Idol Over Troubled Hearts In Campion Tale
Campion faces pressure from Sybil and family as a mysterious idol he painted returns home. Nebelsen explains a Jain origin and possible karmic tied to the portrait while police rumors swirl and a police visit looms over the studio. Sybil defends Ronald amid family doubt.
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Sybil
Mrs. Staniland
Sala Campion
Campion
Burmah
Academy
Mr. Nebelsen
Nebelsen
Egsblain
No gold in canal zone says Colonel Goethals
A collection of brief items reports Colonel Goethals stating there is no gold in the canal zone. Other notes cover pay as you enter cars in New York City, a large postal card campaign by the Better Times Association, bombattack risks in Telluride, Cuba's commission funds, and various political and labor actions abroad and in North America.
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Goethals
Canal Zone
New York City
Better Times Association
Bulkeley Wells
Telluride
Col
Revolutionary Claims Commission
Cuba
Franco
Portugal
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Samuel Gompers
Diamond Mining Company
South Africa
Diamond
R. B. Kimber
Ellis Island
Paris
Indiana Railroad Commission
Paul Gershuni
Union Square
House of Commons
John B. Redmond
Ireland
Diverse scientific notes in an old bulletin
A compilation of curiosities and discoveries mentions a New World grafted farm stock with many fruit varieties, a list of minor planets discovered mainly at Heidelberg, camphor as an animal secretion by Polyzonium rosalum, a new alloy for electrical use, radium’s effects on glass and paper, a new illness elephonitis among New York switching operators, and observations on the Pacific cable path bending around underwater obstacles.
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Cook
Washington
New York City
Klotz
Canada
Vancouver
New Zealand
Tragedy of Fish Life Examined by Veteran Angler
An old fisherman argues that fish avoid natural death by preying on each other. He claims fish life is relentlessly strenuous and selfish, designed to prevent peaceful abundance, with cannibalistic instincts ensuring survival. He cites nature as a perpetual struggle for food and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Queerly Bi Partisan Newspaper in Gronin gen Switzerland
The Wochen blatt, published in Gronin gen, cantonal Zurich, is a unique paper serving as both Liberal Conservative and Social Democrat organ. Liberals control pages one and two while Socialists run pages three and four, with each side harshly attacking the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wochenblatt
Groningen
Zurich
Switzerland
New York World
Oudet Wins First French Typewriting Championship Title
M Oudet achieved an average of sixty words a minute over four hours to win the first national typewriting endurance championship of France. The London Chronicle notes his victory and records the endurance feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Oudet
France
London Chronicle
Rabbit Reproduction Noted As Seven Families Per Year
A report notes that in some countries rabbits can produce seven distinct families within a single year, highlighting rapid and multiple breeding cycles observed in those regions.
Poisonous Poisons Found in Plants Across Farms
Dr J W Leath er reports in India that prussic acid can form in madder plants and in fireen jo wari flax Rangoon beans and tapioca. Certain glucosides convert to cyanide when an enzyme activates under rare conditions turning wholesome plants deadly for cattle. A sample of fatal jowari fodder contained 1.26 grains prussic acid per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Leather
India
Rangoon
A Village Craft Turns Out Violins in Markneukirchen
In Markneukirchen Saxony nearly every inhabitant works in violin making. About 156 000 people in the town and nearby villages are employed. Elders craft ebony fingerboards screws and stringholders while younger workers assemble the instruments. Women polish the violins to a high finish often with distinctive color styles. More expensive violins receive 20 to 30 polishing passes before deemed perfect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markneukirchen
Saxony
Detroit News
Weight of the Brain and Its Relation to Intelligence
The article notes average human brain weights from 40 to 50 ounces with females five ounces lighter, yet body size drives the difference. It cites Thackeray 64, Cuvier 58, Gambetta 41, Ron 68, Dante 50, and an idiot boy 59 and a laborer 78 ounces, arguing brain weight alone does not determine intelligence.
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Byron
Dante
Simms
Reading Habit Returns to Normal Life Span
An average man’s reading pace over a typical life span yields about 2600 miles of text consumed, illustrating how consumption scales with the duration of an ordinary life.
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Frederic Anstey
Ronald
Papa
Aunt Hilary
Chowkydaree Lou
Mahatma
Lionel
Yarker
Babcock
Chela
Bates
Hilary
Oregon
Bny
Heidelberg
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