A Christmas Miracle With a Lost Dog Reunites Kin
Marion Ainsworth lonely during the holidays finds a travel worn fox terrier named Boratius on a bus ride. She cares for the dog and, at Christmas, Aunt Ethel arrives revealing a long separated family. The dog’s recovery sparks reunions and a home found, echoing a moral about helping others.
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Marion Ainsworth
Marion
Mcense
Boratius
Mra. Lane
Ethel
Heins
Western Newspaper Union
William Tipton Talbott
Sheepdog Marvel Shows Canine Sagacity in Sheep Herding
The article praises the sheepdog's brainpower and instinct, noting that well trained dogs can think and reason. It traces this ability to longstanding shepherd-dog bonds, citing James Hogg and historic tasks of guiding flocks to fairs and markets. The working collie is described as highly attuned to master signals and eager to anticipate wishes.
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James Hogg
Wind Carries Rats and Frogs in Odd Showers
A quirky note explains wind can lift light objects like a giant vacuum and spread them across valleys. Historical records mention rat and frog showers from 1804 near Toulouse and a dramatic Norway incident amid stormy weather.
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Toulouse
Pontus
Norway
Anonymous Letters Lead to Costume Ball Revelation
A man plagued by anonymous letters attends a fancy dress ball and notices a dancer with the letter writer's handwriting on her program. A lion-costumed man later assaults him, increasing the mystery and anonymity surrounding the case.
Physicians and Cookery From Middle Ages to Queen Anne Era
Doctors often authored cookbooks historically linking cookery to healing. Doctor Lister, physician to Queen Anne, asserted that a good physician must have competent knowledge of cookery, a view noted by the Kansas City Times.
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Doctor Lister
Queen Anne
Kansas City Times
The Life Prolonger of the Heart’s Evergreen Love
A concise meditation compares love to an evergreen tree in the heart that keeps one young while it flourishes. A wireless station in the heart carries beauty and hope if messages arrive. when signals fail and cynicism covers it, one grows old, even at twenty.
The Clipper Ship Golden Age Sparked by Gold Rush
The clipper era in merchant sailing began with the Rainbow launch in New York in 1845. Repealed navigation laws in 1849 and the 1848 California gold rush boosted shipbuilding, fueling famed voyages such as the American Oriental in 1850 as the first U S vessel to carry ten from China.
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New York
California
Foreign students at West Point receive instruction
Foreign governments may select representatives to study at the United States Military Academy. Congress can authorize graduates of these programs, but such men do not receive commissions in the United States Army.
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United States Military Academy
Congress of the United States
Congress
United States Army
Future Woe For Happy Groom Eat To Save The Food
The Ohio State Journal notes a coming demand on the groom to eat foods to save them, a humorous caution about wedded life and frugality. The remark frames a future expectation within a lightly satirical tone.
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Ohio State Journal
King James Visits Bodleian in 1604 Locking Books in Chains
Detroit News recounts King James I visiting Sir Thomas Bodley’s Bodleian Library in 1604. The king admired the shelves but faced strict security. Bodley kept every book chained and viewable only under inspection, deeming a bookworm king an unbecoming ambition.
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Janes Lo
Oxford
Ile
Thomas Bodley
Thomas
Sir Thomas
Bodley
King James
Detroit
News
King George Forestalling Pitt Alters Windsor Dinner Plot
The Manchester Guardian reports Dr Manners Sutton hosted a Windsor deanery dinner when King George II announced Sutton as Archbishop of Canterbury. Sutton accepted amid surprise as Pitt rushed to Windsor next morning to nominate someone else, finding the seat already filled.
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Pitt
Manchester
Manners Sutton
Windsor
Sutton
George 11
Canterbury
Elephants in Malay States and Siam Run Gangs Under Overseer
Robert W. Walton reports from Tokyo on elephants used in Malay states and Siam where crews operate in gangs overseen by a supervisor who punishes laziness. The elephants guide logs, break teak jams, and react swiftly to discipline as logs drift southward from the north.
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Robert W. Walton
New York
Tokyo
Siam
Grasshoppers and Crickets as Indoor Pets
Male long horned grasshoppers and crickets chirp by rubbing wing covers and wing surfaces. Crickets can be kept indoors as winter pets but avoid wool. The omnivorous genus gryllus may munch wool. A lantern glass on soil in a pot is proposed as a simple cage. Lettuce moist bread and bone meal form an appealing cricket menu.
Explaining Phenomena Phenology science overview
Pathfinder Magazine defines phenology as the science linking climate to periodic biological events. It notes migrations, nesting, leafing, flowering, fruiting, and insect appearances as key phenomena and explains the term as a contraction of phenomenology describing and explaining these events.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Origins of the Olympic Games Across History
The account notes the ancient games began with Coroebus in 776 B C and were celebrated every four years during the fifth and fourth centuries B C. They continued until 894 A D when Emperor Theodosius I suppressed them. The modern games began in Athens in 1806.
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Coroebus
Theodosius
Athens
Diet Fads Warned: Starvation Diet Risks Death
Doctors say eating only one food type leads to death by starvation as quickly as fasting. White Nour foods are in this risk category as they supply no building material for the body.
Science claims skull was same size 25,000 years ago
Anthropological scientist asserts the human skull from 25,000 years ago matched today in size and thickness, but at the era it was likely solid ivory.
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Topeka
Band Silent At White House Reception In Garfield Era
John Philip Sousa led the United States Marine Band in red dress at a White House reception but no music played. The band had been ordered to participate, dispersed after a late call, and only the bass drummer returned with Sousa at the end. Orders are orders.
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White House
Garfield
John Philip Sousa
United States Marine Band
Sousa
Tose
Washington
Buried Norman Crypt Uncovered in England
Rev T P Gough of Chilton parish discovered a vaulted Norman crypt beneath the parish site after old church demolition. A local elder recalled being shown the underground church as a boy. The crypt implies a twelfth century private chapel and family burial place linked to a local squire.
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Chilton
Ingland
T. P. Gough
Age of Methuselah and the Genesis Chronology
R P Meld argues in Popular Science Monthly that Methuselah’s 969 year lifespan represents a clan lineage rather than a single man. He suggests many biblical dates are revisions and places Adam and Eve around 15,000 to 25,000 B C, noting a new tribe split from the father’s line.
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Methuselah
R. P. Meld
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Mr. Field
Popular Science Monthly
Lace Industry Heritage Of Nottingham Described In Old Text
In historic Nottingham England a market town once linked to Robin Hood, the city now hosts over a quarter million residents focused on machine lace and hosiery. Despite vast lace exports the area preserves romance and has produced notable figures such as General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
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Robin Hood
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Nottingham
England
Sherwood Forest
General Booth
The
Salvation Army
Hatless Manhattan movement buzzes through New York streets
A trend finds men in Manhattan ditching hats with nearly a third seen hatless. Abraham Vogel leads nightly sermons in Union Square promising freedom from baldness and health benefits while claiming substantial savings on hat costs. Hat stores reportedly resent Vogel's campaign.
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New York City
Manhattan
Abraham Vogel
Union Square
Vogel
Duel by cards settles affair in Czechoslovakia
A Czech duel ended at a card table after a Brennn engineer offended a businessman who challenged him to a duel. They played for a stake of 7500 dollars, and the businessman won the contest.
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Czechoslovakia
Brennn
Use of Trouble as Hurdles to Self Improvement
A reflective passage by Floyd W. Tomkins portrays troubles as hurdles for the child of God, urging that trials sharpen character and drive toward a perfected self. Sorrows are likened to a minor key foreshadowing future glory, while annoyances sting the spirit to energize steadfast effort and mastery.
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God
Floyd W. Tomkins
Pulpwood Trees Favorable for Paper Production
The American Tree Association of Washington says pulpwood trees can mature in 20 to 30 years or more. Profitable plantations of Norway spruce white spruce and red spruce have been grown for pulpwood. Spruce yields the best wood for paper pulp.
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American Tree Association of Washington
Pomona contest offers cash for essays on community life
Local Pomona meeting offers $5 first prize and $2.50 second for essays of 500 to 800 words on Factors That Build Community Life. Essays must be submitted to the Pomona lecturer by December 15, 1928, with sealed envelopes containing writer details. Judges are non-members under age 20 may participate, and multiple essays are allowed.
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Pomona
Pomona Grange
Juneau
Fd. A. Murray
Indiana
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