Early Man And Pygmy Survivors Across Continents
Anthropologist H J Fleure traces living pygmies and long headed groups from Asia Africa and the Americas as remnants of early modern humans. He notes Andamanese Semang Aeta and Tapiro in Asia with small heads and spiral hair, Tasmanians with brachycephalic to dolichocephalic skulls, and long headed Negroid types in Africa and the Americas linked to ancient migrations and environmental adaptation.
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London
Asia
Africa
H. J. Fleure
Oxford
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Semang
Aeta
Tapiro
India
Papua
Equatorial Africa
Iran
Tasmania
Desert
Sahara
Southeast Asia
Professor Fleure
Russia
North Africa
Wales
France
Grimaldi
Rodd
Telesforo de Aranzadi
Spain
Dordogne
America
Elburz Mountains
Hindu Kush
Pamirs
Mongolia
Tibet
Central Asia
Greenland
Baffin
North America
Lower
California
Mexico
South America
Brazil
Colombia
Hrdlicka
Japan
Sakhalin
East
North Asia
Yenisei
Scandinavia
Piano placement improves tone in music study finds
University of Illinois researchers report that reverberation in a room affects both players and listeners. Initial sound absorption hurts play, but moving absorbent materials to the far end improves comfort and musical pleasure for performers and audiences. Professor Watson suggests these conditions could enhance home and concert hall music enjoyment.
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F. W. Watson
Watson
Lasso Captures Nude Rider in California
Arthur Rogers known as the nude horseman of the Tassapara foothills was tracked to a rocky ravine near Martine California and lassoed by a cowboy after escaping from his brothers and a doctor. He was ordered committed to an insane asylum.
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Lasso
California
Martine
Calif
Arthur Rogers
Tassapara
Mount Diablo
Rogers
Woman with severed tongue seeks assailant in Nice
Mme. Jacquin a Belgian woman released from jail for talking about neighbors stumbled into a Nice police station bleeding from the mouth. Her tongue was cut out and she cannot name her attacker due to illiteracy, hindering the investigation.
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Nice
France
Mme. Jacquin
Woman Dips Infant Son in Boiling Water in Ward Island
Mrs. Rosina Rela, recently released to Manhattan State Hospital on Ward Island for mental illness, dipped her sixteen month old son Frankie in a pot of boiling water, killing him.
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New York
Rosina
Rela
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward'i Island
Frankie
Government to compile national gazetteer of place names
The United States Geographic Board seeks public help to review and standardize names for hamlets, creeks, mountains, and natural features. Officials will assess authenticity spelling propriety and convenience and may create new names where none exist.
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America
Jones’ Corners
Wildcat Creeks
Hogback Mountains
Frank Bond
United States Geographic Board
Little Smallpox Creek
Wisconsin
United States
Lookout Mountains
United States Geological Survey
Rockies
National Board
Quiet Tactics Suppress Speech in Historic Case
A fragment notes a method used to prevent a girl from talking by physical restraint, described as pleasant but effective, with a dialogue snippet asking about keeping her from speaking and the reply stating it involved holding her hands.
Ophelia and Pauline Angled Over Money Matters
Dialogue reveals Ophelia scoffing at money after marriage while Pauline notes finances shrink with new nuptials. The exchange hints at social expectations and shifting fortunes within domestic life.
Harvest Day Across Township Prompted by Wheat Harvest
A fragment recalls a morning wheat harvest in the township with a confident greeting. The brief note implies a busy day of farming activity and local community effort.
Fragmentary Report Mentions Flour and Bread Making
A fragment notes grinding grain into flour in the afternoon and using it to bake bread for dinner. It also mentions a doctor treating several cases of indigestion.
Hard Words First Siren Do you think my hands show toil
Dialogue displays a staged exchange about hard labor and an engagement ring, with the second line noting visible signs of work on the hands. The fragment suggests a theater or literary piece focusing on labor and personal relationships, set in a Sabbath context.
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Rehoboth
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University of Ilinois
Beami
Ray Walters
Ophelia
Pauline
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