SHEIKS OF SYRIA WORSHIP A DEVIL IN ALEPPO LEGEND
A fragmentary report from Aleppo describes the Yantdloa and other branches of sheiks claiming heavenly ancestry and power to heal bites. It notes nomadic life north of Aleppo near Djabal Boumann and near Khul ur Diarkebir, with rites including branding and a tree-branch vow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleppo
Byrke
Taous Malak
Catterabeag
Djabal Boumann
Khulur
Diarkebir
Sheik
Charaf Eddin
Amandia
Satan
Movement to Abolish Poorhouses Proposed in Iowa
An organized effort financed by fraternal organizations and the U S Department of Labor launches to abolish county poorhouses. A two year nationwide survey urged central homes for the aged in each commonwealth and described the current system as the worst and degrading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dew Moines
Iowa
United States Department of Labor
Harry ©. Evans
Dow Maines
Louis
Commonwealth
Buffalo
N. Y
Yakalo breed: buffalo and yak cross developed in Walowright park
National park at Walowright hosts development of Yakalo a new livestock type from crossing buffalo with yaks. G B Rothwell says Yakalo meat is beef like with fine grain and animals forage well and resist diseases. similar to cattalo though distinct.
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Walowright
Alta
National Park
G. B. Rothwell
Department of Agriculture
Washerwoman Pose Becomes Chic Fashion Trend In London
In Briitlehopper's latest measures, a once vulgar arm akimbo stance becomes the height of style. Cape and cloak wearers popularized the look as models showed one hand on the hip to emphasize the new cape cut. Elbows out is now the rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Drew
Tater
Private Museum on Top of Skyscraper in New York
A private office collection at 62 Broadway, New York, houses about 5,000 marine specimens from a Caribbean Pacific expedition. Led by Mary Payne Bingham and Louis Mowbray, the private museum aims to grow, with plans for a dedicated building and ongoing voyages aboard a 10-foot yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Financial District
Oceanographic Museum
Payne Bingham
Ito
Bingham
Louis Mowbray
Aquarium
Caribbean
Mr. Bingham
William Beebe
Arcturus Tholr
Aise
Tt Ia
Gulf of California
Mr. Binghaw
Francia Weat
Taxidermiat
Ningham-Mowbray
Finh
Wilfred Broncon
Mr. Mowbray
Kingham
New York Stock Exchange
Hie
Church Censors Clothes Milan
Women who dress too modernly will be refused admittance to church by order of Cardinal Toul who had forbidden public dances in Milan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Cardinal Toul
Milliken Light Dims X‑Ray Force Washington
The Milliken light ray, newly discovered, is described by the Smithsonian Bulletin as the most penetrating yet observed. It reportedly can pierce a lead curtain thicker than the X‑ray. The bulletin notes potential future uses and ties the ray’s power to an extremely short wavelength.
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Washington
Smithsonian
Bulletin
Profesor Langley
Lightning Burns Off His Whiskers In Plow Bolt
Kennedy of Alliance Nebraska was struck by lightning while plowing with four horses. A bolt burned his head and chest, melted plow cable, killed one horse, and knocked him unconscious. He survived the strike and was found by his wife and daughter in a farm field five miles from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Neb
Byightning
Joe W
Kennedy
Willl
Phyal Plun
Saow
Woman completes 17th annual walk across Manhattan Bridge
Mrs Joseph Woolston of Union City New Jersey announces she has walked the Manhattan Bridge every year since its opening on July 18. She recalls being among the first to cross and then leading a crowd after police allowed crossing. She notes the old water fountain at the Brooklyn end is gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Bridge
Joseph Woolston
Union City
N. J
Mrs. Woolson
Manhattan
Mrs. Wootson
Nawhau Street
Brooklyn
German Kobler patent shuttleless loom sparks industry buzz
A German named Kobler reportedly invented a shuttleless loom once deemed impossible. Tested in Berlin factories, it uses two rods to carry threads and weaves cotton yarns with a simpler, faster, and safer process that may reduce skilled labor and cut loom costs. Lancashire has not yet heard of it.
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London
Kobler
Berlin
Lancashire
Blade in Man's Skull Removed After 28 Years
Surgeons in Opelika Alabama removed a two inch knife blade from RB P Waller of Auburn after it had rested in his head for twenty nine years following a stabbing by a drunken man when Waller was about ten. An X-ray revealed the blade and the operation relieved his chronic headaches.
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Birmingham
Ala
Opelika
RB. P. Waller
Auburn
Waller
Man sacrifices leg to save dog on railroad tracks
Jacob Hauser applied brakes on a gasoline track car to avoid striking a dog on the New York Ontario Western railroad tracks. The emergency action caused the car to overturn and cost Hauser one leg, prompting amputation.
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Middletown
N. Y
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
Jacob Hauser
The Singing Line and Life’s Refrains
A Douglas Malloch poem echoes through a mixed page of prose and humor. The piece contrasts a man’s “singing line” with daily life and urges writing and action before the line is gone. The page also contains a humorous House Detective dialogue about marriages to widowers and changing old habits.
An Unmarried Woman and Wives in Early Advice
Viola Brothers Shore offers social maxims on marriage and money, noting that a husband’s wealth affects a wife’s security and calling out blunt views on love, honesty, and status. The piece also mentions Ludwig Spohr as a violinist and conductor.
Overcoming Temper a Path to Happiness says Exchange
The piece argues temper is a physical weakness and urges self control for personal and others' happiness. It warns that failure to master temper lets it dominate, while inner forces exceed perceived limits and only the chronically invalid deny this truth.
Dead Sea navigation history across eras and explorers
The Dead Sea has seen intermittent navigation by various figures including Costigan in 1852 and Molymenu in 1847. Commander Lynch, an American, explored it in 1948. Legends say the Knights of St John navigated it in the Twelfth century, though commercial use remained scarce.
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Dead Sea
Costigan
Molymenu
Lynch
Knights of St. John
Pheasant Fast Walker: The Ringneck Speed
A Detroit Nowa description proclaims the ringneck pheasant as the fastest upland bird on foot. It outpaces hunters with rapid nine inch strides and rapid dashes, often vanishing before a shot with only a flash of feathers to mark its path.
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Uplands
Detroit Nowa
Slav Patronymics and Surname Endings
The text explains ski and witch as patronymics meaning son of, contrasting ovna meaning daughter of. It notes the ki ending in many Polish surnames and how these forms distinguish lineage in naming patterns.
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Ski
Ovna
Largest electrically driven ice machine in Los Angeles
The city hosts the world’s largest electrically driven ice machine with a daily capacity of 700 tons powered by an 800 horsepower electric motor.
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Los Angeles
Conductor Walks Nine Miles on Boston to New York Trip
A passenger lent the conductor a pedometer on a Boston to New York train. While collecting tickets the conductor discovered he had walked nine miles during the one way journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York City
Uckets
Humanity's Increase It Estimation Of Birth Rates
The article posits an estimated 40 million births per year and imagines a hypothetical where a child travels past a checkpoint at twelve per minute, implying that a child would reach seven years old before the counter is passed.
Hagar's Well at Mecca Said To Possess Miraculous Power
A tradition ties Hagar drawing water for her son Iahmad in the great Mecca mosque to a holy well. Pilgrims reportedly water and weed it, believing the water has miraculous powers.
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Hagar
Iahmad
Mecca
Sealing Wax Mix From Shoemaker Wax and Vein
A recipe states equal parts shoemaker's wax and vein produce sealing wax that resists mice and insects better than paraffin.
Lumber Log Bound for Mill in Longview from Ryderwood
A log estimated at 9 000 feet of lumber was hauled to a Longview Washington mill from Ryderwood. The Douglas fir log measured 34 feet long with a diameter of 10 feet at one end and 6 feet 4 inches at the other.
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Longview
Wash
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Fallen Angel
Ligthning
By Douglas Malloch
McClure Newspaper
Eyedicata
Str
Odleon Moving Picture Palace
Coe
The
McNaught Syndicate
Tec
Amd
Viola Brothers
Shore
Ike
Tombstone
Comtracht
Ludwig Spohr
Portland
America
Business College
Ith and
Gaimon Streets
Portland, Oregon
Dundee Auto Repair & Machine Works
Oregon
Fast Water
Raimon Ain
Fortin
Sylinder
Ireland
Sixth Street
Washington Street
Stark
P. Sharkey & Gon
Union Av
Ore
Clarke Uros
Florists
Morricon Mt
KODAK
Oakland
California
H. H. Brootens
Sale Distributors
All Drugginte
APTA
Nature
Portland Hide & Wool Co
Anode
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