Death Valley Becomes Readily Travelable by Auto
Death Valley, once feared by Southwest travelers and burial ground for early prospectors, is being opened for day and night journey by the Automobile Club of Southern California. Signs will guide headlights to valley routes and Palm Canyon, a desert oasis slated for national monument status for its ancient palm groves.
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Death Valley
Uncle Sam
Automobile Club of
Southern Californian
Automobile Club
Palm Canyon
Laughing at a Barn Comedy Ends With Pigs on Stage
In Albany a state legislator recalls a parable about a rich man hiring a comedian to entertain workers. The barn audience roars until a burly plowman notes the joke targets misdirected laughter as pigs enter and push the crowd from their seats.
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Mle Boekcher
Blue Jay Nesting Insights From a Maple Window
A reader notes two blue jays nesting in a maple crevice near a study window last spring. The pair faced a choice between a hollow and a makeshift twig structure, settled, raised a brood, and later joined nearby jays for social nesting behavior.
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Chris Thin
Poor Father and the Hair Debate at Home
Eleven year old Mortan resists hair bobbing and wants long braided hair like other girls. Her mother argues hair grows by eating, insisting it makes him strong. The playful exchange shifts blame when Marion jokes about her father.
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Mortan
Marion
Father
Dreaming of Flowers And Foretelling Fortune
The text links dream meanings to flowers as future fortune and pleasure. White flowers indicate fewer obstacles, yellow promises pain, red foreshadows serious illness for the diver. Being bedecked signals brief happiness and buying flowers suggests good news ahead.
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Chicago
No imitations for Her Christmas Photo Gaffe
A young physician and his girlfriend attend a local picture house as ads flash on the screen. He jokes about her happiness from a photo of himself, she declines, saying she wants real things instead.
Dead Souls and the Fraud of Pavel Tchitchikov
The tale traces Pavel Tchitchikov a clever crook who buys dead serfs or souls in Russia's census gaps. He mortgaged imaginary souls to borrow money and buy estates, manipulating heirs and a bankrupt, then forged a will to claim a widow’s fortune before fleeing justice. Gogol the author and his works are noted.
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Pavel Ivanovitch Telhitchikol
Russia
Pavel
Pavel Tchitchikov
Ant
Lorger
Pavel Speed
Gogol
Moscow
Prisoner Defends Action After Chair Breaks in Domestic Row
A prisoner pleads accident and lack of intent after breaking a chair over his wife’s head in court. The judge hears the domestic incident as the ongoing case, with the man insisting the blow was not intended.
Swiss Family Robinson Adaptation Survives Island Pact
The 1918 report details the Swiss Family Robinson tale set after a shipwreck off an unknown island near New Guinea and Australia. A clergyman, his wife, and four sons build a life, face a British ship storm, savage war party, and eventual reunion with aid workers before choosing to stay on the island.
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New Guinea
Australia
Seo
Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
Robinson
Europe
War Adverer
England
Anne Hortel
Ylcayan
Staying Qualities
Two businessmen discuss an older man named Brown who works for one of them. They remark on his honesty and staying power, noting he began at the bottom in 1876 and has remained there. The humor compares bald heads to kind words, implying they cannot be dyed.
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Fifth Avenue
Brown
Few Horse Drawn Vehicles Decline as Autos Rise on Pacific Coast
Formerly prominent Pacific coast wagon firms show sharp loss in horse drawn sales as automobiles take over transport. Los Angeles county sold 14 000 buggies and 6 500 wagons in 8060 era. two years later first motorcar appeared and business declined. Some firms pivot to motorcars and later to special truck and van bodies, while others faded into memory.
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Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
California
Motor fuel supply short and changing
The article notes mineral oils vary in makeup with Mexican oils rich in heavies ideal for fuel while lighter fractions yield kerosene and gasoline. It warns gasoline supply growth lags behind auto growth, predicts demand outpacing supply, and suggests alternatives like by products from coal distillation and a plant based fuel from molasses and wastes.
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Mexico
United States
Crescograph Reveals Plants’ Dynamic Growth Patterns
The machine by Str 4. C. Bose shows plant growth is not steady and is influenced by factors beyond nutrition. It magnifies movement to reveal plants are more alive than assumed, suggesting awareness of plant life could foster greater consideration for their treatment.
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Str 4. C. Bose
London
Pharmacy Popular Among South American Women
A Y W C A leader notes pharmacy is a favored profession for South American women as it is seen as protected and suitable for women. Many pursue nursing medicine or pharmacy while few enter public life or broad business work. Chemistry also draws interest.
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South America
Embarrassing Moment Revealed in New Home Visit
A speaker recounts being dressed when the doorbell rang after moving into a new house. Mother greets the visitor and tours the home including a closet where she calls the contents old junk and rubbish, leaving the narrator mortified.
Humorous Exchange About Cigars and a Child’s Future
A wife and husband joke about cigars given at Christmas. The wife urges him to quit smoking, while the husband feigns restraint and plans to wait until their child grows up to learn to smoke. The light exchange plays on habits and family life.
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John
Disraeli and Henrietta Temple Tale Reaches Grand Ending
Ferdinand Armine a rich heiress's favorite ne arthur of Grandison plans to wed Katherine but falls for Henrietta Temple after debt and elopement tricks, leading to prison, secret engagements, and a dramatic reunion. Henrietta becomes rich. Ferdinand marries her. Benjamin Disraeli is profiled, noting his birth in London 1804 and rise to Earl Beaconsfield.
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Tee Henrietta Temple
Benjamin Disraeli
Ferdinand Armine
Mari of Grandison
Lari
Katherine Grandison
Ferdinand
Katherine
Bath
Mr. Yemple
Henrietta
Henrstta
Mr. Temple
England
Italy
Ternle
Pone
Verdinand
Europe
Marquis of Montfort
London
Lord Montfort
Ferdinnand Armine
Earl of
Beaconsfield
Spain
Venice
Disraeli
Vivian Gray
Henri Mtta Temple
Meiden
Englanon
Ace
John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The novel follows John Halifax a ragged boy who becomes a trusted partner to a Quaker, wins Ursula March’s heart, and overcomes social barriers. It profiles John’s integrity amid rivalries, marriage, emigration, and eventual legacy, noting Craik’s literary career and pensions.
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Ae Press
John Halifax
Gentleman
Dinah Maria Muioch
Fletcher
Phineas
Ursula March
John
Ursula
Mr. Fletcher
Tate
Huan
Lord Luxmore
John Lud
Halifax
Luxmore
Lord Ravenel
Jon
Maud
Halfax
Neverness
Ravenel
America
Guy
Boston
England
Dinah Maria Muloch
George Lillie Craik
Macmillan
Corner House
Shortlands
Kent
The robin's spring arrival and shared city-heart
A Chicago Daily News piece reflects on robins as a global symbol loved by children and compares urban life to nature. It recalls robins nesting near a freight car in Michigan and the yard crew delaying a shipment to protect the chicks.
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Michigan
Chieago
Chicago Daily News
Ecuador Has Few Schools Reflecting Limited White Population
The article notes Ecuador's small white share in a population of about 14.4 million, with Indians and blacks dominant. It reports 12–14 hundred primary schools serving about 80 000 pupils and 30–40 secondary schools totaling about 4 500 students, plus three universities in Quito Guayaquil Cuenca and six provincial trade schools.
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Ecuador
Quito Guayaquil
Cuenca
Fiume Officers Emulate D Annunzio Hair Style Trend
The article notes Gabriele d Annunzio's bald head setting a fashion among Fiume's officers. Many shave their heads and grow small Van Dyke beards to mimic the poet. The Fiume aviators adopt the craze with zeal calling themselves Ire Heads amid mixed uniforms.
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Gabriele Annunzio
Fiume
Met
d'Annunzio
Rise in Japan Coal Output in Early 1919
Shipping and engineering notes indicate Japan produced 25 825 000 tons of coal in the first 11 months of 1919, up 2 740 000 tons or about 10 percent from the same period the previous year. Despite reports of mine exhaustion, output rose due to mine revivals and new mines opening at profitable prices, though Kyushu’s 6 percent share remained largely unchanged.
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Japan
Kyushu
Making a Hit Gone Wrong at the Theater
A correspondent recounts a disastrous evening after forgetting money for two tickets. He and a young woman friend seek entry, the usher refuses, and the pair are led to the exit door. The author jests about the failed dating ploy and vows to recover from the embarrassment.
Identifying the Nickel in a Central Misstep
James claimed a nickel with a small bull on it caused central trouble. The unidentified coin sparked a back and forth about its type and origin as the central dispute emerged.
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James
Central
Appearances. Theat Overalls Hit Fashion Fads
Dolan quotes Rafferty predicting overalls will trend, with fears they will be altered with cuffs at the bottoms narrow legs and belts at the back, ruining their look.
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Rafferty
Mr. Dolan
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Southwest
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Nikolai Gogol
the Press Publishing Co
Dr. Wyes and
Garoness de Montolieu
Johann Rudolf Wyss
Berne
Wyss
Baroness DE Montolieu
Carriage and Wagon Builders
Pharmacy
Oe Ht
Robin
Dandelion
Chilldren
d’Annunzio
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