Buddhist Mission Spreads in America With Japanese Leader
Yokito Furukawa of the Rinzai sect travels from Japan to dedicate five years to Buddhist outreach in the United States. In San Francisco Margaret Ledson becomes Un-Kan the first white Buddhist nun in the country, giving up her name and family as she pledges devotion to Buddha. She plans to sail for Japan before year’s end, leaving her fourteen year old son Robert to be cared for or placed as a temple chela.
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Brooke
United States
Boston
Yokito Furukawa
Japan
America
San Francisco
Margaret Ledson
Nyogen Senzaki
Margaret
Budda
Un-Kan
Robert
Peter Rabbit and the Clever Glutton Trap Tale
Peter Rabbit listens to Honker the Goose recount how Glutton the Wolverine outwits a trapper in the Far North. The trapper loses his temper, then restores and doubles his traps, hides meat, and Glutton unknowingly avoids them while the trapper hunts. Glutton then menaces the trapper’s home before the clever hunter returns.
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Peter Rabbit
Honker
Goose
Glutton
Wolverine
Peter
Buster
Tek
Big base stealer Ben Chapman leads in stolen bases
The Yankees outfielder Ben Chapman is described as an avid base stealer who leads both leagues in stolen bases. A playful quote from Pertinent Polly questions whether their “lover’s quarrel” is a marriage in sight.
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Ben Chapman
New York Yankees
Pact With Spirit on the West Coast of Africa
A description of child binding to a spirit at birth where parents strike a bargain. The child undertakes a tabu such as not eating at sea or avoiding certain meats, while the unseen spirit agrees to guard and care for the child.
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Africa
Squaw Dish and Varied Ancestral Dishes in Handwritten Receipt
A 1930s recipe roundup lists a Squaw dish with potatoes onions carrots and peas simmered together then mixed with browned salt pork milk and pepper. It also describes a codfish mashed potato bake with eggs and butter, a pepper stuffed egg bake, a quick citrus egg drink, and a tongue and spinach salad with celery and mayonnaise dressing served chilled.
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Western Newanaper Union
Dixie Tie About Liked by Majority of Women
The wrap apron-frock from Georgia gains popularity nationwide. Simple to make with bias-taped edges and waist ties for over-the-head wear. The design features middled lines a subtly full skirt and costs under a dollar in materials.
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Dixie
Geor. Fz
Leyden Jars Invented in Celty of Leyden in 1746
A historical note records that the Leyden jars were invented in the city of Leyden in 1746, marking an early milestone in electrical science.
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Celty
Leyden
Trans Asia expedition crosses Afghanistan via Herat Kandahar Kabul
National Geographic co operates with the Trans Asia expedition on a west to east traverse of Afghanistan. The study visits Herat Kandahar and Kabul noting ancient history walls caravan routes and the city’s bazaar trade.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Afghanistan
Herat
Kandahar
Kabul
Knoxville
Tenn
Asia
Genghis Khan
Herats
Central Asia
Heratis
Helmand
Persia
Turkestan
Baluchistan
India
Amanullah
United States
Lhasa
Tibet
Itiad
Arabia
Mt. Mitchell
Widin
Hindu Kush
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Buddha
By Thornton W. Burgess
Trapper
Polly
Bell Syndicate
WNU
J. G. Lloyd
Girligag
Baluchi
Europe
Java
Morocco
Motor Car
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