Chinese famine horrors described by C A G Boy
W A Sellwood recounts 18 months in Russia and China famine zones from Pekin to Nanking. He recalls 45,000,000 starving, 15,000 deaths daily, corpses, rotting food, and mothers selling children as relief voters beg for aid. He urges American aid to end hunger and death.
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China
W. A. Sellwood
M.C. A
Russia
Pekio
Nanking
Sellwood
United States
Armenia
Globe
Weston
Oregonian
Everest Quest Arises as Royal Geographical Society Plans Expedition
The Royal Geographical Society explores an Everest ascent from the Tibet side amid Nepal and Tibet restrictions. Experts doubt reaching the summit, citing the 29,000 foot peak and comparisons to the failed Golwin-Aus ascent.
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Royal Geographical Society
Mount
Everest
Himalayas
Nepal
Tibet
Duke of Abrurat
Golwin-Austrin
Ancient Harps of Ireland and Their Roles
The article outlines two kinds of ancient Irish harps a small religious instrument used by Druids and later bishops and abbots and a large harp for public assemblies and battle. It notes the bagpipes came from Caledonia and that the Irish adopted bellows to fill the chanter and evolved toward modern uilleann pipes. It mentions limited knowledge of early harpers, Elizabeth I era interest, and Petrie’s investigations highlighting Irish folk music history.
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Ireland
Caledonia
Queen Elizabeth's Court
Petrie
India Ink and Chinese Ink Traditions and Manufacture
India ink known as Chinese ink varies by pigment source and vehicle. Best comes from Anhui, made from lamp black by burning wood oil and soot caught in a second jar. A varnish pork fat glue paste is pressed into molds. sesame and rapeseed soot inks exist. In 1918 China exported 127000 pounds of this ink.
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India
Moat
Anhul
Scientific American Monthly
Literature of the Czechs Highlights National Writing
The New York Evening Post notes Bohemian literary giants Dobrovsky Jungmann Palacky and Vrehlicky. It cites Jungmanns Czech dictionary Palackys long history work Dobrovskys grammar and Vrehlickys vast translations from Dante Ariosto Calderon Faust Whitman and others. It also names present writers Frapa Sramek Toman Kodicek the Capek brothers and Theer as leading Czech authors.
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Bohemia
Dobrovsky
Jungmann
Palacky
Crewe
Jiroslav Vrehlicky
Ariisto
Oriando Furioso
Calderon
Faust
Walt Whitman
Freseh
Frapa Sramek
Toman Kodicek
Capek Brothers
Theer
New York Evening Post
Before and After marriage tales in a Philadelphia show
An opera singer notes the striking impact of before and after pictures, citing a Philadelphia musical example. A man drinks an $18 bottle of hooch while his wife sews a dress, then quips about his past claim of unworthiness to undo her shoes. She retorts that he is not a liar.
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Philadelphia
George
Corn Cobs and Starving in North China Relief Efforts
Miss Marie Austin, a graduate nurse in Oregon, writes from Paotingfu China about famine in North China. She details starving families subsisting on corn cobs and potato vines, the overwhelmed hospitals, and relief efforts led by the American Presbyterian mission. She urges donations to the China famine fund and notes parallel needs in the Near East.
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Marie Austin
Oregon
Taylor Memorial Hospital
American Presbyterian Mission
Paotingfu
China
Miss Austin Leas
Sangrael Christian Endeavor Society
First Presbyterian Church
Portland
Rustin
Pekin
Mise Austin
Miss Austin
China Famine Fund
J. J. Handsaker
Stock Exchange Building
Near East
Family of Seven Die in Chinese Famine Tragedy
A Chinese family of seven bound themselves to their children and leaped into a river to die from starvation. L. V. Lewis of Portland, returning from North China relief work, described 45,000,000 starving and urged support for the China Famine Fund to aid victims.
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L. V. Lewis
Portland
China
Mr. Lewis
Oregon
Famine and Pestilence Sweep North China
A cable from Admiral Taal Ting Kan describes famine in northern provinces where districts rely on weeds and leaves for food and families resort to selling or drowning children. The report warns of a looming epidemic in spring and calls for urgent relief funds.
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China
Taal Ting Kan
Fide
Goethe and the romance that unsettled a merchant family
Goethe visits the young wife of Peter Anton Heron Brentano, stirring scandal. He romps and plays a viola, while Brentano and his wife’s jealousy and quarrels escalate. Goethe sides with the wife, provoking furious scenes as Brentano reconciles with painful jealousy and estrangement.
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Goethe
Peter Anton Heron Jane
Trentino
Brentano
Maximi
Monschinilase
Goole
Ble
Maximiiane
The Little Central American Nesting Wren
A brown wren builds an elaborate six by two foot nest along roadsides in Central America. It selects a horizontal tree limb, fastens sticks into a platform, raises a domed nest, then constructs a crooked tunnel ending in a thorn fenced passage. The owner closes the gateway with thorns to protect eggs or young.
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Central America
Timber From Dead Trees Proves Equal for Structural Use
A report notes prejudice against timber from dead trees and rejects five tree cut rules. Laboratory findings show lumber from sound dead trees and insect or fire killed timber is equally suitable for structural work if not further damaged.
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United States
Forest Products Laboratory
Iver
Troy
Oregon Films Count Shows Local Theater Reach
Census figures list Oregon with 243 film shows and 10,666 total motion picture theaters in the United States and Canada. The data tabulates theaters by state and territory, with California 679 and New York 1716 leading, while Oregon ranks 243 locally.
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Oregon
Nation
United States
Canada
Alabama
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Territory of Alaska
Territory of Hawaii
Pleasure in Thinking Cited by A Ediwn Quote
The text extols thinking as supreme pleasure and self-fulfillment. It references a friend John Buarrongta the naturalist and argues that choosing to think leads to the greatest joy rather than external amusement. The author asserts thinking sustains and improves the self.
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John Buarrongta
Thoms A
Bees Eaten for Revenge The Weird Food Practice
A fragmentary note reports on bees used as a retaliatory food source among communities. It mentions tribes or groups, stinging experiences, and alleged customs, but details are garbled and partially unreadable.
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Cevton
Banks seek public help in selling savings bonds
A 1921 appeal from the Twelfth district bankers urges cooperation to move nearly a million dollars in United States savings securities including $100 and $1000 Treasury Savings Certificates. The effort targets state and territorial post offices and banks to boost sales of government savings in dollar denominations at 4 percent compounded quarterly.
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Postwaters
Territories
Binwall
Treasury
John U Catkines
Bank of
Bank of San Pre S. Drwm, President of the Bankere’ Ampeciation, and Fhe
Men Think They Do Not Do The Deeds They Intend
A concise reflection on how men often misjudge their own actions and fail to follow through on intended deeds, revealing a pattern of discrepancy between thought and behavior.
Mindset of a Broad View Not a Microscope
The note argues against overly narrow analysis and urges maintaining wide perspective. It cautions against magnifying trivial details while failing to see larger patterns. It emphasizes balance between depth and breadth in understanding complex topics.
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Jxuxeloms
Orchestras Fix Tone Standard In Theatres
Orchestras in the af region have adopted a uniform concert pitch set at 440 vibrations per second. The change aims to standardize tuning across venues, ensuring consistency in performances and collaborations among ensembles and venues nationwide.
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British Royal Geographical Society
North
Germany
Broadway
New York
Pstl
Coprtishn
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