Signs of good luck and odd maxims from TOM SIMS
A 1925 NEA column previews quirky superstition and daily wisdom as TOM SIMS muses on luck missteps and small rituals. The jumbled slice mentions horseshoes, umbrellas, pocketbooks, barber shops, and spring fever as signs people notice again.
Puzzle on Bird Purchases and Miscellany Recap
A historic garbled item shows a puzzle about buying birds with 100 dollars nine prices: 100 birds at 5 cents each and other rates. The text also includes scattered foreign dispatches from Shanghai and Belfast with partial reports on Mongolian village actions and Ulster election seats, all in a fragmented story-like fragment.
Ancient Japanese novel translated for the first volume
Little Joe reports that Arthur Wales of the British Museum translated the first volume of an ancient Japanese novel attributed to a woman named Murasashi around AD 1004. The work, 500000 words long, centers on Gengi the emperor's son and his love affairs. Wales began last March and aims to translate one volume per year until completion.
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British inventor builds indoor camera with fast exposure
A British inventor has developed a camera able to take images indoors without long exposure. The design features an unusually large lens to capture clearer pictures in low light.
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