Filipino youth Melencio praised by J Bryan in San Francisco
J Bryan hails Jose P Melencio from the Philippine Independence Publicity campaign as a remarkable figure during a Democratic convention hall appearance in San Francisco. The tribute highlights Melencio's leadership and influence in promoting independence efforts in the United States.
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San Francisco
International News Service
Witter
J. Bryan
Jose P. Melencio
United States
Filipino Pledge for Independence Shines at Conventions
Jose P. Melencio, leader of the Philippine Publicity Bureau in Washington, delivers a compelling plea for Filipino independence at the Democratic convention. Bryan praises the 22-year-old's eloquence as Filipinos press for self rule backed by U S promises, citing literacy, language, and a long history of education and gratitude toward America.
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William J. Bryan
Jose P. Melencio
Washington
Philippines
Georgetown
D. C
America
Uncle Sam
Cuba
American Congress
Weighty tale of the Hope Diamond's origin and fates
In 1642 Jean Batiste Tavernier acquired the famed gem after it was stolen from the sacred Rama statue in the Temple of Rama and Sita, Burmah. The diamond weighed 112 percent carats, and Tavernier sold it to Louis XIV for half a mul lion dollars and a baronetcy.
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Jean Batiste Tavernier
Rama
Temple of
Sita
Burmah
India
Tavernier
Louis XIV
Metal detector aid in stopping gun running at sea
Scotland Yard seizes an ingenious metal detector capable of detecting weapons aboard ships attempting gun running. The device promises to enhance interception efforts and disrupt illicit arms shipments.
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Scotland Yard
Reading When Drowsy and Eye Strain
W. M. Carhart warns in Public Health that reading or studying while tired strains the eyes and is dangerous. He advises avoiding evening study and using lamps that light from behind and to the left to prevent direct glare.
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W. M. Carhart
A Fool You Can't Bend But Need for Treatment
A fragment reflecting on Epictetus and a common saying that a fool cannot be bent or broken. The speaker jokes about a “wise stool” for a friend and notes that firm resolve can echo madness, suggesting the need for possible intervention or treatment.
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Epictetus
Money In Hig Shoes: A Pole Named Piotr Talla
A Pole named Piotr Talla traveling from America to Danzig fell ill in a London infirmary and was moved there. He carried two shillings threepence in English money but hid 22 ten dollar gold pieces and about 900 in paper money. X ray photos revealed twelve ten dollar coins embedded in each boot.
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Piotr Talla
America
Danzig
Waterloo Road
London
Brooklyn Eagle
Wedding anniversaries list from cotton to diamond
A concise enumeration of traditional wedding anniversaries follows: first cotton second paper third leather fourth fruit and flowers fifth wooden sixth sugar seventh woolen eighth India rubber ninth willow tenth tin eleventh steel twelfth six and iron thirteenth lace fourteenth ivory fifteenth crystal twentieth china twenty fifth silver thirtieth pearl fortieth ruby fiftieth golden seventy fifth diamond.
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India
China
Shark leather and oil from a 500-pound catch
The New York Evening Post reports a 500-pound shark yields ten square feet of leather from its hide and raw material from the stomach for leather with glazed kid appearance. The liver yields 10 to 15 gallons of oil and a dried dorsal fin can fetch about 250 dollars from oriental epicures.
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New York Evening Post
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