Revised Mandarin Bible to be first national Chinese translation
A long collaborative effort by Chinese and foreign scholars results in a proposed “Revised Mandarin Bible” to be published by the American Bible Society. The translation aims for a near perfect literary standard, potentially reaching more readers than any prior version, while reflecting Confucian literary heritage and Chinese canonical tradition. The project follows centuries of Chinese linguistic development and scholarly study.
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Morehan
American Bible Society
China
Chinese Republic
America
Confucius
Contuelus Ha
Contuvius
Jimmy and Billy Play Yard Pig Chase
A mother watches as Billy chases a playmate around the yard. The child shouts in mock alarm as Billy exclaims Vin is running a blind pig while Jimmy joins the game.
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Jimmy
Billy
Vin
Enterprising Shake Up Opens Revolving Door Trial
A quirky item notes a young woman eager to test an entrance revolving door at a local office building. She watches as groups of men pass through, while the scene hints at a lively, bustling crowd and a society curious about new routes into work.
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Mes. Songer
Very Cheering Quote Sparks Newspaper Wit in Louisville
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a sharp quip about earning without risk, praising a man who never makes a move yet never loses anything. The humorous line reflects the paper’s lively tone and old‑time literary flavor.
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Louisville Coyster-Journal
Magdalen of Launceston Keeps Silent Custom Alive
In Launceston Cornwall a small parish statue of the Magdalen endures beside the east window of the church. Villagers say stones cast at the figure grant rewards or punishments based on whether the stone sticks or falls. The tale survives from childhood to adulthood as a quirky relic of Cromwellian times and local superstition.
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Launceston
Cornwall
London
Oliver Cromwell
England
Magdalen
Mielis
Power From Gas Could Supply Long Distance Energy
The engineering supplement argues for transmitting gas rather than electricity to power distant factories. It envisions capital power stations in England lowering coal transport costs by centralizing gas production on coal fields and distributing gas nationwide. The piece cites that funds spent moving a year’s coal from London gas firms could finance a main pipeline to bring Yorkshire gas year round.
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England
London
Yorkshire
New York Post
Nitrogen from the air and Edison’s insight
Thomas Edison ranked wireless telegraphy and the nitrogen from air process as the era’s top inventions after electric lights. The text notes prewar German nitrogen dependence, rising fertilizer costs, and new southern plants that extract nitrogen from air under pressure, using waterfalls to lower costs. The source cites Koys’ Life.
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Thomas Edison
Germany
Koys
Canary Burglary Arrests On Henry Street
Patrolman Killea on Henry Street captured five men in a dim store during a burglary spree. A canary collection was found freed from Louis Polizza's third store with about seventy five to one hundred canaries missing. Polizza estimates losses near $200.
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Canaries
Parel
Henry Street
Killea
Louis Polizza
New York Mail
Rice long cultivated native to China tradition
The text notes rice as a long cultivated native of China with a ceremonial origin story. It mentions Emperor Chin-Nong, who ruled 2800 years before Christ, as establishing an ordinance that the emperor should say the rice himself with four other seeds sown by royal family members.
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China
Chin-Nong
Christ
Language ties of a single sound across continents
The passage notes how the word hissing or similar sounds carry different social meanings worldwide. In America it signals delight and greeting, in West Africa it marks astonishment, in the New Hebrides it is evoked by beauty, and among the Basutos it represents cordial agreement.
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America
West Africa
New Hebrides
Basutos
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