Pussy Scat and the Knockout at Castaway Wharf
Old Enoch Gray of Castaway Maine sails with his son Scat, also known as Pussy Scat, when Captain Dick Hardaker confronts them. Scat defends his father with a catlike leap that slams his booted feet into Dick’s face, leaving him battered and never seen again.
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Enoch Gray
Castaway
Maine
Scat
Enoch
Dupont and Porter
Samuel Carter
Weather Bureau
Washington
Jack
Gray
Dick Hardaker
Enceh
Captain Dick
Captain Enoch
Ron
Dee
Man Retrieves Member Through Fraternity Charity Tale
The Rural Arcane Grand Regent recalls urging a friend to join. The man Smith later dies, his widow asks for work, and the Regent helps her secure a civil service job. She then offers to rejoin via recomdicating her late husband, who turns out to be the applicant.
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Arcanum
District of Columbia
Mr. Smith
Smith
Grand Regent’s Office
Paris pawnshop handles vast daily pawned items
A government run pawnshop in Paris averages about one thousand watches pawned daily and roughly one thousand wedding rings pawned weekly, illustrating a high turnover in small valuables handled by the state facility.
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Paris
Great Tank of Dhebar irrigates vast Rajputna region
The Great Tank of Dhebar at Rajputna India covers about 21 square miles making it one of the world’s largest artificial reservoirs. It serves irrigation needs across the area and supports local agriculture.
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Rajputna
India
Dhebar
Death in the Maine Woods Aboard Snowbound Idaho Cabin
An elderly miner recalls epic snowfalls in Idaho and Sierra mining towns. A snowbound cabin scene ends in the death of Alf Garlion, smothered by snow around the chimney after a brutal blizzard and a perilous rescue effort by a group of miners and townspeople.
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Maine Woods
Rockies
Sierras
York State
Tie
Idaho
Carlton Brothers
Maine
Hyed J Extin
Alf
Garlion
Jim
Meadow Lake
Carlton
Atlantic
World Briefs From Everywhere
A roundup of curiosities and facts includes Russian prisoners in Japan, a thousand year old carved war god found in Colorado, radium power, Five’s grave in Jeddah, Navajo workers on the Denver and Rio Grande line, migratory herring, Japan Korea stamps, a French giant Adam 123 feet tall, railroad scrap value, Persian dress law, flower love of English cottagers, and monastery lineage in gardens and cottages.
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Colorado
New Walk For Women From London Fashions
Report from London on a new walking style for women adapting to long redingote coats and princess cuts. It calls for an upright posture with slight waist bend, head high, and hip-driven leg swings, echoing a Gibson girl pose in a refined form.
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London
London Express
Climate Debate in the Philippines Draws War Dept Report
Major General Leonard Wood reports to the War Department that there is little credibility to claims that Philippine climate harms officer and soldier health. He describes such concerns as among the most nonsensical topics written about.
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Leonard Wood
War Department
California Oranges Bring In 23.93 Million Value
Shipments last season from California totaled 23 million 925 thousand dollars. Growers received 14 million 500 thousand dollars while railroad and refrigerator lines earned 9 million 425 thousand dollars.
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California
Hair Counts by Hair Color Reveal Varied Averages
The article states red-haired men average just over 20,000 hairs on the head while dark haired individuals average about 105,000. Fair-haired people reportedly have 150 to 175 thousand hairs, illustrating color linked variation in hair density.
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Japan
Five
Jeddah
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
South Europe
Korea
Henzoin
Adam
Eve
Persia
Philippines
Columbia Novelty CO
Dept
East
Boston
Mass
Holiday Presents
Parente
Hewes
Potter
Lincoln Bt
Masa
God
Martin Fire Arma Co
New Haven
Conn
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
Ernest
Haskell
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
St. Louis Republic
N. Y. Times Saturday Review
N. Y. Globe
Doubleday, Page & CO
East 16Th St
New York
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