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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
7
A description from the Christian Science Monitor extols the pepper tree Schinus molle as a grand urban tree in southern California. It notes rapid growth, weeping foliage, silvery green leaves, pale flowers, and green berries turning vivid red, creating a striking scarlet display along avenues.
The Moroccan sultan Mulai Hafid entertained a shy English dentist and a young assistant with bridge games, joking that he earned from the dance of cards while repairing teeth. The tale ends with a costly bill for hours spent at the table and the dentist’s parsimonious triumph.
The grizzly bear shows superior mental power to horse dog and wolf says Enos A Mills in The Grizzly. Read about a Yellowstone cub guarding a ham skin, a cub inspecting a fish can, and a black bear outsmarting a soaked hard tack to claim it. Details highlight bear problem solving akin to humans.
A 1856 book asserts Madog ap Owen Gwynedd and followers reached America in 1169, founding a Welsh American tribe before Columbus, but offers no documentary evidence. The narrative ties Norman conquest, King Arthur relics, and Christianization to the era, noting the author provides no sourcing for the discovery claim.
A Boston Transcript quips about couples and compatibility noting a fiancé who is “everything that is nice.” The dialogue mocks marrying opposites with a light social commentary tone.
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