Customs Inspectors Take Your Wallet Not Your Luggage
William Shirer recalls a trip from Bucharest to Berlin through Romania Hungary Austria and Germany where frontier guards seized travelers purses for money. He notes special permits or stamps are needed to carry large sums as officials target cash over luggage amid tightened border controls.
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Vienna
William Shirer
Chicago Tribune
Germany
Europe
Balkans
Czech
Bucharest
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Orient Express
Budapest
World War Dog Hero Receives Lifetime License
Goldberg the Irish terrier once served as overseas mascot for the One Hundred and Twenty-second field artillery. He earned an honorable discharge, was gassed and wounded, and now holds a lifetime dog license in Wilmette Illinois, immune from arrest by dog catchers.
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Wilmette
Ill
Goldberg
One Hundred and Twenty-second Field Artillery
Army
Milton J. Foreman
One Hundred and Twenty-second
America
Foreclosure Ignites 102-Year-Old Woman’s Vicious Clash
In Fort Worth Texas Eliza Anderson age 102 defied eviction after foreclosure returning to her home. Police removed her but she moved back in. A new tenant Suella Jackson was frightened when Eliza pelted the residence with rocks and shattered window panes. After a second removal Eliza faced a charge of malicious mischief.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Eliza Anderson
Eliza
Suella Jackson
Suella
Long hunted gold is bared by chance
In Spokane Washington a hydraulic stream uncovered the Crawford vein in Idaho after 17 years of search. J R Crawford owned land along the vein and reported free gold in gravel. Prospectors rushed to the site but costly development is needed. state mine inspectors and engineers believed it valuable and promising for future development.
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Spokane
Wash
Crawford
Idaho
J. R. Crawford
Orofino
Stewart Campbell
F. W. Callaway
Kellogg
Civil War Vet Keeps Bullet From Cold Harbor in Pocket
Brockton Massachusetts veteran Andrew C Gibbs of the Fletcher Webster post G A R always carries the bullet that wounded him in his pocket. The bullet was removed from his leg years ago.
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Brockton
Mass
Andrew C. Gibbs
Fletcher Webster Post
Cold Harbor
Land 800 Pound Shark After Two Hour Battle
In Point Pleasant New Jersey Captain Alfred Larson and six Bay Head fishers landed an 800 pound shark after a two hour struggle three miles south of Mantoloking. The sixteen foot long shark caused one man to be knocked overboard and another to suffer a leg wound when the animal bit a boot. Olaf Larson was knocked overboard by the tail and John Olsen was nearly limb damaged by the bite to his boot.
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Point Pleasant
N. J
Alfred Larson
Bay Head
Here
Mantoloking
Olaf Larson
John Olsen
Olsen
Tiny electric motor fits inside a thimble
Cleveland inventor John Lakota built a tiny electric motor that fits inside a thimble. It purrs smoothly and, despite its small size, can pull a pound weight across a smooth surface.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John Lakota
Fable of Revising and Reforming Football
A satirical look at college football reform at Doolittle College amid a renewed season. Professors propose humorous rules to curb brutality while students dream of better players and miraculous gains as the sport faces modern scrutiny.
Movement to develop regional farm building types
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a regional farm structure planning movement in the corn belt this year. It aims to coordinate state agricultural engineers with the federal Bureau of Agricultural Engineering to prevent duplicative plans and tailor building types to regional needs, sharing plans and specifications across states.
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Corn Belt
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineers
Department
Last Occupied Land Polynesia Reaches Hawaii by A.D. 500
Polynesia was likely the last habitable region to be settled. The Polynesians share features and traditions with other groups but are not a pure race, believed to be mainly of Aryan origin with other bloodlines. They allegedly migrated from Asia via the Malay peninsula and Java, spreading eastward, northward, and southward to reach Hawaii, probably from Samoa, around A.D. 500.
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Polynesia
Asia
Malay Peninsula
Java
Hawaii
Samoa
Reading speed and comprehension in rapid reading
The text argues that reading rate of six words per second equals about four and a half hours for a standard book. It states comprehension is limited by the brain, not the eye, which moves in jerks with pauses to process the words and grasp the meaning.
California Fig Syrup Promoted by Texas Mother Endorses Product
A San Antonio mother testifies that California Fig Syrup strengthens weak bowels and boosts appetite in her daughter Dorothy. The advertisement urges buyers to ensure the label bears the California name to guarantee authenticity and 50 years of reliability.
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California
J. G. Moore
Cliff Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Dorothy
Early beet sugar factories spark and struggle
The first beet sugar factory was built by Edward Lee Church in Northampton Massachusetts in 1838 and produced 1300 pounds of sugar the next year. A few others followed but failed until BE HA Dyer built a plant at Alvarado California in 1870 which thrived by 1879, initiating modern beet sugar production.
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Edward Lee Church
Northampton
Mass
Alvarado
Calif
Remarkable Animal Postage Stamp Collection Noted in London
In the main hall of the South Kensington museum in London a striking collection draws attention. The hundreds of stamps portray animals in their native habitats and mostly reflect the countries of origin.
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South Kensington Museum
London
Animal Kingdom
Emerson Praises Shakespeare Over All Other Writers
The essay notes Ralph Waldo Emerson lauds Shakespeare as superior to all writers. It cites his remark that he is glad to meet people who recognize Shakespeare’s transcendent superiority over the rest, naming Goethe as his second favorite.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo, Emerson
Shakespeare
Goethe
Hamlet's Sanity Question Divides Critics Across Centuries
The Washington Star notes that scholars have long debated Hamlet's sanity, with many great thinkers considering him sane. If Hamlet were insane, the drama's purpose would be undermined, the piece argues.
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Hamlet
Washington Star
Yakamik Crane Guards Sheep in Venezuela Legend
A native Venezuelan tale describes the yakamik, a crane used in place of shepherd dogs to guard and herd flocks. It wanders with the sheep but reliably returns home at night, driving all entrusted animals.
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Venezuela
South America
Best Things Are Nearest
A compact meditation on finding value in everyday life. The speaker urges embracing simple duties, fresh air, light, flowers, and the path of God just ahead, rather than chasing distant stars, recognizing daily bread as life’s sweetest reward.
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God
R. L. Stevenson
Man’s Supremacy Shown By Thumb to Finger Touch
Scientists claim human superiority rests on the ability to touch each finger with the thumb a simple act no other living thing can perform. Readers are invited to try their own hand and note the difference this small action makes.
Glaciers Vanish in Yosemite Area Over Fifty Years
The article reports that hundreds of small glaciers have disappeared from Yosemite National Park in the last fifty years. It notes that the first living glacier once found by John Muir in 1871 in the Sierra Nevada has ceased to exist.
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Yosemite National Park
John Muir
Sierra Nevadas
Hat fashion pun sparks quick wit from British magnate
A London humorist quotes a magnate saying a new hat is like wine to a woman, noting it goes to her head quickly. The quip reflects light social commentary on fashion and vanity in a humorous tone.
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London
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Lake Pasqualy
Red” Grange
Doolittle
Pleven
Normal School
Patchmore Business College
State University
Alma Mater
Philo Guthrie
Department of Amoschology
Guthrie
Intercollegiate Association
Justice of the Peace
League of Nations
Philson
Phobson
Nicholas John
Quay
Stinklum
Stanklum
London Bridge
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