Scottish Plaids of Many Colors Revealed in History
A compact overview traces the origin and meaning of the Scottish plaid or tartan. It explains Gaelic terms for the garment and pattern, notes clan associations, and describes how colors came from native dye plants. Variations like royal Stuart, hunting, and dress plaids are discussed alongside color-fast ancient dyes still used in the Highlands.
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Scotland
Walter Scott
Roderick
Highlands
Art critic blasts Abbey clutter in reform plan
C W B Nevison says Westminster Abbey resembles a department store rather than a church due to overcrowded memorial statuary. He argues removing some ecclesiastical junk would reveal hidden treasures without offending sensitivities, echoed by Canon Westlake and other observers.
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Abbey
Westminster Abbey
C. W. BR. Nevison
Canon Westlake
Abbey Historin
Odd Rainmaking Rituals in Punjab Village
An investigator visits a Punjab village where rainfall is scarce. Anxious women plead to drench him to summon rain. He initially refuses for two days, then explains. Twenty pots of water are dumped on his head, and rain arrives within a day.
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Punjab
Tracery Skeleton Goes on Display in England
The skull and bones of the famed American racehorse Tracery, bred by August Belmont at Lexington Kentucky, have been given to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and are shown in Yorks museum. Tracery earned almost $100,000 in stakes and was sold in 1920 for $265,000 to Senor Anzus of Buenos Aires, the era’s record price. He returned to England in July 1928 and died four months later at the Cobham stud in Surrey.
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Tracery
August Belmont
Lexington
Yorkshire Philosophical Society
York
England
Senor Anzus
Buenos Aires
Eagland
Cobham Stud
Surrey
Elevation concocted by boy with newspaper aid
Little Bobbie Knotts attempted to wet a drink but could not reach the bucket on the cabinet. He placed a newspaper on the floor and stood on it, explaining he hoped the paper would raise him higher.
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Bobbie Knotts
Indianapolis News
Saving Versus Spending in a Child’s View from 1920s View
A child narrates her father’s habit of saving and spending, arguing that prudent saving is sustained only when funds are put in reliable places like banks or building loans rather than chasing get rich quick schemes. She notes the irony of her 1920s hat and urges sensible economy over speculative gains. The piece emphasizes practical saving over flashy ventures and keeps a wary eye on impulsive spending.
The Bassetts of Cornwall and England’s Rise to Prominence
The Bassetts, a famed Cornish family tied to Tehidy, trace origins to Normandy with Thurston Bassett linked to Battle Abbey. Prominent members include Sir Francis Bassett, vice admiral and sheriff, and Sir Francis Bassett, first baron of Dunstanville. The family name appears in early colonial America with William Bassett who sailed on the Fortune in 1621 and settled at Bridgewater, and Richard Bassett who governed Delaware during the Revolutionary era.
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England
Cornwall
Normandy
Thurston Basset
William the Conqueror
Battle Abbey
Tehidy
Bassetts
Trenouth
Trengove
Trelawny
Murrys
Iays
Carveth
Godolphin
Prideaux
Grenville
Rashfreigh
William Bassett
Hingland
Duxbury
Bridgewater
Winslow
Hinckley
Bassett
Richard Bassett
Delaware
McClure
The Tower Mystery Haunting Tale From 1817 Jewel House
The account recalls Edward Swifte describing a spectral cylindrical figure in the Tower of London Jewel House during an October 1817 supper. The luminous vapor hovered between ceiling and table, gliding before attendees including the narrator, his wife, sister in law, and child, prompting panic and a frantic upstairs retreat.
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Tower of London
Charles G. Harper
J. B. Lippincert Company
Edward Lenthal Swifte
Crown Jewels
Jewel House
The Young Lady Across the Way
A fragmentary note attributes a quip about Germany to a McClure syndicated piece. The line suggests a view that Germany cannot repudiate everything at once yet should contribute some payment.
Idea of Humor Changes With Advancing Years
A humorous sketch notes that humor matures with age. It contrasts two Lebanon men watching boys giggle at an elderly man slipping on a banana peel with the idea that adult humor shifts from slapstick to observational irony. The piece traces how a man’s laughs evolve from childish tricks to witty reflections on family, marriage, and life stages across decades.
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Lebanon
Red Pepper
Tragedy of a Birthday and the Long Goodbye
A fragmented reminiscence of a man facing his seventieth birthday and fading memory as he contemplates life, friends, and family. The tone hints at irony and wistful reflection on aging and creation, with a narrator recalling past ambitions and the comedy of daily decay.
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Shapathy
Golden Hallstatt-era bowls found in Budapest garden
Three gold Hallstatt period bowls were dug up in a Bud Pest slum garden and used as flower pots. Rings chains small animal figures also emerged. National Museum identified the pieces as gold ornaments of great beauty dating 2,600 years ago. The find sparked talk of further systematic excavations in the neighborhood.
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Budapest
National Museum
Hallstadt
Mauseum
Gould
Szniagr Somlya
Statistics of Blindness Decline in the United States
The text notes a drop in blindness numbers over a decade despite population growth. It cites census data showing 28 blind per million in 1910 decreasing to 27 per million a decade later, with wide state variation such as Wyoming at 1 54 per million and New York at higher levels.
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TSIC
United States
Wyoming
New York
Unclear OCR Fragment on Proportions and Regions
Fragmentary text mentions Arae art Naarenaeeel Peantearean versus QOS Thifians TAQ and claims New Hangehion has the highest proportion of bifid with WAS per million. No verifiable details or proper names are fully clear.
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Qos
Beant Alberta Farmer Seeks Coyote Hunting Ban
W Bieteher of Beant Alberta writes the Canosian Department of Agriculture urging a crime against killing coyotes. He argues coyotes curb jackrabbit damage to crops and trees, while Mra Fletcher warns that banning coyote predation could let rabits multiply like Australia.
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Bieteher
Beant
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Canosian
Australia
Lightning and Campers A study by BE F Creighton on lightning victims
A study headed by BE F Creighton of General Rhe tric company concludes picnickers and soldiers face higher lightning risk than others. He explains noon fires create upward currents that charge and discharge nearby, urging campers to string wires across trees above fires for safety.
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BE. F. Creighton
General Rhetric Company
Madden Establishes Heroes Of The Turf Cemetery In Lexington
John K. Madden, famed horseman, founded an eight-acre cemetery in Lexington Ky to honor noble horses. He has buried at least ten history making horses and hopes the site will become a Westminster Abbey for blooded animals of the turf.
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John Kk. Madden
Lexington
Madden
Westminster
Hippo Carries Dentist On African Wanderings
Hunters describe a hippopotamus with a dentally assisting bird perched beside it. After feeding, the hippo opens wide and grunts, signaling the bird to enter its mouth and clean the molars thoroughly. The bird feeds easily as the hippo enjoys the care from this unlikely partnership.
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Hippo
Africa
Fort
Rehoboth
Treasure House of Words and the Dictionary
A reflective piece extols the dictionary as a vast treasure house of language. It argues that the world’s mineral wealth is wasted if words are ignored, urging that society should value rich vocabulary as essential tools in daily tasks and communication.
Recognizing a real silver fox scarf
The piece notes that identifying a genuine silver fox scarf matters as much as owning one. It explains that from afar a pointed fox silhouette seems identical, but true silver fox fur shows each white hair with black tips, plus a white band and another black base, distinguishing it from fakes.
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By Douglas Malloch
Father
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Germany
Silver Fox
LeMars
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