A Daring Descent and Bagpipe Debate
A writer in the Athenaeum defends bagpipe music's place against critics, noting its military spread in the British army and Punjab regiments. A Niagara Bridge stunt described by Mr. Prank Skinner shows two workers descending a suicide wire then rescuing themselves with tense, perilous balance. Both accounts end with near miraculous recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Athenaeum
Avhich
Fia
Punjab
Prani
Skinner
McClure
Niagara
Amerind term debate sparks Native identity clash
A critique denounces the word amerind used for Native Americans calling it a distant Asian label. The Wilkinson readers note that amerind originated from Anthropological society debates and propose injan as a simpler, lifelong term from common usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Amerind
Anthropological Society
Washington
M. Dellenbaugh
Evening Post
Martin
Harper's Weekly
the Post
India
Odd Mexican Sport Described In Tin Pan Combat
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls Mexican bors in Lower California wagering centavos on tarahtalas fights. The arena is a large tin pan where combatants are held prisoner yet free to fight. Spectators urge their favorites as the hairy, deadly ball creature claims victims in a grim spectacle.
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California
Detroit
Monte Carlo
Phenomenal Memories Across Eras and Fields
The article surveys extraordinary memory feats from ancient leaders to modern scholars. It cites Caesar’s soldier names, professors recalling vast vocabularies or plant and fish rosters, and Brahmins preserving Rig Veda verses by memory. It notes children’s vocabularies and performers who play by memory, including a claim about reciting Beethoven from memory.
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Caesar
As A Gray
E. 5
Holden
Carper's
Theodore Gill
Myeolf Seed van Duce
Rectthoven
Polite seat swap sparks mixed views in New York subway
A cotbern visitor recounts an exchange on an elevated train where a stylish Caucasian man gives up his seat to a Black woman, provoking pride and anger and highlighting tensions over race and courtesy in the city. The piece pivots to reflections on coronation attire and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News York
The
Sun
New York
Terman
Suh
Remarkable Palisades Boulder and Tide Rescue Tales
A New York Times style report recounts a dockside search for lost piles drifting downriver after a raft broke up near East Twenty Fourth Street. The crew recovered several piles near Fort Hamilton and Gravesend Bay while describing tides and drownings’ lingering danger. A giant Palisades rock crashed between two frame houses, terrifying sleepers who escaped unharmed. The piece also notes along with obscure items about mouse whiskers used for fishing baits and the scarce gnats in New Mexico, Peru, and Siberia affecting livestock.
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New York Times
East Twenty-fourth Street
East River
Brooklyn
Buttermilk Channel
Governor's Island
Hay Ridge
Fort Hamilton
Gravesend Bay
New York
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E. Doodlesack
Ara Brigue
Teramtalas
Webster's
International Dictionary
W.T. Harris Pa
Ll.d
United States Commissioner of Education
Risch
Gaos
Molitenesa
Poblla
England
Baris
Napoleon
Bolivia
New Mxico
Perna
Siberia
Tor Fabmane
A. P.jenser
Pacainnn
Ing
Sayer
Asat Uagmier
Incorporated
Transactan General Banking Business
Volmachkien Nach
Wyapt
Wilson
Washier
Bocas
Emre
Wyatt
B.sheldon
M.d.gibby
J. D.ulataernich
Wilsom
Bank OF Holl
Breamesnip
Ewll Evsen
Stour Center
Ureka
Rene Ees
Standard Gil Company
Roa Bomeseeker
Witness Central
Homeneker
Raenerians
Oferlain Podvtis
Lie Senth
Ewinalis Central and
Yanco & Mississippi Valley
Tara
Lyle
Crdar Rapids
Unesra
Sioux Falls
Fort Dodee
Yazoo Valles
Mississippi
PL Skene
TCR
Chicago
Homeseekers
Tawncaskaf
Cedar
Marcel
Tyne
Tlameseckers
Urketsio
Raire
Romle
Elcimyaire
Hines Central
Bexet
AL Homereckers
Asaing
Cay
Menty
PLAS
Cat Hol
Tepe
Ows
A. Roos
Atl
Iirate Stary
WM. Shimp & Son
Llinois Central R.R
Nashville
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Tmiinvis -Central
Peoria
Tradin
Chattanooga
Gonville
A. Hanson
G. I'Vaa
N.G
Hunn
Towa
Amos. Leuty
Aldlerson
I. I
Tampiin
Sep
Nuewerm
Promnity
G. R. Lanning
Iowa
Omec
Dr. Cram
McKearer Honk
Ewes EL
Elavastor
Fea
Bulleeid
Wawan Milwatree
Paul
Freieht
Paarenger
Hull
C. Amens
Tiana
Paler
Ti Scientific American
Sarns
Kueititea Weskis
Lareeet
Tarma
Fagr Raentis
Ail
Pewsie
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Sores
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