Strange Highland Jews of the Caucasus Preserve Ancient Traditions
London reports on the Jewish Highlanders of the eastern Caucasus a remote, rural community nearly a thousand years in place who maintain ancient customs and a stubborn separation from other Jews. They live in clan homes farm grapes and tobacco and drink little despite living near Mohammedan neighbors. Their language mixes Persian and Tartar and they follow strict Mosaic practices without rabbis or synagogues. They practice arranged marriage with a price paid in livestock or horses and have unique customs around birth death and the home.
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London
Israel
Caucasus
Caucasus Highlands
India
Scotland
Persia
Cyrus the Great
Darius
Palestine
Mount Ararat
Nogh’s Ark
Tabernnacles
Bones of Dwarf Race Unearthed Near Grand Canyon
Prospector H L Loomis reports uncovering portions of 19 skeletons at Squaw Creek mesa 15 miles east of Prescott Arizona. He found turquoise cupfuls and ancient pottery pieces. some sent to the University of Arizona and others to the Smithsonian Institution. Loomis says all remains belong to a diminutive race.
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Prescott
Ariz
Squaw Creek Mesa
Grand Canyon
H. L. Loomis
University of Arizona
Smithsonian Institution
Loomis
Paralytic Woman Walks After Thunderbolt Storm Ironically
In North Adams during a storm a bolt of lightning frightened Boston and nearby crowds as Mrs. William Paddock of Jacksonville VI, long crippled, rose from a chair and walked across the kitchen floor.
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Boston
North Adams
William Paddock
Jacksonville
Lazy Husband Roundup Planned in Yakima WA
Yakima officials announce an upcoming roundup of lazy husbands under a Washington law that compels work for the family’s earnings. The county cites wide noncompliance and cites a cited case of a husband riding in a car while his wife pulled a hayrick for a laborer’s wage.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington State
Attempt to Be Cave Man Ends in Arrest
Portland court heard a teen suitor Ernest Fix aged seventeen tried a caveman stunt to win Polly Engle. She testified he sat on her porch with a gun and threatened to kill her unless they married. He was held under $2,000 for grand jury investigation.
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Portland
Ore
John Law
Ernest Fix
Polly Engle
Ernest
Suit Filed Over Indian Oil Lands in Oklahoma Texas Border
Oklahoma City reports that the United States district court will hear a suit on behalf of fifteen sections of Indian oil lands extending south to the old Red River bank valued at about 6 million dollars. The action, decided in Washington with Attorney General Palmer and John A. Fain, concerns the old river bed along the Texas Oklahoma border and covers thirty two properties over sixteen miles near the Burkburnett field.
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Oklahoma City
United States District Court
John A. Fain
United States
Red River
Washington
Palmer
Fain
Texas
Texas-Oklahoma
Fat
Burkburnett Field
Hickory Nuts on Grapevine Reported in Missouri Farm
Luther Burbank’s rival claim arises on TF M McNeil’s farm where a wild grapevine around a hickory tree allegedly bore nuts for two seasons. Observers Romine Nations and Winters endorsed the sighting during a peach search.
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Nater
Sarajevo Monument Razed In Bosnia Spark of World War
In Sarajevo the granite and bronze monument to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophia was torn down. A demobilized soldier laments, while the city moves toward "business as usual" after the assassination that sparked the war.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sophia
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Pringip
Ferdinand
Indian Gives Girl Saddle from Northwest Bead Work Gift
An Indian friend presents Miss Anna Kirk of Tyndall a rare saddle covered with red white and blue beads. The aged saddle shows wear and extensive beadwork signifying years of use in the tribe. Miss Kirk refused a 150 dollar offer, deeming it one of the finest examples of Indian craftsmanship.
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Tyndall
Northwest
Anna Kirk
World Heaviest Band Weighs 34 Tons in LA Police Ensemble
Los Angeles police band claims the world’s heaviest band title with 32 members. The group weighs a total of three and a half tons, with each musician averaging around 200 pounds.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Smoking Car Rules Return On London Railways
British women’s high smoking rate has led to leniency in enforcing no smoking rules on trains. The Great Eastern railroad under General Henry Thornton plans a return to pre war rules. Only compartments designated for smoking may be used for that purpose, with no exceptions for women even if all passengers consent.
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London
Great Eastern Railroad
Henry Thornton
Pennsylvania & Long Island Systems
America
Veteran Civil War veteran prints diary memoir with steel pen
John Haley, Civil War veteran, has completed a 529 page book printed with a steel pen. The work logs his experiences from enlisting in the Seventeenth Maine on August 2, 1862 to June 10, 1865, drawn from diary material and his service record.
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Sace, Me
John Haley
Gothamite scales Mount Moran in Yellowstone area
Leroy Jeffers of New York secretary of the Associated Mountaineering Clubs of North America and fellow in the Royal Society seals Mount Moran in Jackson Hole. Yellowstone advices from Horace N. Albright say it was Jeffers fourth attempt and the first summit. Mount Moran rises 12809 feet with near vertical sides. Mrs Nancy Stroud of Bed Twelve Years, English died at 99 years seven months seventeen days at her grandson I Strouds home near Marengo after long illness.
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Helena, Mont
Leroy Jeffers
New York
Associated Mountaineering Clubs of North America
American Alpine Club
Royal Society
London
Jackson’s Hole
Yellowstone Park
Horace N. Albright
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Mr. Jeffers
Mownt Moran
Ind
Nancy Stroud
I. Stroud
Maren
Riley Stroud
Amy Stroud
Milltown
Stroud
United Brethren Church
Various World Factoids Compiled From 1918 Economic Notes
Condensed items note speed gains from a pedal nut cracker and shipboard crockery losses, Minnesota iron ore dominance, a rebuilt London Bridge opened in 1831, and high silk production growth from $100 million to $500 million. Trade, consular closures, union activity, new sugar flour invention, and Hongkong rice shipments to the Americas are also cited.
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Minnesota
United States
New London Bridge
Commonwealth of Australia
America
Reading Privileges Granted To Heir In Imperial Practice
Four months before his eighteenth birthday the crown prince of Japan was allowed to read a specially prepared journal. An official of the imperial household edited the sheet printed at the imperial printing office on thick Japanese paper. The rule of withholding newspapers from members was waived for him.
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Imperial Family of
Japan
Saya
Hust
West News
Lierohite
Oan
Imperhu
Inperial
New Airliner by Vickers Described in Trade Report
The Vickers company showcases a new airliner with ten passenger capacity plus two pilots. The water‑flooded fuselage allows flotation on water. It is a tractor biplane powered by two Rolls Royce Eagle eight engines totaling 850 horsepower each, cruising at 95 mph with 200 gallons of fuel and a service ceiling of 14 000 feet. Trade Commissioner H G Broek reports from London.
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Hner
Vickers, Ltd
Ellse
H. G. Broek
London
Testimonial Praise Cited as Virtue in Firm's History
A quotation notes a former employer claiming the speaker was among the best workers the firm ever produced. The remark reflects pride in past staff quality and lingering reputational value within the company.
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London
Homely Phiz and Mr Mege Rent Adventures
Fragmentary dialogue presents a narrator facing hunger and social tension. The truncated text names Miss Bright and Loendon Ideas, hinting at a serialized or humorous vignette with a domestic scene and shifting relationships.
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Phiz
Mr. Mege
Miss Bright
Why should we always speak kindly to others
A Sunday school superintendent asks why kindly speech matters and a boy recalls his father’s saying that harsh talk can anger helpers and cause them to quit. The brief exchange highlights conduct expectations in a church setting and child’s perception of workplace etiquette.
Dinner with an Old Beaux Sparks Wife Talk
A conversation snippet shows a wife inviting an old beau to dinner and the husband’s calm acceptance in a light domestic exchange. The dialogue conveys casual humor about social guests and goodwill.
Iowa News Roundup From Mason City to Muscatine
A wide Iowa clippings page reports on Mason City hotel plans costing 850000, York town church wording change, Ames police arrest total 806 for speeding and other offenses, a 1 000 000 horse stock parade in Ames, legal cases in Webster City and Ackley, and cultural events in Davenport and Burlinton. It notes road grants, new doughnut plant construction in Des Moines, and a Burlington drive to favor returning soldiers for jobs. River-city conventions and a Clayton county soldiers homecoming excursion are highlighted with broad local detail.
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Yorktown
Ho- Heo Wiley
Ames
Amos
Evuik Ralostierl
Walis Coladovelto
Lowy Maemont Company
Holt
Utterbadth
Huddlastin
Wabsterity
Hoa Imoney
Jon Morrison
Grundy County
Morvinon
Layetta
Pom
Greater
Iowa
Chianmbor
Commoren
Dueludo Diaphys
Chicago, Roel Toland & Poole
Towa
Terputter
Samblers
Sac City
Agertion
Atti
Trary
Titherton
Kinte
Morry-co-rounds
Comeh
Atlantic
Fra
Apath
Burington Railroad Company
Snyale
Tha Wapello Publ School
Wapalla Ta
Teindorgeton
Washington
F& Hospital
Oneamius
Willan Taylors Place
Kooluil
Taylor
St. John Baskin
Dat Dora
St. John
Ackley
Charles Baskin
Seots County
Davenport
Lie American Legion
Scoll
Piana
Calhoun Eanty Board of Supervisors
Worl
Baum & Schoel
Lafaette Street
Des Moinen
Burlington
Burlington Association of Boy Scouts
Cass County
McGregor
Clayton County
G. W. Hill
Sermon on the Cross and the Thief’s Salvation
A preacher discusses the three crosses on Calvary, highlighting the middle cross as Jesus the Savior and the thief on the right who is saved. The left thief dies in sin, while the center cross represents atonement and the call to believe in Christ for eternal life in paradise.
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Calvary
God
Jesus of
Mazareth
Turagbbas
Bat Barathis
Barabbus
Ana
Chow
Mile Good
Nated Abaya Hla Dend
Jesus
Paradise
Daint Amim
Crosh
Thiol
Wright
Gill
Alex
Middle Cross
The Book and The Tries of Reason in a Narrow Corner
The passage reflects on the Bible as the book and on human perspective. It suggests that time and the universe are out of joint, while human attempts and reason fit within a small corner, guided by a God who authors reasonable order.
God’s Untiring Help Message Inspires Daily Faith
A devotional note urges believers to view today as greater than yesterday, claiming God will guide new achievements. The quote frames daily life as a continuous opportunity for divine aid and personal growth.
Love Them Unto the End Theme in Faithful Brotherhood
A reflection on Christian love based on the gospel idea that Jesus loved his followers unto the end. The text urges loving brothers in the world with steadfast commitment, drawing on De Lamennais noted for moral exhortation.
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Mary
The Most Vital Action Quote by Bishop Brent
The text presents Bishop Brent asserting worship of the mysterious yet real God as the greatest and most vital act for humans. It emphasizes that worship colors and energizes all other activities.
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Brent
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