Frogs Map Earth's Past Through Commensal Clues
The frog geography method, by Maynard M. Metcalf of the National Museum, outlines ancient landmasses via intestinal commensals in frogs. It suggests Gondwanaland linkages with South America, Lemuria in the Indian Ocean, and an intra-Pat- West land off the U S Pacific coast 50 to 100 million years ago, plus broader Antarctic connections.
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Maynard M. Metcalf
National Museum
Befence
Pacific
Gondwandasland
Gondwandaland
South America
Lemuria
Indian Ocean
Africa
Madagascar
Ceylon
India
Maylasia
Majay Archipelago
United States
Aiberia
Alaska
Central America
Maynard
Ecuador
Chile
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Arctic Ocean
Byrd
Little America
Australia
Antarctica
Andes Far Higher Than Everest When Center Earth Used
The New York Times notes Mount Everest is not the tallest peak by center of the Earth. Chimborazo in the Andes extends above Everest by 2.2 meters, with Huacaran also higher from the earth’s center. Piccard’s stratosphere flight reaches about 6282 km from the center, suggesting top heights depend on measurement method.
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Mount Everest
Dverest
Die Umschau
G. Rosch
Piccard
Everest
Ecuador
Chimborazo
New York Times
Traces of Birds From Flying Reptiles Traced
Dr Alexander Wetmore of the Smithsonian says all birds descend from flying reptiles with teeth tracing to archeornis and acheiopteryx. Songbirds sit atop evolution while ostrich and penguin are among today’s primitive birds. The Wright brothers’ story is noted, questions of how the first flying reptile took off are pondered as evolution takes millions of years.
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Ozarks
Doctor Wetmore
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Alexander Wetmore
Smithsonian Institution
Nature
Seven Years Work on World’s Smallest Book
The smallest printed book in the world a tiny 23 page volume of Omar Khayyam verses was announced in Worcester Massachusetts. Philadelphia publishers produced the leather bound item after more than seven years of effort using copper plates photo engraving and a three sixteenth by five sixteenth inch size. The work includes four quatrains from Eben Francis Thompson’s Persian translation and weighs a third of a carat.
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Omar Khayyam
Worcester
Mass
Omar
Eben Francis Thompson
Persia
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ohio
Fitzgerald
Child Prodigy Ursula Emerges From Early Music Study
L F Ramsey of the National Kindergarten Association recalls Ursula a musical child who from weeks old lay beside the piano and gradually learned to sing, identify composers, and recognize Beethoven Grieg Gounod by two. By age three she could sing many songs, name pieces, and attend a recital with keen interest.
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L. F. Ramsey
National Kindergarten Association
Ursula
Twentes
Penius
Nannie
Araula
M3 Hendelssohn
Heller
Handel
Felan
Fashion and Waste in the Snobbery of Modern Dress
In a column by Gretta Palmer the piece critiques fashion as selling women things they do not need. It cites Veblen on waste and snobbery, noting how wealthy pursue purchases to show status, and how fashion evolves to democratize expensive goods while preserving snobbish impulses.
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Gretta Palmer
New York World+ Telegram
United States
Veblen
Mesdames
Long
Besson
You
French actor jailed for assault in Paris streets
A French film actor was sentenced to months in prison for attacking two strangers in Paris saying he did not like their faces. The piece notes the case may deter similar acts and contrasts it with a New York bus passenger who tossed a driver’s hat. It also mentions a British mother who whipped her son after mistaking his swim for danger.
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Paris
New York
London
Strong rulers in the Orient reshaped by courage and politics
The piece argues that Orient leaders move beyond courtly ascent to merit through courage and diplomacy. It points to Pasha Mustapha Rema, Riza Shay of Cossack ascent, and King Ibn Saud, each rising from military or exile origins, while King Faisal of Iraq blends aristocratic lineage with modern political tactics in Baghdad.
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Orient
Mustapha Rema
Pasha
Palestine
Turkey
Riza Shay
Persia
Ibn Saud
Bagdad
Hfaruen al-Rashid
Faisal
Iraq
Reindeer's Great Value in the Extreme North
Reindeer serve multiple roles in Lapland Siberia and Alaska aiding daily life. Both female and male carry antlers and help harvest moss feed and meat supply while drawing loads up to 3500 pounds at 10 mph. The U S government supports reindeer preparation for native communities in extreme regions.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Lapland
Siberia
United States
Alaska
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Andes
Trin Sand
Riza Shah
Biz
Tbn Saud
Arabia
Wolfgang von Welse
Neue Frele Presse
Vienna
Furnbbing
Desler
Docan
Coleman Lamp & Stove Company
Rentweens
Td Westminster College
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. W. Renderd
DB. Pras
Andar
Grasez
Hive
Raymond Knight
the Cuckdos
Bastaro
Tims
Mormon Tabernacle
Ernest C. Rossiter
Mer
Crismon & Nichols Assayers
Wet Temple &J
Galt Lake City
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