Circle Globe in Book Hunt at London and Palo Alto
George T. Clark university librarian returned to Banford after a year of world travel seeking 6,870 rare volumes plus other desirable works. He secured about 11,000 volumes for Stanford Library, finding key holdings in Tokyo London Cambridge and Edinburgh including Shakespeare editions the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions early maps and the Paris rare Tarhe collection. The trip highlighted British dealers strong stock and varied provenance amid postwar readjustment and favorable exchange rates for American buyers.
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Palo
Alto
Cal
George T. Clark
Banford
Japan
China
Imperial University Library of
Tokyo
George E. Morrison Asiatic Library
Doctor Morrison
England
London Times
Peking
Baron Twasaki
Mikinoguke Ishida
London
Clark
Shakespeare
Johnson & Stevens
University
Rowe
Halliwell
Stanford
Royal Society of London
Philosophical Transactions
Cambridge
Cambridge University
Pepysian
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Pepys
Trinity
Magdalene
Indian Archeological Survey
India
Edinburgh
Journal
the American Oriental Society
New Haven
Want Hill
Tarhe
Reims
Paris
M. Clicquot
Champagne
Burglar Answers Query and Continues His Work
New Orleans police report a burglar awakened a resident at 8 15 am by heavy tread in a bedroom. Mrs Julia Wilhelm of 1804 Saint Ferdinand Street heard a voice threaten her to stay quiet. The intruder completed a room search and departed before dawn.
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New Orleans
Julia Wilhelm
Ferdinand
Oklahoma bill targets late night noise and family peace
A bill by Republican I E Beck would make snoring talking or disturbed sleep after 1 am unlawful in Oklahoma. First offense costs loss of breakfast, second offense involves living with a mother-in-law for a set days, and third plus offenses incur fines from 100 to 1000 dollars.
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Oklahoma
I. E. Beck
German Experts into Russia for Industrial Recruits
A wireless Moscow dispatch says Russia plans to receive 5,000 German industrial specialists for metal work 4,000 entries health 800 in health and 500 in land commissariats. Moscow land communes seek 200 for model communes with 150 emigrants already at work. A large party is due and facilities for 4,000 arranged. Groups include former Ford Motor Company staff in the motor sector.
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London
Russia
Commissariat of Health
Commissariat of Land
Moscow
America
Ford Motor Company
Two Deer With One Bullet In Swanzey NH
Marshall Hill of Swanzey reports he killed two deer with one shot. He fired at a large buck which bolted, found a doe dead where the buck stood, then discovered the buck's body nearby. The bullet passed through the buck’s neck into the doe’s head.
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Swanzey
N. H
Marshall Hill
Hill
Ex-Yank Recreates Voice After Severe Injury
Lt Louis Rudolph Bowman, ex Yankee wounded in the Argonne, has regained speech using false vocal cords trained by the Central Institute for the Deaf. Treated at government expense, his voice now sounds normal with slight hoarseness, due to lingering cord impairment.
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Louis
Rudolph M. Bowman
Argonne
Central Institute For the Deaf
Bowman
Mule Route Thief Routed by Farm Mule at Night
A Raleigh farmer caught a milk thief in his barn last night. A. Johnson confronted the intruder with a shotgun after finding a damaged pall, wrecked stool, and hat near a milking cow. The thief fled, leaving behind scattered gear and evidence of the caper.
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Raleigh
N. C
A. Johnson
Johnson
Charming Cozy Bungalow Home Gains Popularity
William A. Radford presents a guide to the affordable charming cozy bungalow. The compact kitchen and pantry are designed for efficiency, reducing drudgery for housewives. The bungalow combines beauty and practicality at a reasonable cost, explaining its rising popularity from the coast to the Middle West.
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William A. Radford
Middle West
Spider Aerosail of Ancient Americas Described
A historical account explains a spider species common across America that spun a liquid silk airship hundreds of years before balloons. The spider launched into the wind by directing silk streams, rising above trees or skimming near ground level, and could control descent by drawing the threads back.
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America
Charming White Frame House With Spacious Front Rooms
A readable ad describing a well laid out frame house painted white with a glass pane door, a terrace, and a bright living room 18 feet 6 inches by 14. The dining room, kitchen and side hall connect to two bedrooms and a bathroom, with large windows and ample space for family life and storage.
Hebrew cashier calls co-religionist overdrawn balance tale
Barney Barnard reports a Hebrew coworker told of a bank cashier notifying an account holder it was overdrawn by 17.40. The depositor asked to check last month’s books and was informed he had a credit of 220 dollars a month earlier, leading to a puzzled response in a Saturday Evening post context.
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Barney Barnard
Asten
Proving Value of Birds and National Game
The migratory bird treaty act is credited with a $20,000,000 food value return to U S hunters. Minnesota reports 2,058,400 ducks killed in 1910 with a food value of at least 75 cents per bird, totaling about $1,000,000. Had these birds been sold, value would have exceeded that figure. The text argues game’s great value to the nation.
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United States
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Motor Roads in Cuba.
Cuba begins to value motor vehicles to supplement railway and coastal steamers. Authorities repair old military roads and build new highways to improve transport, though interior roads remain largely impassable except by pack mules. A strict not glare law requires careful selection of automobile lamps.
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Cuba
Build Up Animal Life in Forest Regions
The American Forestry Magazine advocates rational preservation and propagation of game animals to forest regions. It praises transplanting large game from depleted areas to forests where they once thrived, noting universal commendation. The forest service is credited for supporting merlin good work.
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American Forestry Magazine
Forest Service
Hid
Animal Prophets and Frontier Church Rebuilds
The piece argues that animals claim foreknowledge of weather is unfounded and cites no reliable source beyond the weather bureau. It notes that many old frontier saloons in the West are being rebuilt into parsonages and churches, illustrating social changes of the era.
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Weather Bureau
West
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