Eskimo Life Notes From Alaska Mission Trip
Dr Marquis reports on Eskimo customs in Alaska including nose biting, lack of formal chiefs, and Joe Sokonik a crippled teacher who leads hunts from a sled. His story highlights resilience and missionary aid after healing from a spinal disease. Epidemics and whalebone cemetery fences reflect harsh conditions and evolving traditions.
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Alaska
John A. Marquis
Out of Home Missions
Presbyterian Church
U.S. Ay
Otter
Marquis
Europe
Kivulina
Joe Sokonik
Gnuch
Ville
Jean
Fee
Clarge
Soik
Kivatloa
Soo So
Joe
Hhis
Tany
World to Eat Reindeer Future Prospect for Alaska Herds
Explorers claim reindeer will supply much of the world’s future meat needs. Alaska has over 100 000 square miles suitable for grazing. herds are doubling every three years and the industry has grown from 1 200 to over 200 000 reindeer. Enthusiasts aim to ship 5 million carcases annually from Alaska to Seattle at about $4 per carcass, with 150 pound average weight and a production cost near one cent per pound. Reindeer hides fetch around four, meat about ten cents per pound.
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Hema
Alaska
Seattle
Buzzards Gather in Swampy Islands for Breeding
The birds gather in difficult to access islands to breed and roost. The breeding ground and roosts become littered with fish bones feathers and carrion as thousands of buzzards converge for breeding.
Sponge Formation and Cat Door Knocker Tale
A fragment explains sponges as simple animals in warm seas with pores and siliceous or calcareous spicules. It then cites a London Chronicle anecdote of a Persian cat using a door knocker to gain entry to a suburban villa, ending with a cuff from a startled maid.
Value of a Name and the French Officer Promotion
A discussion recalls an officer famed for meritorious service who faced a promotion hold due to his unusual name. The piece contrasts traditional views on names with the notion that a grand destiny could be tied to reputation and perception. It also muses on diet theories from ancient myths to modern writers and debates whether raw foods extend life or shorten it.
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Pte Mapoleon
Peter Stands Up For Truth In Early Church Record
Revised Uniform Sunday School Lesson outlines Peter and John defying the Sanhedrin and asserting divine authority. It describes the primitive church as praying, Spirit filled, bold in preaching, and generous, with Ananias and Sapphira facing judgment for deceit, and the church growing in holiness and fear.
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Peter
John
Yehureh
Ananias
Sapphira
John Mark
Ananing
Sitan
Holy Ghost
Moody
Spurgeon
Saphira
Christ
Our Faults and Vices as Auspicious Traits in Time
A compact moral fragment quotes Christina Rosetti on faults being virtues when placed rightly. It argues obstinacy, avarice, covetousness, and rashness can transform into redeeming traits if directed toward the right ends. The piece reads like a reflective Victorian aside on morality.
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Christina Rosetti
Living Hours Note on Death and Truth in Dying Moments
A fragmentary reflection from R. W. Church urging Tony to face the truth filling his dying hours. The speaker contemplates the bitter regret of wasted opportunities and the need for honest, reflective living in life’s final hours.
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Tony
R. W. Church
Men Who Develop Into Murderers
A study of over 1500 convicted murderers at Waupun state prison links murder potential to short stature and temper. Findings show common traits include unsafe mood swings, periods of intense low mood, neglect of duties, and frequent liquor influence. many had unstable work histories and minimal schooling.
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Waupun
Wks
Aled
Purported Wolf Hunter Calls Become American Lore
Dan Beard argues in Boy's Life that the old French wolf hunter calls entered America with the Huguenots and later blended into American camp and scout lingo. He traces the phonetic shifts from hab te toup to loo to hatloo and claims the wolf hunter cry has become an American expression through adaptation and patriotism.
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Shoull
Dan Beard
France
England
William Tell
Robin
America
Mae
Wet coal mining by water process in Pennsylvania
The article notes about 40,000,000 tons of anthracite are mined yearly by a wet method in Lackawanna Luzerne Cir don Sehuyuctll and Northumberland counties. Vast water use leads to disposal of culm fines into rivers the Lackawanna Susquehanna Schuylkill and Lehigh, carrying waste downstream for miles.
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Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Cir Don
Sehuyuctll
Northumberland
Nothracite
Susque Hanna
Schuylkill
Lehigh
Chinese Clothing Ripped Apart Each Time Washed
A historical note describes Chinese garments as differing radically from foreign fashions. It alleges Chinese clothes are mainly hemp and basted together, ripping apart each wash, causing American makers to doubt selling to Chinese or foreign buyers.
Chilean Claim to Potato Origin Fails to Hold
Chile asserts the Island of Chile off the west coast as the potato origin with cultivation dating to the fifteenth century, but the statement reflects a contested historic claim rather than established fact.
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Chile
Island
When We Had No Capital During Revolutionary War
The note argues that there was no capital city in the United States during the Revolutionary era because the United States itself did not yet exist as an independent nation. It reflects on the historical context of Capital location during the struggle for independence.
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United States
River dredges reclaim coal scattered along bottoms
In shillows and chilles behind dams and on villey bottoms, much of the coal thus scattered is recovered by suction dredges or bucket dredges. The machinery on a sternwheel bottom boat dumps the coal into scows carrying 12 to 14 tons. The recovered river coal brings 70 to 90 cents at the wharf.
Vast Coal Losses From Unminable Mines Warn Officials
Government studies reveal vast quantities of coal remain unrecoverable due to dangerous mine conditions. Losses cited reach hundreds of millions, with about 2454 deaths noted in mines. A Bureau of Mines formed in Washington coordinates research, rescue training, and safety improvements to prevent waste and disasters.
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Fenatal
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Wittsburgh
San Francis
Cooksu Described as Great National Dish of Keren
Sumner Robinton promotes cooks u a Korean inspired national dish. A large lump of Tee is boiled with steaming vermicelli and hot beef stew poured over. The result creates grease islands as the vermicelli is lifted with chopsticks a biting lip action.
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Sumner Robinton
Facts and Fancies in a Cashmere Shawl Tale
The passage notes three men spending six months to craft a cashmere shawl from ten goats fleeces. It comments on elephant hide tanning taking six months and Corsten delivering large wax quantities. It claims widespread European tanning and wax production, and reflects on ingrained gratitude and truth as a trigger for trouble.
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Corsten
Europe
Capital Population Growth and Wartime Influx
The national capital shows population growth with an influx linked to war workers. Officials note the rise is substantial but not as large as some estimates, reflecting ongoing labor movements and housing pressures during wartime.
Highland dress origin and evolution of the kilt
The kilt, part of Highland dress, derives from Scandinavia with the Danish kilte meaning to tuck up. Early kilts were not separate garments but the lower part of the plaid wrapped around the body. The modern kilt is short with a full skirt, belted at the waist and reaching the knees.
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Highlands
Scotland
Bible Printing in America
The earliest English Bible printed in the United States was produced in 1782.
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Bible Printing In
America
United States
President With Largest Family
William Henry Harrison is noted as having the largest presidential family with six sons and four daughters, a total of ten children.
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William Henry Harrison
Iboya
Cedar Apples Mistaken for Cedar fruit Tumor Nature of Cedar Rust
Frank D. Kern explains in Boys Life On Nature's Trail that cedar apples are not fruit but galls caused by a plant rust parasite on the Virginia red cedar. The brown horned tumors grow on twigs in fall, swell through winter, and ripen into jelly-like masses in spring, often mistaken for blossoms.
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Frank D. Kern
Nature
Perhips
Virginia
Roa Mother's Cook Book Salads Puddings And Pancakes
A historical recipe fragment describes a salad dressing starter using yolks salt mustard cayenne and oil, plus a hot sauce thickened with flour and butter. Also included are plum pudding and potato pancake recipes with beef suet bread crumbs dried fruits spices and grated potatoes.
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Jules
Lemon Pie With Top Crust Recipe
A concise recipe describes lemon pie filling thickened with cornstarch, butter, powdered sugar, and a beaten egg. It adds lemon rind and juice, then fills a pastel-lined plate, tops with crust, and bakes quickly. The instructions reflect old style cooking with steps for boiling, mixing, and cooling before baking.
European cheese consumption by country
Statisticians report Europe produces about 340 million kilograms of cheese annually. England consumes 180 million kilograms, Holland 56 million, Switzerland 49 million, France 81 million, and Germany 20 million. The Chinese are the only people who eat no cheese.
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Statieticians
England
Europe
Hollynd
Switzerland
France
Germany
Dog Saves Ninety Two After Steamer Piles Up
Passengers and crew totaling 92 aboard the coastal steamer Elyse were landed safely via a lifeline run to shore by a Newfoundland dog after the vessel ran aground at Martin's Point Curling New Brunswick.
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Elyse
Newfound. Inc
Martin's Point
Curling
N. B
Daily Thought Time is Generally the Best Doctor
A compact editorial note quotes Ovid stating time serves as the best healer. The piece reflects a common early 20th century mood, urging patience and acceptance of slow cures. It presents a philosophical reflection rather than a report, tying health to natural rhythms and routine.
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Ovid
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