Language of Monkeys Demonstrated by Prof Garner
Liverpool papers report Prof Garner, famed for monkey language studies, lecturing on his work. He described years of phonograph experiments linking Chicago and New York monkeys, then attempts with gorillas and chimpanzees in Africa. He aims to prove a chimpanzee can speak, planning a return to Africa to continue until success.
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Liverpool
Garner
Chicago Zoological Gardens
Chicago
New York
Derstand
America
Lake Nkami
Moses
Africa
Tea in Mines Becomes Favorite Drink of Oklahoma Workers
A traveling man details miners in Oklahoma Territory turning to iced tea to avoid stomach sickness from water and coffee. He recalls a South McAllister mine where a long daylight deprivation left a mule nearly blind, yet hearing keen. miners credit tea with health benefits and reduced distress, noting water caused sickness and tea revived strength.
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Oklahoma Territory
South McAllister
Ancient Maps in US Rock Shelters Reveal Camel Depictions
Ancient maps carved in Tenaja canyon Texas show routes, water holes, and campsites with precise distances and compass points. Vermilion rock paintings include lifelike camel figures suggesting cross continental travel and prehistoric knowledge of distant lands.
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Egypt
Arabia
Sponge experiments aim to raise industry in Florida
The United States fish commission seeks to plant sponges in Florida Keys to boost sponge production. Florida remains the sole sponge state, but yields have fallen short. Ship Wish Hawk and scientists persist in experiments to prove sponge growth at various depths, challenging the belief that fifty fathoms is the limit.
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United States
America
Florida
United States Fish Commission
Florida Keys
Wish Hawk
Ten Commandments for Longevity From S Marenus Rothschild
A column presents ten rules for living a century on earth from S Marenus Rothschild Chicago and features celebrated centenarians. Names include Mia Angelina Gokey of Wisconsin Noah Raby New Jersey Rev George McGall of Georgia Louisa Truxo Cordova South America John de la Summe Virginia Miguel Solis Roparta San Salvador John Wright Jacksonville Christian Conradt Dubuque Owen Duffy Monckhan Ireland and others with ages ranging from 116 to 180 plus years.
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S. Marenus Rothschild
Chicago
Mr. Rothschild
Mia
Angelina Gokey
Rudolph
Wood County
Wis
Montreal
Noah Raby
Pickard Poorhouse
New Jersey
John de la Summe
Virginia
Miguel Solis
Roparta
San Salvador
John Wright
Jacksonville
Fla
Christian Conradt
Dubuque
Owen Duffy
Monckhan
Ireland
Irish Evictions Report Details 1448 Farms Affected
A government return for Ireland shows 1448 farms evicted since May 1879, with 18 derelict as of February 1. On Clanricarde estate of 252 evicted farms, 16 remain derelict and about half rehoused. Of total evictions, 75 re-let to old tenants, 239 to new tenants, and 23 purchased by old tenants, across seventeen estates including Ponson by Lansdowne Masserene and Olphert.
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Ireland
Clanricarde
Ponsonby
Lansdowne
Masserene
Olphert
Lord Clanrilcarde
Colored Man Memory Tale At Dinner
A New York Times anecdote recounts Mark Twain challenging a remark that colored people have longer memories than whites. Twain narrated a joke about an old colored man who claimed to have steered Washington’s boat and to have propelled the cherry tree response, highlighting vivid recollections.
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Mark Twain
South
George Washington
Gen. Washington
Delaware
George
Micesa
New York Times
Feeding a Volcano Curious Superstition of Inhabitants
A South American state near Avajutla and Acajsutla watches the active Imaleo volcano each night. When lava erupts residents feel safe, but if emissions pause they fear a major explosion. They believe a devil inside needs food and, depending on lava activity, plan offerings, cock fights, or revolutions to appease him. The piece ends noting possessions breed meanness.
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Avajutla
Central America
Imaleo
Acajsutla
Kaloo
Ivalice
General Lee's Maine destruction theory cited
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee asserts a theory on the Maine disaster noting that two explosions occurred and citing captain Sigsbee and divers. He accuses off duty Spanish officers of delight in the carnage and says the magazine keys were found by divers in the captain's cabin. The U.S. court report remains unable to fix responsibility.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Maine
Weyler
Cuba
Sigshee
Vows of jilted lovers and odd ends of affection
A vivid jumble of Victorian anecdotes recounts men swearing never to speak to women after heartbreaks. From a Huddersfield bachelor vindictively barring all female contact to a Vienna monument sender burying a former beloved, tales of jealousy and odd vanity unfold with theatrical detail.
Threw Away His Trousers On Night Train Mishap
A railway brakeman turned station agent slept before a late train. He woke to the whistle, hobbled to the platform, and, in a rush, discarded a pair of trousers and neglected to secure the mail sack. The mail and express were misrouted, leaving the worker to ponder the consequences as dawn approached.
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G— N
Tut
Mall
Sayk Ajib
Meric
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