Leopards, Bucks Threaten Tennis Match in Central Africa
Dr Chalmers Mitchell recounts landing in a British protectorate in Central Africa where a leopard charged during a tennis game. A shot wounded the animal, sending it back into the jungle while deer and goats fled the courtyards. The English hostess resumed play, saying such events are common in the area.
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Chalmers Mitchell
Cairo
Capetown
Central Africa
Weiner
Mitchel
yYouth
Prospectors Find Valuable OsmiRidium by Papua River
Gold diggers along a Papua river found a bluish gray metal misjudged as worthlessness. Osmiridium, priceless for pen tips and bearings, sold for about 200 dollars per ounce after refining, with two pounds once bought in London for six dollars. Tropical rains later washed much away.
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Papua
British New
London
Intentions Good Methods Poor on Kansas to Indiana Journey
The Sullman porter had good aims but poor methods as he and no fixters traveled from Kansas to Indiana. A younger sister, weighing about fifty pounds and convalescing, required help moving about. The porter often asked for aid and joked with the older sister, urging her not to reveal his mistake.
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Kansas
Indiana
Porter
Park prizes spark jubilant man's homecoming
A man returns from the park celebrating winnings at multiple stands. He lists candy, dolls, stickpins, and a chicken as prizes. He recalls his spouse's sporty hat and asks about a loud tie and big checks, joking that his appearance helped secure the wins.
Salt Rising Bread Revival in Houston Cooking Class
The Houston cooking Clauss plans a salt rising bread revival to revive the old art of salt rising bread. The Signal notes that true loaves must be baked in fireplace ovens and must reach half a bushel or cheese wheel size to count.
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Houston
Troustonians
Loney Grove
Suez Canal To Be Tunneled For Rail Link To Palestine
The great military base at Kuntara used for a desert railway to Palestine is being dismantled. A large swing bridge across the Suez canal will be removed, and a tunnel beneath the canal will connect Egyptian railways to the new line to Palestine.
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Suez Canal
Kuntara
Desert
Palestine
Japan plans monument for first emperor in Tokyo suburb
A committee of prominent men will collect a stone from every subject of the empire to build a pyramid in the Tokyo area honoring the first emperor Jinian Fenno. The project aims to create the highest structure in the Far East.
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Japan
Jinian Fenno
Tokio
Far East
Good Brakes Of Big Importance In Car Safety
Emergency or hand brake primaries hold car when standing and aid if other brake fails. Foot brake provides primary service braking with rear drum bands and a second drum to prevent overheating on long hills. Maintain both systems, renew brake linings, rivets, and clevis pins per manufacturer schedules.
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H. Clifford Brokaw
West Side
M.C. A. Automobile Schools
New York City
Pio Tessure
Tow Bar Proposed to Safely Tow Disabled Cars
An article argues for rigid tow-bars to prevent collisions when towing disabled vehicles. It describes a six foot iron pipe bar with chain fittings and a simple construction to keep cars at fixed distances and ensure controlled stops.
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Witte Innec Trafic
End chains and snips secured by belts through drilled holes
A fragment notes tools and hardware from Popular Science Monthly describing how chains and snips are tethered by belts to holes in a bitten crebs, with a heavier wood bar optional when iron pipe is available, to attach chaos sick tiainess hooks.
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E. A. Luers
Popular Science Monthly
Automobile notes and road safety tips from a fragmented report
The text references the Automobile Club of Philadelphia age, Mexico tire orders, tax deduction for new cars, Montevideo vehicle counts, warning about smooth starts and not overfueling engines. It notes White House garage staff and cautions on passing, head-on collisions, and braking practices. It also mentions Georgia school superintendents who are auto salesmen or garage men.
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Georgia
Personal News Briefs From Terre Haute Area
Mrs. Adrian Rood and her daughter visit aunt Mrs. Henry Haake in Terre Haute. Mrs. Herbert Muller and daughter Dolores return from two weeks with Evansville relatives. Vernon left for Louisville after a pleasant visit here. Theodore Peters went to Cincinnati for plumbing work for his son starting a restaurant business. Mrs. John Schnieders Jr. returned from Louisville and Cincinnati with Mrs. Georgie Strveer and George Edward for two weeks. Ollie Seufert owns at Jasper Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Bartley visited Matt Buechner in Ireland. Mrs. Fred Albert returned from Louisville. her daughter Mrs. Charles Bartley of Jasper joined. Mrs. Joseph Wessel was at home Wednesday. Mrs. Vor Logsdon left for Peru and Chicago with granddaughter Magdalene Haake for two weeks. Local residents attended the funeral of Mrs. Jahn Verkamp at St. Meinrad: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Verkamp and son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Verkamp, Mr. and Mrs. Id Knust, Mrs. Schnieders Sr., and Peter. Mrs. Otto Spayd returned to Gerber.
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Adrian Rood
Terre Haute
Henry Haake
Herbert Muller
Dolores
Louisville
Theodore Peters
Cincinnati
John Schnieders, Jr
Georgie Strveer
George Edward
Fred Albert
Charles Bartley Af Jasper
Joseph Wessel
Jahn Verkamp
St. Meinrad
Ben Verkamp
Frank Verkamp
Id Knust
Doin Schnieders
Peter
Otto Spayd
Gerber
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Ralph de Palma
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Ferdinand
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Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Jim
Texas
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Chesterfield
Ticcerr & Nivens Tonacco Co
ST. Louis
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Lade
Dat
Velpen
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Huntingbury
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Sunikty
Peet
St. Louis Browns
New York Americans
Rathereth
Forest Park Highlands
Mississippi
Shaw’s Garden
W. T. Survant
Southern Railway System
Evansville
Abe
Vernon Ast
Ollie Seufert
Jasper Monday
John Bartley
Matt Buechner
Ireland
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