Spring Holds the High Alps in Eternal May
The piece contrasts spring in the High Alps with summer below the tree line, praising untouched high valleys while noting Switzerland’s evolving tourist culture. It laments vulgarization by hotels, climbers, and modern comforts, yet honors remote eastern Swiss corners that remain wild and pristine for true mountain lovers.
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High Alps
Switzerland
Scotland
Ireland
Dalmatia
Bosnia
Caucasus
Europe
Valais
Austrian
Tyrol
Italy
Bozen
Trient
Replacing Ruthlessly Destroyed Timber for Farm Needs
Farmers across the central and eastern states seek to replant timber to replace destroyed lands and supply posts for fencing and construction. Black locust tops other species for quick returns, with white mulberry a strong second, while catalpa Osage orange and cedar failures are noted. Planting now yields yearly post material, plus home and barn beautification.
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Catalpa
Iron Ship Has Long Life From 1842 Built by Laird Bros
The first iron ship in the world remains in service from 1842, built by Laird Brothers who also built the Confederate cruiser Alabama. It served as a lightship for 67 years before being converted into a wreck-watch vessel in 1499. Its wrought iron hull withstood seawater corrosion influencing the Mersey Bar battle ship design. interior framing uses steel, but hull plates are iron.
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Laird Bros
Alabama
Mersey Bar
Enitrance
Liverpool
Leopard in Taxi Rampage Shocks Paris Crowd
A partly trained leopard, kept on a leash by M Hachet Souplet, caused chaos in a taxi through Paris streets. The animal jumped at doors and roof, injuring two attendants as Madame d Argos staged a mythic huntress act before finally reaching a safe stop.
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Paris
M. Hachet Souplet
Institute of
Oological Psychology
Madame d'Argos
M. Hatchet Souplet
Madame d’Argos
Pourboire
Place Vendome
Reflections on mindset and harmony among people
A short exhortation about rising above insults and jealousy to foster inner peace. It urges open hearts, absence of hatred, and mature generosity of spirit. The text emphasizes collective virtue and restraint in interpersonal conduct.
Dishes Made Over And New Ways To Use Leftovers
Practical home guidance shows how to revive leftovers with ideas for creamed fish and fish souffle, pilau from cold meat, strawberry float and orange sherbet desserts, date salad, maple fudge and nut and cream cheese salad. Recipes emphasize simple steps and value of thoughtful reuse.
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Pilau
Eight Chickens Found in Lunch Emporium Crate
Frank Wolf, Staten Island ferry house lunch counter keeper, discovers eight young chickens hatched inside a crate he used for old rags. He had mistaken the crate emptied of eggs and left a full layer at the bottom near a radiator and stove. He now tends the chicks in a motherly fashion as the day begins.
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New York
Frank Wolf
Staten Island Ferry House
Wolf
Put Them on Last Pa Quips About Mr Bullwinkle’s Ears
A lighthearted dialogue has Pa asking if Mr Bullwinkle is self-made. He replies with a humorous note that Bullwinkle must have had extra material for his ears, adding a comic touch to the exchange.
Working of Radium Reported by English Scientist
An English scientist contends that radium interior to the earth may not heat the world over time as rocks at the surface could. The claim questions long term thermal effects from radium in the planet's core regions.
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Jungfrau
Matterhorn
Excadine
LEE Pater Visp
AL Sualden
Collny LE
Oberland
Illinois
Bulldera
Leopard
Paris Boulevards
Myrtle Reed
Hin
Den
Shelley
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