claimed to be England’s oldest. A stone seat nearby bears a tablet noting Wilberforce in 1788 after a Pitt conversation resolved to move abolition of the slave trade, a memory linked to the old tree. The tree is preserved with zinc plates and iron supports and remains vigorous.
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Derby
England
Wilberforce
Pitt
Vale of
Keston
French Drapery and the Art of French Taste
A Parisienne asserts French taste is distinctly feminine and harmonious. The piece praises French skill in jewelry, clothing, hats, and arts, claiming France embodies elegance and superior workmanship in fashion and design worldwide.
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Parisienne
France
Being One's Self and the Value of Individual Attainment
The author argues humans should express their unique selves and strive for personal growth beyond imitation. Even if one’s best is modest, it benefits humanity to receive an undeveloped, indivisible self rather than a mere duplicate. The act of giving one’s utmost is the truest service to others.
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Earth
Philip Burroughs Strong
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