Beautiful Isle Tobago Crusoe's Island
The Detroit News recalls Tobago as Crusoe's island with a storied history fought over by multiple European powers. It describes crescent beaches, coves, verdant bays, coral reefs, and lush vegetation, noting a snake-free climate and a 3000-person village as a potential winter resort.
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Tobago
Robinson Crusoe
John Paul Jones
Caribbean
West Indies
Detroit News
Crusoe
Defoe
Alexander Selkirk
Realife
Oronoque
Trinidad
Molten Sea Bathing Through The Ages In Indianapolis Stor
The article reflects on historic bathing methods from primitive kitchens to modern facilities. It recounts biblical imagery of Solomon's temple pool a vast structure shaped round with a ten cubit brim and lilies carved along the edge. The pool allegedly held 3,000 bathers at once and featured large quantities of wine and oil for priests and laypeople.
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Solomon's Temple
Indianapolis Stor
Beautiful St Sophia’s Dome and Rich Constantiople Wonder
The article describes St Sophia’s church at Constantinople as a remarkable building with a 107 foot dome on four corner pillars and a 175 foot apex above the door. It recounts the awe of Sultan Mohammed as the Moslems seized the city and the scene of a soldier's quip about leaving the buildings. The Molchomedias preserved Byzantine treasures and concealed them, keeping cisterns full of priceless manuscripts from Greek and early Gospel age writings.
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Re. Sophia's
Constantinope
Sultan Mohameed
Constantinople
To Drill Holes in Glass and Hard Metals
An engineering note explains drilling glass with a drill aided by tuirpen toe and camphor. After piercing, finish with a three cornered file edge and scrape with the file corners to avoid cracking or flaking. The mixture is used freely for drilling glass and hard metals like iron and steel.
Reflected Glory and the New Citizen Debate
A quotation from the Birmingham Age Herald contrasts the old fashioned view with a modern, provocative stance on a wife’s conduct on a train. The exchange highlights social tension and shifting gender expectations in a formal editorial voice.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Anniversary Portrait of a Crumbling Marriage in a 1920s Drama
Mrs. Crawford frets over a life of quiet poverty and unfulfilled dreams as aging furniture, mounting bills, and vanished youth symbolize her crumbling marriage to Alfred. A theater night, gifts of pinks, and a renewed tenderness hint at fragile hope amid long-buried resentments.
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Alfred
Mrs Crawford
Evelyn
Alfred Crawford
Weill
Their Day Off at the City Theater and Shop
Barbara and Harvey enjoy a rare Saturday afternoon in the city with theater, opera talk, groceries, candy, flowers, and a dairy lunch. They relish simple luxuries, contrast with neighbors, and end the day grateful for each other and their children.
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Barbara
Mrs. Graham
Harvey
Lister
Cote
Barbure
Tarvey
Darbara
Hove
Heny
Marvey
Europe Adapts to the Typewriter in Postwar Tides
Europe wakes to typing as courts debate legality of deeds on a typewriter. The Golden Age notes Europe’s shift from pen to machine, with WWI lessons pushing exports up from 35 40 to 60 percent of American output. Credits and stable prices spur faster shipments and modern offices.
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Europe
France
Need of Special Training for Young Men Leaders
The piece argues youth must pursue specialized training to advance beyond simple labor. It stresses schooling shapes future opportunities, urges parental guidance to keep confidence, and notes early wages may be good but growth relies on study, training, and experience for bigger roles.
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Emma Gary Wallace
Christian Herald
Peking Plans Four Coast Defense Sections
The government outlines a four section coastal defense scheme for China with appointed commissioners for Gulf of Chibi Kiang su Che kiang Fukien and Kwantung. Admirals Li Tingtsing Lan Chienehu and Liu Kuan-hsing named for three sections with Kwantung to be appointed after reunification.
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Peking
China
Gulf of
Chihili
Kiang-su
Cheklang
Fukien
Kwantung
Navy Department
Navy Ministry
Li Tingtsing
Gulf of Chibi
Lan Chienehu
Kiang-sa
Che-kiang
Liu Kuan-hsing
Kwangtung
Fast and
One Day Late In Small Town Speakers Missed
A women's club arranged a theater address by a famed speaker who failed to appear. The crowd waited as rumors circulated that the speaker had come the night before in the grocery store. Leading town women revealed the speaker, and the narrator returned to work at the back of the store in disappointment.
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Sue
Hoob
Prohibition’s Shocking Effect on Married Life
Two Munele factory workers wives debate the impact of prohibition on their husbands. One says John now keeps his entire pay envelope for himself, spending freely. In saloon days, she recalled, he returned with a growler of beer for the couple.
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John
Indianapolis News
India Home of Tree Fern
A travel note describes tree ferns thriving in Darjeeling India with lush jungle scenery along a Calcutta to Darjeeling railway. It contrasts tropical flora with U S absence of tree ferns and cites Jamaica and other tropical regions where large specimens reach heights from six to fifty feet. The piece highlights tiger habitat and vivid jungle imagery.
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Darjeeling India
Calcutta
United States
West Indies
Jamaica
Beautiful in its coloring a note on warblers and pines
The article describes the black-throated green warbler as vividly colored with yellow green on the head and shoulders, olive back, jet black throat and breast, and white underparts with yellow tint. It notes its nervous nests and habit of building multiple nests. It mentions the pine warbler’s pine grove habitat, quiet nature, and creeping motion among branches with greenish yellow plumage and white wing bars.
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American Forestry Association
Napoleon the reader who shaped his aims in war and life
Lord Rosebery notes Napoleon read selectively for practical use. He recalls Napoleon as a scholar at Brienne and as a lieutenant of artillery, spending years in Valence reading extensively in the local library. The account highlights how constant reading fed his strategic resolve and self education.
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Napoleon
Lord Roseberry
Brienne
Erfurt
Valence
Subscribing Message for Triumph Pills Ad
An advertisement urges subscriptions from readers for Triumph Pills offered by the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin It promises dependable relief and warns against experimenting with other products while noting the item is not sold at drug stores and that details are sent to address provided
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National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wis
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St. Sophia
Yang
eClare Newspaper Syndicate
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Goodby
Bob
Barbara Allen
Buly
India
the Herald
East
Washington
Donner Block
Men's Tan Army
Hurst & CO
Greencastle
Central National Bank
Langdons Now
MR. Farmer
Mid West Engine Company of
Indianapolis
Mid West
Harris F.o.b
Herald
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