Birds and a Banker: Jim Cramer’s Odd Life and a Lost Stash
Jim Cramer, an obsessed ornithologist and bank teller, is fired for eccentricities but keeps pursuing birds. After a daytime bank robbery yields about $40,000, townsfolk search the hills vainly for months. Cramer later finds the missing money in a crow nest and returns it to President George Binford, revealing his continued bird hunches and quiet integrity.
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T CRAMER
tyne
Jim
Jim Cramer
George Binford
Cramer
Central avenue
Jin
George Blnford
Canary Returns To Bank Job In Quirky Town Tale
The narrator recalls handing over a sack to Bloford and proving his own numness in ornithology. A few days later he sees Jim Cramer back at his old bank job, saying it’s not better than the store but he feels at home and has the canary back.
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Bloford
Jim Cramer
Belief in Eclipses Through History
In ancient times many feared solar eclipses as omens of evil while lunar eclipses were treated differently. Modern astronomy shows no Earthly effect from either eclipse. The Terre Haute Tribune notes scientific understanding should curb superstition and highlight public interest in these celestial events.
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China
Terre Haute Tribune
First American College of Dentistry Opens in 1840
The Baltimore College of Dentistry founded in November 1840 became the world s first college devoted to systematic dental education. Its charter required at least one annual term under four months, opening November 3, 1840 with five students and graduating two on March 9, 1841.
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Baltimore College of Dentistry
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Grown-up Maxine Hosts Neighbor Lunch
A young Maxine shares a simple luncheon with neighbor Mr S- while Mrs S- is away. The cold meat meal includes crackers and milk. Maxine offers a grateful grace and humorously notes the small amount of food.
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Maxine
Scientists rethink mastodon extinction date in America
Dr. W. B. Scott of Princeton told the National Academy of Sciences that the mastodon may have lived in New York only a few centuries before Columbus. He bases this on fossils in northeastern North America and a complete mastodon skeleton found near Quito, Ecuador showing the animal was killed by Indians by the fourth century A. D.
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W. B. Scott
Princeton university
National Academy of Sciences
Washington
New York
North America
Quito
Ecuador
Pathfinder Magazine
Natals palm yields diverse products across all parts
The Natal to British Africa plant, the carnauba palm, provides wax for candles, leaf fiber for hats baskets and brooms, stem for rafters and building materials, and edible uses from the palmetto to the fruit and nut. Its sap, roots, and pith offer beverages and medicines. Adj Tee.
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Natal
British Africa
First British Battleship Great Harry Origins
The British battleship Great Harry, built in 1488 with three masts, is described as the first ship truly belonging to the royal navy. It reportedly remained unique in the English fleet until 1545, burned accidentally at Woolwich in 1555, and was likely named after King Henry VIII’s nickname Harry.
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Harry
royal navy
Woolwich
Fleury VII
Do Dogs Lie for Tricks Depend on Temperament
Dogs deception in tricks depends on temperament. Observe how easily they learn and perform without undue persuasion to assess honesty and willingness.
Millionaire Boss Courted by a Velvet Voice
Humas Bucannan, a mining exploiter, plans a three week Canada trip for a huge deal. Letty, his velvet voiced lover, reveals he is already married to his business, and her test of love leads him to choose romance over wealth. He agrees to marry her if she truly chooses him over his empire.
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HUMAS BUCANNAN
Bucannan
Sunnyside
Letty
Bartlett
Bueannan
Spottswood
iIt
Canada
New York
Thomas Bucannan
Cunningham drawing room
st ft
Tom
millon
Mr. Spottswood
Pye
Letty Takes Buckanan in a Fast Exit
Letty urges Buckanan to hurry to the train and promises to wait for him on his return. She hustles him into a waiting limousine as the driver opens the door, and Buckanan is left speechless. Letty then confesses she set his watch ahead earlier, placing it between them on the table.
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Letty
Tommy
Bucannan
No Proof of Decline in Modern Telephone Vocabulary
A Kansas City Times note argues that telephone speech uses a small core of words though readers are exposed to thousands daily. The report cites 50 words covering 60 percent and 700 words 95 percent of conversation, reflecting speed and compression rather than vocabulary decline.
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United States
hig
Kansas City Times
Inscription Found Near Knights of Rhodes Loggie
A medieval inscription scratched beside Virgil's portrait was uncovered during restoration between Trajan Market and the Augustan forum. It quotes Dante and references Virgil praising Anchises, thought to be at least 400 years old and aligned with Virgil’s bi-millenary birth year.
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Rome
Knights of
Rhodes
Trajan
Augustus
Virgil
Dante
Anchises
Troy
Ilium
Notables in Obscurity Amid Public Minds on the Move
The excerpt recalls Alexander Irvine rising as a leading public voice in England and America after arriving in New York, where he drove a milk wagon. It notes John Masefield briefly worked in a New York restaurant, and contrasts Irvine’s humble job with Gorki and Jack London in their early days.
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Alexander Irvine
England
America
New York
John Masefield
Doctor Irvine
Eighth avenue
Gorki
Moscow
Jack London
San Francisco bay
Kansas City Star
Deaf Aviator Hearing Device Headline
Popular Science Monthly reports George Barton French, a former railroad executive, has invented a neck device to transmit sound for deaf pilots and passengers. The system lets conversations be heard over airplane engine noise, with receivers worn against the neck. Other models include a pocket camera case and a discreet eyeglass case.
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George Barton French
New York city
Popular Science Monthly
Mud Ball to Wisdom in a World of People
A reflective fragment contrasts vast cosmic scales with a "little ball of mud" bearing humanity. It ponders collective wisdom and folly, noting how even tiny beings on Earth struggle to avoid foolishness amid immense universe.
Gough’s Tale On Familiarity With Lectures and Marriage
An old temperance leader John B. Gough recounted a New Hampshire man who had become so used to marriage ceremonies that at his fourth wedding he declared he had usually sat when asked to stand. The piece notes Korean counting rods, bone rods used for teaching computing in Korean schools into the late 1800s.
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John B. Gough
New Hampshire
Kansas City
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