Tahiti and Society Islands Describe Peaks Valleys and Copra
The dispatch describes Tahiti as a vital Society Island outpost with volcanic origins and high peaks. It notes Papeete harbor beauty, the Patanua valley, and a car route up the valley. It details coconut production copra methods, Tahitian cuisine, and native tree climbing techniques for palm fruit.
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Talati
Papeete
Patanua
Tahiti
South Sea Islands
Europe
Twirling-Arms Dance at Paris Congress Highlights Tecega
New dances shown at a Paris dancing congress include many lacking originality. The Tecega stands out as a distinct routine danced to Hindoo music, while the Tehhe ga is deemed unsuitable for English ballrooms due to its fantastical arm-twirling movements around the head.
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Paris
Daily Mail
London
Scouts Stage Morning Camp Sketch At First Baptist Church
A Terre Nlaute troop staged a playful demonstration at a First Baptist church meet. Twelve scouts emerged from a pup tent as dawn broke, followed by more on the platform, drawing gasps of disbelief from the audience at the summer camp scene.
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First Baptist Church
Kinneamapoose
Mis-spelled states list appears in reader copy
A garbled inventory of U S state names appears with many misspellings and odd words mixed in. The fragment resembles an attempted list of Democratic and Republican states but contains numerous errors and nonsensical terms.
Pup tent misfires at baptism pool gate incident
The narration recalls a misjudged pup tent used by boys as a covert entry to a baptism platform at the Indianapolis News site. One boy, tired, caused the tent to slip from its mooring revealing the pool entrance. The scene ends with suspense over exposure.
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Iinit
Indianapolis News
Aunt Dinah Tries Modern Housework and Cries Bell
A retired plantation woman hired by a young housewife tries to learn modern habits. Confusion erupts when Aunt Dinah uses a large dinner bell to summon help, believing it to be the correct call system.
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Dinah
Aunt Dinah
Squirrels Invade North Delaware Street Attic
A North Delaware Street home reported a squirrel infestation after the man stored two or more bushels of nuts in the attic last fall. The wife, usually at the office, heard a loud noise one day and found two squirrels frantically trying to exit from a closed space.
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Delaware Street
Rodents Glean Nuts From Roof After Historic Break-In
A humorous local note from Indianapolis Newspaper reports three rats gnawed a grapefruit sized hole in a roof and devoured a pile of nuts, with the owner saying they saved him the trouble of feeding them by gathering the stash.
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Indianapolis News
Superstitions Sleuth Correlates Signboard Accident
Constable Sa TS Slackputter of Petunia reports a windstorm incident where a sign board struck a depot courier heading to a lyceum course lecture at the opera house, knocking him senseless. The sleuth cites omens but notes no certainty beyond the event.
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Sa TS Slackputter
Petunia
Lyceum
Op'ry
Kansas City Star
Strategy backfires as deaf mother-in-law blocks escape
A cunning plan to rouse a deaf mother-in-law backfires when she locks the door and remains inside. Neighbors attempt noise and a hose to rouse her, but she reads by an upstairs window, closing all openings. The scheme fails and worsens the standoff.
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Leavin House
Indianapolis News
Deadwood Dick Immigrant Miner Becomes Road Agent Hunter
Richard Bullock born in Cornwall England known as Dead wood Dick came to America at twenty one and drifted to the West. He mined in the Black Hills during a time of bandit robberies and stage holds up. Bullock then armed with a gun pursued the road agents in the mining country amid danger and thrills.
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Deadwood
Richard Bullock
Cornwall
England
America
Black Hill Country
Nortunity
Scarcity of Camphor Affects Sheffield Cutlery Trade
The shortage of camphor, controlled by Japan, seriously impacts Sheffield’s knife handle production. Camphor is essential to the trade, and cutlers struggle to obtain enough for all demands.
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Japan
Sheffield
England
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