How Long Is a Day According to Various Customs
The Kansas City Star explains that a day is 24 hours but the concept mixes day and night in common usage. It notes daylight length varies by city and season, with examples from London Stockholm Petrograd Wardburg and Kansas City. Legal and practical definitions hinge on statutes and agreements, such as hotel stays lasting 24 hours while a horse day is limited to 12 hours.
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London
England
Stockholm
Sweden
Petrograd
Russia
Wardburg
Norway
Splitzbergen
United States
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Seagull Interferes in Port Erin Golf Match
Seagull swipes a stationary golf ball on a Port Erin green then drops it twice over long carries, sparking a dispute over ball placement. The incident prompts calls for a clear ruling on whether the ball should be replaced where displaced by an outside agency.
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English
Port Erin
Isle of Man
Manxland
Kamchatka Volcano Erupts with Giant Rock Throws
A Kamchatka eruption hurled rocks larger than ships into the air and sent a vast smoke column miles down the coast. Frederick McCormick reports from Hakodate and Semischik describing earthquakes, volcanic dust, and a sea-temperature surge, noting Kamchatka has about sixty five volcanoes with twenty active.
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Kamchatka
Tokyo
Frederick McCormick
Japan Advertiser
Hokkaido
Kamehitka
Kronotsky Peninsula
Semischik
Karimskaya
Kronotsky Bay
Commandorsky Islands
Ust Kamchatka
Sweden
Birds and elephants and a sow that nurses a kitten
In London Prof Stephen Leacock says the soa is the only place to think and George Wyndham jokes he visits the 200 to watch birds and avoid monkeys. A Canadian farmer reports a sow adoption case where a pig’s litter cares for a half grown kitten sleeping with them and rejecting cow’s milk.
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Manchester
England
London
Stephen Leacock
Lady Glenconner
T. Gatty
George Wyndham
Gao
Wyndham
Slater
House of Commons
House of Comment
Kitty
St. Thomas
Canada
Nurea
Mountaineer Fugitive Returns Home Before Winter
Pike county resident Yeke Anderson, who escaped from Rock Carne convict road camp last spring, went home and produced a crop to feed his family through winter. He has avoided officers since his escape and was sentenced in spring 19 WS to 15 years for murder.
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Frankfort
Yeke Anderson
Pike County
Rock Carne
Anderson
Nash Six cars featuring luxury and pricing
The Nash Six line praised for comfortable roomy interiors and smooth ride. Prices listed for multiple models from roadster at 1755 to seven passenger sedan at 3055. Also ads for rent, sale, and local notices including piano sale and bake sale details.
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F. C. B. Lander
Nash
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Prap
the Motor Inn
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General Automobile Repairing
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Yfe’s
Consumer's Store
Solitaire
Sunkist Coffee
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mammy
Abrill
The
Leatherneck
America
Frederick Daisiel
East
Africa
New York
Gays
Phos
Jemont Garage
Bee
Lander
Wyo
P. O
Wyoming
Xmax China
Brawleys
Brawley's
Lander Furniture and Hardware Co. Te
Lander Auto Co
Lander Parviture and Hardware Co
Josef F. Replogle
Baldwin Block
Office
E. H. Fourt
Adams
John Dillon
Orchard
W. E. Hardin
Sidney Swett
Baldwin Building
PHOND
A. H. Cooper
Benson, Coolidge CO
Mearle
Reeecexsee
Lander Wyoming
Main Street
Benson-Coolidge
Kramer
Geiser
LSU
Poposia Coal
Hudson, Wyo
Noble Hotel
Lander, Wyo
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