Common Antipathies and an Offensive American View
A Paris based American correspondent critiques a New York paper's article on British crowds and the Prince of Wales. He notes a palatable bias and class snobbery, citing currency jokes and a condescending tone toward French observers. The piece ends by praising Sir Thomas Browne for balanced views and urging editors to avoid national prejudice.
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New York
Artele
Eton Harrow
Lord's
Hyde Park
Prince of Wales
Home Secretary
Wiie
Thomas Browne
New York Herald Tribune
No Incentive To Work Experience In Salvation Army
Mrs Bramwell Booth recounts a youth who refused to work saying he would earn money to save and gain independence. The exchange ends with the boy’s father asking the Salvation Army figure to talk to him about indolence and work.
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Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
Bute
Not Taking Any Chances Young Scotsman Misses Supper
A young Scotsman takes his lass to a London cinema where tea and cake are served by attendants at no charge. After watching a film they resist leaving, insisting on supper despite the late hour. Also noted is a Smithsonian display of a preserved stuffed cat from 1688 and a brief, quirky piece of moral whimsy.
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London
Thefternoon
Smithsonian Institution
Fea
Public Speaking vs Independent Inquiry Alleged by Huxley
Aldous Huxley argues in the Nation that political speeches are rarely reliable sources of information. He favors libraries for collecting facts and forming independent opinions, warning that speeches offer garbled data and rhetoric instead of full knowledge.
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Aldous Huxley
Coast Erosion Threatens East England Rail Link and Towns
The article details severe coastal erosion along Essex and other East Coast areas. The London and North Eastern Railway between Frinton and Walton must move inland as sections are washed away. Dunwich loses land and the church tower, Holderness erodes, and Sussex sheds about 400 acres yearly while Selsea reports a worsening beachfront.
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Essex
London & Northeastern
Frinton
Walton
Dunwich
Old Town
Holderness
England
Sussex
Selsea
King Buys Half Interest in Yorks Rabbit
King George paid two dollars and fifty cents for a half share in a pet rabbit from Kathleen Temlison during a Yorkshire vacation. He had observed Kathleen ill and later learned her eight year old brother wanted to sell their joint rabbit. The king arranged to buy the brother’s share and urged Kathleen to keep him informed on the rabbit’s welfare.
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Kathleen Temlison
George
Yorkshire
Kathleen
London lamp posts from old cannons spark a fashion
Old Admiral Boscawen helped start a trend by placing cannon bases as lamp posts outside his home. In time, many lamps in London used upright antique guns as bases, while stray dialogue from a classroom scene shows a tense exchange about spunk and work ethic.
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London
Boscawen
Sri Ig
Large Scale Self-Government in the United States
An editorial from the St. Paul Pioneer Press argues the United States embodies the era’s greatest experiment in representative government with 48 states and 115 million people acting as one executive and one legislature. It warns against overcentralization, calls for closer state governance, and notes risks if states surrender duties to Washington, urging balance to preserve the union.
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United States
Republic
Washington
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Read Before You Sign Promissory Paper Catches Students
A western professor circulated a seeming holiday petition among his students asking for a birthday tribute. Forty five students signed without reading. When read aloud they learned they had also signed a petition to amputate their right arms at the elbows. The test warns to read text above the signature line to avoid hidden catches.
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Skarborn Independent
Gasoline Ship J N Vandyke Returns to Philadelphia
After a 17000 mile voyage the motor ship J N Vandyke arrived in Philadelphia with 2500000 gallons of gasoline in bulk for East Africa. In Durban on July 3 consignors rejected the cargo over grade disputes.
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J. N. Vandyke
Philadelphia
East Africa
In Defence of the Red Man Reflects on Native Valor
The Boston Transcript excerpt argues the so called noble red man possessed dignity courage and intellect equal to whites. It honors native civilization in Mexico Maryland and Peru while noting a preference for personal freedom and war as a guiding life philosophy. It compares Mohawks to Apollo figures and praises the Indian as an honorable soul despite violence.
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Mexico
Maynland
Peru
Benjamin West
Apollo
Boston Transcript
A Good Holiday Is Essential for a Rich Life
The New Outlook extols holidays as priceless for body mind and soul. It argues that money cannot buy a good holiday and a well planned break refreshes purpose and happiness for months ahead.
British Museum buys Michelangelo sketch for 25000 dollars
The museum acquired Michael Angelo's original red chalk drawing of the Creation of Adam, later painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome, for 25000 dollars. The work is regarded as one of the art world’s glories, illustrating creation, man's fall, and redemption.
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Michael Angelo
Adam
Sustine
Rome
British Museum
Fusion of Faith Leaders Delights Local Mayor
At a town celebration the bishop and the leading Nonconformist minister attended. The mayor, pleased by this unity, proclaimed that if a person’s heart is in the right place, it does not matter what sex they belong to.
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London
Hero of Alpine Club Camp Lawrence Grassie Named Hero
Grassie of Canmore Alberta was hailed at the Alpine Club of Canada's annual meeting in the Tonquin Valley Jasper Park for carrying a 200 pound injured climber down Bastion peak after a descent. He and A W Drinnan of Calgary also made a first ascent of Turret peak in the Rampart range in record time then walked twelve miles to camp.
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Lawrence Grassie
Canmore
Alberta
Alpine Club of Canada
Tonquin Valley
Jasper National Park
Bastion Peak
Grassie
A. W. Drinnan
Calgary
Turret Peak
Rampart Range
Canadian Rockies
Better Looked After Live Longer Says Expert
New York Life Extension Institute researcher notes married men tend to outlive bachelors after nationwide tallies. He credits a nagging wife for better health habits like timely pills, baths, foot soaks, early mornings, and consistent meals. Bachelors, by contrast, lack such daily care.
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Life Extension Institute of New York
Mosaic pavement in Gloucestershire linked to Paul sermons
Archaeologists report the mosaic floor of a large Roman villa in Gloucestershire has been uncovered for a third time after 1,800 years. The fifty by fifty foot mosaic includes over 1.4 million stones in a border carpet design. The central circle depicts Orpheus charming beasts with a grey ring, showing lions tigers and a gryphon. A blue-breasted peacock stands out vividly.
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Paul
Gloucestershire
Orpheus
Waiting Twenty-Eight Years On Eighth Avenue Cars Tale
A New Yorker excerpt recalls a shabby Ur ile man who boards the Eighth Avenue cars at Fifty seventh Street each Thursday and asks to be let off at the French liner pier. The conductor once asks about the painter. the man says he awaits his wife and son aboard La Bourgogne, left of Newfoundland Banks in 1898.
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Fiftyseventh Street
la Bourgogne
Newfoundland Banks
New Yorker
Scotland Yard Probes £300,000 Stamp Fraud Ring
The Westminster Gazette reports that at the General Post Office's request Scotland Yard is investigating stamp frauds amounting to £300,000. The gang allegedly sells defective or forged stamps including insurance and revenue stamps in wholesale quantities.
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Westminster Gazette
General Post Office
Scotland Yard
Daily Dozen Becomes Official Fact of German Carriers
German letter carriers adopt a daily exercise routine with fifteen minutes of gymnastic drill. Reported results show participants now alert and energetic rather than sluggish. A humorous aside notes cost-cutting by avoiding appearances and disappearances during collector visits.
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Germany
Care Of The Work Horse Inhumane Treatment And Better Methods
A Manitoba reprint urges humane horse care noting thirst and neglect cause suffering. It condemns misfit harness, excessive punishment, and stresses water, feed, proper padding, and kind handling. It advocates stops, humane halters, and gentle training over punitive measures.
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Manitoba
Ree Press
Hearst Papers Reprint Allied Praise At War Entry
The Hearst papers republish kind remarks by allied leaders as the United States entered the war. They note it would be harder to republish the favorable words the allies once directed at the United States or at other times.
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Hearst
United States
Toronto Mail
Empire
Ostrich Racing Gains Fame in Vienna and Rome
The article notes ostrich racing as a popular sport in Vienna and Rome with trainers and jockeys. Ostriches reportedly reach speeds up to 26 miles per hour, and even two men on a back can outpace a horse in some cases.
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Vienna
Rome
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