Rapa Island’s Isolation and a Scandal over Clothes
The article describes Rapa in the South Pacific as a remote, rugged island where natives wore no clothes until a scandalous Tahitian missionary gathered old garments from parishioners in Papeete. It notes Rapa’s isolation, coal deposits, and limited contact with civilization, with schooners visiting rarely and a French gunboat sometimes arriving from Papeete.
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Rapa
South Pacific
Micronesia
Polyntala
Tahiti
Papeete
Oparo
Tropics
Oceania
South Sea Islands
Panama ‘Canal
Loyalty to Mikado Taught in Hawaii Schools
Honolulu report says priests and language instructors teach young Japanese children loyalty to the emperor, even if they become American citizens. The Hawaiian board of missions urges plantation-financed non Christian groups be opposed to Christianization and Americanization efforts, asking financially interested directors to present this view.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Japan
Hawaiian ‘Board. of . Missions
Hawaiian ‘Board
Waiian
Bible Verse Contempt Case Lands Man in Jail
In Pittsburgh a man appeared with a Bible under his arm quoting passages that forbade divorce. He proclaimed he would rather go to jail than pay wife Eva M. McCormick's counsel fees and alimony in her divorce suit. Minutes later Judge Drew Gormick imprisoned him for contempt.
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Pittsburgh
Chiarley
Tudge
Drew
Gormick
Jase
Trade replaces money in Austria barter system shift
A Vienna area report shows peasants and bourgeoisie exchanging goods for essentials as money loses value. Items like linen, shoes, and textiles pass hands for hides, wool, cider, and grain. One officer barters roebuck hides for gloves, while stockings and hosiery are traded against fruit, grain, and toll payments. A former cruiser officer now adjusts to civilian life.
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Austria
Vienna
Lettle Cottage
Farmer Campbell Has Funds in Eight Banks Despite Family of Seventeen
Sunbury Pa. Delpar Campbell a Lower Augusta township farmer with seventeen children testified before Judge Cummings in a suit by his wife for an accounting of farm income over the past twelve years. Lawyers say bank deposits total more than $16000. The Campbells, married over thirty years, live in the same house and share meals yet do not speak. Both sides will have to pay expenses from the family fund, one lawyer said, so both lose regardless of the outcome.
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Sunbury
Delpard
Campbell
Augusta Township
Northumberland County
Cummings
Zulus Honor Lord Buxton at Maritzburg Court
In Maritzburg the Zulu chief and numerous headmen gathered in the courthouse to honor Lord Sidney Charles Buxton retiring governor general of South Africa and Lady Le-tratio. Zulu bravery medals shaded by traditional dress marked the ceremony as Benne thanked the Zulu for their conduct during the wars.
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Durban
South Africa
Maritzburg
Sidney
Charles ‘Buxton
South
Africa
le Tratio
Aetea
Benne
Guiding Cable Helps Ships Enter Harbor Safely
New York engineers adapt subway crowd control to sea by a submerged energized cable in Ambrose channel. Ships wear audiphones to hear sound waves from theCable to follow a safe path through fog and storms. A radio compass system aids exact position, while a Navy depth and proximity device uses propeller sound readings.
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Audiphones
New York
New York Harbor
Ambrose Channel
Grand Central Terminal
Times Square
American
Atlantic
Navy
Sunday Baseball Gets Jolt In Jewett Texas
In Jewett Texas Sunday baseball ends after women win all local offices in April elections. The Methodist church objected to Sunday games and the city commission led by a female mayor also belongs to the church. The town thus ends Sunday baseball.
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Jewett
Texas
The
Methodist Church
Dynamite Dog Race Roars Through Lancaster Streets
Peter O'Brien of Lancaster wins a half mile race with Pedro the dog carrying a dynamite stick in its mouth. A misfired fuse and chaotic moments follow before Pedro and Peter reach the finish, leaving readers with a wild, cautionary tale of danger and speed.
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Peter O'Brien
Hunter
Lancaster
Pedro
Peter
Marathon
The Colleges and the Pil Grims 1920 Pilgrim Day Call
A call for American colleges and universities to observe the Pilgrims tercentenary with dramatic, pageant, and community activities. The piece urges action on Pilgrim Day, connects to freedom and learning, and notes a national program distributed by the Bureau of Educational Dramatics through Community Service Incorporated. It asks what students and institutions will do to mark 1620–1920 commemorations.
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American College
Gentral
Wilson
Central glee clubs perform seven numbers for boys conference
The Men’s Glee Club at Central presented seven numbers during the Boys’ Conference preview. Nick Gosselink and Anthony Van Zante played Simple Auten by Thome, while Anthony is noted as one of Central’s new pianists. Prof. Sadler hosted a stag party for the group, and the Ladies’ Glee Club plans concerts in nearby towns soon.
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Cen
Nick Gosselink
Anthony ‘van Zante
Simple Auten
Thome
Anthony
Central
Prof. Sadler
Ladies’ Glee Club
Work and its toll on mental vitality and energy
The quote warns that work seldom kills, but mental anxiety worry and reckless energy use ruin vitality and sap strength, causing dissipation and diminished vigor. It emphasizes the corrosive effects of stress on personal resources and endurance.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Warned mothers that these powders relieve colds feverishness headaches teething troubles and worm issues within 24 hours. Claims 30 years of use and a pleasant taste with address to LeRoy New York for samples from the Mother Gray Co.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N.Y
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