Women Tour Isolated Serf Indians of Tiburon Island
Miss Natalie Rogers and Miss Ora Ford recount their perilous 1925 expedition into Sonora and Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California to visit the Serfs, a primitive cannibalistic tribe once coastal in Sonora. They describe floods, a grueling trek, and the Serfs’ lack of work, culture, or religion, along with pelican hunting for food and robes.
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New York
Natalie Rogers
Oscar de Lima Mayer
Amazonian
South America
Ora Ford
Springfield
Mass
Cornell University
Sonora
Mexico
Tiburon
Shark Island
Gulf of California
Miss Rogers
Miss Ford
Bolivia
Arizona
Brazil
Tucson
Nogales
Hermosillo
Chico Romero
North
Alcatraz Island
Bird Island
Quino Bay
Gulf
Lovers Marry After 25 Years In South Dakota Romance
Victor Handley, a Reliance district rancher in central South Dakota, married his Canadian sweetheart after 52 years apart. She waited eight years for his reply, married another, and later became a widow. their renewed letter correspondence led to their marriage on Handley’s Missouri River ranch.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Victor Handley
Reliance
Missouri River
South Dakota
Canada
Handley
United States
American West
Woman Uses Hair Length as Passport Identification
A Paris prefecture passport applicant left the special identification line blank and instead wrote that she wears her hair long. A clerk noted the contrast between her long hair and the staffer's bobbed hairstyle.
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Paris
Prefecture of Police
Rare Bunyan book bought by London bookseller for 10500
A first edition of John Bunyan's Book for Boys and Girls was purchased by London bookseller Joe Maggs for about $10,500. The find highlights the enduring value of early Bunyan works in the London market.
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London
John Bunyan
Joe Maggs
He Won't Quit New York Pop Herbst Vows to Stay on Job
Pop Herbst at eighty three vows to stay on the job in a New York flour mill until fired. He has worked in the mill for 72 years and shows no plan to retire.
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New York
Pop” Herbst
Doctor Fatally Hurt By His Own Car in London
Dr Sidney Wood sixty two physician and surgeon was knocked down by his car after churching a patient in Bottisham near Cambridge He refused hospital care saying his spine was fractured and he would die. An ambulance arrived but he died the next day after shaking hands with bystanders.
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London
Sidney Wood
Bottisham
Cambridge
Wood
Sunday Town Revival Ends in Quiet Union
Paul Moore revives the abandoned North plant in Sunday Town, contracts and capital restore the factory, recalls workers, and rebuilds the estate. Eunice North learns Moore is Walter Drury, former manager wrongfully imprisoned, and the pair wed after a confession and reunion.
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John North
Walter Drury
State Penitentiary
Drury
Fairfield
North
Paul Moore
Martin
Moore
News Journal
London Weather Prophecy Sparks Fear in 1524
The London public fled to high ground after a 16th century almanac predicted a Thames flood on February 1 1524. The prior of St Bartholomew's built a fortified house on Harrow Hill with boats for a watery siege, but the predicted disaster did not occur and the authorities later acknowledged a miscalculation.
The Duck Hawk Described as Swift Predator
Nature Magazine notes the duck hawk is the fastest and boldest hawk in continental America. It uses a quick wing beat and dives directly on prey from above, often killing beyond its needs and leaving the remains where they fall.
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Continental
America
Nature Magazine
Seedy described as a plant and man with disorderly appearance
The term seedy applies to a plant after seed development and to a shabby unkempt person whose clothing hair and grooming show neglect. It notes both botanical and human usage of the word with emphasis on worn appearance and decay.
Unpaid For Complaining Customer Sues Hardware Merchant
A dissatisfied buyer claims a rusted lawn mower purchased from a hardware merchant remains unpaid due to suspected defects. The case alleges poor quality and seeks resolution or compensation.
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China
el Dorsett
J. H. Dorsett
Department of Agriculture
W G. Chapman
Eunice North
Miss North
Eunice
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