Old crossbow self loader shows ancient repeating weapon
A New York Evening Post writer notes that repeating crossbows predate Christ and may come from Lolo and Malo-tzu tribes in southwest China. The American Museum of Natural History displays a Chinese repeating crossbow with a seven to ten dart magazine, using a lever to advance darts.
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Chi-ko-Zhang
China
New York
Hyening Post
American Museum of Natural History
America
Peking
Men of Genius: a tour of English poets and writers in America
A vivid survey from The Century quotes S. K. Radcliffe praising W. B. Yeats John Masefield John Galsworthy Alfred Noyes John Drinkwater Hugh Walpole Gilbert Cannan St John Ervine Granville Barker W L George Norman Angell and others as they address American audiences on poetry novels and stagecraft in a postwar cultural exchange.
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W. B. Yeats
John Masefield
John Galsworthy
Alfred Noyes
John Drinkwater
Hugh Walpole
Gilbert Cannan
St. John Ervine
Granville Barker
W. L. George
Norman Angell
America
S. K. Radclife
Eagle Feathers and Sacred Plumes Across Tribes
The article notes that except for the Plains tribes, eagle feathers are prized across tribes from the Atlantic to the Pacific for magic potency. Plains people revere the road runner plume as most sacred and forbid bloodshed in acquiring feathers, valuing tail and wing plumes for their size and utility.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Patagonian
Desk Man Versatile Fred Goucks Jokes Highlight Police HQ
A police headquarters desk man, Fred Goucks, fills idle hours by crafting quips for visitors. His light verses feature puns on windows, matches, watermelons, dogs, trees, and the letter K, as quoted from the Indianapolis News.
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Fred Goucks
Ike
Indianapolis News
Telephone Promise Sparks Suspected Crime Report
A fragment from a 19th century item notes a man naming a telephone visit and a forgotten letter after a call to his town office. A wife urged a line installation and a later call asked to mail a letter, suggesting a possible setup in a local case.
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Subbub
Helen
James
Glad as Ever: Gertrude Callaghan Poem Exults In Joy
A short verse by Gertrude Callaghan expresses untroubled happiness despite possible future woes. The speaker revels in present joy, noting sunshine, absence of clouds, and gratitude for today.
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Gertrude Callaghan
Reproducing Hopi Snake Dance in Prescott 1920s Pageant
Prescott Arizona readers watch white students recreate the Hopi snake dance as a June event. A Hopi village set from light materials will depict sun cured meat hanging from walls. The project aims to expand into a 1926 Southwest pageant exploring creation myths and tribal legends.
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Prescott
Ariz
Popular Mechanics Magazine
New Amsterdam
Rocky Mountains
Funeral Barge of Venice Displays Grand City Ceremony
A Venetian funeral parade showcases the citys romantic ritual with a 50 foot barge rowed by four gondoliers in black velvet. Gilded mouldings, skulls and crossbones adorn the craft as angels and Time figures watch over the coffin canopy. The body is carried to the cemetery island burial ground.
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Italy
Wide World Magazine
Cemetery Island
Goose yields gold bearing samples in Tarentorus
A Tarentorus Ontario farmer found two hard yellow pieces in a goose being dressed for the table. He took the samples to two local jewelers who both declared them gold.
Record Barrel Built for Chemicals in Germany
The world's record barrel finished in Lahr near Baden Baden Germany will hold 625 000 gallons far surpassing the Heidelberg Fass. Unlike the historic vat it will not store wine but chemicals.
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Lahr
Baden Baden
Germany
Mysterious taps near Cranleigh station solved by bird
At Cranleigh railway station foot-bridge strange tappings drew officials who feared foul play. They investigated and found a chaffinch causing the sounds by pecking at its reflection on a lamp post.
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Cranleigh
Eng
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