Bret Harte Hero Found in Sweden
Stockholm reports the real Arizona Peter, Bret Harte’s one time Sioux-rescuing hero, is alive in Smedjebacken, Sweden. Per Erik Aastroem, now seventy, is totally blind and works as a brushmaker after earlier adventures that included guiding a rescue of kidnapped women and fighting brigands with Grey Bear, Sioux chief.
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Stockholm
Arizona
Peter
Bret Harte
Smedjebacken
Per Erik Aastroem
Aastroem
Sweden
West
United States
Grey Bear
Anstroem
Potato Tomato Union Good Graft for Farms
A Missouri Botanical Garden bulletin describes grafting a tomato vine onto potato stock to produce tomato fruits above and potato tubers below. The method, claimed to be easy and requiring similar skill to grafting apples, traces back to a century ago with De Tchudi’s experiments in Fromont France. Each graft operates independently, with tomatoes resembling normal fruit and potatoes remaining unchanged from standard eyes cut from the tuber.
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St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden
de Tchudi
Horticultural Institute
Fromont
France
Alaskan Governor Plans to Cover Domain in Plane
Governor George A Parks, Malcolm Elliott and R J Sommers depart Juneau to survey Alaska by air. They will land at 48 fields, inspect settlements, highway sites, reindeer herds, fur seal rookeries, mines, Mount McKinley, the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, fisheries and pulp mills.
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Juneau
Alaska
George A. Parks
Malcolm Elliott
R. J. Sommers
Northland
Mount McKinley
Yukon
Kuskokwin
Turks protest women in tobacco industry in Constantinople
A stormy meeting of male laborers in Constantinople tobacco factories demanded the dismissal of thousands of Turkish women workers. They called for banning woman labor, arguing wages for men should be higher. Women workers earn about 50 cents daily on average.
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Constantinople
Bogey-Man Clock Stuns Peltzer Town in Germany
In Peltzer, Germany, a unique tower clock at a castle tower displays a bearded bogeyman face that rolls its eyes at each second. The figure opens its mouth to hold a metal plate showing the day of the month. The clock, dated 1736, sits atop a castle once home to the dukes of Pomerania and now serves municipal purposes.
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Steet
Germany
Texto Peltzer
Pomerania
Dig Up Old Monte Alban Fort Near Oaxaca
A study team led by Alfonso Caso archeologist and Miguel D. de Mendizabel ethnologist for the Mexican Historical Review will begin excavations at Monte Alban near Oaxaca before year end. The site shows stepped pyramids terraces and ancient tombs with Maya and Zapotec influences, inviting further exploration to clarify Mexican prehistory.
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Mexico City
Alfonso Caso
Miguel D. de Mendizabel
Mexican Historical Review
Monte Alban
Oaxaca
Mexico
Mitla
Middle America
Manuel Gamio
Greeks Fight Locusts With Cannibal K in Washington
Locust plague in Greece prompts use of cannibal locusts as pest control. Athens reports modern descendants of Egypt’s plagues causing heavy agricultural losses. Greek agriculture ministry plans 16,000,000 drachmas spent on campaign, about 8.2 million dollars, to curb the outbreak.
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Washington
Greece
Athens
Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture
Pacific traffic lanes proposed for safety conference
A U S plan to establish definite east and west traffic lanes in the Pacific will be presented at the international conference for the safety of life at sea in London next year. The navy hydrographic office has charted routes from Seattle and Portland to Yokohama via Honolulu and proposes keeping to the right on most lanes, with a reverse rule for Honolulu to Yokohama to capitalize on currents.
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Washington
Pacific
London
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Hydrographic Office
United States Navy
Halifax
Navy Hydrographic Office
Seattle
Portland
Yokohama
Honolulu
Ontario
Japan
Smelt Stallion Immortalized in Stone at Nikolaiken Bridge
Nikolaiken, East Prussia. City fathers erect a pillar crowned with the “smelt stallion” to commemorate a local myth tied to the city’s history. The legend says a fisherman caught the king of the smelts but spared it, chaining the creature to the bridge and letting locals exploit the fish.
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Nikolaiken
East Prussia
Spirding
Beggar Tots Present Problem to Schools in Tokyo
In Tokyo Japan beggar youths over 100 in number reportedly skip school to beg on streets. Law requires education for all children yet parents rely on begging for income. Officials consider a special school for these children as a solution to ensure they attend primary grades.
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Tokyo
Japan
Crops Grow in Day in Tropical Alaska
In the tropical belt near Laird district in Alaska British Columbia touches Yukon, Fred Perry claims crops grow in 24 hours. Florists and truck gardeners plan an excursion to examine reports as lettuce and radishes allegedly reach large sizes in 24 to 36 hours due to warm soil and fertilizing qualities.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Laird
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Fred Perry
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