Zebra Training as Work Animal Gains East Africa Interest
East Africa reports progress in training zebras for domestic labor. A German trainer, Besser, captures foals with a lasso and trains them from birth, turning them into draft animals through firm yet humane methods. He hopes zebra donkey hybrids may yield versatile work animals beyond Africa.
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East Africa
Besser
Berger
Mr. von Gchellendorf
Beager
Neutsch Ostafrikanische Zeitung
Beaser
Africa
Kid Glove Burglaries and Fingerprint Tricks
Lecoq the detective notes a burglary done with kid gloves to thwart prints. A reporter compares it to Raffles as the fingerprint method grows while criminals seek masking with leather gloves. The scene mocks modern crime, echoing sensational press style and puzzled by the fault lines in detection.
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Lecoq
Thecog
Maharajah Hunts Tiger Near Datia City
The Calcutta Statesman reports the Maharajah tracked a roaming tiger on the Sindh banks near Uchar, Datia City. After days observing movements, a first shot failed, but a second shot killed the tiger as it fed on a goat, which remained clutched in its jaws as the motor carried both hunter and corpse away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sindh
Uchar
Datia
Calcutta Statesman
The Funeral Sponge
A Persian funeral custom is joked about by a renowned undertaker who describes guests receiving tiny sponges at the door to collect tears. He imagines crystal vases holding the tears as medicine, with mourners squeezing sponges into the vase during the service and the undertaker moving softly between mourners.
Advertising Lures Tarts and Aims at Matrimony in Denver
At a convention dinner in Denver Power of the Ad Edition B Hill cites a local confectioner who dumped stale and fresh tarts after placing a personal advertisement in the press. The ad sought a marriage-minded young lady and offered sight to purchase tart for identification, leading to Doughs tart shelves going bare within minutes.
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B. Hill
Denver
Sea Bench
Dough
Atlantic Avenue
Vegetable Stones and Their Plant Origins
A geologist describes vegetable stones found in plants. Tabasheer forms in bamboo joints, cocoanut stones appear in Javanese coconuts, and a pearly pomegranate stone is calcium carbonate. These stones arise from alcicious calcarous juices circulating in plant organs and from disease. humans can develop similar growths requiring removal to avoid deadly pain.
The Same Old Bore and the Weary Misa Wose
A weary girl Misa Wose yawns as a man delays, hoping for a sign of time. He waits until the cuckoo has cuckooed twelve times, then saltes for his hat and cane.
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Misa Wose
Monthly magazine on English usage and grammar
A periodical listing topics on English usage including Queries and Answers The Art of Conversation Shall and Will Should and Would Pronunciations and Correct English in Home and School plus courses in Grammar Letter Writing Punctuation and Business English Also mentions advertising rates and sample request.
America’s Greatest Weekly Offers 10 Cent Sheet Music
Catalog announcement inviting readers to request a catalogue of inexpensive 10 cent sheet music from America’s Greatest Weekly. Includes appeal to music lovers and directions to obtain the catalogue.
The Blade Promotes Its National Weekly Appeal
The Toledo Blade markets itself as a cheap weekly with nationwide circulation and reader friendly style. It claims 200 000 yearly subscribers and promises news short stories and family content.
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Toledo Blade
United States
Tia
America
Ihe
Weekly
Blade
Ferdinand man seeks license to sell liquor in town room
Notice to Ferdinand residents that a male citizen twenty one seeks a December 1908 license from Dubois County commissioners to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under a quart for one year. Premises are a 24 by 25 foot room on ground floor of a two story frame building on Ohio Street. He will also sell luncheon and confection with regulatory compliance.
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Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Towit
Ohio Street
Ferdinand Township
State of
Ferdinand Notice for Liquor License by Ben A Knust
Citizens of Ferdinand notified that Ben A Knust seeks a December 1908 license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under 4 quarts for one year. The sale would be from a 22 by 24 feet ground floor room in a two story building on lot 66 corner with Ohio confection street, under the act on intoxicating liquors.
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Pechels Hom
Mre
Misale Lambe
Lebanon Junction
Adelice
Chattanooga, Tonn
Josephine Turck Baker
Agen''s
Evansion, Ill
America’s Greatest Weekly
Toledo, Ohio
Cumberland
Home
Jerdinand, Ind
Town of
Ben A. Knust
Just
J. FH. Beckmann & Sauer
Kentucky
Olinger
Afine Beers
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Ind
R Ww. Helming
Trastee
Frank
Mary Senninger
H. C. Knapp, M.D
Huntingburg
Leppert’s Hotel
Cemberteny
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