Balloon Well Stored for Atlantic Flight in 1873
The Detroit News notes that Washington H. Donaldson George Asheton Lunt and Alfred Ford packed an enormous supply for their Brooklyn to Europe balloon voyage on October 6 1873. Food water champagne hard bread preserved provisions and hundreds of small items filled the craft including ten carrier pigeons and a patent steam plowing machine. The balloon descended before reaching its destination.
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Detroit News
Statue of Freedom on National Capitol
The bronze statue atop the Capitol dome in Washington represents liberty and weighs 14985 pounds with a height of 1914 feet. Modeled in Rome by Thomas Crawford in 1855 from plans by Senator Jefferson Davis adopted in 1850, it was placed on the dome December 2, 1868 and stands on a globe bearing Pluribus Unum.
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Italy
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Talent Wasted Dorothea McNagle Seeks Movie Roles
Dorothea McNagle, a pretty and capable girl, aims to break into films. She faces stiff competition from many hopefuls, endures long waits, and finally lands a movie part after many smiles and patient efforts.
Thrift Saves Railroads Millions in Salvaged Goods
Popular Mechanics Magazine notes profitable salvaging of metal roofing, containers, and junk by railroads. Old broom handles become signal staffs and canvas turns into locomotive cab curtains and aprons. The American Railway Association says thrift saves carriers hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
American Railway Association
Wanderer in the Park and the Lace Dilemma
A man sits in a park on a Monday afternoon torn by a wife’s seven year old lace request. An old man watches him with compassion and offers seven lace samples from his own pocket as the wanderer recalls the duty to finish a present.
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Diet dispute ends in odd sheep stomach joke
Frank Arnold of Walnut Park cites a preacher style tale about a rich man who has his stomach replaced with a sheep’s stomach to settle a diet quarrel. The punch line has the man preferring grass to beefsteak, prompting laughter at the absurdity.
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Frank Arnold
Walnut Park
Los Angeles Times
Fish Headstone Stones Their Role in Fish Auditory and Balance
The article describes white stone like objects inside fish heads, believed by boys to be lucky pocket pieces. Experts link them to auditory or static balance senses, noting they are mineral, dissolvable in weak acid, and show growth rings used to estimate fish age.
Imagination Turns Cod Liver Oll Into Playful Game
Ralph Demaree shares a Hygela Magazine tale of Tommy and his father who call cod liver oil bottle sunshine. The boy’s quick imagination leads to a family game as brownies appear in the brown bottle after meals, bringing merriment and helping him forget the unpleasant taste.
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Hygela
Tommy
Boy Scout learns to light fire without matches
Jim Bachelor, now with the L. A. Y., asks his father to lend his cigar lighter after joining the Boy Scouts. Father is surprised as Jim explains Scouts must learn to start a fire without matches and tests if the lighter still works.
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Jim
Absentminded Husband’s Habit Stuns Wife
A young wife laments her husband’s forgetful habits after he leaves a tip, then hands her his hat and coat and gives another dime. He even kisses her when she returns his coat and bat, prompting concern over his routine.
Dessert Slice Spark Sparks Family Quarrel
The family sits for dessert as the father jokes about taking tomorrow's share. Jean, an only child, eye the last piece and vows to claim hers before the father’s day-after-tomorrow portion.
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Jean
New York Leads in an Orgy of Wasting Says Forum
John Bakeless asserts in the Forum that New York epitomizes American waste driven by pioneer legacy, rapid building, and a quick tempo. He argues the metropolis uses resources lavishly, outpacing other cities in land, buildings, business, and visitors.
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Three Good Reasons for Study of Greek
A rough self made parent insists on teaching his son Greek for three reasons: because it is hard, because he does not want to, and because it is no good anyway. The master learns the boy will prove his worth by mastering it.
Enormous Brazilian spiders join London zoo display
Two of the largest bird eating spiders from Brazil arrived at the London zoo. Nearly a foot across with poison fangs and hairy bodies, one spider is docile while the other pounces on contact. It can brush fur with a hind leg to scatter painful hairs.
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Rice urges mapping of unmapped world regions via air aid
Dr. Hamilton Rice says five sevenths of the world remains unmapped and air transportation will aid this effort. He notes a hydroplane and radio gear helped map 600000 square miles in Brazil and Colombia and advocates exploration courses in colleges to push the project.
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Hamilton Rice
Brazil
Colombia
Doctor Rice
Two Classic Gardens in Virgil and Homer
A brief excerpt noting that Virgil and Homer each envisioned a garden reflecting their ideals of useful horticulture. It highlights fruit trees herbs water and practical landscape as the core of their depictions. The piece references Virgil's account of Corycian garden and Homer's of Alcinous as discussed in The Guardian.
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Guardian
Fourplex Near Bobby’s Home Nearing Completion
A four-apartment building across the street from Bobby’s duplex is almost ready for occupancy as he observes from his window. He asks his mother if the new fourplex will be ready for people to live in.
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Bobby
Lesson on family terms sparks clever student reply
A teacher asks children to refer to parents as parents not daddy and mother. A girl answers that her father is related by marriage and her mother by bornage, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding of kinship terms.
Red Cross Aids Half Million in Hurricane Relief
The West Indies hurricane of September caused widespread destruction across Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Florida and several states. The Red Cross fed and sheltered up to 606,410 people at the peak, treated 3,170 injured, and supported relief efforts with a $5,000,000 fund.
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Virgin Islands
Florida
Red Cross
Forida
Coolidge
Washington
Charleston
South Carolina
United States
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Navy
Red Cross Command
St. Croix
Life on Earth Before the Cambrian Period
Australian scientist Sir Edgeworth David traces life 600 million years old in Mount Ve and Flinders ranges. Fossils show a marine fauna covering ancient Australia possibly crossing the Pacific, including sandworms and crustacean relatives with horned shells and rainbow colors.
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Flinders Ranges
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Pacific Ocean
London
Reward Offer For Sheep Thief And Camp Robber Convictions
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers association offers a 250 dollar reward for the conviction of any sheep thief and a 100 dollar reward for the conviction of any camp robber.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
Madison National Forest Sheep Growers’ Association
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