Chinese Make Good Cooks and Dog Ancestry Puzzles
A curious piece notes Chinese cooks excel as servants yet domestic kitchens in China differ from American stove ranges. It describes Tientsin’s simple cooking methods, kettle-based cooking, and the spread of small stoves in California. The article then shifts to canine origins, claiming the Indian wolf as progenitor of the shepherd dog and bloodhound, with links to ancient dog lines and bronze-age references.
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Great Tientsin
China
Tientsin
California
Coolie Ranch
Harper's Weekly
Natural History Museum of Paris
Academy of Sciences
Central Asia
Europe
Marion's Dance Bribe Wins Big Brother's Help
Marion, a first grader, struggled for a partner at a school dance. Her brother Bob, a tall boy, bribed his peers with her birthday dollar to secure partners, making Marion the most popular girl as the event closed.
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Miss Lawrence
Hite
Theoung
Elizabeth
George
Miss Flawrence
Marion
Misa Lawrence
Bob
Allent
Jen
Chicago Daily News
Egypts Debt to Worms in Nile Valley Fertility
Harper's Weekly notes the fertility of the White Nile valley linked to earthworms. British surveyors report six active months yield about 2400 pounds of surface worm castings per acre annually. Worms stir soil, improve aeration and moisture, and bring decaying matter to surfaces for fertilization.
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White Nile
Darwin
England
Nile Valley
British Isles
Harper's Weekly
Razors and Daggers in Parliament Demonstrated
In the British House of Lords a safety razor demonstration was shown by a mechanics expert peer. The event recalls past object lessons in Parliament, like Edmund Burke’s dagger and later items such as a pea bag and various tools displayed during debates.
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House of Lords
Commons
Edmund Burke
Carne Rasch
Howard Vincents
Swift MacNeil
Tanner
Trun Yn
Hexton
Belfast
Geography in Arabia Exhibit Draws Range of Visitors
A Bible shop hosts a rare geography display described as the only one in Koweli and among four or five across Arabia from Baghdad to Aden. Visitors from sailors to traders toured the model Earth, marveling at places they had visited while pondering the fate of the other half of humanity. Some remarked Mas hallah or God wills, buying into the display as Christian or heresy, depending on faith.
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Arabia
Koweli
Bagdad
Aden
Africa
Bombay
Earth
Harald
Marlborough Tune and the Travel of a Jolly Song
A historic note traces how the tune known as Marlborough originated as a Walloon air burlesquing the great general who fought for Queen Anne. It circulated unknown in Paris for decades after Marlborough died, then reached Versailles sung by a Picardy nurse, later becoming popular in Paris and England.
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France
Paris
England
Psychic reminiscences reel from Rubinstein fate
Lillian Nichia recalls Rubinstein promising proof of immortality. Six years later in Paris she awoke to a nightmare cry as his fear and agony haunted her. Le Petit Journal reported his sudden death with a final cry of agony, later echoed by Teresa Carreno. The Dundee Advertiser notes the mystery may baffle experts.
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Lillian Nichia
Rubinstein
Paris
le Petit Journal
Teresa Carreno
Dundee Advertiser
Snakes and Dogs Respond to Music in Zoo Observations
Science questions whether snakes enjoy music, noting cobras react to gourd-pipe rhythms with dancelike motions, similar to dogs showing sympathy to notes. At noon, wolves howl with the zoo’s whistles, while dogs vary between pleasure at harmonies and distress at certain sounds.
Bon box and Ben code in Beth Alcott tale
In a Harper's Bazaar excerpt Lydia Hosmer Wood describes the Alcotts using a Bon box as an honor system. Each day a good child dropped a bon slip with her name and the code word Ben into a box by the front door, signaling virtue kept.
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Heminder
Alcotts
Ben
True Chivalry Seen in Slum Alley by Mr Deakin
Former Australian prime minister recounts coronation memories describing a midnight scene in a slum alley. He observed a boy about twelve sheltering a three year old girl, removing his coat to wrap her, and covering her feet with his cap.
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Deakin
Australia
Mr. Deakin
Eyes of Love Resurrection Ends in Hopeful Bloom
Marguerite known as Eyes of Love marries Dick earning $20 weekly. She clings to gambling and bridge debts, causing strain and estrangement. After her illness, Dick’s raise to $125 allows focus on their baby and shared renewal as Marguerite vows to learn anew, naming their child Easter Lily and embracing their revived love.
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Marguerite
Margie
Dickie
Dickie Dickie
Walter
Chose the Better Part
A brief dialogue reflects a child’s ambition to become a writer. He claims he must write well but does not plan to read his books, insisting reading is unimportant while aiming for authorship in the future.
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Egypt
Cunninghan
Boston
Angel
Hartman’s Bakery
North Side Square
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