Samoa’s National Drink Kava Described in Detail
The Los Angeles Times details Samoa’s kava, the national beverage made from pulverized kava root soaked in water in a tanoa. It explains the preparation using a fau to strain, the ritual of multiple washings, and the eventual pale brown solution. The piece notes initial distaste for first sips and the eventual refreshing taste, with effects on the body such as leg weakness and numb lips but a clear brain.
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Countries
Samoa
Los Angeles Times
How Hens Roost and The Mechanics of Bird Claws
The article explains that roosting birds grip limbs with a tendon mechanism that tightens when the leg bends. This natural death grip keeps birds from slipping off at night. A practical skin demonstration on the wrist is suggested to illustrate the effect.
A Friendly Dragon in Manchuria Demonstrates a Motorcar
In Manchuria a nat ural fear of a motorcar gives way to curiosity as a crowd gathers around Signor Reartogted who seeks water and a reward. A youth touches the radiator and lamps with caution, the car's heat and mechanics drawing gasps as the crowd learns by trial and error.
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Manchuria
Signor
Thane Os
Vance
Haaga
Ppc
Soutien
Misunderstood Questions and Honest Answers
A lawyer criticizes misreading questions at a luncheon. An indignant shopper appeals to a floorwalker about civility. The saleslady insists the complaint never raised such a request, illustrating how truthful answers can miss the essential fact.
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New York Herald
Spelling Backward in Newspapers and Signs
A New Yorker named Leon Noel is spelled the same backward and forward along with other palindromes like Anna Hannah Otto neon and many more. The standout palindrome seven letters long is reviver proclaimed by the New York Press as possibly the language’s longest palindrome.
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Leon Noel
Anna
Hannah
Otto
Neon
New York Press
Noisy Household Talk Sparks Car Sale Guesses
The London Opinion recounts a pantry chat between a butler and a gardener about the governor buying a new Velasquez car and what he will do with the old vehicle. The exchange reveals curiosity over household affairs and status symbols.
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London
Velasquez
Writing In Bible Times Says Petrie Supports Exodus Story
Professor Flinders Petrie argues there is nothing abnormal in the general outlines of the Bible exodus tale. He contends that writing spread widely in those days and that Europe a century ago was more illiterate than the eastern world of Bible times. He cites papyri with cook accounts and peasant petitions to show literacy and potential documentary records of history at the era.
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Bible Times
Flinders Petrie
Europe
Obed’s oversized coat and a seven yard tale
A northern New Hampshire man hated women so much he bought a coat cut generously by a village tailoress. The cloak hung loose on him, and he quipped at the post office that he wore seven yards of cloth around his body, not a new coat.
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New Hampshire
Obed
Startling reply from deaf owner over wife incident
A gentleman with hearing difficulty owns a terror of a dog in his neighborhood. A friend remarks that Mrs H made a pleasant call the prior evening. He replies, I’m very sorry and will chain her up in future, startling the listener.
The Reign of Terror and Robespierre’s Fall
A historical sketch of Robespierre and the Paris Revolution. It notes the rise of the Mountain and Girondists, the execution of key figures, and the bloodshed of the Reign of Terror. It recounts Robespierre’s downfall and his execution in 1794 with vivid, period-tinged detail.
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Robespierre
Revolutionary Tribunal
Milien Robeniers
Danton and I
France
Danton
Marat
Vergniaud
Tri
Mari Antoinette
E Antoinette Alison
Europe
Place St. Antoine
Charlotte Corday
Robesierre
A Crushing Retort In New Brunswick Council Pay Debate
In New Brunswick, councillors served without pay until a contest in parish X led to a vote rewarding self pay at five dollars per day. Councilor C. backed the measure arguing his worth to electors justified the pay. a dissenter noted he once offered services for nothing, which the electors rejected.
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New Brunswick
B. C
Sweetness Wasted in Daily Coffee Habits
The Charleston News and Courier notes Americans waste millions yearly by not stirring drinks. It claims people use about twice as much sugar as needed, leaving undissolved sweetener at the bottom of cups and in neighbors’ cups due to rushing.
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Charleston News and Courier
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