Research notes on Peru Egypt labor and ocean currents
The editorial summarizes Hiram Bingham’s Peru excavations and Italy’s stance on outsiders, notes Egypt’s exclusionary policy, and argues descendants justify local control. It reports a Pittsburgh labor famine as foreign workers shift to farming, praising its broader economic benefit. It also notes a new warm Pacific current off Australia discovered by H. C. Dannevig and its large width and seven mile per hour flow.
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Hiram Bingham
Yale
Italy
Herculaneum
Egypt
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Peru
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Industrial Commission
New York Times
Sydney
New South Wales
Pacific Ocean
Australia
Tasmania
H. C. Dannevig
Australian Fisheries Department
One Gallus Boy Heirloom Brace Reveals Suspender Lore
The New York Sun mocks a suspender maker amid bad business. It questions the fate of the one gallus boys, who wear durable hog hide braces handed down as cherished heirlooms from father to son.
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New York Sun
Sun
Monument to Washington at Westminster Abbey sparks cross Atlantic debate
The Evening Standard criticizes a Washington monument in Westminster Abbey, arguing Americans emerged from the rebellion with honor and dignity. The piece notes sympathy for the “hands across the sea” idea while lampooning unrelated crowding topics such as onions and marital honesty.
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George Washington
Westminster Abbey
Evening Standard
Saint James
Square Plan House Promises Space Saving Design
William A Radford outlines a compact two story square home 24 by 30 feet with a double back stair to maximize space and attic headroom. The design features a grade cellar entrance, deep cellar windows, and space efficient heating. Two servants drown saving a dog at Rhos. local rescue crews survive.
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Elizabeth Gaskill
Jennie Robinson
Miss Richmond
Kendal
England
Rhos
Miss Robinson
Miss Gaskill
Scoutmaster
Butler
Roberts
Van Million Divorce Case Splits 25 Million and Custody Fight
A Van Million divorce suit reports an amicable division of 25 million dollars but an ensuing custody dispute over a pug dog. The quirky highlight shows how high stakes and odd details touch celebrity marriages.
Dear little shamrocks and Erin Mahree memory
Poem-like verse recalls shamrocks sent across the sea from Erin Mahree the land of birth. The speaker wanders through emerald delis and meadows hearing the blackbird sing and imagines a gentle embrace during a dreamlike sighing scene.
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Wide Sea
Erin Mahree
Ireland’s Flag and the Mythic History Behind Erin's Banner
An account traces Ireland’s flag from sunburst origins and possible blue or green first colors through Celtic and Miletian influences, harp symbolism, St Patrick’s Tara Hill sermon and the shamrock, to a green flag with shamrock and harp until the 1800 union with Britain ended Irish independence.
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Ireland
Erin
Zoroaster
Miztus
Asia Minor
Timotheus
Miletus
David
Emerald Isle
Tara
St. Patrick
Patricius
Laoghaire
Tara Hill
Brian Bordhme
All Ireland
Dublin
Brian
England
Great Britain and Ireland
Dublin Castle
Phoenix Park
Henry Grattan
Great Britain
Saint Patrick and the Irish Role in Western Civilization
Historians note Ireland welcomed the Gospel without conquest and fostered learning and art. Irish illuminators created the Book of Kells while scholars aided English monasteries. After centuries of enlightenment, Ireland fell to invaders, yet its people kept liberty and morality, proving moral strength shapes history.
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Ireland
Virgin Island
Europe
Saint Patrick
Centur
Kells
Alfred
Croyland
England
Green Isle
Dermod MacMurrough
Leinster
Henry II
Photographer recalls rare silent sitter after many shots
A photographer boasts of tallying about 187 000 sitters over years and notes one man who never warned him with a grin to “look out” before a portrait. The incident ends with the departing customer fearing he may have broken the camera, as the head of the client reenters.
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Sadio
The Count at Home Returns to Paris Barber Shop
A returned tourist recalls meeting the Count de Pompadour in a Paris barber shop on Rue de Saint Gerard. The count recognized him, bowed, and spoke courteously, recalling his Atlantic City swell days.
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Rue de Saint Gerard
Paris
Count de Pompadour
Atlantic City
Bright Work Exchange Snarls Over Sale Price Dispute
A caller offers a handy article for 10 cents, but a woman refuses. She quips that her husband gives her more in a day than the seller earns in a month, sparking a sharp exchange about money and purchases.
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Kansas
Alimony Ends Romance After Separation
A recollection reveals a romance with a tall blue-eyed man ended with alimony payments continuing for a year. The conversation notes the relationship and its financial settlement.
Menu Revision Roasted Hare Returns Prompting Canary Quip
A diner jokes about roast hare appearing on the current menu after has already featured on yesterday's plate. The waitress replies with a witty line about the canary having been eaten yesterday.
Widow’s Baby Talk Targets Bachelor in Humorous Set
A pretty widow uses baby talk to charm a bachelor prompting lighthearted surrender in a humor column. The piece plays on social expectations and playful romance in a witty, period tone.
Postum Helped Head Bookkeeper End Coffee Trade
A Western city chief bookkeeper credits Postum with banishing stomach trouble and nervous blues from long hours at work. He switched after a pneumonia recovery and reports enduring health benefits, recommending Postum to others facing similar effects from coffee or tea.
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Postum
Pastura Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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