Digressions from a Wyoming paper on archaeology and crime
The Inter Mountain Globe discusses Dr Edith M Hall and Dr Mignon Talbot in Crete and Mont Holyoke scholars visiting European observatories. It also notes Buddhist decay and priests targeting teachers, police dogs in Rio de Janeiro, and a quip about lawyers and physicians in a Sydney Smith exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Hall
Mt. Holyoke College
Crete
Hall
Varakastro
Gournia
Anna Young
Rome
Florence
Zurich
Po*ndani
Berlin
Paria
Greenwich
Mignon Talbot
Mt. Holyoke
Connecticut Villey
Freth meat arrives in Vienna amid civic ceremony
The first shipment of freth meat from Argentina reaches Vienna weighing 650000 pounds of beef and mutton. Austrian authorities approve its quality and packing. Large shipments are promised as Austria faces a growing meat famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Nottingham cupboard hid frantic missing boy case
A 14 year old boy’s corpse was found in a Nottingham cupboard after a shop changed hands. The previous tenant left parcels to be collected and cared for, but no one did, leading to the discovery of the mummified body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
New York
Hannah More
Philadelphia
Frank Angelo
Pennsylvania Hospital
Angelo
P. W. Severson
Portant
Ore
Sumeral Dennis
Dadeville
Ala
Bureau
Indianapolis
Solomon
Shank
Freake
Donohue
Wilkes-Barre
John Buckson
Royal Institute of Anatomy
Judge Lea
St. Cly
Pit
Shane
Rasterpool
Gran Jury
George Brown
W. Spencer Smith
St. Charles
Atlantic City
Andrew Carnegie
Chicago
Omaha
Cornelius Pace
Beverly
N. J
Anthonio
Pace
Elena D. Smith
Boston
Amy D. Winship
Racine
Wia
Ohio State University At
Columbus
London
England
South Bend
Ind
Grace Gilbert
Giles E. Calvin
Delhart
Tex
Josie Pettis
Three Democratic Survivors in New House Dome
The text notes three remaining members of the last Democratic House elected in 1892: Champ Clarx of Missouri J. F. Co. Talbott of Maryland and W. A. Jones of Virginia. It also surveys various global topics from labor costs in Norway to Persia’s rug export ban and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Champ Clarx
Missouri
J. F. Co. Talbott
Maryland
W. A. Jones
Virginia
Persia
Curious year of oddities and human interest tales
A raucous year of curiosities spans city and world. From skeleton lawsuits in Stockholm to bearded grooms in Indiana and beakless hens in Chicago, oddball trials, marriages, and fortunes color a calendar of strange events.
Has Congress No Orators Champ Clark On National Oratory
Hon Champ Clark argues that oratory is fading in Congress and praises Bourke Cochran as a last great House orator. He notes Cochran's mastery of English French and Greek and recalls the crowd's applause for his eloquence. Clark distinguishes between true orators and mere debaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Congress
William Bourke Cochran
New York
House of Representatives
Ock
France
Edward Everett
John James Ingalls
Tolo Caelo
Cochran
Willie Sean Bryan
Oratorical Power Tested Since 1895 Speech Burst
The author notes that since leaving Congress in 1895 except for six months of service he has spoken globally and remains the most listened speaker after Taft and Roosevelt. He argues that modern audiences favor plain speaking over grand oratory, blaming telegraph printing telephone steam engines and the electric car for the decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
America
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Sun-Fish Halts Steamer Fiona Near Sydney Heads
The Fiona a Colonial Sugar Refining Co steamer off Bird Island 40 miles north of Sydney Heads was struck by a sunfish wedged in its port propeller. Only the starboard engine ran as the crew freed the two ton fish at Mosman Bay later weighing anchor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiona
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
Sydney
New South Wales
Wide World Magazine
Bird Island
Sydney Heads
Clarence River
Port Jackon
Mosman Bay
Luger Company
Few of South Wales
Darvid G. Stead
Astm
Jan Waters
Muck rake now hits the honest farmer in old essay
Eugene Wood in Hampton's Magazine defends the farmer against Driscoll's weight and measures critique. The piece argues that honest farmers are unfairly maligned as cheats, condemns muckraking, and satirically questions widespread fraud in groceries and butter cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wood
Hampton's Magazine
Driscoll
Wood
Atti
Isthmian Incident at Monte Lirio Field Hospital
A man endures a grueling night climb from a swampy approach to the Monte Lirio field hospital in the canal zone. He rediscovers dawn as he reaches the khaki tent while Dr. Emmett Ireland Vaughn visits Gatun district for his weekly round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainway
Monte Lirio Field
Canal Zone
Gatun
Emmett Ireland Vaughn
If Love Were Always Laughter Poem by Annie Johnston Crim
A poem from Century Magazine reflects on love and grief, imagining a world where love never causes sorrow. It contrasts laughter and tears as intertwined blessings, ending with a hope for balance and comfort for a beloved heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Johnston
Crim
A Bad Story Two Irishmen at an Inn
Two Irishmen in a tavern discuss dinner as horseradish makes Pat cry. Pat recalls his father hanged in Ireland, while Jemmy mirrors the moment and jokes about Pat's own fate, ending with a grim pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Ireland
Jemmy
Abi
Mare Adventure on Cumberland Gap Reveals Hidden Door
A fragment from Success Magazine describes a boat journey up the Cumberland Gap with a rear door repeatedly opening and causing alarm. The scene includes a cautious driver and a speaker urging quiet as the mare objects to disturbances and questions the purpose of the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Cumberland Gap
Faith and Works in a Prairie Tale of Princess Faith
Princess Faith a young woman known as Mary travels across prairie to save her dying father through faith and action. Malcolm Webb, a doctor, aids her as Rocket carries her on a race against time to reach the city and secure life for her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
St. Louis
Faith
Chloe
Ladyman
Dr. Webb
Malcolm Webb
Rocket
Princess Faith
Malcolm
Tim
Goodby
Joe
Mr. French
Mika
Mra
French
Wight
Vielon
Helene
Sarge Wild
Denver
Webb
Fall
Goodwin
Where Larders Are Full
A lively extract from the New York Weekly presents old-fashioned talk about feasting and lively kitchen raids. The narrator contrasts hungry revelers with cautious hosts and hints at rustic surges toward a banquet amid festive 19th century banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Young
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H. H. Gunderson
Pub
Hmulett
Creek County
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Eloto
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Chi
Rio
Robert Smith
Sydney Smith
Angela
Smith
Bao Paulo
Republic of Brasil
L'Etoile du Sud
Hio de Jaat
Tamanductehy
Tama
Prussia
Argentina
Europe
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Howard Loomis
the Lackawanna
See Ecoust
Straite of M
Ottoman War Office
Mexico
Mary Ball Washreion
George Washington
Fredericksburg
Probabliity
Min
Thomas Kdleun
al Re
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Uo Man
Sweden
Mile
Giga Preobrajenskaja
North Cape
Kruse
Cruse
Robinson
John Henry Kirey
Long Ieland
Nile
Frederick Cook Thirey
John H
Robert Peary
Lawrence Swift
Ed Allen Pos
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Federal Supreme Court Chamber
Poe
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Holmes
Egyptian Gazette
Cairo
Howe-Strange
Norway
Berin-Stuttgart Express
St. Exterminus
Mme. X
M. X
Mm. X
Jersey
New Jersey
Kansas
Newfield
Charles Brownson
High Seas
Caldwell
West Jersey
Vineland
Rocksburg
Warren County
Washington
Rai
Michael Singer
Tomkinavilla
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Stamford
Conn
Maude
William Olmontead
Halley
William Scott
Ithaca
Adam Toma
Budapest
Wulcide
Hungary
Godello
Cuatepan
Meteorological Bureau
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Maso
White
Bowling Green
Walter Covington
Richmond
Everett Parker
Charles Lane
L. M. Raynor
Riverhead
Low Island
Detroit
Nancy
Treasury Department
National Capital
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Chicago Evening Post
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Asick
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Sam Merwinn
Success
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Toledo
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Lawson
Lincoln Steffens
Benator Lodwe
Mopkinnon Smith
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Lars High
Hurs
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