Travel to Australasia via Canadian Rockies Advertised
The article promotes travel to Australia New Zealand and Fiji with a route via Banff Lake Louise Vancouver and the motor ships Aorangi or Niagara. It highlights seven days to Hawaii and an 18 day voyage to Auckland from Vancouver via Fiji. It extols New Zealand Maori history wildlife and Australia scenery praising English colonial era amenities and native fauna such as wombat and bandicoot.
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South Pacific Ocean
Equator
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Atuadie
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Lake Louise
Vancouver
Aorangi
Niagara
Royal Mail
Victoria
B. C
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Auckland
Fiji ‘Islands
Carnegie and Lauder Height Contest Ends in Tenth-Inch Victory
The Kansas City Star recounts Andrew Carnegie wagering with Harry Lauder over who was taller. Measuring at the dressing room door, Lauder’s brother-in-law overheard and ruled in Carnegie’s favor by a mere tenth of an inch. Carnegie then urged buying United States Steel common.
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Kansas City
Andrew Garnegie
Harry Lauder
Carnegie
Lauder
New York
Harry
Andy
Ift
Stock Exchange
Stry
Mn Carnegie
United “States Steel Common
Imitation of Artificial Power Sparks Global Debate
Fragmentary text hints at a discussion of artificial power and its societal impact with references to thousands of people and revolutionary ideas abroad. details are unclear but suggest a major question about synthetic influence and velvet imagery.
Phrase patience of Job's turkey in early quotes
An extract discusses the origin of phrases linking Job’s patience to a turkey. It cites Thomas Haliburton's Clock Maker tale of a gobbler with one tail feather and weak stance, plus 1837 Pathfinder et al. noting phrases like patience of Job's turkey rather than as patient as Job, with excerpts from the Microscope and Sentinel of Troy.
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Job
Turkey
Patlerias Job
James
Couree
Posfers
Thomas Haliburton
Haliburton
Pete de Slick
the Sentinel
Troy
The
Microscope
Pathfinder Magazine
Persistent Ants Outsmart London Zoo Keeper
In Limpsfield Surrey the ant nests were dug up and carried to the London zoo. The wood ants formed colonies around a moat to prevent escape and repeatedly evaded capture. The keeper, aided by floats, retrieved some but the ants remained persistent and elusive.
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London Zoo
Limps‘geld
Surrey
Raflin
Golf and biblical shekels weave through history
A fragmented text blends a golf scene with medieval and biblical notes. It recalls a hole in one and bunker shots alongside references to the shekel, its value, and the biblical emblem of Aaron, linking sport memory with ancient currency.
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Niblick
Films and Farmyards Link Cows to Movies
An English investigator explains that moving pictures rely on gelatin coated with silver bromide. Impurities in gelatin, mainly sulphur from cattle hides, enable image recording, as animal skins contain sulphur from eating wild mustard.
Looked Well in Print Acostée and Best Girl Discuss Wedding Gifts
In the Weekly Scotsman style dialogue a couple discuss a recent marriage among acquaintances. They mention a wedding announcement and gifts including a clothes horse and mouse trap, ridiculing the ostentation of the items.
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Acostée
Arry
Ann Smith
Arriet
Weekly
Scotsman
German Judge Says Fish Have No Feelings Claim
The article cites J R Norman of the Natural History Museum London arguing fish have highly organized sensory systems and can suffer pain. It notes English fishermen disagree and mentions observations of fish dancing after capture and a sick fish going pale with blurred eyes.
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J. R. Norman
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
London
Auction Ends With Wife's Husband Purchasing Fur Wrap
In an auction room a fur wrap drew two bidders, a man near the auctioneer and a woman at the crowd's edge. They haggled until the woman yielded. The winner named was the woman's husband.
Sun Spots Solar Storms and Mount Wilson Discoveries
Nature Magazine hails Mount Wilson Observatory observations and Hale s discovery of magnetic fields in sun spots. It notes the sun as a magnet with poles near its axis and that sun spots are great solar storms of cyclonic nature, marking key solar phenomena.
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Mount Wilson Observatory
Nature Magazine
Hale
Mexico Debts Settlement At The Hague 1902 Pious Fund
The Hague decision in 1902 settled the Pious Fund dispute over money Mexico owed from funds deposited in California. It required Mexico to pay $1,420,682.67 and an annual $43,059.99 to the United States on February 2 each year in perpetuity.
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Pious Fund
Mexico
Texas
California
Hague
United States
One of the Ten Schools Adapts After Summer Break
On the playground at a school the first day of lessons brings small disciplinary moments. Miss W asks a boy what he said after overhearing a word she suspected, and the student replies that he was not cussing and cites the commandment about not cussing.
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Jimmy
Will Power Marjorie Defends Magazine Respect
A child named Marjorie accompanied by her mother visited a neighbor’s home. The neighbor invited the child to spend the afternoon. The mother warned against damaging magazines and Marjorie promised not to until the mother left.
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Marjorie
Baby found in sewer during early morning rounds
A baby was found in a sewer in New York by Dillessomhagesty Berowitz during his rounds. Hegring sounds led investigators to the site where the infant was discovered and cared for by authorities.
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Jin
New York
Dillessomhagesty Berowitz
Eserowitz
Cedar Rapids woman overcomes disability as typist
Mary Ranney of Cedar Rapids Indiana born with only one hand shows remarkable speed and accuracy as a office typist. She is employed in an office and also attends business school.
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Mary Ranney
Cedar Rapids
Woman in Chicago Assaults Courtroom Witnesses
A Chicago woman identified as Margaret Novak, age 18, struck a witness and aimed at the prosecutor during a courtroom incident. She kicked a bailiff and offered more violence, spending Christmas in county jail.
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Margaret Novak
Chicago
Riches for Convict Louis Clernt Dream of Freedom
Inmate Louis Clernt, 52, at Nebraska State Penitentiary since 1922, patents a device to eliminate static and claims wealth from its success. Dreams of liberty and riches fuel his efforts as the invention aims to aid radio listeners by removing interference.
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Nebraska State Penitentiary
Bike Race Champ Franco Georget Triumphs in New York Six
Franco Georget, winner of the gruelling New York Six Day Bicycle Races, teamed with Fred Spencer. The diminutive rider showed agility and speed but is now recuperating from the hard grind.
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Franco Georgetti
New ‘York
Fred Spencer
Bik
Hageam
Brest
Plaudits
Montreal Population Mostly French Origins Report
A Montreal census snippet notes about 75 percent of a 1 130 000 population is of French origin. The remark highlights the city’s linguistic and cultural makeup in growth discussions.
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Montreal
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