Lambs Burnt Offerings Draws From British Isles
Holbrook News sketches Adelaide Gosset's Shepherds of Britain noting a farmer burning a lamb to lift a spell on his flock and mentions old memories of sheep sacrifices. It discusses sheep names origin, Shetland seaweed feeding, and clashes with eagles. A reviewer’s anecdote about breaking a dog’s habit of chasing sheep ends with a ram and hound exhausting themselves in a field.
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Adelaide Gosset
Britain
Rhys
Isle of Man
Colles
Shetland
Ireland
The Queen of Pipes and the Persian Imperial Pipe
The article describes a famed Persian pipe claimed to belong to the shah family lineage. It notes the pipe is ornate and valued at about £10,000, guarded by a high court functionary whose sinecure role arose after a grand vizier attempted to prize a stone from the pipe.
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Persia
Darius
Life’s Three Questions in Home Economics
A passage from Harper’s Bazaar discusses three life questions and how college education should prepare a student to answer them in terms of fundamental needs like food clothing and shelter. It argues home economics builds general culture and enables practical action for health vigor and material well being.
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Harper's Razar
A Fallible Father in Law Tale in Newport
Two of Providence’s gilded youths visited Newport and met a newsboy. One offered 50 cents for a paper, but the boy could not change it. A nickel was requested and refused, as the youths argued over who should help the boy after learning their fathers were dead.
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Providence
Newport
Tim
Light Found at Great Ocean Depths in 1910 Expedition
Sir John Murray's oceanographical expedition of 1910 detected distinct light traces at 500 fathoms below the surface. More recently, dredged rose foraminifers with rose vink shells were recovered from even greater depths, highlighting color and diversity in deep sea life.
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Sir John Murray
RELIGION OF BERLIN Population by faith in 1905 Berlin
Census figures show Berlin at December 1 1905 with 1 704 612 Evangelical Christians 223 948 Roman Catholics 98 893 Jews 9 780 other Christians and 96 Muslims and Buddhists 1 733 profess no religion. Catholics growth since 1811 4% times. Jews rise to 4.85%. Evangelicals decline to 83.54% then rise. Catholics and Jews concentrated in western areas and Spandau with Evangelicals prominent in northern Berlin.
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German Empire
Tians
Berlin
Spandau
King’s Quarter
Old
Sea water cures infantile cholera in London test
During a hot spell in London doctors tested sea water injections to treat infantile cholera in babies. Carefully measured sterile seawater was delivered under the skin through a platinum needle. About 281 babies were treated in the worst week, and all but one recovered.
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London
Champion of Ugliness Tale From Eighteenth Century Revels
A humorous anecdote recounts Heidegger challenging George II as the ugliest figure in London revels. After an old woman is found, the contest escalates until Heidegger dons the woman's bonnet, becoming infinitely uglier and winning the title of champion of extreme ugliness.
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Heidegger
George II
London
TheOriginof the Scottish Thistle Badge Tradition
The Scots story says Danes invaded by night to avoid noise. A Danish scout stepped on a thistle, cried out, alerting the Scottish forces. The alarm sparked a counterattack and victory, leading to the thistle becoming Scotland’s national emblem.
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Scotland
Unlucky number lore in London streets
In London many streets omit No. 18 and No. 13 appears taboo in Threadneedle Street and Tokenhouse Yard. Yet a manufacturer occupies No. 18 Friday Street, while Pierpont Morgan defies fate with No. 13 Prince's Gate housing his art treasures as a famed paradox.
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London
No. 18
Threadneedle Street
Tokenhouse Yard
London Street
Friday Street
Thirteen Club
Pierpont Morgan
Berlin's Wealth and Tax Burden in Prussia
Berlin and its environs hold about nine percent of Prussia's population yet pay one quarter of incomes tax. Prussia's total 1910 income tax was 294 million marks. Berlin tax total 42 million, suburbs 72.5 million, with Berlin plus 10 million exceeding the Rhine province, while six eastern provinces pay 10.5 million less.
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Berlin
Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
Rheniah
Lyons Prepares For 150th Anniversary Veterinary School
The city of Lyons internationally acclaimed as the site of the first veterinary school will celebrate its 150th anniversary in mid May 1912. Preparations are underway to mark the event. The Lyons school traces its origin to 1761 when the groundbreaking rat veterinary school was founded, inspiring analogous institutions worldwide, with recent reports from Abyssinia noting further foundations.
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Lyons
France
Annals of Veterinary Science
Abyssinia
La Plata museum and university rise as science centers
The article praises La Plata as a rising scientific capital in Argentina. It outlines the 1905 university creation, the provincial museum's founding, and a grand museum linking natural science, archaeology, and anthropology. It notes South American focus, notable collections, and future scholarly importance.
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A Plata
America
Buenos Aires
Dardo Rocha
la Plata
Argentina
Rio de la Plata
Manuel Quintana
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Academy of Drawing
Rivadavia
German Burmeister
la Pista
Doctor Moreno
Carlos d'Amico
Museum of
la Plate
Comforting Distraction in Quest for Reform
A dialogue on seeking others to reform as a distraction from personal vices. The speaker justifies the habit by saying it helps them forget their own faults.
Absurd Letter Mixup Ends In Social Faux Pas
A Birmingham paper recounts Jinks missing a social cue after receiving two letters. He writes a polite reply to a football invite but scrawls a casual note to his employer’s daughter’s invitation. The next morning Jack Smith confronts him thinking the note was meant as a joke. Jinks exclaims his misstep and embarrassment.
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Birmingham
Jinks
First Post
Jack Smith
Smith
Two of a Kind at the Ball Game
A wry exchange reveals a husband using the office boy to greet his wife by endearments while the wife remains unaware, busy with bridge. The twist shows she has been relying on the cook to answer the phone and miss the voice.
Grief and a Childs Appetite Prompt Gentle Teasing
Mrs Benton Holme Why chides Tommy for eating too much roast beef and mocks his tiny room left for more ice cream in a light hearted household exchange reflecting playful parental restraint.
Quip Frames Error in Illinois Legislature Humor
Uncle Joe Cannon recalls a Washington dinner remark about speaker slips. He cites a tale where a debater misnames Montague Harrison and Harrison Montague, then jokes there is a big gap between them like a chestnut horse and a horse chestnut.
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Joe Cannon
Washington
Illnois
Montague Harrison
Harrison Montague
Ice Man and Boy The Real Thing About Yesterday
A tug between a hard edged ice man and a tearful boy on his ice block unfolds. The scene shifts as the junior partner seeks the truth about yesterday's ball game, insisting on hearing how it really happened from the office boy.
Wife Bargains During Frugal Pathfinder Visit
A Pathfinder dialogue reveals a plan to keep costs down. The wife jokes about buying several dresses and having clothes cleaned while the husband suggests they can manage expenses through frugality and potential savings.
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Adolphus
Speldicity
Pathfinder
The Spirit That Wins Moderates a Sporting Tale
The dialogue frames Parker as a determined figure facing hardship yet remaining game from the word go. Briggs remarks on Parker’s struggle with the wolf as a simple sporting challenge, highlighting a rugged, competitive spirit and resilience amid adversity.
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Griggs
Parker
Briggs
Hercules Katydid Shows Incredible Insect Strength
A Washington naturalist from a government science bureau attached a katydid to a paper sled and tested its pulling power. It dragged the paper, twelve 3 by 4 inch sheets, a large screw, two steel pens, a two ounce stone, and 344 lead pencils. When heavy weight threatened, the beetle-like insect gripped the table edge with its forefeet and moistened its feet to gain adhesion.
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United States
Washington
LAWYERS STRIKES ACROSS COLONIES AND FRANCE
The article recalls Sierra Leone lawyers striking three years ago to protest a substitute chief justice and halt legal business until he returned. It also cites a French case where St Amand judges faced a mass walkout after a lawyer accused them of seeking fees, with all lawyers leaving until a withdrawal.
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Sierra Leone
France
St Amand
Melba’s Stage Fright Sparks Speech Nervousness
The great prima donna Melba confessed that addressing a large audience is harder than singing. She admitted being too nervous to speak publicly and had her paper read by the Guildhall School principal. The note recalls John Bright who also reported nerves before public addresses in Parliament.
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Guildhall Bchool of Music
London
Mme. Melbs
John Bright
House of Commons
Britain’s Coal Supply Could End After 1950 Claim
A French writer M Loze argues Britain's coal reserves may exhaust by 1950, threatening national power and prosperity. Critics counter that deeper mining technologies extend the usable coal supply, implying Britain’s resources could last far longer than his estimate.
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M. Loze
Great Britain
Britain
British Isles
Monsieur Loze
Greatest Infant Prodigy Heinckecker’s Early Flourish
A historical notice chronicles Christian Heinckecker born in Lubeck on February 6, 1721 as an extraordinary child prodigy. By ten months he could speak, at a year recited Bible events, by two knew most of the Bible, and before five learned Latin and French. His religious studies and church history earned him royal attention, but he died before age five.
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Christian Heinacker
Lubeck
Denmark
Largest grapevine in Carpinteria crowns world record
In Carpinteria California a grapevine claimed to be the world’s largest was planted in 1642 by a Spanish woman. Its branches cover over an acre while 800 or more people can seek shade beneath. The vine, a Mission variety, produced eight tons of grapes in 1893 and ten tons in 1985. The trunk nears eight feet in circumference.
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Carpinteria
Cal
Santa Barbara County
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