Ski Running Fashionable Across Snowbound Lands
The article traces ski running from its Scandinavian origin to widespread appeal in Norther Europe and beyond. It links skiing to travel needs in deep snow, notes its leap from peasant Telemarken roots to urban adoption, and describes shifting social norms including women taking to the sport as a national pastime. It highlights the Nordic development of jumping, gliding, and speed on skis and the evolution from strict utility to fashionable recreation.
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Europe
Jose
Civy
Pat Tuhe
Telemarken
Insect Noises Mark Summer Musings and Dickens Ties
A Philadelphia Ledger essay discusses how insect songs affect mood in summer evenings, noting katydids and crickets as cheerful precursors to harsher seasons. It ties their melodies to Dickens and Leigh Hunt, praising the grasshopper and cricket in art and poetry as homely, enduring symbols.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Lucille
Selid
Dickens
Milton
Leigh Hunt
Hunt
Kents
Trapping the Monkey Family Made Easy by Tree Topple
The text describes a method to capture small monkey species by luring them to favored trees, felling a main tree within a 50 foot radius, and toppling adjacent trees to trap orangutans. Servants chop to weaken the refuge and nets are cast to entangle the escaping animals.
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Preoomlang
Tiver
Sinian
Cleveland father weighs newborn on fishing scales
Mr Cleveland recalled weighing the last Cleveland baby at twelve pounds, while Dr Bryant corrected it to eight pounds. The exchange ended with a quip about stock market chaos and a $60000 seat. The Yonkers Statesman noted the lively joke about investing and seating.
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Stock Exchange
Yonkers Statesman
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