Varied notes on culture, ships, and science across nations
The article surveys diverse topics including a Ponce animal cruelty society, Boston stamp spending, extensive Western Massachusetts libraries with many volunteers, Xenophon Salamatiano joining the University of Chicago, the USS Cincinnati’s ornate figurehead, beggars’ wages in New York, Georgia statue plans for Oglethorpe and Long, a trend toward submarine torpedo boats, and international orders for submarines among England Japan and France.
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Cervera
Santiago
Atlantic
United States
England
Japan
France
Divers Face Depth Limits in Submarine Operations
Divers have not yet reached 200 feet with full armor and equipment and can work poorly below 100 feet. A wreck was attempted at 240 feet but a diver at 130 feet suffered serious trouble and lost consciousness at 200 feet before being hauled to the surface. International money orders now operate with 42 countries.
Ta-tat’s Escape Ends Washoe Wedding Plot
Ta-tat the Washoe princess defies a forced marriage to Washoe Billy by fleeing with Horace Hop-Foot. The staged wedding collapses as Hop-Foot’s magpie gift aids the escape, leaving Meloxi and the village to confront the humiliating ruse and Ta-tat’s bold transformation.
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Meloxi
Bannon
Cone Mountain
Washoe Billy
Ta-tat
Carson-wards
Tatat
Melaxi
Billy
Piute
Washoe
Ta Tar
Horace Hop-Foot
Institute
Hop-Foot
Carson Institute
Reno
Pluto
Washoe City
Carson Valley
Mrs. Bannon
Sol
Piuto
Goodby
Talar
Intian
San Prancisco Argonaut
Valuable Food Product From Fish Improving Nutrition
A historical note describes fish meal flour made from any fresh fish. The process uses steaming to release moisture, air drying, shredding, washing with alcohol and citric acid to remove fat glue and minerals, then drying boiling and grinding. The resulting neutral flour keeps indefinitely and can be used in soups frying oysters and omelets.
Remark on a practical young woman and a wealthy husband
A Chicago Post excerpt notes a matter of fact businesslike woman marrying an older, well insured man. The quip contrasts her practicality with the perceived risk of marrying for money, citing his age and large life insurance policy.
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Chicago Post
New use for zebras to replace horses in African transport
The British war department plans to use zebras in Africa to replace horses and mules amid shortages. Experiments show zebras can serve as transport and cavalry mounts, with Mashonaland and Somaliland breeding stations to produce hybrids. Zebras are docile, industrious, and capable of speed limitations, with distinctive gaits and fighting posture described.
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British War Department
Africa
Mashonaland
Somaliland
Europe
How a Gusher Flows at Beaumont Texas Oil Field
A Beaumont oil field worker recalls the moment a major gusher sprang to life on October 25 at 10 25 in the morning. Sand oyster shells mud soapstone followed by a gas surge and a horizontal oil jet 250 feet long, then an eight inch pipe 275 feet high before the flow was halted after five minutes.
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Beaumont
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Spanish Gypsies Seek a Home in Columbus Tour
A Columbus visit by Queen Stella of the Gonzalez gypsy band promotes colonization in U S cities. The group, described as blue blooded Spaniards from Granada, seeks a large city to settle and perform arts for livelihood while stressing they do not beg or horse trade.
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United States
Columbus
Ohio
America
Stella
Granada
Life at Gibraltar Pictorial Look at Rock Fortress City
The article describes Gibraltar's incoming steamer process and a 24 hour hospitality card with a $50 bond option for longer stays. It portrays a cosmopolitan town of 19 000 people plus a 6000 strong garrison, military rule, gun signals, crowded ill vented housing, water scarcity, and high prices noted by J Ronald Wallingford.
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Gibraltar
Rock
the Rock
Pedlers
J. Ronald Wallingford
Ledger Monthly
Gold in Kansas Shale Reported by Professor Fahrig
Professor Ernst Fahrig of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum tests shale from Ellis and Trego counties Kansas. Three mill runs yield gold recoveries of 2.35 2.56 and 3.07 dollars per ton using electrolytic process. He certifies the results and asserts a probable profitable yield of about 2 dollars per ton for the ore.
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Kansas
Ernst Fahrig
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
Ellis and
Trego
Fahrig
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Freeland
Tribue
THE
Tribune Printing Company
Marin Strecer
Anove Centre
Lona Dr ' NB
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Ponce
Porto Rico
Society For the Prevention
Boston
Massachusetts
Xenophon de Kalamatiano
St. Petersburg
Russia
University of Chicago
Salamatiano
Cincinnat
Unitedtates Navy
Liberty
New York
Georgia
Washington
James Oglethorpe
Crawford W. Long
Cone
Cone Mountains
Cone Mountain Washoes
Bright Little Tatat
Carson Indian School
Cone Mountain Papoose
Asia
Behring Strait
Himalayas
Somailland
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