The Turkey America’s Gift to the World
A historical overview traces the turkey as an American bird from prehistoric Arizona caves to Native legends and tribal uses. It notes Cortes and Coronado encounters, early European adoption, and the bird’s rise to national symbol status amid global spread and naming debates. The piece cites Franklin, national identity, and breed lineages across North America Mexico and Central America.
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Herkimer County
America
Arizona
National Museum
C. Hart Merriman
Turkey
Cortes
Mexico
Benjamin Franklin
United States
China
Inesia
Germany
Cortes i
Rio Grande
Coronado
Mitais
Sippi
Texas
New Mexico
Spain
France
Charles IX
Elizabeth of
Austria
American
England
Atlantic Ocean
New England
Dird
Europe
South
Euerope
Howe
Aindon
Dinde
India
Honduras
Republic
Nature's Acrobat Draws Near Prey in Deadly Circus
The weasel, famed as the acrobat of nature, performs constant, subtle movements to approach victims. It reveals a bloodthirsty tendency, attacking humans and grazing cows near homes while feigning harmless play.
Parrot Quips Its Duties to Brazil’s Governor
An intelligent parrot in Locke's Eseny on the Human Understanding answers a governor’s question with wit. When asked what it does, the bird says it looks after chickens and proves competence by clucking a broody hen, eliciting laughter from the governor.
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Locke
Brazil
Prayers for a Tenant at Episcopal Healing Mission
A woman read prayers for a landlord's softened heart during an Episcopal healing mission at Christ Church Cathedral directed by Rev. Rufus D. Pitney. About 800 people attended the service as the request was read aloud.
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Episcopal Healing Mission
Christ Church Cathedral
Rufus D
Weasel Ability Described in Rugged Terrain Travel
The passage explains that the weasel can climb easily and run along roads or hedges. It moves along the top of a hedge as readily as a smooth path, showing it is at home on any surface.
Sandpapering Paint With Dampened Wand Paper Technique
An old instruction notes that dampening the wand paper before sanding helps remove paint more efficiently, claiming the job can be finished in half the time.
Silent Prayer Amid Eviction Warning in Letter
A woman facing eviction due to rent advance asks for prayers to soften her landlord's heart. The letter, read to St Louis Post Dispatch, notes delays granted for silent prayer and highlights the struggle to afford the demanded advance.
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St Louis
Meteorological Note Calm Man Woman Storm Phrase
A clipped line citing a saying about how a man's calm can trigger a woman's storm, attributed to the Bostoy Transcript. The fragment hints at a cultural line rather than a report of an event or person.
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Bostoy
Scout Delegation Witnesses Tug of War at Antwerp Games
James B West recounts the European trip of 301 Boy Scouts and leaders who attended the Antwerp Olympics. An American team and English rivals strained at the rope as thousands watched while the scouts guarded King Albert of Belgium en route to the arena. The tale highlights the scouts’ spirit of inquiry and service admired across Europe.
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Boy Scouts of America
Europe
James B. West
Antwerp
Aimeriea
England
Albert
Belgium
Gigniillat
Col
Gignilliat
Eaglish
Thad
Court Runs by Boy Scouts in Bartlesville Cabinet
In Bartlesville Oklahoma a boy scout cabinet of twenty one boys from seven troops exists to plan district activities with the scout executive and to try cases of misconduct. Scouts summoned bring a signed statement. after review the cabinet recommends punishment.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Hin
Scout
Scouting in the Desert Exploration Idea Spreads
A scoutmaster in Yuma sought desert guidance from national headquarters about desert hikes mapping treasure hunts and desert use. The American Mineralogist editor notes famed regional minerals and notable desert botany with demand from dealers museums and colleges.
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Yuma
American Mineralogist
Yura
United States
Some Scouts Good Turns In Community Efforts
Frank B. Shopp donated land near Plattsmouth Nebraska for a scout camp and cabin building by Troop 5 Alameda California. Under Scoutmaster Rev A V Hunter the boys will clear the ground and erect a log cabin. Troop 5 won first prize in an old paper contest collecting eleven tons of paper earning an American flag and prizes for top collectors. Scouts in Monroe Louisiana aided federal health authorities in organizing anti material campaign by inspecting premises in assigned sections.
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Frank B. Shopp
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Boy Scouts Organization
Rev
A. V. Hunter
Alameda
Cal
Boy Scouts
Monroe
Last Night's Dreams and Dreamland Cheese Meaning
A humorous exploration of dream cheese linking it to wealth and struggle. It cites various authorities, jokes about Odysseus and Welsh rarebits, and notes a general belief that dreaming of cheese signals financial success through effort, while some warn against eating cheese in dreams.
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Scrooge
Marley
Mr. Dickens
Odysseus
Opinton
Domestic science opens solid career for women in New York
Miss Jace Ferguson, returned from Porto Rico after teaching household economies to a nation, showed how study of food, prices, and budgeting saves money and raises meals. The American home grows more scientific as women seek lectures and thorough training, with good pay and little male competition.
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Jace Ferguson
New York City
Porto Rico
Ferguson
Tropic Isle
United States
Canaan
Teaching Household Economies Across Colleges at Low Cost
A editorial note praises affordable courses for women valuing teaching and office work. It argues many women possess a special genius for domestic education and should pursue teaching household economies in its many branches rather than simply "caring a living."
The Dollar Word Through Shakespeare and Empires
A compact examination traces the word dollar to Anglo Saxon roots and the thaler, noting Shakespeare's use before defined coinage. It discusses German and English coinage, the 1785 US resolution, and claims an 1804 Bank of England coin as the first English dollar, with copyright caveats.
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Hile
United States
United States Congress
Pew
Shakespeare
Thaler
Joachimsthal
Charles V
Germany
Spain
Spanish America
Great Britain
Bank of England
The Woods by Douglas Malloch and Tooth Bottles Invention
A compact excerpt presents Douglas Malloch's poem The Woods with its cheerful chickadee imagery and a baker’s crusts motif. It then notes a novelty item Tooth Bottles described as a half ounce device for toothache relief, noting heat is not universally curative but can help in many cases.
Mother's Cook Book Recipes From a Wholesome Menu
A reader described dated desserts and simple home dishes from a 1920s style cook book. Recipes include date desserts with meats, simple cheese salad on lettuce, custard pie with walnuts, frizzled beef, hot water gingerbread, tea biscuits, onion soup with cheese. Also a brief note on slang and idiom evolving into proper English by Professor Glicksman of the University of Wisconsin.
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Glicksman
University of Wisconsin
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London
Oui Department
Oni
Jessie Roberts
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