Java Transformed by American Trade and Tourism
A National Geographic overview notes Java’s embrace of American goods and road tools, hotels, tires, and fertilizers while detailing Batavia, Soerabaya, Tosari, and Tengger highlands. It highlights Java’s 30 million natives, Dutch governance, and volcanic terrain fueling prosperity and resort life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Java
United States
Cuba
Equator
America
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Netherlands
Museum
The
Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences
Siam
Far East
Europe
Soerabaya
Pasourouan
Tosarla
Tosari
Britar
Merap
Ita
Mysteries of India and Legendary Powers
The article discusses unsolved riddles including a mongoose antidote to snake venom and the elusive Wild Man of Everest. It questions the origins of the creature and the powers of yoga and fakirs to perform extraordinary feats such as remote seeing and walking unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Everest
Through a Dozen-Yard Trench of Blazing Logs
A cryptic passage questions whether the white mind will ever grasp hidden secrets. The vivid scene centers on a long trench filled with white-hot logs, evoking a charged confrontation with knowledge and power.
American Respect for Women Has Sound Basis
An Atlantic Monthly piece argues that American respect for womankind rests on socio economic conditions and demographic balance. It notes a male surplus in the United States and a female surplus in Britain and Germany, suggesting scarcity drives kindness and status for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Strunsky
Atlantic Monthly
Europe
United States
Australia
England
Great Britain
Germany
Necklace restringing tip with violin string
A tip suggests using violin string to restring a necklace as it lasts longer than ordinary thread or twine. The string’s stiffness wears off quickly, implying durability is the main advantage for long lasting wear.
Tree Rings to Fix Date of Remote Pueblo Bonito
National Geographic expedition studies tree rings from ancient Chaco Canyon timbers to accurately date the Pueblo Bonito settlement of about 2,500 people built before Europeans arrived. By comparing rings with nearby old trees and stumps scientists aim to determine the civilization’s age and timing of its peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Southwest
Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonito
Washington
Panacea claims mixed household remedy uses
A quoted Panacea advertorial presents a doctor asked if a medicine helped. A speaker says three spoonfuls cured a cough, three more rubbed into the knee for rheumatism, and the remaining dose used to polish silver. The vignette echoes early 20th century patent medicine style.
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Burgoyne
Firestone
Imore
Firestone Sentinel
Chevrole
Ford
Whippet
Erakine
Plymoth
Chandler DeSoto
Dodge
Durant
Pontiac
Roosevelt
Willys-K
Jrand
Oldfield
Buick-M. Vnda'ble
Auburn
Jordan eo.Gardner
Immon Lak
Vikix
Ackard -Ferce— Stutz
Cadillac Lincoln
Packard
Buick
Fireatone
Trex Siz
Wail Orde
Kteytong Oldfield
Firestone Oldfield
Atat
Demetee
Voice of Firestone
N.2. C
Firestone Tire & Rubber Cod
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