Who Invented the Bowie Knife A Competing Legend
A long account reviews conflicting claims about the Bowie knife origins. It cites James Bowie, Rezin Bowie, James Black, Jesse Cliffs, and John Lowell with anecdotes from Natchez to Gonzales Texas, noting divergent timelines and varying attributions. The piece ends by asking readers to judge which tale is correct.
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Amercan
West
Winchester
Colt
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill
Jim Bridger
Jim Baker
Kit Carson
California Joe
Bowies
John
Janes
James Bowie
Natchez
Philadelphia
Edward 8. Ellis
Davy Crockett
Rezin
Foi
Bowie
New Orleans
Rezin P
James
Opelousas
Antil
New York Star
Col
Mississippi
The
Red River
Nachitoches
Rapids
Louisiana
Charles Mulholland
Bayou Boert
James Bowlie
Washington
Black
Alamo
James Black
Damascus
Jesse Cliffs
Resin Bowie
Bowie Boys
Maj
Norris Wright
Wright
John Lowell
Jackson
Missouri
Gonzales
Texas
Lowell
Mr. Lowell
Owell
Hidden Ming Treasure Locate Tunnels Near Nanking
Report says a mysterious seven foot high tunnel found in a hill near Nanking may lead to a buried Ming emperor coffin and a 500 year old treasure. Historical records note Nanking as the capital with 13 gates and 13 tombs built at separate sites to deter foes and scavengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Torlans
Woman Fatally Scared By Mouse In Scottish Mill
Mrs John Shillan died after stepping back into a threshing mill at Garlleston Scotland while frightened by a mouse. The incident was reported in a local notice describing the fatal accident.
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John ‘Shillan
Garlleston
Scotland
Higher Wheat Prices Spark Kansas Harvest Rush
Kansas farmers push wheat to market amid a price surge seen as the strongest since World War I. Sales tops include 1.67 in Kansas City and futures up 85 cents. Yields are good, with less than a third of the 138 million bushels crop marketed. Ellis County average about 17 bushels.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Ellis County
Ellig County
Department of Agriculture
Eruption of Volcanoes Linked to Tides Theory
Scientists attribute explosive activity to lava viscosity while noting Etna erupts less. The theory links tidal kneading of the Earth by oceans to rising lava and increased volcanic events globally, proposed by Dr William Bowie and colleagues.
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Mount
Etna
William Bowie
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Planned Green Girdle Around London by John Loudoun
The 1820 proposal by landscape gardener John Loudoun outlined a permanent green girdle for London. He suggested widening the New Road into a tree lined boulevard circling the city from Euston through Marylebone Hyde Park Sloane Street and Kennington to Greenwich park. Costs halted the project after partial work on Edgware Road created Oxford and Cambridge terraces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Loudoun
London
Loudoun
Metropolis
Euston Road
New Road
Marylebone
Hyde Park
Sloane Street
Vauxhall Bridge
Kennington
Camberwell
Deptford
Greenwich Park
Thames
Edgware Road
Oxford and
Cambridge Terraces
Then the Trouble Began
Bertie Baxter recently engaged to a Braxton young woman whose charm hid a pattern of heartbreak. At a tea-dance his fiancé’s admirer teased about a new orange flavored lipstick, prompting sly exchanges that reveal the soon fractured engagement.
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Bertie Baxter
Braxton
London
Perplexing M2 Poiret Enters New York Branch
Parisian designer Poiret had just opened his New York branch when he confided in an American friend about the challenge of fittings. The dialogue reveals the language quirks and the designer's frustration with a gown that fails to fit and a patron's ensuing outburst.
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Poiret
New York
Houses for the Soul by John Ruskin
A reflective meditation on inner dwellings built by thought. The passage imagines fairy palaces formed from bright fancies and noble memories, durable against adversity, so the soul can rest even when care or poverty arise.
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John Ruskin
Reed directs aid to flood district with vaccine plan
Topeka Governor Reed orders Gen. Milton R. McLean to extend aid to flood struck areas before leaving for New London. He announces typhoid fever vaccine will be provided on request to the state board of health and urges local health officers to help with sanitation problems.
Nurses Threaten Strike Over Campus Date Limit Rule
Wichita nurses announce a potential strike against Osteopathic Sanitarium after a new rule limits them to two evenings off campus weekly. Hospital authorities insist the rule stands and say open positions will be filled if nurses walk out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Southwest ‘Osteopathic Sanitarium
Oberlin widow offers Benton home to American Legion
Topeka report says Mrs Otis Benton widow of a banker and politician offers the Benton residence in Oberlin for use as a convalescent home for Norton state sanitarium patients. Legionnaires consult state officials about adapting the property near Norton.
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Topeka
Otis Benton
Oberlin
Benton
American Legion
Legionnaires
Benton Place
Norton
Harvest help filled as Kansas bureau reports work found
Wichita reports the Kansas free employment bureau has placed 3,700 harvest hands with season nearly peaked. Manager C E Hall says no more harvesters are needed in the state. Garden City notes Scott Finney and Kearny counties may yield over 1 million bushels of potatoes with Foster and Bates among the largest growers at 2,000 acres in those counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas Free Employment Bureau
Kansas
C. E. Hall
Garden City
Scott, Finney and Kearny
Foster & Bates
Scott
Kearny
Sublette Woman Harvests 4500 Acres of Wheat
Mrs Ida Watkins harvests 4500 acres of wheat with seven combines near Sublette and yields over 25 bushels per acre. She plans to store more than 100000 bushels on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Ida Watkins
Sublette
Syracuse approves Donahue Memorial hospital bonds
The $20,000 bonds to enable Syracuse to proceed with the Donahue Memorial hospital carried 297 to 32. The county board will begin work as soon as architects plans are accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Donahue Memorial Hospital
Santa Fe work train crashes into flood weakened bridge
An engine from a Santa Fe work train plowed through a flood weakened bridge five miles southwest of Elmdale. The crew leaped to safety as the wreck halted all rail traffic in the area.
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Mississippi
Elmdale
Santa Fe
Capper Hosts Twenty First Birthday Picnic For Children
Topeka guests numbered thousands as Senator Arthur Capper marked his sixty fourth birthday with a picnic. Rides on a merry go round and a Ferris wheel, games and refreshments filled the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Arthur Capper
Nine girls work sixty hours at Hutchinson flood office
In Hutchinson the South Western Bell Telephone Company office kept nine women at their posts for sixty hours with only brief rests to handle flood message traffic following the Hutchinson disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bronze Age Relics Dug Up North of Jerusalem
Finds of pottery jarhandles seals and inscriptions date to the Bronze Age beneath a limestone cave north of Jerusalem. Archaeologist Prof William F Bade of the Pacific School of Religion notes pre Semitic Palestine life 3000 to 3500 years ago. Evidence of a walled city and towers near Tel Nasheth may be Mizpah of Samuel.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
William F. Bade
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley
Calif
Palestine
Amos
Abraham
Tel Nasheth
Bade
Samuel
Pathfinder Magazine
Take Vast Sum to Europe
The text notes no exact figure for Americans traveling abroad yearly. It cites 430,955 Americans entering the U S from abroad in 1927 28, shows pre 1880 outbound travel under 50 000 annually, and 1914 outbound travel around 300 600. It states tourist travel now pours about 1 000 000 000 into European coffers yearly.
Not That Class Editor-Did These Poems Come by First Class Mail
Assistant confirms delivery by first class mail. Editor questions mis representation and legality of the issue.
Friendship's Obligation
A brief aphorism notes that bearing with a friend's faults is essential to loyalty and self-consistency, warning that failing to endure faults equates to betrayal of oneself.
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Syrus
Palestine Excavations Aimed at King David Army HQ
Prof. Flinders Petrie guides digs in Palestine to uncover the headquarters of King David's army and recover military dispatches recording Israelite victories over hostile tribes. After finds in Egypt, possibilities rise for rediscovering shepherd-king civilization and perhaps more Psalms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinders Petrie
Palestines
David
Egypt
Gardener's Blunder Highlighted In Viennese Quip
A wry Viennese quip contrasts a new gardener with a clerk, noting his unfamiliar task as he tries to wear a hoe behind his ear, illustrating a social joke about work and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaun
Vienna
Regular Refrigerator Cleaning with Borax Plan
An advertisement promotes regular fridge cleaning using 20 Mule Team Borax as a deodorant antiseptic and mild cleanser, highlighting its suitability for maintaining freshness and cleanliness in food storage.
Which of the ladies on the left and right of the scarecrow is Aunt Martha
An inquiry cites a cartoon from Fliegende Blatter Munich asking which woman beside the scarecrow is Aunt Martha. The reply identifies the middle figure as Aunt Martha in a humorous caption.
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Fliegende Blaetter
Munich
The Informative Double Enters Family Trouble Triangle
A curious social observation notes how an informational double figure has become a new element in a longstanding family dynamic. The piece examines tensions and possible misunderstandings arising from this addition.
Wonderful new bluing Red Cross advertised
An advertising blurb promotes a concentrated blueing product labeled Red Cross for sale at all grocers.
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Red Cross
Publicity hungry type shuns personal confrontation
A controversial figure craving attention avoids direct confrontation, preferring appearances and staged moments over facing scrutiny head-on. The paradox highlights a pattern of public posturing without personal accountability.
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