Slain English Explorer in Hawaii
Katherine Pope recounts Captain James Cook’s 1778 landing at Kauai and Kealakekua Bay Hawaii. The piece traces first contacts with natives honoring him as a god, gifts exchanged, and later conflict that led to Cook’s stabbing death and long myths about Hawaii’s people.
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Hawaii
United States
Territory of Hawaii
James Cook
mid-Pacific
Great Ocean
Pacific
Honolulu
New Zealand
San Francisco
Vancouver
Asiatic
Panama
South American
Captain Cook
America
Kauai
Hawaiian Islands
Earl of Sandwich
Sandwich Islands
Mark Twain
Cook
Plenty
Waimea
Hawaiian
Lono
Kealikekua
Kamehhmeha
Alexander
Coeok
Rmn
England
Kealakekua Bay
Cambodia Trek Through Phnom Penh and Mekong Life
National Geographic highlights Cambodia as a rich mix of forests, rice fields, temples, and modern touches under French influence. It describes the Mekong as a life artery with flood-driven culture, river markets, kingly pageantry, and the blend of ancient Khmer art with Western amenities in Phnom Penh.
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Ambodia
France
Southwest Asia
Cambodia
Missouri
Mekong
Pnompenh
Great Lake
Paompenh
Poompenh
Angkor
Saigon
Tibetan Hills
Burma
Siam
Laos
Angkor-Thom
Labor saving devices may fail without proper handling
William Sworen sen of a large tractor company warns new labor-saving devices require intelligent use. He says future curricula will teach care and use of such tools in schools. The piece notes farmers, old and new, face the strain of adopting new machinery, with a Cy-like warning from a wife about overworked machinery.
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William Sworensen
Ple
Los Angeles Times
Stamp Story From Brunswick to Portland in 1892 Issue
A Maine letter mentions a 2 cent Columbian stamp of 1892 commemorating Columbus landing. The stamp, printed that year and not since, is pictured in purplish hue and features the explorer's landing.
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Brunswick
Maine
Portland
Old Stamp Used for Long Ago Postal Duty
A postage stamp printed thirty eight years ago was used to send a message, reflecting vintage mailing practices and the era's stamp design. The fragment hints at archival interest in early postage and historic philatelic items.
Calf Found at Godford Yields Gold Items
A calf killed at Godford on the N. W. railway yard contained in its stomach a pair of gold sleeve links a gold collar stud and a gold safety pin, suggesting robbery or stray loot recovered with the animal.
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Godford, N. &. W
Double Duty Be Who Civilly Shows The Way
The quote likens helping others to lighting another’s lamp, noting that one gains illumination by aiding another even as one’s own lamp shines. It frames virtue as mutual uplift through selfless guidance and support.
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Exnius
Regretted Koos Statement Cited by David Garem
David Garem quotes Koos expressing regret over items he did not treat himself to and apologizing for past choices as he reflects on indulgences and restraint. The remarks frame personal accountability and financial caution.
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Koos
David Garem
Bottled Light Experiment for Prolonged Glow
A simple curiosity from Pathfinder Magazine explains making bottled light. Place a pea sized phosphorus piece in a clear bottle, warm olive oil, pour in hot oil to one third, cork tightly, and open briefly to renew air to sustain a luminous glow for days.
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Pathfinder Magasine
Convict Uses Brains in Escape Trick
Detec tive Hilary K Adair recalls a clever escape where a ten year jailed arsonist hid in plain sight. He shed his striped suit in an alley and rolled up underwear sleeves to dash through busy Main Street toward waiting friends. Nobody noticed him as a possible escapee.
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Hilary K. Adair
San Francisco
Preson
Wes
Cecile Evana Chronically Witty in Hollywood Debut
Photoplay Magazine recounts Cecile Evana causing a scene by driving a roadster into a prominent producer's temporary garage on the National lot. The incident ends with a quip as Cecile apologizes for mistaking the producer for finished work.
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Cecile Evana
Hollywood
James R. Quirk
Photoplay Magazine
First National
Cecile
His Final Mistake in Montreal Star Quote
A brief Montreal Star quotation shows a wife praising faithfulness then reveals her husband’s fatal misstep, ending with her line You’ve been a most faithful husband, John. I believe that not once since you married me have you done a wrong thing. No, my dear, that was the last.
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John
Montreal Star
Elevator to Prominence Says Public Used by Chosen Few
A sharp editorial argues that the public is treated as a vehicle to lift select figures into prominence. The piece contends elite preferences shape visibility and access, leaving the many as passive observers.
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Katherine Pope
Lena
Kamehameha
the Conqueror
The
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Bayer
Hanford
Grimm and Cossack
Grimm
Lancaster Seed CO
Lincoln
Neb
J. A. Hinshaw
Walnut
Kansas City
Towns Remedy Co
Cives
Third Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Allen
le Rey
N. Y
Gels Knryme
R. F. Lamar CO
MFGS
Pueblo
Colo
N. U
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