Louisiana Purchase Exposition and Portrait Omission
The article notes Napoleon offered Louisiana to the United States for 600,000,000 francs and US assumption of French claims. The transfer completed in 1804 was celebrated a century later in St Louis with an exposition. A postage stamp was issued but portraits of Louis XIV and Napoleon were omitted. McKinley’s portrait was added.
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Robert R. Livingston
France
West Florida
Orleans
New Orleans
Mississipi
Napoleon
America
Louisiana
United States
St. Louis
Upper
Louis XIV
McKinley
Chicago Tribune
Pipe Organ Making Requires Skilled Craft and Time
The article notes how pipe organ construction demands high skilled labor and extensive handwork. It details testing over 3,000 pipes from 1.25 inches to 64 feet and assembling thousands of parts for the console, with electricity being the major recent change in a century.
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Oorgan
Diamonds: hardest gem with varied colors and uses
The article explains diamonds are the hardest, brilliant stones formed from pure sand and found in single crystals and bort. It notes colors from colorless to yellow blue green red and black and lists uses from jewelry engraving drills and watch bearings. It mentions famous stones Kohl noor Star of the South and Cullinan in crown jewels.
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Brazil
Holly oak misidentified in Southern California nurseries
The holly oak leaves are about one third larger and glossier than native live oaks though serrated edges are similar. UC Agriculture notes nurseries in Southern California have mistaken it for the Virginia live oak. The oaks form round heads with spreading habit and reach 40 to 50 feet tall, planted 40 to 50 feet apart in street parkways.
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California
Department of Agriculture
University of California
Handsome Dan the Yale Bulldog Mascot Story
The Yale University Athletic Association confirms Handsome Dan the bulldog as Yale football mascot for over ten years. He was a white brindle dog owned by Andrew B Graves of the elans of U2, and after his death his ear case was stuffed in Yale trophy rooms.
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Yale
Yale University Athletic Association
Handsome Dan
Andrew B. Graves
Elans
English Courses Popular Among Wisconsin Citizens
University of Wisconsin extension division analyzed ten years of inquiries from hundreds of Wisconsin citizens. The compilation shows English courses met strong demand as a key asset for business and social success and attracted many with a preferred interest in improving writing and usage.
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Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Obsolete Nouns of Multitude From Tit Bits Magazine
The article lists odd collective nouns such as a mummuration of starlings a siege of herons a pride of lions a clutch of hens and explains usage differences. It notes modern terms like couple and brace for two and describes quirky group names across animals and money.
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Everytwiy
Augur Roles in Early Rome A Wise Proclaimer of Fate
The augur held a revered position in Roman government guiding major undertakings after divine signs were checked. Typically two augurs served, later increasing. their prophecies relied on birds and other signals known only to the office holder. The office was lifelong, with secrets passed only at death to successors.
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Rome
Ants and Caterpillars Inceptive Age Communal Life
Evelyn Cheeseman notes in the St. Louis Globe Democrat on insect society. Ants display complex dairy farming and fungus growing sections and worker self obligation, while caterpillars live in a family web with orderly movement and silk ropes guiding them back to nests.
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Evelyn Cheeseman
St. Louis Globe: Democrat
Creatures of the Veldt Afraid of Hunters
A hastily written dispatch notes veldt animals fear hunters. Antelopes zebras and wild dogs flee after persistent hunting by whites and natives. Mothers abandon young when danger looms. Lions buffalos elephants and leopards defend young, attacking rescuers or attackers to protect them.
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Ames
Watts
Sheep Follow the Leader on High Ground, Sheep Instincts Explained
A Los Angeles Times piece notes sheep love high spots and will climb to hillocks and planks. Young lambs test uphill movement while older sheep seek elevation to bed down. Followers often emerge without a formal leader, aiding or hindering the herder. curiosity prompts tours even over paper scraps.
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Los Angeles Times
United States Ranks Third in Gold Production
An international exchange notes the United States is third in gold output, with half the world’s gold mined in South Africa and about 20 percent in Britain’s colonies led by Canada. The Johannesburg reef, a rock layer rich in gold, stretches across hills near the city, formed from ancient lake sediments buried deep and tilted by geological forces.
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United States
South Africa
Great Britain
Canada
Johannesburg
Hillsi Les
Cairo
Card of Thanks for Anastasia Murray
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy during the illness and death of our sister Miss Anastasia Murray. Grateful for spiritual and floral offerings in her memory and to Hoag factory employees who donated their cars for the funeral, Mr and Mrs John Appleby.
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Anastasia Murray
Hoag Factory
John Appleby
World-wide loss of bird species described as vanished
A Washington Star writer notes many bird species have disappeared through history. Notable extinctions include the dodo once seen until 1681, the Mauritius rail, the Rodrigues solitaire, and the great auk, among others. Only museum specimens and writings remain as proof.
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Washington Star
Mauritius
Rodriguez
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Pallas
Tahiti
New Zealand
Hawaii
Labrador
Butterfly taste test shows leg as 1600 times more sensitive
University of Minnesota experiments with over 200 butterflies across ten species find a butterfly leg is 1600 times as effective as a human tongue in detecting sweetness. Tests dipped wings in sugar solutions, noting detection thresholds rise 1600 fold for human taste.
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University of Minnesota
Montreal Herald
Basic English aims to ease world communication with 850 word core
A Cambridge Ornithological Institute director says a simplified English vocabulary of 850 words plus 150 technical terms could replace the 1 500 languages. The plan, supported by tests, suggests many daily interactions need far fewer words and even some verbs are superfluous.
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Ornithological Institute of Cambridge
Earthworms Said to Make Night Music
Claims arise that earthworms produce sounds at night by rubbing bristles or scraping stones. Many argue about the mechanism but conclude the music is poor and the worms cannot hear it because they are deaf.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Emma Johannsen
Anamosa
A. D
Peter Johannsen
Coxsee, Coxsee & Heiserman
Fungus spore travels from Texas to Minnesota by air
The Kansas City Star notes a rust fungus spore can migrate from southern Texas to Minnesota at altitudes from ground level to 10 000 feet. Researchers report initial trials failed as stalks showed rust and an outside fungal form was found. Over 100 subdivisions of the fungus exist, complicating control efforts.
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Texas
Minnesota
Rewriter
Kansas City Star
Early Training Shapes Future Character At Key Ages
A noted religious educator argued that moral training between ages eight and thirteen determines a child’s future character. He claimed that influences in that period imprint lasting patterns for adulthood, regardless of later experiences.
The Morel Mushroom Described in Spring Gatherings
The article explains morel mushrooms as a common spring harvest. It notes their edible use in butter fried dishes and as a topping for steaks. The sponge mushroom is identified by its hollow, ridged and pitted cap.
Presidents as penmen in Treasury ledgers noted
The article praises U S presidents for handwriting and accounting skill. It highlights George Washington's preserved Treasury records as highly legible and mentions Abraham Lincoln with a clear flowing stelegraphic technique.
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United States
Hamlet
George Washington
Treasury Department
Abraham Lincoln
Farm sale at Brigg offers century old implements
Old-time tools at Brigg farm auction include over a hundred year old half-cutters and single-hatted turnip silvers, plows weighing over a ton with 10 foot beams, and ancient pole wagons with inch-thick wheel bands.
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Brigg
England
Deep North Town Tour Through Vorchny Udhak and Lake Bott al
A visitor’s stroll through the crooked streets of Vorchny Udhak the ancient capital of the Mongolian Buryat republic and a lakeside scene at Lake Bott al, the deepest in the world where sands shine with gold grains and seals swim in clear waters.
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Siberian
Vorchny-Udhak
Buryat Republic
Lake Bottal
Stherlun
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