Mercolized Wax Keeps Skin Young and Other Fragments
Virginia Wood reports a brief tale of Yommy Ware, a two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ware, taking his first ride on a large horse. He surveyed the scene from atop the horse and joked about not reaching the pedals while talking to his cousin Ging.
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Virginia Wood
Deg
Yommy Ware
Thomas Ware
Tommy
Pike's Peak
Ging
Kansas City Star
Thief’s Money Left Five Dimes After Theft
Charles McKeever of Philadelphia reported a theft in which $6 in cash and a gold watch were taken by a thief who replaced them with five dimes. McKeever dropped the coins on the floor, refused the thief’s money, and a nearby policeman found a hungry vagrant who collected the dimes and left for breakfast.
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Welcomer & Tobber
Charles McKeever
Philadelphia
McKeever
Two-Headed Steer Exhibits Odd Trio of Traits in Melbourne
A seven month old steer bred from pedigreed stock arrived in Melbourne Australia. It has two heads with four ears and four horns. It uses both heads but eats with only one. The pair of eyes on one head was lost six weeks ago. A showman paid the farmer 300 dollars for it.
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Melbourne
Australia
Perch Escape Through Hole in Bag on Seneca Lake
Two dozen perch slipped away from a burlap bag after it bunged over the side of a boat on Seneca Lake New York. The hole in the bag allowed the catch to vanish as quickly as it was caught.
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Seneca Lake
New York
Foxy Fiora Outsmarts Husband in Sleep Talk Tale
In a Vancouver Province snippet, Fiora is described as a wife who outwits her husband who “put anything over on” her. She even talks back in his sleep, prompting amused local chatter about clever seamstress wit and marital banter.
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Fiora
Vancouver Province
Heart of the North A search and secret longing in peril
Alan and Joyce face a torn relationship as he hides a hidden engagement while plotting a dangerous air mission to a northern camp. Buzzard suspects trouble between them after Joyce’s dramatic act with a scarf. Alan heads north with a Browning to confront bandits and a potentially altered future.
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Alan
Buzzard
Joyce
Elizabeth
Buzgerd
Endurance
Miss MacMillan
Joyce MacMillan
Edmonton
Taker
Big
Alooska
Fort Endurance
Thal-Azzah
Dave MacMillan
Magna-Etthen
Magwa-Etthen
Thol-Azzah
Old Magna-Etthen
Thal- Azzah
Bil
Races and Languages in the Suez Port Said Area
The Port Said district near the Suez canal comprises Port Said Suez and Ismailia with populations of 108,592 40,209 and 25,194 respectively. Egyptians form the vast majority while about 25 000 Port Said 8 000 Suez and 10 000 Ismailia residents are European. Egyptian Arabic is spoken locally while foreigners use French Italian Greek English and Maltese, French being most common in educated society.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez
Ismailia
United States
Cheating the Undertaker the Zoroastrians Tower of Silence
Collier s Weekly notes an ancient Persian practice among Zoroastrians who do not bury or cremate the dead. Bodies are placed inside a Tower of Silence and left for vultures to consume, a ritual still observed in some regions.
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Persia
Tower of Silence
Collier’s Weekly
Papal line split realms in quest for Brazil’s bounds
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls Pope Alexander VI drawing a north south line to divide new Atlantic lands between Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese claimed vast Brazil after the line proved too generous, while Spain gained other territories. The tale links da Gama and Columbus to the era’s rival claims and Brazil’s enduring language split. In Mt Sterling Ohio, a church sermon turns comic as a hen lays an egg during a collection. Reverend Stephens watched a hen march to the choir loft and lay an egg as the crowd watched.
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Spain
Solomon
Alexander VI
Roderick Borgia
Vasco da Gama
Cape of Good Hope
Portugal
India
Columbus
Cape
Alexander
Brazil
Cleveland Plain: Dealer
Biddy
Frank W. Stephens
Mt. Sterling
Ohio
Asberg
Indianapolis News
Hard to Estimate Haystack Contents Using Shape Method
Estimating haystack contents hinges on guesswork. Federal experts use a measurement from ground one side over the top to the other, adjusting for stack shape. For round tops, a specific width subtraction and multiplication by width and length yield cubic feet, then divided by cubic feet per ton for different grains.
Bad Bargain Echoes A Dollar For Hiding Ukulele
A brief scene shows a father offering a dollar to a boy for concealing his sister's ukulele. Freddy replies with a quick thanks and a firm, Now. The exchange hints at a desire to obtain a ukulele of his own.
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Freddy
The Irrepressible Sex Dinner Speaker Quip
A brief humorous exchange about women as after dinner speakers. The remark notes few women but implies a playful stereotype about waiting for remarks to end.
Clover as Fire Check in Almanac For 1932
The Pennsylvania forests and waters department is testing clover growths to curb fire outbreaks in woods. Experiments indicate clover stays green in dry weather and forms a dense mat that may impede fire spread.
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Pennsylvania Department At Forests and Waters
Forest service sells timber from Nebraska National Forest
The United States Forest Service recently sold wood from the Nebraska National Forest, a region that less than thirty years ago consisted of barren sand dunes and has since marked an epoch in American forestry.
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United States Forest Service
Nebraska National Forest
Belated Bella is Six Years Behind in Birthdays
A brief quip from the Boston Transcript notes that Belated Bella, referenced as Mand, is described as a thoroughly up-to-date girl yet is revealed to be six years behind in her record of birthdays. The item reflects a light social remark in a newspaper column.
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Bella “Mand
Boston Transcript
Mutual Compliments Between Maud Edith Overheard
Maud asks about Ediths remark and Marie replies she was with another group discussing Edith. The exchange hints at social chatter and friendship dynamics without further details.
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Maud
Edith
Marie
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Heart of the North
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CWM Service
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