Sleep in Church Becomes Restful Nap for Weary Worshipers
Louisville pastor invites tired readers to nap during sermons. The essay praises sleep as restorative, likening it to a bath without effort and noting its soothing power for the weary, ill, or financially strained. The piece notes naps in rural log churches offer peace amid nature and sounds of squirrels and birds.
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Louisville
Igvaisville Courier-Journal
Ariel
West
Gray
Elysium
Diana
Chilean Fruit in America Experiment Shows Promise
An experimental shipment of Chilean grapes arrived in New York in excellent condition and sold at favorable prices. A second shipment is planned once logistics are arranged, as fresh Chilean fruit could become a profitable export if shipping facilities improve. Chile grows many temperate varieties and ripens in the U S winter when demand is strongest.
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New York
United States
Chile
Flies blamed for plagues at Pan Russian health congress
Soviet era style report to Moscow congress cites Samas ko as health commissioner presenting alarming data on plague, cholera, and malaria spreading across southeast and central Russia from Persia and Siberia. Swarms of flies and gnats are blamed as disease carriers.
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Russia
Moscow
Samasko
Persia
Siberia
By Way of Proof Colleges’ Fools Compared to Ancestors
A nostalgic column argues college students today are not as foolish as great-grandfathers, insisting on their better judgment. It laments modern dorm life and mocks efforts to fit a cow into a Meerkcet style setting.
Mystery of Lost Atlantis Is It Real or Myth
The article surveys the long standing Atlantis lore from ancient giants to modern theories. It notes beliefs of a vast postulated island beyond Africa with cities and customs, swallowed by earthquakes and floods, and alternate ice age explanations linking Atlantis to European and North American mountain fragments.
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Atlantic
Africa
Atlantis
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
North
America
Pig Club Members Built by Bank Loans and Pigs
Wall Street Journal reports that a popular but unlikely club forms when country banks loan money for farmers to buy pedigree pigs. Young farm lads repay debts, win prizes, and build large herds, driving up future livestock value as the Middle West swells with new members and more clubs.
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Wall Street
Pig Club
Lower Prew York
Qgne Little
Oklahoma
Poland
Middle West
Wall Street Journal
Dunsany a Fast Writer on London Plays
The Manchester Guardian notes Lord Dunsany writes swiftly with a quill. A three act tragedy took three days to complete, a two act play two days, and a one act play one day. The Queen's Enemies required six days for its sixth act, judged the least effective of the four. Pond recalls Dunsany touring the States and describes his ceremonial writing process.
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Dunsany
Theaterland
London
Lopez de Vega
The
Manchester Guardian
Birls
Pond
Lord Dunsany
A Cultivated Lake in Eastern Europe
The lake referred to is Lake Cirmnitz in mideastern Europe. The article notes how the lake bed suddenly opens as fish bursts create large chasms allowing waters to drain, then return in autumn with foam like blowholes. In winter underground feeds the lake from mountains and it empties into a lower basin.
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Cirmnitz
Europe
Christian Science Monitor
Oysters' Liver Pearl Inquiry by London Scientists
Two London University physics professors test for differences between ordinary and Japanese pearls for the Daily Mail. They study oysters where a seed pearl is inserted into the liver to produce a pearl, with results suggesting weight color and luster match ordinary pearls by the same oyster material and process.
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London University
England
Daily Mail
Alfred EB. Calvert
The
Chemical Society
Fratellini Clowns Bring Hope To Dying Girl
The Fratellini brothers, famed Medrano clowns, visited a ill nine year old girl of 31 Rue Francoeur after hearing her pleas to see “her clowns.” They performed for two hours free of charge, brightening the child and aiding her recovery as her mother watched, inspired by Le Petit Parisien’s report.
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Fratellini
Medrano
Colicourt
Rue Francoeur
Fratellini Brothers
le Petit Parisien
Birth of a Star Nears Earth in Dutch Claim
A Dutch scientist Dr Pannekoek reports a vast black mass twenty million times larger than the sun, near enough to move the sun around it over two million years. He suggests the dust cloud marks the birth stage of a star, with eventual flaring and visibility as it heats. The object lies 280 trillion miles away.
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Pannekoek
Doctor Pannekoek
Papal Titles Price Rise Tied to Gold Value
The Vatican issued a circular announcing higher fees for papal titles. It lists Prince, Duke, Marquis, and Baron titles with personal and hereditary rates in lire, payable in gold. A princely title would cost about one hundred thousand lire given the lira’s value.
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Vatican
Circus to Travel by Motor Trucks This Year
An eastern circus organization will tour the country in motor trucks costing 12 000 to 30 000 dollars each. Rail charge savings will largely pay for the equipment. The motorized circus will travel anywhere and visit towns not often reached by large shows, independent of train service.
I Was Accosted by a Water Bucket
A Chicago Journal note recalls an incident where a man, escorting two friends from a dance, peered into a house through an open window to warn occupants about a possible burglary. A bucket of water splashed him, and a stern voice warned him to return home before ten.
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Chicago Journal
Eggshells sold intact to London shooting gallery proprietors
Italian ice cream vendors do not break eggshells when selling shells in London streets. The shells are pierced at both ends and blown through the shell by mouth, producing perfect shells sold to shooting gallery operators.
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London
Marriage Invitation for Gladys Workman and Bates Landes
Mrs. Thaddeus Lehman Workman invites the presence at the marriage of her daughter Gladys Rebecca to Mr Bates Edwards Landes. The ceremony occurs Thursday evening September 1, 1921 at eight oclock in Fairfield Iowa.
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Thaddeus Lehman Workman
Gladys Rebecca
Bates Edwards Landes
Fairfield
Owa
Flag Etiquette at Parades and Reviews
The observer should halt if walking or stand at attention and salute when the flag passes. Civilians remove hats, women stand respectfully. All men in uniform must stand at attention and salute until the colors pass.
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Army
Navy
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