Beggars Return to Paris as Winter Grimms Cold Months
Paris reports beggars flocking back to the city with the cold, lining the Seine banks and church quarters for shelter and food. Old ladies, young mothers with infants, and crafty street sellers lurk near Louvre, Champs Elysees, and hotels. Regulars haunt bridges and quarters, shifting spots to find new clients among tourists and residents.
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Paris
Seine
Rue de Rivoli
Sourd-muet de Naissance
Opera
Rivoli
Bridge
Louvre
Neuilly
Vincennes
Champs Elysees
Young American Big League Bull Fighter Shines in Mexico
Sydney Franklin, 22 and a Columbia University BA, starred in Tiajucana Mexico alongside Sevillian matador Manuel de los Rios. The Los Angeles visitor and rising American talent impressed in the border town's first big league bull fighting event, showing calm precision and fluent English.
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Los Angeles
N. S
America
Sydney Franklin
Columbia University
Tiajucana
Mexico
Manuel de Los Rios
Mexico City
Franklin
A Lot Means A Lot To The Young Married Man
The message urges young married men to invest earnings in Monroe real estate to secure home ownership. It touts rapid growth, profits from investment, and easy financing for construction. Readers are guided to use the News-Star Want Ad page to connect with city and suburban listings or place their own ads.
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Lucky
Monroe
News-Star
Franklin the Spanish bull fighter pursues mastership in rings
The article profiles Franklin, a two year bull fighting student adopting Spanish dialect and traditions. He wears a coleta as a symbolic badge and plans retirement rites. Rising quickly from capador to matador, he aims for Spain next year to join the master class.
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Franklin
Spain
Arctic Tribes See Stranger as an Enemy
Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen describes newly known Arctic tribes around the Northwest Passage. Tribes meet outsiders armed, with women often first to surface while men hide. Brutal birth customs favor boys, yet stories reveal heroism and self sacrifice. A mother kills seven children at birth yet grieves deeply for her eldest. A youth drowns himself after his father’s hanging, and a father attempts suicide to avoid leaving his son alone.
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G. F. A. Wray
London
Knud Rasmussen
North West Passage
Rasmussen
Squirrels Winter Dormancy Described In Brief
The text explains that squirrels sleep most of winter and wake briefly to feed from stored food hoards prepared beforehand.
Sweden Converts Army Barracks to Lodgings
Stockholm uses emptied barracks and fields, following a reduced army. About one third of regiments disbanded, leaving vacant facilities. Two eastern districts house around 100 families in Siegfried Barracks while repairs lag. Svea Engineer Corps barracks and police gymnasium serve as emergency shelters. Of 500 families seeking new homes, fewer than 180 have secured housing.
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Stockholm
Siegert
Svea Engineer Corps
Proposals to Convert Barracks and Jails for Public Use
In provinces many empty barracks and training grounds are eyed for hospital use including mental care. Idle jails may be rebuilt for patients unable to self control. Ljungbyhed and Hultsfred drill grounds saw summer use as school training camps and later city sale for forest planting. In Spain, children’s faces are brushed with pine boughs for luck.
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Ljungbyhed
Hultsfred
Kalmar Regiment
Gibraltar Assets Show Limited Public Debt and Land Use
Gibraltar shows no public debt and no street cars. The report notes no arable land available for cultivation, highlighting limited infrastructural and agricultural capacity.
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Gibraltar
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