Insects as Food and Global Education News Briefs
The article surveys edible insects noting locusts as a historic luxury and staple in some cultures. It cites Scientific American on locust flavors and a Calopteria broth comparison. It also reports on Ireland's two new universities free of religious tests and Boston's New Voters festival at Faneuil Hall. plus notes on poverty discussions in New York, a long distance gun range concept, Beisel Bengali shorthand, and German emperor salary talk.
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Saya
British Museum
Athens
P. L. Simmonds
Ireland
House of Commons
Troy
N. Y
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Mosquito History and Control in Hawaii Before 1826
Hawaii first knew mosquitos after 1826 when the ship Wellington brought them to Lahaina Maui from San Blas. Entomologist D L Van Dine explains night and day species, breeding sites, and the cost and methods of control focusing on larval habitats near native housing and water containers rather than adult spraying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Lahaina
Maui
Wellington
San Blas
Mexico
William Richards
Makawao
Hawaiian Islands
Haonolulu
D. L. van Dine
Not Like England's Dandies in a Parisian Scene
A narrative features a valet critiquing American fashion and London dandyism while describing Carabbas and his two tailors. It notes a young millionaire learning etiquette, plus a biographical remark on Manuel Garcia’s simple life and diet, as well as a dramatic Des Moines incident where Stewart Dunbar escaped a train with a $20 bill.
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London
Marster
Marquis of Carabbas
Carabbas
France
Algernon
Stewart Dunbar
Des Moines
Chicago Tribune
Gin Laden Chinaman Found Up a Harlem Tree
New York police investigate a bizarre dawn incident after Officer Hemmer spots a Chinaman named Chin Kung Gin in a tree on Broadway near 195th street. A sock, a sweater and revealing garments rained down, including a chrome-yellow Chinaman and a shirtfront. The man, drunk per magistrate, is taken to West 152nd Street station where he awaits arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chin Kung
Harlem
Lycurgus Hemmer
Broadway
Ninety-fifth Street
Policeman Hemmer
Hemmer
Manhattan Island
New Orleans
Mott Street
Chin
One Hundred and Fifty- Second Street
Kernochan
Gin
R. O
Up & Tree
Five year old fires revolver during breakfast
In Oakland Maine five year old Doris Bailey fired a loaded revolver at her father Edmund Bailey at the breakfast table. The bullets missed both parents, each dodging as the child laughed after the shots. The gun had been loaded by the father earlier that day while showing the child how to operate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Doris Bailey
Edmund Bailey
Uyper Fairfield Street
Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Doris
Whisky as snake bite cure in Pike County tale
A German immigrant laborer near Lackawaxen Pa used whisky to treat a rattlesnake bite after the snake struck his boot. The snake drank whisky and staggered about, later disappearing from a spring as the men watched. The event amused locals but warned of the odd remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Jervis
N.Y
Lackawaxen
Pike County
Rates Make Nest of Savings
Washuurn Wis Joe Kerro a laborer who hid his savings in an old trunk for years found his money chewed to pieces by rats forming a nest. The amount, about $000, was to be used for a trip to Canada. The loss is total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washuurn
Wis
Joe Kerro
Ferro
Canada
Sandy Conquers Cold Porridge With Whisky Challenge
An elderly Glasgow-area villager, trying to save fuel, cooks a week's porridge on Saturday then faces a moral test. With whisky waiting, he vows to eat if he wants the liquor, struggles to finish, and secretly reseals the bottle triumphantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Sandy
Sufferer Finds Cure with Cuticura Trio
A wife from Upper Frenchville Maine testifies after 16 years of rheumatic sores on her husband’s legs healed in three months using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She notes three doctors failed but the remedies cleared the sores, stopped burning and reduced pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. V. Albert
Upper
Frenchville
Si-Pop Crow Passes In Ambiguous Manner
A rough folk lament notes Si-Pop the crow is dead and mentions Hi-Jerushiem would not pay. The speaker quips about the crow's demise and a rough rule about blowing up stumps, implying a harsh end.
Paint quality tips and product ads from old paper
Advises testing white lead and linseed oil for purity to ensure lasting paint. National Lead Company offers blowpipe kits from Woodbridge Building New York City. Also mentions Lewis’ Single Binder cigars and a note that successful manicurists have ample business.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge
Building
New York City
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