Honduras Turkey Outshines Our Peacock in Garb and Flavor
The Honduras turkey is described as brilliant black tipped with brassy green and copper fringe, with a blue and yellow head and steel blue trump region. It is noted as gaudier than the peacock, smaller than the Eastern wild turkey, and its meat praised. Experiments suggest it may breed with domestic turkeys. It remains the only turkey native to tropical lowlands.
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Honduras
Turkey
Trump
Zoological Gardens
Arizona
New Mexico
Pueblo Indians Carry Fetish When Hunting
Detroit News describes Pueblo hunting ritual with mountain lion fetishes. Each hunter carried a fetish, drank its breath, and prayed to the animal spirit. Before tracking, the hunter mimicked the patron beast’s roar to scare prey and used a forked twig to trip prints along the trail.
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Detroit News
Linda Marries and Changes Name in Receipt
A colored mammy, unable to write, visits the estate office to collect monthly wages. She marks an unusual circle instead of a cross, explaining she married yesterday and changed her name. The anecdote appears in the Dry Goods Economist.
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Linda
Absent Opportunity Missed Chances Tarry in Town
A reflective line notes that opportunity rarely repeats its visit and men, often away from risk, recount chances lost as days pass. The saying emphasizes the common pattern of overlooking timely chances and the habit of dwelling on missed prospects.
Surgeon Removes Ingested Hardware From Woman
A Kansas City surgeon extracted forty three mattress loop fragments two door hooks with staples four bullpigs and several altert pieces of springs from a woman patient’s stomach weighing one and a half pounds. The patient made an uninterrupted recovery.
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Kansas City
French Territory Rules Protect West African Chimpanzees
Protection for apes in West Africa’s French territory requires government permits. Chimpanzees must be handled carefully and captured only with nets or traps.
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West Africa
Dust Particle Count Logged At Washington Monument
The United States Weather Bureau has measured daily dust particles in air atop the Washington Monument for the past year.
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Washington Monument
United States Weather Bureau
Migratory Habit Shapes American Life Across Regions
The piece argues Americans maintain a Western moving habit that fuels individualism and loosens community bonds. It contrasts Eastern habits with frontier behavior, noting patterns in careers, residence, and mobility, and suggests health and economic pressures push some westward or toward major urban centers like New York or Paris for sophistication.
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Europe
United States
Bo Herbert Hoover
Austin
Tex
West
New England
France
Far West
Mississippi
George
Old George
New York
Paris
New Republic
Stenographer Chooses Work Over Boss Blunder
A stenographer declines continuing work after a foolish boss misses her matinee outfit. The anecdote recalls Henry Irving and Jessie Millward, where Millward arrives at rehearsal in a new dress and Irving quips about going to a luncheon then notes she should return in working clothes the next day.
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Henry Irving
Jessie Millward
Miss Millward
Irving
Boston Transcript
Elephant tusks and ivory use in menagerie lore
The Detroit News notes elephant tusks are present in both African males and females, with weights from 150 to 200 pounds, and that tusks are projections of upper incisor teeth that do not shed, unlike the earlier milk teeth. Ivory is highly valued worldwide for ornament.
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Detroit News
Just for a Change For Variation's Sake
Readers ask if painters who have depicted jeeps over many years will switch themes. The comment suggests a desire for fresh subjects and stylistic experimentation.
Electric Power in Italy Hydro Plants Generate 1 191 797 Horsepower
The total electric power produced by Italy's hydroelectric plants reaches 1 191 797 horsepower, a figure described as just above the level once said to be needed to send a radio message to Muara.
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Italy
Muara
Clear on the Face of It Editorial
Opinion column from the Boston Transcript arguing a mental shift may change how readers form judgments. The piece suggests perception influences decision making and urges careful reflection before forming conclusions.
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Boston Transcript
The Genius of Conversation in Social Discovery
A reflection on conversation highlighting how true skill lies not in speaking freely but in prompting others to reveal thoughts. The idea emphasizes listening, prompting insight, and guiding dialogue to uncover richer meanings.
Make-to-Order Suits on $50 Seasonal Sale
Tailor Harry Mitchell offers genuine suits priced at $50 with extra pants free, using imported English woolens and worsteds in latest colors. Suits originally $85 to $100 now cut in half for the season, with locations at 16 18 E Jackson Blvd between State St and Wabash Ave.
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Harry Mitchell
E. Jackson
State St
Wabash Ave
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