Islands of the Aegean Shape East West Struggle
A Geographic Society sketch describes the Aegean islands as Europe’s frontier with Asia, detailing Rhodes Chios and Samos history, strategic Tenedos base, and the enduring clash of East and West across centuries. The piece notes Greek Turkish, Italian holdings, and the region’s rich resources and historic sites.
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Balkans
Turkey-in
Europe
Near East
Asia
National Geographic Society
Society
Ernest Llord Clarris
Asia Minor
Rhodes
Gallipoli
Aegean
Bulgaria
Orient
Order of the Knights of St. John
Mediterranean
England
Yonkers Child Wanderer Returns Home After False Identities
In Yonkers New York a twelve year old Japanese youth at the Children's Society is revealed as Clifton Adachi son of author Kennesuke Adachi. His father will take him home calmly. Clifton entertains officials with grand stories while dreaming of wealth and travel.
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Yonkers, N
Children’s Society
Clifton Adachi
Kennesuke Adachi
Clifton
John Clifton Epperson
Kansas
New York
Mgr. Acachi
Adachi
Aladdin
Psychology of Fiddler Crabs Summary
A Psychological Bulletin summary notes that fiddler crabs and other invertebrates such as mollusks insects starfish and birds show mental abilities. It highlights growing literature on animal psychology across a range of species including frogs mammals and fish.
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John Shepard
Weather Report Recalled From Louisville Courier Journal
A reader recalls a weather note described as improbably fair with possible rain and a later clearing, noting how such forecasts are framed in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Contempt in Court Cited During Pennsylvania Session
In a Pennsylvania courtroom a defendant loudly demanded justice prompting the judge to order silence. The scene captured the defendant’s outburst as authorities stressed courtroom decorum.
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Penn State
Soundproof Home for Singers in New York Planned
A syndicate will build an eight story apartment studio between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue New York costing 1 000 000 dollars. The soundproof partitioning will allow a prima donna to practice arias at full volume without disturbing or being disturbed by an amateur trombonist. Many musicians have shown intent to lease units.
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Central Park West
Columbus Avenue
New York
Suppose He Might Shiver In Public
A Kansas City Star quip imagines a father strolling downtown without a coat or collar his shirt unraveled and trousers torn with thin hose showing coins on his instep as an unlikely spectacle.
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Glick Fockele
le Roy
Kansas City Star
In the Swim. The Goldfish Thinks Nothing of a Trip
A light whimsical note from the Boston Transcript describing a goldfish that enjoys travels around the globe, hinting at a playful perspective on motion and curiosity within a short editorial or joke segment.
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Globe
Boston Transcript
One Kiss At Alton Marriage Interrupted By Rule
In Alton the wedding of J. F. Koshensperger and Miss Goldie A. Van Hoo was halted by Police Magistrate Patrick Maguire after the groom kissed the bride repeatedly beyond a single kiss allowed by the officiant. The magistrate ordered him to cease to prevent delaying the ceremony.
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Alton, IH
Patrick Maguire
J. F. Koshensperger
Alton
Goldie A. van Hoo
Terre Haute
Ind
Enraged Buck Kills Deer During Rescue at Irving Park
Felix Lagard 70, a keeper at the Chippewa Falls zoo, was seriously injured when a large buck attacked him entering the deer enclosure. Rescuers Ed Nelson Ansiine Paquette grappled the animal for about an hour with help from five men who finally subdued it by tying its feet to its horns. The deer collapsed and died from a broken neck. Lagard was taken to hospital.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Felix Lagard
Irving Park
Mr. Lagard
Ed Nelson
Ansiine Paquette
Lagard
Wolf chases into house in Centralia Kansas incident
In Centralia near Summerfield hounds pursued a wolf into Joe Jackson’s yard and the animal fled under a bed in the Jackson home. Neighbors and three children cowered as the bed was moved to trap the wolf until an ax ended the encounter.
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Centralia
Kan
Joe Jackson
Summerfield
New Lackawanna Cutoff Shrinks NY to Buffalo Route
The Clark's Summit to Hallstead cut-off shortens the New York to Buffalo путь by 3.6 miles making the distance 296 miles and cutting grades. The project cost about 12 million dollars and features the massive Tunkhannock viaduct, 0.5 miles long and 240 feet high, designed by George L. Ray with F L Wheaton in charge.
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New
Lackawanna Railroad
Clark’s Summit
Hallstead
New York
Buffalo
Scranton
Binghamton
N. Y
Tunkhannock
Tunkhannock Creek
Nicholson
Mountain
Brooklyn
Mammoth
Broadway
Twenty Third
Twenty-second Street
Martin Creek
George L. Ray
F. L. Wheaton
F. M. Talbot
George Bronson Rea Earns Chinese Grand Prize in Railways Study
The Far Eastern Review publisher is noted American engineer and journalist who has lifelong study of China’s transport issues. He served as technical secretary of the Chinese ministry of communications in Peking under Yuan Shi Kai and Sun Yat Sen, earning Chinese trust for fair open-door policies and capital dealings.
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George Bronson Rea
Far Eastern Review
China
Sun Yat-Sen
Sun
Yuan Shi-Kai
Yuan
Rea
Ministry of Communications
Peking
Anson Burlingame
Prisoner Pauline Miller Warns Judge She Won't Appear
Pauline Miller, jailed for intoxication, refused to attend court in her cell declaring the judge must come to her. Chief Justice W H McGannon, Prosecutor George Folk, and court clerks visited the cell where the judge sentenced costs and 30 days at the workhouse to reform her.
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Pauline Miller
W. H. McGannon
George Folk
Pauline
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Notable Quote On Advertising From A Lamb Tale
A fragment cites a Louisville Courier Journal remark comparing Mary’s Lamb advertising to that of a cattle queen who owned 30 000 head of cattle. The quip frames Mary’s notoriety in tongue in cheek contrast with perceived promo power.
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Mar Y
Louisville Courier-Journal
Railroad Bridge and Tunnel Costs in Swiss Line
The project states that six percent of the line being built in Switzerland will require bridges while thirteen and a half percent will pass through tunnels.
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Switzerland
Scientists debate Earth's age with wide estimates
Scientists differ greatly over Earth's age with estimates from 20 million to 150 million years. Early figures include John Phillips 1860 estimate based on stratified rock suggesting 38 to 96 million years.
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John Phillips
Beginning of Papal Power Era Marked by Gelasius
The papal power was established in 492 A D by Gelasius bishop of Rome, with the monarch’s will made subordinate to the pope’s.
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Gelasius
Rome
Greeks and Turks use distinct names for Greeks and Greeks
The text explains Turkish terms for Greeks: Yunan for Greeks under Turkish rule and Yunanistan for their land, while Rum denotes Greeks or Romans from Byzantium. It notes Romaioi for Constantinople inhabitants, Helladikoi for provincials, and that Rumelia survives in Turkish geography, with Romaic as the Greek term. Every Greek calls himself Hellene.
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Rum
Constantinople
Rome
Rumelia
Greece
Turkey
Uses of Thermit Beyond Destruction in War
Thermit, the burning fluid dropped by Zeppelin raiders, melts any fusible object and welds steel. It can join two steel pieces in moments and generate up to 3000 degrees Celsius. New York's Metropolitan Street Railway uses it to weld rails, and it aids casting requiring high temperature.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
New York
Erie R R Began Here Eighty Years Ago Celebration
Residents of Deposit New York joined Erie railroad officials in marking the eightieth anniversary of starting to build the line. The first spadeful of earth was turned here eighty years ago as houses were decorated and a parade preceded addresses by railroad officials.
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Erie R. R
Deposit
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Erie
Long Russian Rail Tunnel Aims To Trim 815 Mile Detour
The government proposes a 15 mile undersea railroad tunnel to replace an 815 mile detour. Officials say the project would shorten travel for freight and passengers and position Russia as a leader in transcontinental rail engineering.
Flattering Beaux Exposed as Feaux In Witty Verse
A playful poem warns young women not to trust flattering beaux. It suggests these friends pretend admiration and praise while steering them to social events and concealing true intentions, likening their fickleness to the wind.
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Feaux
Optimistic Thought or the Hour Finds the Man
A compact adage asserts that opportunity favors the prepared, stressing that timing and readiness shape achievement rather than mere luck. The saying elevates proactive effort and personal agency in pursuing success.
Man Buys City With Apple Brandy After Real Estate Auction
Wilson North Carolina case in county court before Judge Rountree details W N Tomlinson a wealthy planter who drank apple brandy and, after meeting friends, drifted to a real estate auction where he supposedly bought three and three quarter acres laid out as a city. The trees prepared for a street grid with sewers died. he notes he watered them all summer.
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Wilson
Tomlinson
Coyotes Run Rampant Near Winnemucca and Golconda
Rabid coyotes menace Humboldt county travelers from Toll House north of the Oregon line and at the Sanders ranch near Golconda. George Minor and Frank Lamb report killing four and one coyotes with a club respectively. A teamster was forced to ride on the wagon seat after a rabid animal attacked him. a camp dog was killed in a dawn pursuit.
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Winnemucca
Nev
Tollhouse
Oregon Line
Humboldt County
George Minor
Frank Lamb
Sanders Ranch
Golconda
Hunter Accident Kills Wife of Friend Near Johnstown
Near Johnstown Pennsylvania Howard Edmiston shot and fatally injured Mrs Samuel H Stahl during a hunt preparation. The incident described as accidental was witnessed by Stahl his wife Mrs Edmiston and Edmiston a close friend who were to join the hunting party.
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Johnstown
Howard Edmiston
Samuel H. Stahl
Here
Stahl
Edmiston
Hanged Herself to Stop Sneezing
New York milliner Miss Margaret Ebert committed suicide by hanging from a bathroom gas fixture after doctors could not stop her sneezing fits.
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New York
Margaret Ebert
Hello sweetheart renewal on shore leave at Block Island
Navy man Tinkham returns to Deborah Allan on Block Island during shore leave and confesses a year of longing. She recalls their first meeting and her father’s sailing-boat work as they plan a September reunion before his naval service ends.
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Reliance
Block Island
Newport
Point Judith
Tinkham
Deborah
Deborah Allan
Mandalay
Little St. Ann’s by-the-Sea
White House
Shore Road
Grinman
Big Grinman
Gunners
Tink
Navy
McClure
Cheerful as Possible in Health Notice
A fragment quotes Mrs Twickenbury praising careful care of infectious membranous croup and notes no dates hung up at a hot Christian Register.
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Italy
Tripoli
Chios
Ionian Union
Samos
Ephesus the Magnificent
Island
Cicero
Caesar
Byzantium
Knights of St. John
Jerusalem
Islands
Pythagoras
Hera
Tenedos
Defanelles
Justinian
Stampalia
Kos
Hippocrates
Serveear Tales
Buck
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Lackawanna Viaduct
North Carolina
Mr. Tomlinson
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