Venezuela a magnet for bird tourists in warm zones
Washington reports that National Geographic society and Carnegie museum expedition led by Ernest G. Holt studies Venezuela’s bird life. They note birds from North America wintering in lower hot zones and coffee plantations as favored habitats, with German colony regions showing distinct fauna and culture. Thousands of specimens collected for U.S. research.
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Washington
Florida
Ernest G. Holt
National Geographic society-Carnegie Museum
Venezuela
Tropics
National Geographic Society
United States
North America
Holt
Tomahawk Unearthed At Fort Ann Farm Wrecking Site
Workmen tearing down part of the James Goodman homestead on the George Wray farm near Fort Ann New York uncovered a stone tomahawk believed to be used by Indians before the Revolutionary War. The weapon lay a few inches below the surface as the ground was leveled. The Goodman house is among the region’s oldest farmhouses built by Colonel Wray around 1777, with slave pens still visible on the property. James Goodman, the current owner, is a direct descendant of Colonel Wray.
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Fort Ann
N. Y
James Goodman
George Wray
Goodman
Ste.et
Colonel Wray
Homsetead
Must Buy Ticket to Park in Australia
In Melbourne motorists now park only after presenting colored pasteboards to traffic collectors. The pastes cost a shilling daily, five shillings weekly, or a pound monthly, a system noted by the Australian trade commissioner as a sign of scarce parking spaces.
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Australia
Commerce Department
Melbourne
National Guardsmen Taught Patriotic Songs in Lowell
With Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers backing it the Lowell National Guardsmen study patriotic songs. Rehearsals occur weekly under Mrs. Frederick Bond who is the daughter of Lowell public schools first music master.
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Lowell
Mass
Edith Nourse Rogers
Frederick Bond
Plane Dining Service Awaits Inauguration July 7
Kansas City based Airphone dining service announced the start of transcontinental in flight dining on July 7, marking a new era for air travel meals. The survey system confirms the planned rollout across routes with onboard dining to enhance passenger experience.
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Kansas City
Arab Women Fail to Get Freedom in Tunisia
In Tunisia, feminist progress is stalled by entrenched religious conservatism and etiquette. Women largely remain veiled or unseen in villages, with public appearances allowed only under heavy veils in cities like Tunis, while modern schooling under French rule quietly shapes both genders toward potential change.
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Tunis
North Africa
Tunisia
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
el Djem
Book Store Mail Hub for Drifters in Seattle
Charles D. Raymer runs a unique mail address in his Seattle bookstore where itinerant workers and sailors can receive letters. For eighteen years the shop has served as a permanent address, forwarding mail to lumberjacks, fishermen, and ship crews worldwide.
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Seattle
Pollyanna
Caesar
Diamond Dick
Charles D. Raymer
Raymer
Camp
Alaska
San Francisco
Custard Pie Toss Not Grounds for Divorce Ruling
Hartford Superior Court Judge Edward M. Yeomans ruled that custard pie throwing does not establish grounds for divorce. William Fitzpatrick testified his wife threw a custard pie at him. she admitted the pie throwing but denied dishes hot water and a poker.
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Hartford
Conn
Superior Court
Edward M. Yeomans
William Fitzpatrick
Unusual Chickens Hatch From Turken Eggs in Cuero
Henry Frobese reports a rare hatch in Cuero Texas where fifteen eggs produced sixteen chicks. One chick combines two bodies and four feet with a single head while fourteen others are normal. The twin-bodied freak is kept under formaldehyde in Frobese's office.
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Cuero
Texas
Henry Frobese
Cabinet Meeting Replaces Conference in Office Routine
In Times Square the term cabinet meeting appears as a new office routine. The phrase supersedes earlier terms like conference while long distance meetings fall out of use, according to Variety's report.
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Times Square
That's Settled The Two Can Live Cheaper Together
A humorous quip ponders household finances with the idea that two people can live more cheaply, but it costs more to manage a shared life. The exchange teases practical money considerations in a domestic setting.
Same Prescription He Wrote in 1892
The article recalls Dr. Caldwell’s 1875 approach to laxatives and notes his 1892 Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild liquid laxative. It claims wide use for women and children and lists relief from headaches, biliousness, indigestion, and other ailments. Free trial bottle offer via Monticello Illinois.
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Monticello
Illinois
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