Deschanel Confesses Stage Fright and Deep Thought
France's President Paul Deschanel, admired as a great orator, reveals in a letter a serious stage fright before public address. He says speeches require a fixed plan, mental preparation, and long walks to shape thoughts, with clarity masking syntax flaws.
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France
Poincare
Paul Deschanel
M. Ajam
Sarthe
M. Deschanel
M. Poincare
Chamber
Ajom
Officiel
Whisky Dump Discovered In Denver Neighborhood Caves
Residents in West Eighteenth Avenue and Looker Street Denver unearthed two caves of moonshine whiskey along a street corner. Detective George Schneider seized 24 quart bottles, suspecting two booze cars planned a transfer when one avoided a hijacking threat and dumped the liquor.
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West Eighteenth Avenue
Looker Street
Denver
Colo
George Schneider
Foch’s Famous Motor Car Sold at Auction
The blue and black motor car with Marshal Foch’s baton painted on the panels, used during the war, sold for 74,000 francs. The buyer received a written guarantee that the car was the one used by Marshal Foch on his daily rounds of duty.
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Foch
Marshal Foch
They Still Need the Waiters Theft at R. R. McCulloch Firm
Robbers broke into the linen commissary of the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad at Kansas City and stole 3000 napkins 9 felt covers 12 waiters coats 1000 aprons 153 table cloths and 36 towels according to manager R. R. McCulloch.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Kansas City
R. R. McCulloch
Baseball Spelling Teaches Reading in Kane Public Schools
Kane Pa public schools adopt a novel method called the baseball system to teach spelling. The classroom becomes a diamond with bases and a pitcher. Pupils bat, spell three words, and advance on hits while outs send them to the bench. The approach mirrors baseball rules and aims to reduce monotony.
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Kane
Helping Starving Poles Relieved by Red Cross Aid
Mrs. Sophia Romorska secretary of the American Red Cross in Warsaw oversees relief operations from the Red Cross headquarters as assistance to starving Poles is distributed.
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Sophia Romorska
American Red Cross
Warsaw
Holand
Red Cross
Italy Seeks Orient Trade with Japan and Asia
Italy eyes the Orient for new trade fields and closer ties with Japan. Italian money is in demand in the Far East and manufacturers report stronger demand there than in the West. Demonstrations favoring Japan have occurred in many cities, notably Naples during a Japanese squadron visit. The council of ministers plans to restore free commerce soon, likely by June, with state monopolies on cereals sugar and other foods potentially exempted.
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Rome
Italy
Orient
Japan
Far East
Naples
Council of Ministers
Spanking Machine Allegedly Chastises Bridgeton Youths
Bridgeton New Jersey Mayor Arthur C. Whitaker defends a device called the spanking machine used on youths at city hall. He claims it has existed for seven years and is no longer experimental, and describes it as social chastisement rather than torture.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Bridgeton City Hall
Arthur C. Whitaker
Whitaker
Bey
Fc Oh
May Whitaker
Blind Man Corrects Knoxville Census Figure
In Knoxville Tennessee a totally blind man W F Sunland announced the city’s population as 77,689 after a school census. City officials reported 77,818 a 114.1 percent gain and sent investigators, but Sunland’s agensis taking system, now adopted by public schools, supported his figure.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. F. Sunland
Sanland
Boy Hero Saves Three From Fire on Ninth Avenue
James Toussient aged fifteen led his grandmother and two women to safety during a blaze at 828 Ninth Avenue. He guided them along a coping over a store and helped them escape through windows of a nearby building.
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New York
James Toussient
Ninth Avenue
Life Adapts Across Climates from Mars to Earth
The Louisville Courier-Journal argues that climate alone does not bar life. It cites polar bears in freezing zones and Koreans with New England like weather, noting animal adaptation and experiments with tropical and polar species. It questions Dr. Abbott’s Mars climate claim and suggests life suited to extreme temps could exist elsewhere.
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Abbott
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Mars
Korea
New England
Earth
Tropics
Africa
Chicago
Moscot
Bagdad
Louisville Courier-Journal
Inauguration Dates and Sunday Oath Traditions
A historical note explains inaugurations on March 4 and the Sunday rule. It lists presidents who began second terms when March 4 fell on Sunday, including Monroe Adams Taylor Hayes and Wilson, with details on oath timing and a Supreme Court query raised by John Quincy Adams.
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Washington
Anfonroe
Taylor
Hayes
Isu
Wi Son
Wilson
John Quincy Adams
Supreme Court
Monroe
Marshall
Rare Biblical Collection at Mount Holyoke Library
Mount Holyoke college library installs a rare biblical collection. The set includes ancient Hebrew and Greek scriptures, a Sefer Torah miniature scroll, Syriac texts, Septuagint, and Latin Vulgate editions. A 1568 Vulgate with Luther portrait bears a Latin inscription linking image to mind.
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Mount Holyoke College Lbrary
Luther
Insult to Injury Aesop Fable Recalled
Aesop's tale of a baldheaded man bitten by a fly shows how retaliatory acts can backfire. The fly mocks the man for adding insult to injury after his clumsy attempt to strike the insect.
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Phaedrus
First Person Singular and Capitalized Pronouns
Henry van Dyke argues in Scribner's Magazine that capitalizing the pronoun I in English reflects individualism. He notes speakers from the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand share this trait, attributing it to the language rather than insularity.
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Falke
Henry van Dyke
Scribner's Magazine
Algaroba Wild Forest Tree In Hawaii
The mesquite tree known as algaroba was brought to Honolulu in 1828. It grew to 60 feet, then was topped in 1906 for a city block. It yields 80,000 cords of wood, $160,000 in honey, and beans for stock. Pods germinate through digestive action. its spread is natural via stock. It has a shallow root system and winds can topple it in storms.
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Hawaii
Father Bachelot
Honolulu
Hold Converse in Jungle Showcases Ape and Lion Communication
Dr Ditmars notes chimps in Bronx park collection use about a hundred words to express emotion while lions roar as lonesome veiled signaling. He explains vocal and ground resonances as a shared need across animal life with roars prompting responses from partners and rivals.
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Garner
Dr. Ditmars
Bronx Park
Tooth Puller Phrase Traced Through French and Dutch Lore
The article traces the proverb about the tooth puller through Le Roux de Liney’s 1859 book, the 1885 Dictionary of the Acad emy, and Uhiliert Joseph Le Roux’s Die thonnaire Comique. It notes wandering puns, crowd-pulling storytelling, and quack medicines as common traits, with references to Poissons and The Basque Poet.
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le Roux de Liney
Paris
Lannelongue
Uhiliert
Joseph le Roux
Amsterdam
le Roux
Poissons
Flow of Languages Wordspray on Missionary Bulletin
A colored preacher extols a church missionary bulletin as young and unfinancial yet destined to grow through backbone and grit. He says it emerges from innocent contemplation of moral and righteous principles and will serve by mingling in social circles to harvest workable products through missionary tone.
Moral Elevation and the Role of Justice in a Great Nation
Charles Sumner argues that a nation's true greatness lies not only in intellect but in moral elevation. He asserts Christian beneficence spreads happiness to many and a humane, God-like justice governs state relations and the people under its care.
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Charles Sumner
War tax dispute over tent show profits
Revenue Collector charges that the tent show operator cannot keep proceeds without paying the war tax. The owner defends by claiming ticket sales fund true charity and argues his circumstances justify the sales.
Law Steps In to Save Bride of Eleven Years
Nashville charity workers report a case of alleged child marriage involving Florence Lambert aged eleven to Ben B. Zumbro aged forty five. Judge Litton Hickman vows to prosecute those involved and annulling proceedings will begin. Florence remains at United Charities home while her mock husband is reportedly unreachable.
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Florence Lambert
Ben B. Zumbro
Nashville
Tenn
Litton Hickman
G. B. Kirkpatrick
Florence
Lulu Lambert
Zumbro
Rev
W. 8. Yarbrough
Lcense
Frederik VIII Captain Ends 42 Years Copenhagen Run
Capt Anton G Thomsen stands on the Frederik VIII bridge in Hoboken as the liner nears harbor. He completes his 223rd round trip between Copenhagen and New York. He will receive a senior captain certificate on retirement in Copenhagen with a pension near his salary. He is 71 and has traveled between Copenhagen and New York since 1881.
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Anton G. Thomsen
Frederik VIII
Hoboken
N. J
Copenhagen
New York
Frederik VII
Vienna Cigarettes Satire Highlights Smuggling Issue
Vienna residents joke that the great Vienna forest is being smoked up by cigarettes. The piece targets cigarette quality as a satirical attack on Austria's state tobacco monopoly. It notes strict per person limits and widespread smuggling, with AP finding most samples yesterday were mainly leaves and grasses.
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Vienna
Associated Press
French Intellectual Workers Unionizes in Tunis
Intellectual workers in Tunis form a federation recognized by labor groups. Eligible members include tramatiars engineers scientists teachers artists poets some writers journalists and dramatic experts.
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Intellectual Workers of
Tunis
Irance
Tramatiars
Feteracion
Spain Maintains Old World Court Formalities Under Queen Mother
The Spanish royal household preserves strict royal customs and ceremonies, largely due to Queen Mother Maria Christina. King Alfonso enjoys informal afternoons but returns to formalities at the palace, while diplomats observe a lavish banquet with jewelry displays and staged processions.
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Queen Mother
Austria
Spain
Europe
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Berlin
London
Rome
Maria Christina
Alfonso
Asia
Queen Victoria
Bulldogging Lions in Santa Barbara Forest
Santa Barbara California hosts hunters Stanley R. Graham of Chicago George T. Baker and W P Chester with five bloodhounds valued at 4000. Chester aims to catch and kill a live lion for a 1000 bonus. Dog Rat carries 2000 insurance against theft and has a record of crimes in Arizona. Lions rarely attack the dogs and usually climb a tree.
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Santa Barbara Forest
California
Stanley R. Graham
Chicago
George T.baker
W. P. Chester
Arizona
Santa Barbara
Santa Ynez
Chester
Graham
Old Clock Still Running From Pittsfield to Riverside
A 160 year old grandfather clock presented to P. T. Evans of Riverside California by Frank A. Tetley who bought it sixteen years ago in Pittsfield Mississippi. The clock is regarded as one of the oldest examples of early colonial American clockmaking craft.
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P. T. Evans
Riverside
Calif
Frank A. Tetley
Pittsfell
Miss
All Ready for Him
A provincial English meeting bursts with crowd support for a parliamentary candidate. A man interrupts the speech shouting for six pennyworth of sense, the speaker is stunned but the chair quickly silences him with a sharp retort, restoring order.
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England
Corpanton
Fashionable Nomad Warns Off Tranny In Truncated Exchange
A fragment shows a fashionably dressed man telling a Tranny to go away. The response asserts the man only intended a nickel touch. The wording reflects a terse street exchange with unclear context.
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Nomon
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Putnam Electro Company
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