Azores Islands Explore Ancient Origins and Island Life
The Azores near Portugal are described as volcanic, possibly Atlantis remnants, with Pico the highest active volcano and St Michael and Santa Maria islands showing contrasting eruption histories. It notes Portuguese architecture, rural life on Saint Michael, religious festivals in Ponta Delgada, and the central role of Fayal and Angra for cables and trade.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Azores Islands
Mid-Ocean Isles
Atlantis
Portugal
Pico
St. Michaels
Santa Maria
Islands
Paris
Island
Saint Michaels
Ponta Delgado
United States
America
San Francisco
Ponta Delgada
Villa Do Porto
Bay of
Santa Luzia
Fayal
Horta
Atlantic
Azores
New York
Farral
Crivo
Terceira
Sao Jorge
Graciosa
Fay
Day Dreams and Their Power in Human Life
The piece reflects on day dreams as glorious yet troubling, lifting people toward imagined pomp and fame only to cruelly ground them again in reality. It suggests day dreams sustain hope when today goes wrong and keep the mind flowering with future possibilities.
Man's dream fuels ambition and action
The passage questions how dreams propel a man to turn ambition into reality. It ponders the drive behind striving and the role of personal will in transforming aspirations into achievement.
No Fuel Like an Old Fuel Says Scientist Opinion
Scientists note that much coal now used formed thousands of years ago with older coal deemed superior. The Express quotes Lock Liaven suggesting enduring value in ancient fuel.
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Lock Liaven Express
Small Girl Knew All About Wife vf Noah
A kindergarten scene reimagines Noah and his wife with Isabel claiming Noahs wife rode a horse. The child misnames the wife as Joan of Arc from a picture, prompting the teacher to pause and recount whether the Bible mentions Mrs Noah.
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Wife
Noah
Isabel
Mrs. Noah
Joan
Joan of Arc
True Story
Race Mixing In Hawaii Reported By Bono lulu Nippu Jiji
The Bono lulu Nippu Jiji notes rising intermarriage in Hawaii with Americans posting 152 of 383 marriages to different races in the year ending June 30 1927 Hawaiian women recording 156 of 271 marriages to other races Chinese 42 of 173 Japanese men 798 and 41 of 810 Japanese women marrying outside their race.
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Hawaii
Islands
Gas Can His Credentials Travel Tale From Washington
George Niederauer, a young college student, rode into Washington using a gasoline can as a ruse. San Bernardino motorists picked him up, believing he was a fellow driver in distress, only to discover the can held clothes and not fuel, yet they continued their journey with him.
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George Niederauer
Washington
San Bernardino
Calif
Attendees Recall First Martha’s Vineyard Fair 69 Years Later
Twenty two attendees at the Martha’s Vineyard county fair this year traveled from the first fair held sixty nine years ago.
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Martha's Vineyard County Fair
Inventor in France Claims Upright Airplane With Air Motor
A French inventor says he has built an airplane that can rise straight up using a compressed air motor. The contraption reportedly lifts vertically from the ground without forward motion and relies on compressed air power.
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France
Worth Weight in Gold
Mrs. Charters Morean of Tully New York says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash improved her health after illness left her weak and bedridden. She reports using four bottles and plans two more, praising the remedies as worth their weight in gold.
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Tully, N.Y
Inlaw
Lydia E. Pinkham
Capacity of U S Rail Carriages Estimated at Two Million Six
A note from Gas Logic estimates that if every car and coach on all U S railroads were filled the total capacity would be about 2 612 000 persons and shows the vast scale of train travel potential.
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Bayer
United States
Accommodating She Declines Public Display of Affection
A brief Life item notes a couple bantering over kissing in public. She refuses to be pawed or kissed, while he offers to kiss her first, illustrating playful negotiation of affection in social settings.
Fruits Used by Indians in Ohio
The text notes that Native Americans used wild fruits in Ohio including cranberries wild strawberries pawpaw and plum and protected the fruit thickets. They dried some fruits for winter use and preserved the berry stands.
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America
Ohio
Enthusiasm as Key to Success in Business
The Longview Daily News frames enthusiasm as a steadfast conviction of rightness that radiates self confidence and belief in one’s product. It argues that today more than ever this mindset drives success in any enterprise.
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Longview Daily News
Florida Summer Storms Fueled by Hot Humid Air
Thundershowers typical of Florida summers arise from rapid uprush of warm humid air caused by strong surface heating. The moist lower atmosphere and daytime heating drive convection leading to storm development.
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Florida
Mink Diet Tied to Fish in North American Habits
The mink Lutreola vision is a staple fur bearer across wooded North America and shares weasel like form and habits. It possesses aquatic skill and its favored prey is fish.
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North America
Nature Magazine
Vast Cloud of Butterflies Spotted Over Cascade Mountains
Game wardens in Washington state reported last autumn a massive cloud of butterflies stretching ten to fifteen miles long and three to four miles wide. The mass flight drew attention from numerous bird predators.
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Cascade Mountains
Washington
Eagle caught on fishing line by coach Pitts at A P I
Alabama Polytechnic Institute football coach John H. Pitts virtually hooked a bald eagle while fishing. The five foot four inch bird was captured midair and presented to the institute's zoology department for study.
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John H. Pitts
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Pitts
Institute
World’s Largest Statue to Rise in Rio de Janeiro
Popular Mechanics reports a 100 foot high Christ statue planned for Rio de Janeiro. Polish sculptor Landowski designed the enormous figure, claimed to be the world’s largest of its kind.
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Rio de Janeiro
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Landowski
Wisdom’s Substitute Lies in Slices of Silence
A reflective line contrasts wisdom with silence and suggests quiet moments as a remedy for overbearing noise. It presents silence as a deliberate choice to absorb insight rather than rush to judgment.
Prisecian, Noted Sixth Century Latin Grammarian
Prisecian, a renowned Latin grammarian of the early Sixth century, taught Latin in Constantinople likely at the imperial court where he drew a government salary. This positions him among prominent scholars serving the Byzantine administration.
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Prisecian
Constantinople
Bee Line Origin of the Expression
The saying a bee line comes from the honey bee returning home after gathering nectar by the shortest direct route. The bee lifts into the air and flies straight back, illustrating swift, direct travel.
Scientific Noize Develops Quartz Crystal Sound Machine
The bureau of standards in Washington reports a new device that makes sounds from vibrations in a quartz crystal when an electric current passes through it. The invention marks a notable achievement in early acoustic science and materials research.
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Bureau of Standards At
Washington
Bologna Professor Finds Key to Etrurian Inscriptions
After twenty years of study Prof. Alfredo Trombetti of the University of Bologna reports a breakthrough in reading Etrurian inscriptions. The scripts had long baffled archeologists and scholars working on ancient artifacts.
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Alfredo Trombetti
University of Bologna
Razors in Ancient Times Through History
Razors have been used since remote antiquity. The practice is noted among ancient Egyptians Greeks and Romans and appears in the biblical Book of Numbers as an early reference.
Valuable Alloy Bronze Composition and Variants
The entry notes bronze as an alloy of copper and tin sometimes containing zinc and phosphorus. It references an answered question in Liberty Magazine discussing the composition and potential additives to bronze.
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Liberty Magazine
Deer horns fall as gratitude from wild buck at Glacier
Superintendent J R Makin of Glacier National Park recounts a striking act of animal gratitude. A buck with fine antlers rubbed his horns on a wall at administrative headquarters and shed them, then let a resident feed him, whom he appeared to thank by the display.
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J. R. Makin
Glacier National Park
Men of the Trees: Kenyan reforestation group expands aims
The organization started six years ago by an Englishman among Kenyan tribes in the highlands now broadens its scope. It seeks to educate public opinion across the British Empire about forestry and to foster love of trees in all sections of the community.
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Kenya
Time is Money in Quick-Set Clock Prank
A Boston Transcript item notes a stunt where $6,000 is cited as a cost, with quips about time being worth $100 per minute. The gag centers on clocks being set an hour ahead, highlighting the humorous hardship caused by time changes.
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Boston
Skeptical Child Fails to Heed Mine Whistle Signal
In an Indiana mining town three year old Mary Catherine shows doubt at 8 p m sounds signaling bed time. Her mother urges prompt toy cleanup and bed, but Mary calmly says she does not believe the whistles will mean bedtime.
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Mary Catherine Lves
Indiana
Ixion Myth: From Thessalian King to Fiery Wheel
Ixion, once king of a Thessalian tribe, murdered his father in law and was driven to madness. Zeus cured him and let him dwell on Olympus. He then obsessed over Hera, Zeus wife, and Hera punished him by binding him to a fiery wheel that kept him spinning.
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Ixion
Thessaly
Zeus
Olympus
Hera
Womans Home Companion Contemplates Skyscraper Growth
The article reflects on the awe of monumental construction comparing ancient vantage points to modern engineering. It notes how humans wield earth’s materials to create towering structures, celebrating progress in urban architecture.
Portable hospital refrigerating stove aids Bolingbroke patients
A three wheeled traveling refrigerator and stove was devised for Bolingbroke hospital in London. Insulated side by side compartments keep hot foods hot and cold items cold and are moved by nurses to serve patients.
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Bolingbroke Hospital
London
Joint-Ease promises relief for tortured joints and muscles
An advertise for Joint-Ease claims quick absorption and faster results for sciatica lumbago sore muscles back chest cords nostrils and burning feet. Priced at 60 cents with a 22 day trial tube offer from Pope Laboratories Desk 3 Hallowell Maine.
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America
Pope Laboratories
Hallowell
Maine
Earliest Monograms on Coins and Rings
The Greeks are believed to have the first monograms appearing on ancient coins and rings. The Romans later used monograms for more personal family names in their practices.
Topeka Boy Redefines Elocution As Death
A Topeka schoolboy defined elocution as the method some have of putting people to death, a remark quoted by the Topeka Capital.
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Topeka
Lipstick Observed as Coloring Appears on Margarine
A three and a half year old boy exclaimed that the oleomargarine coloring looked like lipstick when it was applied, reflecting a humorous child’s reaction to early food coloring.
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Hutter
Final Judgment Echoed in Ancient Saying
A ponderous aphorism contrasts earthly wealth with the deeds a person leaves behind. The quote from the Koran notes that upon death the surviving contemplate not assets but the good acts and moral legacy accrued before final breath.
Douglas Fir Reaches Record Size in Canada
The Douglas fir attains the largest size of any tree in Canada with trees reaching 15 feet in diameter and a single specimen cut that measured 60 000 feet board measure in total.
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Canada
Quotations on Trust from Lavater
A compact excerpt reflecting Lavater on trust and judgment urging restraint. It contrasts praising all with censuring all and being indifferent toward all, highlighting cautious discernment in evaluation.
Butter spreading fashion traced to Charles II of Sweden
The note traces butter spreading habits to ancient times and credits Charles II of Sweden with popularizing the fashion. It references a shift from thumb spreading to other methods and places the trend in a royal or European context.
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Charles II of
Sweden
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